Coming back in a taxi from Belfast to the airport got round to talking about football he was a gunner and I said I was Charlton he said Charlton are a big club and should be in the premier by rights. i was supprised what he said.
How do you measure it? Ground size, number of years at the top level, trophies won, media profile or a combination of all those factors and others besides?
We are definitely in the top 30 and possibly even top 20 in my opinion in England.
If the league was determined on the size of the club, we would be in the championship with Bolton and Blackburn. Forest, the Sheffield clubs and Leeds would be in the premier. Wigan and Fulham would probably be in league 1.
[cite]Posted By: cunningstunt87[/cite]Big club in this division, yes.
Big Club in world footballing terms, no.
As opposed to Southampton, Wolves, WBA, Stoke, Preston, Coventry, Sheff Wed and United, P*lace. I still see Forest as a bigger club than us
What have Coventry, The 2 Sheffields and Southampton done to be considered big clubs?
Forest and Leeds maybe big clubs but they ain't in this division.
Coventry have been in the top tier for ages before they last went down, as were Southampton who only a few years ago were in the FA cup final (yes I know Millwall were as well but we haven't been in one of those for quite some time) The two Sheffield clubs are just bigger clubs than us, more recent cup finals, decent history and have lots of fans more than us I reckon.
Ooh Aah - Away support doesn't really represent the size of a club. Maybe the loyalty of the hardcore fans, but not the size of the clyb.
Carter - In all honesty, would you swap Charltons history to have that of Coventry or Southampton??? No, because they're not big clubs, regardless of their 15 years or whatever it was of top flight football.
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Big Club in world footballing terms, no.
As opposed to Southampton, Wolves, WBA, Stoke, Preston, Coventry, Sheff Wed and United, P*lace. I still see Forest as a bigger club than us
How do you measure it? Ground size, number of years at the top level, trophies won, media profile or a combination of all those factors and others besides?
We are definitely in the top 30 and possibly even top 20 in my opinion in England.
Big club in this division, yes.
Big Club in world footballing terms, no.
As opposed to Southampton, Wolves, WBA, Stoke, Preston, Coventry, Sheff Wed and United, P*lace. I still see Forest as a bigger club than us.
leeds aswell.
when i think of a big club i think about the fan base.
how do you judge a big club?
Big Club in world footballing terms, no.[/quote]
As opposed to Southampton, Wolves, WBA, Stoke, Preston, Coventry, Sheff Wed and United, P*lace. I still see Forest as a bigger club than us[/quote]
What have Coventry, The 2 Sheffields and Southampton done to be considered big clubs?
Forest and Leeds maybe big clubs but they ain't in this division.
One could argue we have a bigger fanbase than most given our connection with China!
we are not a big club we are a well run middle sized club with big ambitions and even bigger aspirations by some of fans
Coventry have been in the top tier for ages before they last went down, as were Southampton who only a few years ago were in the FA cup final (yes I know Millwall were as well but we haven't been in one of those for quite some time) The two Sheffield clubs are just bigger clubs than us, more recent cup finals, decent history and have lots of fans more than us I reckon.
Ooh Aah - Away support doesn't really represent the size of a club. Maybe the loyalty of the hardcore fans, but not the size of the clyb.
Carter - In all honesty, would you swap Charltons history to have that of Coventry or Southampton??? No, because they're not big clubs, regardless of their 15 years or whatever it was of top flight football.
In my experiance the larger clubs tend to bring more fans than the smaller ones