Club size in order

[Attila the hun]

What are we basing who’s the bigger club on fan base ? Ground size ? Historical league positions or attendance or away following load of rubbish if you ask me

 

[Indian Dan]

What are we basing who’s the bigger club on fan base ? Ground size ? Historical league positions or attendance or away following load of rubbish if you ask me

Whoever’s dad is bigger than someone else’s dad

 

[wangle]

I am so happy we have gone up just so we get to avoid Salford for at least a year.

 

[Buxton Vale]

Vale Park is 19k or so, isn't it?

19,052 at the moment, although it will go up slightly when the other half of the main stand has seats installed.

 

[GTFCfish]

I think the only sure fire way of knowing who is the biggest is looking at which team has reached the most FA Cup Semi Finals in a particular decade.

Now I’ve chosen at random the 1930’s and totting it all up means...........

Well would you believe it, it’s Grimsby Town!!!


Thanks.

 

[Kim Jong Un]

1. Bradford
2. Plymouth
3. Crawley
4. Tranmere
5. Oldham
6. Port Vale
7. Carlisle
8. Grimsby
9. Northampton
10. Lorient
11. Walsall
12. Scunthorpe
13. Cambridge
14. Crewe
15. Exeter
16. Colchester
17. Mansfield
18. Newport
19. Cheltenham
20. Stevenage
21. Macclesfield
22. Morecambe
23. Swindon
24. Manchester United "B"

 

[Richard Cranium]

1. Its
2. Going
3. To
4. Be
5. A
6. Seriously
7. Long
8. Summer
9. If
10. This
11. Is
12. The
13. Content
14. We've
15. Gotta
16. Endure
17. Before
18. Pre
19. Season
20. Finally
21. Kicks
22. Off
23. Again
24. Salford

 

[salfordian]

is this based on capacity?
If so "Belinda" would be higher as they can accommodate 18k odd..
Is Bradfords ground the only bigger one?

no a combo of support, historical success, time spent in different divisions.

i think the list is pretty accurate, just something to talk about while we wait for pre season

but like i said apart from the bigger and smaller 4 or 5 a lot of clubs are the same size give or take

 

[shoddycollins]

no a combo of support, historical success, time spent in different divisions.

i think the list is pretty accurate, just something to talk about while we wait for pre season

but like i said apart from the bigger and smaller 4 or 5 a lot of clubs are the same size give or take

How are we measuring support though? Just in terms of attendance? That can be fraught with potholes, based on that within the run of a single season, Blackpool went from the smallest club in L1 to one of the biggest.

The only measures you could use to keep Salford from being the smallest club in L2 by some distance are ground size, recent average attendances and budget. Are any of those 'good' measures, since you could use them individually to claim Queen's Park are the biggest club in Scotland, Blackpool are among the smallest clubs in the league and Salford are the biggest club below the championship.

 

[salfordian]

How are we measuring support though? Just in terms of attendance? That can be fraught with potholes, based on that within the run of a single season, Blackpool went from the smallest club in L1 to one of the biggest.

you can look at attendance but have to study peaks and troughs and come up with a ball park figure over a number of years

i was talking to a mate about this and he said that historical success is more important than crowds but if you go to a game with a bigger crowd and better set up but they won a few less trophies than another you feel that the better backed team is the bigger one

i think in the lower leagues support is a bigger factor over trophies won

 

[Richard Cranium]

Can't remember the last time a big club won this league to be fair.

 

[shoddycollins]

you can look at attendance but have to study peaks and troughs and come up with a ball park figure over a number of years

i was talking to a mate about this and he said that historical success is more important than crowds but if you go to a game with a bigger crowd and better set up but they won a few less trophies than another you feel that the better backed team is the bigger one

i think in the lower leagues support is a bigger factor over trophies won

The question is what would Salfords attendances be if the bottom dropped out and they slid back down the leagues. Stockport were still getting 3500 in conference North. Would salford?

 

[salfordian]

yeah this league is a much of a muchness, in the national league there were 4 or 5 clearly bigger than the rest (if we base on support) but wouldn't be that big here. everyone else there is pretty small. L1 has polar opposites as well

 

[salfordian]

The question is what would Salfords attendances be if the bottom dropped out and they slid back down the leagues. Stockport were still getting 3500 in conference North. Would salford?

no just a few hundred i'd probably say

 

[shoddycollins]

yeah this league is a much of a muchness, in the national league there were 4 or 5 clearly bigger than the rest (if we base on support) but wouldn't be that big here. everyone else there is pretty small. L1 has polar opposites as well

The main group that were all part of I would say runs from the league 1 playoffs to top couple of teams in the conference. Either side of that are the big jumps in 'bigness' but there are outliers. Teams like Burton can find themselves in the championship while teams like Stockport, torquay and York end up in the conference North and South

 

[Craig]

Bring Stockport, Wrexham, Chesterfield, Hartlepool, York, Darlington, Notts County, Barnet and Torquay back into the football league. Send Forest Green, Salford, Fleetwood, Morecambe, Cheltenham, Stevenage, Crawley and MK Dons and Wigan down to the non-league and close the door forever.

 

[Conker]

Barnet? Might aswell recall Scarborough and Boston United while we are at it.

 

[Craig]

Forgot Scarborough, they can have Donny Rovers for em.

 

[Greenacres]

Barnet? Might aswell recall Scarborough and Boston United while we are at it.

While we are at it, can we have Workington back...I have always liked that name as it sounds like they mean business.

 

[Chris FGR]

Bring Stockport, Wrexham, Chesterfield, Hartlepool, York, Darlington, Notts County, Barnet and Torquay back into the football league. Send Forest Green, Salford, Fleetwood, Morecambe, Cheltenham, Stevenage, Crawley and MK Dons and Wigan down to the non-league and close the door forever.

Why Barnet instead of Wigan?

 

[shoddycollins]

Get rid of relative newcomers Leeds United, bring back Leeds City.

 

[Myblueheaven04]

While we are at it, can we have Workington back...I have always liked that name as it sounds like they mean business.

I live in workington so yes pls..... never happen tho !!

 

[Chris FGR]

Get rid of relative newcomers Leeds United, bring back Leeds City.

And Liverpool should merge back into Everton or get kicked out of the great 92. No room for newbie protest clubs.

 

[Greenacres]

Get rid of relative newcomers Leeds United, bring back Leeds City.

Or at the very least force Leeds Utd to add AFC before their name...as a phoenix club!

 

[darren gregory]

I live in workington so yes pls..... never happen tho !!

Used to have a good speedway away support !!

 

[Chris FGR]

of course just a bunch of bankrolled tinpotters

Who did you used to support? I take it you aren't a life long Salford fan?

 

[Enzo Scifo's Right Foot]

Do you think Notts are the biggest club to go down there? Can't decide between them and Luton

Luton are noticeably bigger than Notts in my opinion.

Size of club does matter , less so now than before but history shows that most seasons

 

[oakroader]

We were denied European football because of the heysel tragedy...
If only....

 

[valefan16]

European finalists should add to our massiveness?*

*anglo Italian but still European!

 

[RLC]

And Liverpool should merge back into Everton or get kicked out of the great 92. No room for newbie protest clubs.

Prior to Shankley, Liverpool were marooned in the Second Division and on a par with present day clubs like Sheffield Wednesday or West Brom. They were very much the poor relations to Everton in the city.

Which demonstrates that the size of a club is very much fluid and relative.