Northen Football v Southern Football: There's no contest

Let the numbers speak for themselves.

Even if we generous Northern folk were to give you Southerners the Midlands clubs and Manchester United (Let's face it, a large proportion of their fans are Southerners) you'd still have some catching up to do.

Summary:

North
South
Midlands

70
17
14

Team                              Titles   Area

Arsenal
Aston Villa
Blackburn Rovers
Burnley
Chelsea
Derby County
Everton
Huddersfield Town
Ipswich Town
Leeds United
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest
Portsmouth
Preston NE
Sheffield United
Sheffield Wednesday
Sunderland
The Wednesday
Tottenham Hotspur
West Bromwich Albion
Wolverhampton Wanderers

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7
3
2
1
2
9
3
1
3
18
2
13
4
1
2
2
1
1
6
3
2
1
3

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Everton
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Aston Villa
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Nottingham Forest
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Arsenal
Everton
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Manchester City
Manchester United
Liverpool
Manchester United
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Everton
Ipswich Town
Tottenham Hotspur
Burnley
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester United
Manchester United
Chelsea
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arsenal
Manchester United
Tottenham Hotspur
Portsmouth
Portsmouth
Arsenal
Liverpool
Everton
Arsenal
Manchester City
Sunderland
Arsenal
Arsenal
Arsenal
Everton
Arsenal
Sheffield Wednesday
The Wednesday
Everton
Newcastle United
Huddersfield Town
Huddersfield Town
Huddersfield Town
Liverpool
Liverpool
Burnley
West Bromwich Albion
Everton
Blackburn Rovers
Sunderland
Blackburn Rovers
Manchester United
Aston Villa
Newcastle United
Manchester United
Newcastle United
Liverpool
Newcastle United
The Wednesday
The Wednesday
Sunderland
Liverpool
Aston Villa
Aston Villa
Sheffield United
Aston Villa
Aston Villa
Sunderland
Aston Villa
Sunderland
Sunderland
Everton
Preston NE
Preston NE

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