Biggest Town Outside The League And Premiership

[FredPuli43]

Which is the biggest town or city without a club in the Football League or Premiership? Cambridge, population c 100,000, might be a contender but I suspect there are yet bigger ones.

[Buenchico]

You come against the problem here of what constitutes a town or city. For example, the actual town of Wakefield only has a population of around 77,000 but the City of Wakefield has a population of around 326,000.

Many people would consider that London boroughs don't really fit into your definition of a 'town' or a 'city', but what about Croydon? While it's actually a London borough, it's also a distinct town in its own right (with a population of about 365,000).

[Svejk]

Local team Newport?
Over 100,000, might be back in league next year.

[Maydup]

There are very few teams in the league in Kent. Maidstone with a population of 115,000?

[argorstran]

Dudley ? - around 306 000 pop

[mightyWBA]

Definately Dudley...The populace either supports West Brom or the d1ngle5 of Wolverhampton.

It's also the biggest town in the world without a railway station.

[mightyWBA]

Isn't Crystal Palace in Croydon Gromit?

[Svejk]

Wouldn't Walsall be the best team near Dudley, wba ?

[owdhamer]

Nottingham.

[mightyWBA]

I'd say West Brom is the nearest good side to Dudley Owdhamer..Then Stourbridge,Walsall,Kidderminster,Halesowen,Tipton Town and Wolverhampton.

[mightyWBA]

Answer to "Thetaliesin" sorry

[carrust]

This was a quiz question on the radio a few months ago.

Answer.....Wakefield

[Svejk]

Population Wakefield. 77,000
Newport. 150,000
Radio must be broke Carrust.
Don't think we should count anywhere in the Black Country on account of its all one big dirty,stinking urban sprawl. And its always raining.

[Buenchico]

Thetaliesin:
We're back to the problem referred to in my original post!

The TOWN of Wakefield has a population of 77,000 but the CITY of Wakefield (which is formally recognised as a city by Royal Charter) includes the town but covers many outlying areas as well), with a total population of 326,000.

[mightyWBA]

I beg to differ on your view of the Black Country taliesin..Yes it has it's unappealing areas but where I live is very nice :)
..and all the bad weather always seems to miss us.

The answer is Dudley..It's much bigger than Wakefield and has defined borders even though it is now part of a conurbation.

[tonyav]

Excuse me thetaliesin, I don't live in the urban sprawl I also live in a very nice area. Where do you live ?.

[Svejk]

In a house, Tony.
I worked up the black country a few times & if you include the enormous gipsy camps between each place it is all joined together.
Nice beer mind & nice pubs.