Big clubs in the championship, are we one?

[KZNSeagull]

No, we are not a big club.

But we are one of, if not, the most attractive clubs in the Championship - best facilities, best manager, best chairman and best team spirit.

 

[ThePaddy]

No, we are not a big club.

But we are one of, if not, the most attractive clubs in the Championship - best facilities, best manager, best chairman and best team spirit.

That is a ludicrous thing to say while Rafa is still at Newcastle.

 

[KZNSeagull]

That is a ludicrous thing to say while Rafa is still at Newcastle.

If he was that good, he would not now be a Championship manager. Our man won the LMA Championship manager of the year award, did he not?

 

[Nixonator]

If he was that good, he would not now be a Championship manager. Our man won the LMA Championship manager of the year award, did he not?

Ignore it, they have gone from 'you're gonna lose your manager' to 'he's not that good anyway' in the space of a day.

 

[sir albion]

Yes we're a big club...Big clubs get big crowds and have a big fan base.
What league you're in and what trophies you've won are irrelevant when it comes to a big club although being successful will increase your fan base.

 

[sir albion]

No, we are not a big club.

But we are one of, if not, the most attractive clubs in the Championship - best facilities, best manager, best chairman and best team spirit.

Yes we're a big club and we've gone past that middle sized club scenario....How many clubs in this country would average 25/26/27k in the second tier ?

 

[spence]

Yes we are a big club

 

[GT49er]

We're definitely a small club again now, and off the radar - glory be! Anybody see Paul Lambert on SSN yesterday?

"Who do you expect to be promoted from the Championship next season, Paul?"
"Well, the three that go down. Newcastle and Villa far too big for that division - and Norwich too really - I mean, they can pack 25,000 into Carrow Road every week,"
"And what about the teams currently in the Championship, Paul?"
"Derby, obviously." Paused to think, "......and whoever doesn't come up out of Hull and Sheffield Wednesday, I suppose."

Any teams looking out for an out of work manager who knows his way round the Championship, anybody?
Meanwhile, hopefully we'll creep through to automatic promotion without anyone noticing!

 

[mickybha]

Never mind the championship for me Brighton & Hove Albion is the biggest club in (my) World

 

[el punal]

Reading people mention that there are some big clubs coming down into the championship, are we now matured into a genuine big club ourselves? Will other teams be thinking of us as a big club/ scalp next season?

Maybe . . . . but are we as big as the Royal Engineers and Old Carthusians? They're massive.

 

[Taybha]

We're definitely a small club again now, and off the radar - glory be! Anybody see Paul Lambert on SSN yesterday?

"Who do you expect to be promoted from the Championship next season, Paul?"
"Well, the three that go down. Newcastle and Villa far too big for that division - and Norwich too really - I mean, they can pack 25,000 into Carrow Road every week,"
"And what about the teams currently in the Championship, Paul?"
"Derby, obviously." Paused to think, "......and whoever doesn't come up out of Hull and Sheffield Wednesday, I suppose."

Any teams looking out for an out of work manager who knows his way round the Championship, anybody?
Meanwhile, hopefully we'll creep through to automatic promotion without anyone noticing!

I heard that interview ,brilliant top quality in depth analysis...... i want to be a TV pundit , . ( No funny fka's editing my post by removing the PUNDIT bit either , thankyou very much )

 

[GT49er]

I heard that interview ,brilliant top quality in depth analysis...... i want to be a TV pundit , . ( No funny fka's editing my post by removing the PUNDIT bit either , thankyou very much )

The thought of doing that never entered my head ...... ....... ...... but now you've mentioned it ....................

 

[Pavilionaire]

If the bookies think we're in the Top 6 for promotion next season and our attendances continue to be in the top 4 of the Championship then, in my book, we're a big club for this division.

It is all boll*cks anyway because the Championship will bite you on the arse - Sunderland, Leeds, Norwich, Sheff Wed, Southampton, even Man City have all fallen through the Championship trap-door.

 

[Wellesley]

We is what we is, and I love it.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

We've got to be the biggest club not to have been in the Premier League.

Huddersfield?

 

[perseus]

In 1977-78 (Division 2) we were 12th in the football attendances chart ahead of first division clubs Newcastle and Sunderland and Middlesbrough and our tickets were more expensive then as well. Below Forest and Leeds though but they were at the top of Division One. Still some way to go to fulfill our potential. Only a few thousand ahead of top flight Bristol City and Coventry City though. About comparable to both the Sheffield clubs put together back then.

 

[Steve in Japan]

If you have to ask, you probably know the answer. We're semi-big. With big potential.

 

[Barnham Seagull]

I would define clubs in three ways:

Attendances = big club or not
Achievements
Affluence

 

[StonehamPark]

Ffs. "Big Club"

 

[Nixonator]

If we're not 'big' then i'm thrilled to see what we're capable of when we are.