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Offline Handsworth Wood Villa

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Re: Name 5 bigger clubs than us
« Reply #15 on: September 04, 2011, 04:07:30 PM »
Quote from: Mark Kelly on September 04, 2011, 03:59:12 PM
In the Midlands: Us, Wolves, Albion, Forest, Derby, Leicester, the Rags, Coventry, Notts County and Walsall.

What about Stoke City?
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Offline Rudy Can't Fail

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Re: Name 5 bigger clubs than us
« Reply #16 on: September 04, 2011, 04:10:15 PM »
Quote from: TRS-T on September 04, 2011, 04:07:30 PM
Quote from: Mark Kelly on September 04, 2011, 03:59:12 PM
In the Midlands: Us, Wolves, Albion, Forest, Derby, Leicester, the Rags, Coventry, Notts County and Walsall.

What about Stoke City?

Who?
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Offline villan1975

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Re: Name 5 bigger clubs than us
« Reply #17 on: September 04, 2011, 04:10:56 PM »
Quote from: eric woolban woolban on September 04, 2011, 03:13:26 PM
In terms of trophies we are the sixth biggest club:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_records_in_England#Most_successful_clubs_overall_.281871.E2.80.93present.29

Though I'd put us above Tottenham, as we've won the European Cup.
According to that list 9 of Evertons and 7 of Spurs are the community shield,are they really calling a preseason friendly as credible a trophy that scores the same as winning the league?
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Offline Billy Walker

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Re: Name 5 bigger clubs than us
« Reply #18 on: September 04, 2011, 04:12:54 PM »
Quote from: eric woolban woolban on September 04, 2011, 03:13:26 PM
In terms of trophies we are the sixth biggest club:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_records_in_England#Most_successful_clubs_overall_.281871.E2.80.93present.29

Though I'd put us above Tottenham, as we've won the European Cup.

Community Shields?!
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Offline JJ-AV

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Re: Name 5 bigger clubs than us
« Reply #19 on: September 04, 2011, 04:16:35 PM »
Man Utd, Liverpool and Arsenal are considerably bigger.

Chelsea and Citeh are now too for obvious reasons.

I'd say there's very little between us, Spurs, Everton and Newcastle and you could argue a case on any of those being the biggest of the rest. Although the validity of some of those arguments would be questionable.
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Offline Handsworth Wood Villa

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Re: Name 5 bigger clubs than us
« Reply #20 on: September 04, 2011, 04:17:49 PM »
Quote from: Mark Kelly on September 04, 2011, 04:10:15 PM
Quote from: TRS-T on September 04, 2011, 04:07:30 PM
Quote from: Mark Kelly on September 04, 2011, 03:59:12 PM
In the Midlands: Us, Wolves, Albion, Forest, Derby, Leicester, the Rags, Coventry, Notts County and Walsall.

What about Stoke City?

Who?

Stoke City FC.

A fellow Midlands club.
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Offline bob

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Re: Name 5 bigger clubs than us
« Reply #21 on: September 04, 2011, 04:18:17 PM »
Yeah, LOL @ counting Charity Shields.
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Offline Handsworth Wood Villa

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Re: Name 5 bigger clubs than us
« Reply #22 on: September 04, 2011, 04:18:32 PM »
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Offline Billy Walker

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Re: Name 5 bigger clubs than us
« Reply #23 on: September 04, 2011, 04:28:36 PM »
Quote from: TRS-T on September 04, 2011, 04:18:32 PM
Quote from: Billy Walker on September 04, 2011, 04:12:54 PM
Quote from: eric woolban woolban on September 04, 2011, 03:13:26 PM
In terms of trophies we are the sixth biggest club:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_records_in_England#Most_successful_clubs_overall_.281871.E2.80.93present.29

Though I'd put us above Tottenham, as we've won the European Cup.

Community Shields?!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_football_clubs_in_England_by_major_honours_won

That's a bit more like it. 

To be honest,  I think it's all a bit of a moot point as to which club is biggest as it's all down to financial backing at the end of the day.  Man Utd and Liverpool owe  their post war success to financial backing, for example.  If we had Man City's Sheik behind us we would have the history AND the money...making us the biggest bar none!
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Re: Name 5 bigger clubs than us
« Reply #24 on: September 04, 2011, 04:34:42 PM »
Quote from: eric woolban woolban on September 04, 2011, 03:13:26 PM
In terms of trophies we are the sixth biggest club:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_records_in_England#Most_successful_clubs_overall_.281871.E2.80.93present.29

Though I'd put us above Tottenham, as we've won the European Cup.

I would never include the Charity Shield (traditional curtainraiser to the English Fotball season © Danny Baker) as a proper trophy. It's basically a glorified pre-season friendly with an often arbritary qualification criteria - 4th place in Division One vs The Third Division Champions anyone? - and therefore shouldn't count.
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Re: Name 5 bigger clubs than us
« Reply #25 on: September 04, 2011, 04:37:04 PM »
Quote from: TRS-T on September 04, 2011, 04:17:49 PM
Quote from: Mark Kelly on September 04, 2011, 04:10:15 PM
Quote from: TRS-T on September 04, 2011, 04:07:30 PM
Quote from: Mark Kelly on September 04, 2011, 03:59:12 PM
In the Midlands: Us, Wolves, Albion, Forest, Derby, Leicester, the Rags, Coventry, Notts County and Walsall.

What about Stoke City?

Who?

Stoke City FC.

A fellow Midlands club.

If you must..

In the Midlands: Us, Wolves, Albion, Forest, Derby, Leicester, the Rags, Stoke City, Coventry, Notts County Port Vale and Walsall.
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Re: Name 5 bigger clubs than us
« Reply #26 on: September 04, 2011, 04:40:46 PM »
I don't know about football clubs,
but my Dad is bigger than anyone else's on here, and could easy take them
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Re: Name 5 bigger clubs than us
« Reply #27 on: September 04, 2011, 04:44:50 PM »
Quote from: TRS-T on September 04, 2011, 04:18:32 PM
Quote from: Billy Walker on September 04, 2011, 04:12:54 PM
Quote from: eric woolban woolban on September 04, 2011, 03:13:26 PM
In terms of trophies we are the sixth biggest club:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_records_in_England#Most_successful_clubs_overall_.281871.E2.80.93present.29

Though I'd put us above Tottenham, as we've won the European Cup.

Community Shields?!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_football_clubs_in_England_by_major_honours_won

Only thing wrong with that list is they include the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup which was a friendly competition, not recognised by UEFA. It would be like us including the Peace Cup.
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Re: Name 5 bigger clubs than us
« Reply #28 on: September 04, 2011, 04:50:43 PM »
*stops, thinks hard*

.............

*gives up*

No, sorry, I can't think of one.
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Offline berneboy

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Re: Name 5 bigger clubs than us
« Reply #29 on: September 04, 2011, 05:04:03 PM »
Quote from: Lee N'B on September 04, 2011, 04:50:43 PM
*stops, thinks hard*

.............

*gives up*

No, sorry, I can't think of one.

Well said, Sir!
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