How do you define a big club ?

[liam82]

We here a lot of clubs being reffered to as big but how do you actualy define a big club ?

Is it by current league position and form or form over a period of time.
Is it by the size of a stadium, attendance or the potential of the catcment area. ?

Or by the amount of trophys and titles won which is obviously going to have a large effect on the above ? a few years ago you hardly saw anyone wearing chelsea shirts now you see them everywhere ( especialy in eastbourne ) being typicaly worn by balding chubby middle aged men with red faces, probably the same crowd wearing man U shirst a few seasons back.

Anyhow for example Wigan are in the premiership along with Blackpool, does that automaticaly make them a bigger clubs than Brighton or do you look further back over time and look at the fact when we first gained promotion to the top flight Wigan were still a non leauge club ?

 

[Goodfella]

If it hurts when someone hits you over the head with it .

 

[Smithy]

The quality of a clubs stadium. From next season we will be MASSIVE.

 

[Gav1901]

History and fanbase.

 

[KneeOn]

Fanbase, status in the history of the league, the associated cups.

Brighton are a sleeping giant, we haven't been a big club in a while, if ever. But we've got the catchment for a huge fanbase, status in the football league and associated cups mean we can be a big team.

 

[Don Quixote]

Brighton and Hove Albion, MASSIVE club.

 

[Steve Foster]

Any club that averages at least 30,000 & is not a yo-yo club

 

[Sheebo]

Nothing to do with league or league position IMO. The likes of Notts Forest / Sheff Weds / Derby or as a league 2 example Bradford are still massive / big ish clubs.

 

[Gav1901]

Any club that averages at least 30,000 & is not a yo-yo club

No, Bradford don't do that but they're still a big club.

 

[beorhthelm]

history and consistant fanbase. some clubs still got 20k+ when in the 3rd teir, thats a big club whatever you think of them.

i'd consider Wigan and Blackpool both small clubs, and most their fans probably would too.

 

[Aldo]

The amount of major honours won

 

[Napper]

slightly off topic but was interested to see that Barnsley have spent longer in the 2nd division (championship) than any other club, also that they have won the FA Cup

I always thought we were bigger than them but apparently not

Barnsley = Fairly big club.

carry on

 

[Smithy]

slightly off topic but was interested to see that Barnsley have spent longer in the 2nd division (championship) than any other club, also that they have won the FA Cup

I always thought we were bigger than them but apparently not

Barnsley = Fairly big club.

carry on

They averaged under 20k when they were in the Prem for 1 season so I would say we were bigger than them.

 

[Aldo]

They averaged under 20k when they were in the Prem for 1 season so I would say we were bigger than them.

We aren't.

 

[redneb]

Any club that averages at least 30,000 & is not a yo-yo club

That makes us big pre 2005. I wouldn't say we were big. Medium sized perhaps.

 

[redneb]

Is this a thread of what defines a big club or what size of club BHA are?

I would liken BHA to Huddersfield personally, but thats just my opinion.

 

[Smithy]

We aren't.

Why not? Maybe we are of a similar size but not smaller.

Look at their attendances:

http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/england.htm

 

[Aldo]

Why not? Maybe we are of a similar size but not smaller.

Look at their attendances:

http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/england.htm

Barnsley have spent longer in the 2nd division (championship) than any other club (us), also that they have won the FA Cup (not us)

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[Smithy]

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Ok I see your point, but Wigan are not bigger than Leeds Utd, Sheff Wed etc even though they have been in the Prem for a while now.

 

[Napper]

Is this a thread of what defines a big club or what size of club BHA are?

I would liken BHA to Huddersfield personally, but thats just my opinion.

if only

Hudds have won the league 3 times and cups