they had the fa cup, relegation and promotion. it still wasn't enough, the league cup was introduced in 1960, Manu united entered European compeition in 1956 , there were soon three european competitions, then the premier league formed. but yes it is a fair way to judge the best team over the season. not feasible in afl. even if we trimmed down to a 14 team league for most of them almost the entire season would just be playing it out with nothing to show for it.Up until the 1950's and the European competitions coming into to play the old English first division was very successful with the home and away format and it's a fair way to judge who is the best team. For me home and away is the best way to go, but it wont happen, as in my opinion the AFL likes to manipulate the comp for obvious reasons.
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