Originally Posted by
westcorklad
Also Ipswich Watford and Southampton all finished as runners up in the 80s.That would be impossible in this era.A sad reflection of how much the game has changed since then.
It all started when United started to pay big money for players as they were the ones could afford it and buying the league then Blackburn joined in it should have been stopped back then. I loved Chelsea back then great players and no Billionare in control but to compete with united who would pay anything for players the bigger money followed. Now in fairness to Fergie he did bring a lot of players in with the youth squad.
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