One BCFC Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Definitely Reading and Swindon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippin cider Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Oh I forgot about Swindle as well.... They genuinely do think they're big time Exactly , vile club, vile fans, vile town !!!! .......neeeeeeeeeext Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippin cider Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Come on Preston! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rizzle Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Bristol City Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miah Dennehy Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Whether a club is 'big' or not is a moot point, and other than the giants of world football (man United, Real Madrid etc. etc.) what actually defines what is 'big'. Are City a smaller club than Rovers just because their away support isn't as good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Forest and West Ham This times a million. Give me a Notts County fan over one of the "Mighty Trees" any day. The "Mighty Trees" are thick as two planks in my experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Whether a club is 'big' or not is a moot point, and other than the giants of world football (man United, Real Madrid etc. etc.) what actually defines what is 'big'. Are City a smaller club than Rovers just because their away support isn't as good? Dream on, Mr 26k to Wembley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBibs Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Dream on, Mr 26k to Wembley. I think you've been whooshed there red-robbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 I think you've been whooshed there red-robbo Noooo. I realise twas a fishing attempt, hence my relaxed reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Taylor is GOD Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Definitely Reading and Swindon. Reading - For Sure!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team In Keynsham Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 A couple of people saying Liverpool in there.... One of the best supported teams in the country, a global brand, a 60,000 stadiumon it's way and who during the lean 25ish years of league failure have won more trophies than everyone else other than Manchester United and possibly Chelsea (I'm guessing but even if it's more than those two it would only include Arsenal).Yeah tiny club.... I think they have every right to think they are going to challenge every year, even if they currently don't stand a chance in hell. Spurs - One year in the champions league and they sacked their manager (AVB) who had the highest win ratio in their history for being 7th in December. Agree with Liverpool having a reasonable claim on being a big club, and in their place would put both Manchester City and Chelsea. petrodollar-funded arriviste does not equate to big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray White Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Portsmouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totterdown Tom Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Liverpool Not sure why Liverpool are considered suitable candidates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenkibby. Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Lincoln city. who the f... do they think they are!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portland Bill Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Do you mean smaller than they think they are!? Edit - you beat me to it! Newcastle West Ham Leeds 3 that spring to mind quickly Leeds are a massive club. Newcastle get 50k every home game,so I don't really think you can't call them massive. Another big club that can't seem to get it right are Sheffield Wednesday. Clubs that think they are big but aren't, Cardiff,Leicester,QPR,Forest and Blackburn,imo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingswood Village Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Sheffield united, Brighton and qpr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingswood Village Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Not sure why Liverpool are considered suitable candidates. Agreed - Liverpool are the second biggest team in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briz1122 Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Southampton- years of doing nothing and not winning a thing and they think they're one of the biggest clubs in the country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenBall Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Newcastle, haven't won a trophy for over 45 years. Only 20 odd years go getting regular crowds of 15,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briz1122 Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 They are though aren't they. Top level club from around '67 till fairly recently, then successive promotions back to where they belong. Suppose they have all those trophies to back up that claim.. .. Oh wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allyolly Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Only one winner surely......? Sheffield United. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briz1122 Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 What claim ? Just stating facts. Southampton are a big club with big attendances and have produced numerous England internationals from their own academy. Compared to us, they are massive. Obviously bigger than us, but no where near one of the biggest in England. Can think of at least 15 bigger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenBall Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 I love how arguments are breaking out about other teams honours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Red Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Obviously. They are a big club - unlike City . I remember going to St.Marys in i think the November of 2008, we won 1-0 with LJ gettng the winner. They were in such a sate finacially they couldnt even afford to pay staff to open the corners of the satdium.. Dire straights. I wouldnt call Southampton a big club at all but there we go opinions are opinions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Red Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 I remember going to Man.Utd in the second division and us winning 1-0 with a Keith Fear goal. Of course times change but to say Southampton are a 'big' club really does set a stupidly high benchmark. I mean if they are big what are Leeds United and Sheffield Weds? Both bigger than Soton Imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One BCFC Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Teams like Reading who have a new stadium and the last 10 yrs have hit the big time but genuinely believe in their own hype, they forgot that their history for 100 years was in the lower two tiers. Where it regards City, we have potential to be but we arent no where near a 'big' club, we are around the size of Preston and Barnsley really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Orns Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Leeds are a massive club. Newcastle get 50k every home game,so I don't really think you can't call them massive. Another big club that can't seem to get it right are Sheffield Wednesday. Clubs that think they are big but aren't, Cardiff,Leicester,QPR,Forest and Blackburn,imo! Name the last time they done anything special, like big clubs should? Leeds, about 12 years ago, but mortgaged themselves up to their eyeballs, now paying for it Newcastle, should've won the league not so long back, ****** that up. Not won anything in my lifetime West Ham, see above. Except they've never come close to winning the league. Won the FA Cup when I was 6 or 7 Yet all 3 seem to claim they are massive. Not for me. Newcastle getting 52,000 is an achievement, but we all remember them getting nowhere near that before Keegan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 According to some there seems to only be three big clubs as they fit some sort of criteria. Weird thread this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 I hate the whole back where they belong things, Whatever league a team is in is where they belong because they've wasn't a chance not based on fan bases or past glory If it was we'd be a league 1 club forever because it's where we've spent most of our history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 What defines a big club? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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