What does this say about sporting prowess by region?

Forgive me, I know little about sport and Football in particular, but I was struck by this chart I saw somewhere and wondered what forummers thought of it:

PREMIERSHIP ONLY

BY MET COUNTY & OTHER:
GREATER LONDON 5
Chelsea, Fulham, Arsenal, Tottenham, West Ham
GREATER MANCHESTER 4
Man Utd, Man City, Wigan, Bolton
WEST MIDLANDS 3
Aston Villa, Birmingham, Wolves
MERSEYSIDE 2
Liverpool, Everton
TYNE & WEAR 1
Sunderland
WEST YORKS 0
SOUTH YORKS 0
OTHERS 5
Stoke, Blackburn, Burnley, Hull, Portsmouth

BY REGION:
NORTH WEST 8
LONDON/SE 6
MIDLANDS 4
NORTH EAST 1
YORKS/HUMBER 1
EAST 0
SOUTH WEST 0

PREMIERSHIP PLUS LEAGUE 1

BY MET COUNTY & OTHER:
GREATER LONDON 9
Chelsea, Fulham, Arsenal, Tottenham, West Ham, Leyton Orient, Brentford, Millwall, Charlton
GREATER MANCHESTER 6
Man Utd, Man City, Wigan, Bolton, Stockport, Oldham
WEST MIDLANDS 4
Aston Villa, Birmingham, Wolves, Walsall
MERSEYSIDE 3
Liverpool, Everton, Tranmere
WEST YORKS 2
Leeds United, Huddersfield
TYNE & WEAR 1
Sunderland
SOUTH YORKS 0
OTHER 20
Stoke, Blackburn, Burnley, Hull, Portsmouth, Norwich, Colchester, Swindon, MK Dons, Bristol Rovers, Hartlepool, Southampton, Southend, Exeter, Yeovil
Carlisle, Brighton, Gillingham, Wycombe

BY REGION
LONDON/SE 15
NORTH WEST 12
MIDLANDS 6
SOUTH WEST 4
YORKS/ HUMBER 3
EAST 3
NORTH EAST 2

Doesn’t mean much to me other than North West teams seem to be enjoying a period of batting above their weight and for some reason the North East teams are having a hard time of it this season, but wondered if you forummers might wanna comment??