Football postcodes quiz

dsr · Post by **dsr** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:10 pm

Based on the 92 clubs of the Premier and Football Leagues:

There are 6 postcode letter codes with 3 or more league teams playing in that region. For example, BB has Burnley, Accrington Stanley, and Blackburn Rovers. Name the other 5 postcode areas: four of them with 3 teams, and the single postcode area with 4 - and also, name the teams.

Turfmoor321 · Post by **Turfmoor321** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:13 pm

Wow I bet you’re a right laugh on a night out!

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:14 pm

Does anyone know if any teams play in the hampstead postcode? Save him getting 2 taxis amd 4 trains up north.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:17 pm

dsr wrote:Based on the 92 clubs of the Premier and Football Leagues:

There are 6 postcode letter codes with 3 or more league teams playing in that region. For example, BB has Burnley, Accrington Stanley, and Blackburn Rovers. Name the other 5 postcode areas: four of them with 3 teams, and the single postcode area with 4 - and also, name the teams.

NG - Mansfield and the 2 Nottingham clubs.

evensteadiereddie · Post by **evensteadiereddie** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:24 pm

S for Sheffield, gives us United, Wednesday,Chesterfield, Barnsley and Rotherham United ?

BFCmaj · Post by **BFCmaj** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:24 pm

BL covers Bolton, Bury and Rochdale

wilks_bfc · Post by **wilks_bfc** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:27 pm

BFCmaj wrote:BL covers Bolton, Bury and Rochdale

Rochdale is OL

Tall Paul · Post by **Tall Paul** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:27 pm

BFCmaj wrote:BL covers Bolton, Bury and Rochdale

Isn't Rochdale an OL postcode?

B - Birmingham, Villa and West Brom

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:28 pm

evensteadiereddie wrote:S for Sheffield, gives us United, Wednesday,Chesterfield, Barnsley and Rotherham United ?

That would also go with Southend and Stevenage

LeadBelly · Post by **LeadBelly** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:29 pm

B = Birmingham, Villa, WBA ?

dsr · Post by **dsr** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:31 pm

FactualFrank wrote:NG - Mansfield and the 2 Nottingham clubs.

Correct.

dsr · Post by **dsr** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:33 pm

evensteadiereddie wrote:S for Sheffield, gives us United, Wednesday,Chesterfield, Barnsley and Rotherham United ?

Only 4, because chesterfield are non-league. The other four are right.

CBT · Post by **CBT** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:33 pm

LeadBelly wrote:B = Birmingham, Villa, WBA ?

Walsall probably in that group as well... without looking it up

dsr · Post by **dsr** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:33 pm

Tall Paul wrote:Isn't Rochdale an OL postcode?

B - Birmingham, Villa and West Brom

Correct.

evensteadiereddie · Post by **evensteadiereddie** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:34 pm

Southend is SS, Stevenage is SG - the whole point of the postcode system is that you can't have two postal areas with the same letters, no pun intended.

dsr · Post by **dsr** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:35 pm

CBT wrote:Walsall probably in that group as well... without looking it up

Walsall have their own postcode - WS.

evensteadiereddie · Post by **evensteadiereddie** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:35 pm

dsr wrote:Only 4, because chesterfield are non-league. The other four are right.

Damn, I'd forgotten that. Good one.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:37 pm

SE Charlton, Millwall, Palace.

dsr · Post by **dsr** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:41 pm

FactualFrank wrote:SE Charlton, Millwall, Palace.

Correct.

One set (3 teams) still to get.

Goobs · Post by **Goobs** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:54 pm

L for Liverpool, Everton and Tranmere?
M for United, City an Macclesfield?

Dougall · Post by **Dougall** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:55 pm

North London? (Arsenal, Spurs, W. Ham)?

Dougall · Post by **Dougall** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:58 pm

OOps - East London
W.Ham, Leyton Orient and..........

dsr · Post by **dsr** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 6:09 pm

Goobs wrote:L for Liverpool, Everton and Tranmere?
M for United, City an Macclesfield?

Tranmere is CH (Chester), so no.
Macclesfield is SK for Stockport, so no.

It's neither L nor M, so no need to look for other Manchester clubs.

dsr · Post by **dsr** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 6:12 pm

North London is Arsenal and Spurs but no-one else; East London is West Ham and no-one else; Leyton Orient is non-league now, as well, though they are in post code E.

The answer's not London.

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 6:21 pm

SW - Chelsea, Fulham

Tall Paul · Post by **Tall Paul** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 6:22 pm

DN - Doncaster, Scunthorpe, Grimsby

evensteadiereddie · Post by **evensteadiereddie** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 6:24 pm

DN - Doncaster, Grimsby and er, I'll get back to you in a minute...

evensteadiereddie · Post by **evensteadiereddie** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 6:25 pm

Damn, you beat me to it, TP !

Dougall · Post by **Dougall** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 6:25 pm

dsr wrote:North London is Arsenal and Spurs but no-one else; East London is West Ham and no-one else; Leyton Orient is non-league now, as well, though they are in post code E.

The answer's not London.

evensteadiereddie · Post by **evensteadiereddie** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 6:28 pm

Well done, dsr, I liked that.

Turfmoor321 · Post by **Turfmoor321** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 7:49 pm

evensteadiereddie wrote:Well done, dsr, I liked that.

Barrel of laughs!! You’d be another contender to be with for cracking night out!

BFCmaj · Post by **BFCmaj** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 8:37 pm

wilks_bfc wrote:Rochdale is OL

Tall Paul wrote:Isn't Rochdale an OL postcode?

B - Birmingham, Villa and West Brom

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=rochd ... e&ie=UTF-8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

wilks_bfc · Post by **wilks_bfc** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 8:55 pm

BFCmaj wrote:https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=rochd ... e&ie=UTF-8

Tall Paul · Post by **Tall Paul** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 8:57 pm

BFCmaj wrote:https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=rochd ... e&ie=UTF-8

https://www.google.co.uk/search?rlz=1C1 ... 00&bih=960" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

BFCmaj · Post by **BFCmaj** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 9:07 pm

Sorry, I misunderstood the question then. I thought Rochdale as a town would count as part of it comes under the BL postcode.

Stacky_claret · Post by **Stacky_claret** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 9:24 pm

Doncaster Scunthorpe Grimsby

dpinsussex · Post by **dpinsussex** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 9:55 pm

Have we got all the answers yet??

dsr · Post by **dsr** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 10:08 pm

dpinsussex wrote:Have we got all the answers yet??

Yes. Doncaster, Scunthorpe, Grimsby was the last one - though why Scunthorpe and Grimsby are in the same postcode as Doncaster I have no idea.

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Fri Sep 07, 2018 12:18 pm

Which county has the most league clubs?

Off the top of my head I reckon Lancashire has 6 and Greater Manchester has 7.

Falcon · Post by **Falcon** » Fri Sep 07, 2018 12:22 pm

Are we using proper historical counties or the modern non-ceremonial ones brought in for government purposes (where Manchester, Merseyside, Blackburn and Blackpool are excluded from Lancashire)

ChrisG · Post by **ChrisG** » Fri Sep 07, 2018 12:26 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote:Which county has the most league clubs?

Off the top of my head I reckon Lancashire has 6 and Greater Manchester has 7.

Going off your Lancashire excluding Liverpool and Manchester, it has:

Burnley, Blackburn, PNE, Blackpool, Accy, Fleetwood, Morecambe.

Going off the 'proper' Lancs, you can add:

Man City, Man United, Liverpool, Everton, Wigan, Bolton, Oldham, Rochdale, Bolton, Bury.

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Fri Sep 07, 2018 12:28 pm

Falcon wrote:Are we using proper historical counties or the modern non-ceremonial ones brought in for government purposes (where Manchester, Merseyside, Blackburn and Blackpool are excluded from Lancashire)

I thought I was using modern counties but as I had no idea that Blackburn and Blackpool were excluded from Lancashire, then **** knows. Good decision to boot them both out though.

Using proper historical counties, Lancashire would have the most by a fair distance I would have thought, probably followed by Yorkshire.