When Was The Last Town Club in the Premier League?

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Liverpools shock Carling Cup defeat Wednesday night at the hands of Northampton Town made me wonder when the last time a club with the name Town was in the Premier League. After all in todays busy metropolitan world, a club with a Town name affixed to it seems like a walk through the past. And theres definitely a lot of charm to it.

My research reveals that Ipswich Town, who were relegated from the Premier League in the 2001-02 season, was the last Town club in the top flight of English football. They had two stints in the Premier League. The first one was 1992-93, 1993-94 to 1994-95. And the most recent one was 2000-01 to 2000-02.

Prior to that, the only other club with a Town name was Swindon Town who played in the Premier League during the 1993-94 season.Swindons population is 155,000. Ipswichs population is 122,300. But those are nothing compared to the population of Wigan, which is 81,203.

It makes you wonder when the next Town will be in the Premier League. Theres only one Town in the Championship, and thats Ipswich who have a good chance of getting promoted this season. But there are still a few Towns sprinkled through League One and League Two. Whether theyll make it into the Premier League in the near future is doubtful, though.

My own club, Swansea City, was once known as Swansea Town, but they changed their name to City in 1969.

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