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Stupid use of "League" in the name of divisions 11:42 - Jan 24 with 2419 viewsSouperJim

Realise I'm nearly 30 years late making this point, but does this get up anyone else's nose? The term "League" means an entire pyramid. "The Premier League" is not a league. It is a division. Same applies for League One and League Two. What branding berk is responsible for this madness?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_system
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_(sport)

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Stupid use of on 19:03 - Jan 24 with 277 viewsRadlett_blue

Stupid use of on 18:21 - Jan 24 by HARRY10

It brings to mind a peom by a chap called Lord Alfred Tennis

HALF a league, half a league,
   Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
   Rode the six hundred.
'Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns!' he said:
Into the valley of Death
   Rode the six hundred'

I believe that was the time the league was sponsored by Canon, as in Canon to the right of them etc

I believe the charge was led by a chap wearing a cardigan, who was also a lord - but it doesn't say how much the charge was.


Lord Lucan was also there, wearing his balaclava.

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Stupid use of on 20:45 - Jan 24 with 251 viewsHARRY10

Stupid use of on 19:03 - Jan 24 by Radlett_blue

Lord Lucan was also there, wearing his balaclava.


that poem was later put to music

and the title 'into the valet' is not connected to a rumour about a sexual relationship between a senior royal and his manservant

and it was the 3rd Earl of Lucan (not Lord), though I'm not sure what had happened to the other two, maybe they get replaced like Dr Who's


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