Revealed: Regions that produce the most professional footballers in the UK

The northern realms of England have long been a football breeding ground. According to a 2016 report, the area has produced twice as many England internationals since 1872 as the south. A Sky Sports study found that over 800 England internationals were born in the north of the country while less than 370 were from the southern regions of England. English football is headed into the final stretch of the season and trophies are at stake. Football fans can visit http://theladpromocode.co.uk/ and wager on the top games around England.

With the north of England being the shining light of English football, let us take a deeper look into the regions that produce the most professional footballers in the United Kingdom.

Cities and Towns

There are three cities that have dominated football in terms of league championships over the years. Those cities are Liverpool, Manchester, and London. Only two teams outside of those three cities have won the championship in the Premier League era. If you want to predict which team will win this year the Premier League based on these interesting statistics or just wager on your favorite team, you can use this offer.

Although Liverpool, Manchester, London, and the areas around them produce a lot of professional footballers, it is hard to argue that Yorkshire’s impact on football isn’t greater. Yorkshire must have something in the water, or at least great coaching, that enables youngsters to reach the professional ranks.

Yorkshire Football Factory

Yorkshire’s influence on professional football was shown at the 2018 World Cup. Six Yorkshire-born players pulled on the England shirt in Russia. Jamie Vardy and Harry Maguire were both born in Sheffield. Danny Rose hails from Doncaster, Kyle Walker is from Sheffield, John Stones from Barnsley, and Fabian Delph was born in Bradford. Gary Cahill was born in Derbyshire and grew up just over the county border with Yorkshire.

Interestingly, other than Vardy, the England national team players from Yorkshire were all defenders. It must say something about the region’s ability to produce tough and rugged players over goal scorers and creatives.

But which region has produced the most professional footballers?

While Yorkshire has produced a recent haul of England internationals, the question remains which UK region has produced the most professional footballers. With the football league’s four divisions and many non-league teams paying players full-time, a lot of footballers can claim to be “pro”. Therefore, calculating the number of professional footballers produced in the UK would be an incredible labor.

However, there was one village found to produce the most professional footballers in the UK per capita over a 40-year period. That town was Glenbuck, the birthplace of Liverpool legend Bill Shankly. Sadly the village does not exist anymore, but during its time, it was a coal mining and football player producing hot-bed.

Research has found that over a 40-year period, the village of no more than 1,700 people, produced 50 professional footballers. Imagine a London club bringing through 250,000 players born and raised in the city over the course of four decades. That is the per capita equivalent that Glenbuck achieved.

Unfortunately, coal mining ceased in the area. the village is no more as But the village’s history lives on in the memories of the footballers who came from the small Scottish community.