Often wondered what is the largest town in England (as we play in the efl) without a football team. Ignoring conurbations and the towns within them - Manchester, Birmingham, London etc, what it the largest stand alone town without a football team? Without trawling a list I thought of Basildon - pop 103,000. Any city/town you know of beat that? Trivial I know but, there you go.

Cardiff?

How far down the football pyramid do you go, as surely there's a football team in every town.
Whenever a quiz show poses a question about English cities, one that is frequently overlooked is Wakefield. That's quite a big place, and as a city, it is certainly an entity in itself.

Maybe somewhere like Newbury, or if you only count clubs in the league then York or St Albans, without checking population sizes, would be my guesses.

excessbee wrote: February 18th, 2022, 7:30 pm How far down the football pyramid do you go, as surely there's a football team in every town.
Whenever a quiz show poses a question about English cities, one that is frequently overlooked is Wakefield. That's quite a big place, and as a city, it is certainly an entity in itself.

What I specifically meant was - what is the largest city/town that doesn’t play in the efl. You may be right with Wakefield, that is a big place.

Edit, just checked, Wakefield pop 343,000. That must be the one.

This should be on football board Mike

UPTHEPORT wrote: February 19th, 2022, 12:04 pm This should be on football board Mike

You may be right Jim, just that it’s trivia, quizzes etc. Was looking at wordle on this side when I thought of it.

Is there a team in Slough ?

PortandSud wrote: February 19th, 2022, 2:10 pm Is there a team in Slough ?

Don't know if Slough Town still exists?

in no particular order - Warrington, Bedford, Telford, Dudley, St Albans, Bath, any of the large non-county towns in Leicestershire & Northants, etc...must be a fair few - that said very few people live more than 20 miles from a football league (or at a least 'senior' non league) team. Think Cornwall* is the only historic [English] county without a league team? maybe North Yorks doesn't have one unless we count 'Boro and Rutland but think Rutland is a newer county anyway.

*Devon is somewhat unique in being a 'football hotbed' on a relatively small population albeit it does have 2 solid cities and Lancashire [as was] probably support the most league and senior non league teams per head.

CathedralCounty wrote: February 22nd, 2022, 9:46 am Warrington, Bedford, Telford...must be a fair few...

There are indeed. Which emphasises what I believe is often underestimated, what a commendable achievement it is for Newport to maintain a EFL team

I was once told that the three largest towns without a league club were Wakefield, Milton Keynes and Newport.

Two at least have rectified that. Although having been to 70 plus league grounds MK Dons have probably ended my hoped of all 92 as wild dogs wouldn't drag me in to watch Franchise United.

Wakefield, Warrington, Dudley, Telford, Slough, Guilford and St Albans all had larger populations than Newport according to the 2021 census.

CathedralCounty wrote: February 22nd, 2022, 9:46 am Think Cornwall* is the only historic [English] county without a league team?

Herefordshire, Rutland, Westmorland, City of London, Huntingdonshire, Worcestershire. Ashton Gate could be considered part of historic Somerset.