Club Size In Order (Championship Edition)

[SMH]

Worth taking into account the oversees support and recognition of clubs in relation to club size. Feel like that's a factor that's hardly discussed when defining the size of a club, but with English football being watched more and more abroad it should be taken into account. This benefits clubs that have recently been in the Premier League where all the coverage is. Like for example a foreign football fan is much more likely to know who QPR are than the majority of other clubs in the Championship due to their recent Premier League status. Does this add to their club size?

I can't be bothered doing a full list of clubs but I'd put us somewhere in mid table. We'd have been down the bottom but the FA Cup win in particular and recent long Premier League spell bumps us up for me. For what it's worth no way should Hull be anywhere near the top teams. In my opinion, even we are a bigger club than Hull.

 

[Madejski]

Take away slightly bigger attendances and there is literally no difference between Reading and Brighton whatsoever.

Both have almost identical spells in each of the fourth divisions (no more than one season more/less in any tier).

Both have won fuck all (one Simod Cup vs one Community Shield) and both are in the past few years experiencing some of their best seasons and highest attendances.

We're the 20th biggest club in the league, Brighton are no higher than 18th.

 

[Madejski]

well there miles bigger than bristol city and reading for a start!

13) bristol city
14) charlton
15) huddersfield
16) cardiff
17) burnley
18) brighton
19) qpr
20) reading

 

[SF_]

Using the fool-proof SF points system to include Villa who are down and Wigan who are up (technically).

= Aston Villa - 249,531
1. Sheffield Wednesday - 146,726
2. Leeds - 140,918
3. Wolves - 139,640
4. Nottm Forest - 134,076
5. Blackburn - 127,853
6. Derby - 120,953
7. Boro - 112,449
8. Birmingham - 105,245
9. Cardiff - 102,743
10. Charlton - 98,830
11. Bolton - 98,650
12. Burnley - 94,621
13. Ipswich - 92,734
14. PNE - 91,117
15. Huddersfield - 90,798
16. Hull - 87,035
17. Fulham - 86,624
18. Brighton - 85,716
19. Reading - 72,185
20. Bristol City - 71,291
= Wigan - 68,504
21. QPR - 61,098
22. MK Dons - 51,602
23. Brentford - 49,913
24. Rotherham - 41,031

 

[wiganmudhuts28]

Using the fool-proof SF points system to include Villa who are down and Wigan who are up (technically).

= Aston Villa - 249,531
1. Sheffield Wednesday - 146,726
2. Leeds - 140,918
3. Wolves - 139,640
4. Nottm Forest - 134,076
5. Blackburn - 127,853
6. Derby - 120,953
7. Boro - 112,449
8. Birmingham - 105,245
9. Cardiff - 102,743
10. Charlton - 98,830
11. Bolton - 98,650
12. Burnley - 94,621
13. Ipswich - 92,734
14. PNE - 91,117
15. Huddersfield - 90,798
16. Hull - 87,035
17. Fulham - 86,624
18. Brighton - 85,716
19. Reading - 72,185
20. Bristol City - 71,291
= Wigan - 68,504
21. QPR - 61,098
22. MK Dons - 51,602
23. Brentford - 49,913
24. Rotherham - 41,031

hahahhahhaha what crap anybody on that list who have not won an fa cup is behind us instantly have a day off nob end fan...reading hull hudders above us i pissed out laughing fulham brighton aswell jesus you do hate wigan....nearly half of that list we have done more than them in 15 years! we could get promoted again and win another fa cup and you would still put us near the bottom of that table you clown!

 

[Walkley_Owl]

He gives his breakdown, it's not his or your fault you've only been a league club since the late 70s.

Based on crowds alone it looks right.

 

[SF_]

hahahhahhaha what crap anybody on that list who have not won an fa cup is behind us instantly have a day off nob end fan...reading hull hudders above us i pissed out laughing fulham brighton aswell jesus you do hate wigan....nearly half of that list we have done more than them in 15 years! we could get promoted again and win another fa cup and you would still put us near the bottom of that table you clown!

Jesus, go back a few pages and read the criteria, if it was based on my personal feelings then I doubt i'd have PNE 3 places below Burnley and Blackburn at 5th.

You really are the thickest c*** i've ever encountered on the internet.

 

[hodge]

 

[wiganmudhuts28]

Jesus, go back a few pages and read the criteria, if it was based on my personal feelings then I doubt i'd have PNE 3 places below Burnley and Blackburn at 5th.

You really are the thickest c*** i've ever encountered on the internet.

if it was personal feelings you would put wigan bottom...we should be above preston on any list fuck the criteria and fuck you! and the thread is called club size in order, right or wrong ? i dont care what you put 2 pages back.....

 

[Walkley_Owl]

Wigan Athletic aren't even the biggest club in their town.

 

[SF_]

if it was personal feelings you would put wigan bottom...we should be above preston on any list fuck the criteria and fuck you! and the thread is called club size in order, right or wrong ? i dont care what you put 2 pages back.....

I'd put you 4th bottom.

Edit - In fact, with MK Dons going down, i'd put you third bottom, Burton getting promoted might move you up a place...

 

[wiganmudhuts28]

Wigan Athletic aren't even the biggest club in their town.

I'd put you 4th bottom.

top 13 with ease...like it or lump it!

 

[rudebwoyben]

The one I'm surprised about is QPR being so low in the table. That might have something to do with the relatively small clouds Loftus Road can hold.

 

[Walkley_Owl]

The one I'm surprised about is QPR being so low in the table. That might have something to do with the relatively small clouds Loftus Road can hold.

Fluffy clouds or rain ones?

 

[MagpieBee]

What defines a big club! If it's history, we are out!!!! If its catchment area related to professional clubs around you we are in. By the way that guy 'Madjeski' or someone saying there's nothing between Reading & Btn needs to take his rose tinted glasses off..........there official away attendance at the Amex this season was 'an amazing'......... 56.

You'd be the biggest club in England, we'd be the 4th biggest. Definitely can't use that criteria!

 

[markwwfc1992]

Sorry mate but Wigan are fucking tinpot. The season you won the FA Cup, your European season and all your years in the Prem and still your ground was half empty. Also hard to respect any club that needs a fucking drum to build an atmosphere.

 

[rudebwoyben]

Fluffy clouds or rain ones?

Damn typos! Loftus Road can't hold much of either.

 

[wiganmudhuts28]

Sorry mate but Wigan are fucking tinpot. The season you won the FA Cup, your European season and all your years in the Prem and still your ground was half empty. Also hard to respect any club that needs a fucking drum to build an atmosphere.

think about this when we finish above your non ambitious club next season...wolves are a joke and yes why all that was going on you were getting relegated and winning nothing good job! and dont call me mate...its sir to you

 

[tomoshb]

For me, considering size, fan base and history, these are the top 6:

Leeds
Forest
Wednesday
Blackburn
Boro
Derby

 

[wiganmudhuts28]

For me, considering size, fan base and history, these are the top 6:

Leeds
Forest
Wednesday
Blackburn
Boro
Derby

yes lets talk about fan base and not recent history..history what happened when it was easy to win cups ect....these clubs might have a chance

 

[wiganmudhuts28]

why are these so called big clubs not winning anything now ? isn't that what big clubs do ?? we won a cup in 2013

 

[JJH]

yes lets talk about fan base and not recent history..history what happened when it was easy to win cups ect....these clubs might have a chance

You've got to take fanbase, potential fanbase, catchment area etc into account. If you're talking recent history - yes, Wigan have done more than we have - but by the same token, we had nearly 45,000 venture to Wembley for the pisspot trophy last season; whereas Wigan couldn't sell 24k for an FA Cup final.

Many other factors to take into account rather than just history.

 

[wiganmudhuts28]

You've got to take fanbase, potential fanbase, catchment area etc into account. If you're talking recent history - yes, Wigan have done more than we have - but by the same token, we had nearly 45,000 venture to Wembley for the pisspot trophy last season; whereas Wigan couldn't sell 24k for an FA Cup final.

Many other factors to take into account rather than just history.

how many of them were Bristol city fans ??? Bristol population of 450k 120mile away...a trip to wembley which will prob never happen again...hardly surprising is it...and we sold 25k...we actually got 21k which we sold out and got an extra 4k which we sold,man city only got 30k you dont get as many for the fa cup

 

[JJH]

how many of them were Bristol city fans ??? Bristol population of 450k 120mile away...a trip to wembley which will prob never happen again...hardly surprising is it...and we sold 25k...

I'd suggest all of them were Bristol City fans given they were there supporting them....

I'd say it's surprising yeah - I'd also say it's pretty impressive in comparison with Wigan's figure. Didn't you sell 9k for the FA semi?

 

[Bobbin']

how many of them were Bristol city fans ??? Bristol population of 450k 120mile away...a trip to wembley which will prob never happen again...hardly surprising is it...and we sold 25k...

The same could be said for any side playing at Wembley, I'm willing to bet that not everyone in your measly attendance for the cup final was a Wigan fan.

 

[wiganmudhuts28]

I'd suggest all of them were Bristol City fans given they were there supporting them....

I'd say it's surprising yeah - I'd also say it's pretty impressive in comparison with Wigan's figure. Didn't you sell 9k for the FA semi?

charity shield* we got sick of the endless trips to wembley the good days are returning we will take the championship by storm next season back to back promotions haha

 

[DippyDon]

When we got 35k at Wembley then you know that any Wembley attendance figures for any team other than the big 6 or so is most likely a load of crap, I know a Spurs fan that was in the Watford end for example

 

[wiganmudhuts28]

The same could be said for any side playing at Wembley, I'm willing to bet that not everyone in your measly attendance for the cup final was a Wigan fan.

we sold out.... bristol citys fan base aint that much bigger than ours so that 45k is a lot of bandwagon fans who have no interest in bristol city facts!

 

[JJH]

When we got 35k at Wembley then you know that any Wembley attendance figures for any team other than the big 6 or so is most likely a load of crap, I know a Spurs fan that was in the Watford end for example

Or it's an indication of potential fanbase. Was that your first trip to Wembley? We take 40k+ to Wembley and The Millenium every time, if we got to the Premier League we'd sell out every single week at home without fail. It's frustrating that this city hasn't had a club to match it's potential in recent years.

 

[wiganmudhuts28]

its whatever with me....i am proud of my club that's all that matters fuck the haters...