I recall the reason for going down to 20

was too many matches affecting the top club's european chances. Premier would benefit competitively at the top if they went back to 22. More matches would stress the elite teams more.

Posted By: SeattleSounders on April 7th 2013 at 19:25:47

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History Question (Other Football) - SeattleSounders, Apr 7, 19:00:15
- only 93/94 when moving from 22 to 20 teams I think (n/m) (Other Football) - pat_abb, Apr 7, 19:04:40
  - 94/95 even. When we went down (n/m) (Other Football) - pat_abb, Apr 7, 19:06:12
    - Also in the mid 80's Division One was reduced from 22 to 20 clubs over 2 seasons (Other Football) - R T Chase, Apr 7, 19:15:48
      - interesting way of doing the playoffs back then (Other Football) - pat_abb, Apr 7, 19:27:52
      - I recall the reason for going down to 20 (Other Football) - SeattleSounders, Apr 7, 19:25:47
        
        England's chances wasn't it? (n/m) (Other Football) - Huge Small, Apr 7, 19:28:51
        
        Might be wrong (Other Football) - SeattleSounders, Apr 7, 19:30:14
        
        Quite possibly (Other Football) - Huge Small, Apr 7, 19:34:28
- no (n/m) (Other Football) - Huge Small, Apr 7, 19:01:18

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