Thumbing through wikipedia entries on a couple of African football leagues (Urs, I am still working on this...slowly), it seems that almost all clubs in these countries appear to have been formed in the 50s or 60s. There are one or two that go back to the 20s, but often a few which were founded in the 90s or even in this decade. But generally, these leagues are full of teams which, in European terms, are still quite young.
This got me thinking about Europe. The average age of clubs in the Premiership must be close to 100, if not over it. Villa and Wigan (I think) are the youngest and oldest clubs in the enlish top division (though wigan at 76 is older than most teams in most other national leagues, I would think), which overall one would think has the highest average age.
In some cases, like Ukraine or Georgia, even though the league is quite young, the clubs within it may be older (unless independence was a spur to club formation...which might be true, but I've never heard it to be so).
So, not counting those leagues based on franchises (i.e MLS, J-League), which leagues have the highest average club ages (not including England)? Which have the lowest?
This got me thinking about Europe. The average age of clubs in the Premiership must be close to 100, if not over it. Villa and Wigan (I think) are the youngest and oldest clubs in the enlish top division (though wigan at 76 is older than most teams in most other national leagues, I would think), which overall one would think has the highest average age.
In some cases, like Ukraine or Georgia, even though the league is quite young, the clubs within it may be older (unless independence was a spur to club formation...which might be true, but I've never heard it to be so).
So, not counting those leagues based on franchises (i.e MLS, J-League), which leagues have the highest average club ages (not including England)? Which have the lowest?
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