Huple
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A question that came up on the way back from Bristle.
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Are we a small big club ?
Or a big small club.
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Are we a small big club ?
Or a big small club.
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Does size matter?
- Thread starter Huple
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brightn'ove
cringe
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Discodoktor
Active member
Yep size matters we got bigger and now we are more excited.
It only matters to the opposition. "With respect, we should be beating teams like Brighton" is more common than "it's like our cup final", so we certainly aren't a big club. Anyone who thinks we are is deluded. Are Swansea a big club? Reading? Wigan? Charlton?
Yes, we're on the up, but the last thing we won was the 3rd division.
Yes, we're on the up, but the last thing we won was the 3rd division.
bhaexpress
New member
It only matters if you are obsessed with allegedly 'Plastic' fans or if your club has to plaster posters advertising their existance all over their neighbourhood.
Return of the Rev
Well-known member
Always think of us as bigger than blackpool,bolton,blackburn,reading type clubs but not a big club like man u,man city,spurs,chelsea liverpool,arsenal bracket!
# Probaly in the bristol city,pompey,southampton cardiff bracket.but we have a great opportunity to grow with our catchment area,if the stadium can grow and the club keep prices competitive tickets,food,beer etc we could become bigger than the brizzies,pompey type clubs! But we are gonna have to welcome alot of plastics and remold them into proper fans!
# Probaly in the bristol city,pompey,southampton cardiff bracket.but we have a great opportunity to grow with our catchment area,if the stadium can grow and the club keep prices competitive tickets,food,beer etc we could become bigger than the brizzies,pompey type clubs! But we are gonna have to welcome alot of plastics and remold them into proper fans!
ArcticBlue
New member
in my mind a small big club. Though the question to debate (i am sure you did on the way back from bristol) is what makes a big club?
Kuipers Supporters Club
Well-known member
I would say that in terms of history, we are smaller than Oxford and Bradford.
Lord Bracknell
On fire
That's an age thing, though.
When I was a nipper, Blackpool and Bolton were MASSIVE clubs.
Big or small it's mainly about the fanbase. I would say that even the smallest 'big' club would have an average attendance of at least 20-25000 and a ground that could take at least 35-40000. On that basis the big clubs are the London 3 (possibly also West Ham), Manchester 2, Liverpool 2, Villa, Newcastle, Sunderland and Leeds. We're at the level below - or will be when we increase the capacity.
Uncle Spielberg
Well-known member
I am not sure how wide we are but I have been reliably informed width is better than length.
Seagull Steve
SWC
I think we are turning from a small size club, into a bracket just above that. I think what I mean is teams like Palace, Pompey, Bizzle city, Reading, Watford. We are growing and going in the right direction, but no way are we even one of the biggest clubs in the Championship.
Cecil
New member
This, although I think the average attendance would need to be 30,000 and above.
The size of a club is generally history of honours and crowds weighed up with current crowds.
Much like our history, size wise we would be lower champ / upper L1 level.
Most clubs in Championship will view us as a small club where as most L1 clubs will see us a bigger club than them
With the new ground and moving forward, we could become a lower Prem / upper champ size club. Similar to say West Brom who are muchmuch bigger than us historically. Prob take 20 years for the change though, for example to me Reading are only now starting to lose small club perception
edit..............................change the West Brom thing, looking at Wiki they are clearly a very very big club. Perhaps we could be a Fulham size wise
Much like our history, size wise we would be lower champ / upper L1 level.
Most clubs in Championship will view us as a small club where as most L1 clubs will see us a bigger club than them
With the new ground and moving forward, we could become a lower Prem / upper champ size club. Similar to say West Brom who are muchmuch bigger than us historically. Prob take 20 years for the change though, for example to me Reading are only now starting to lose small club perception
edit..............................change the West Brom thing, looking at Wiki they are clearly a very very big club. Perhaps we could be a Fulham size wise
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Sunderland has got a much smaller pop than the Brighton and yet they have got this big stadium that makes them a so called big club. The bigger the stadium the bigger your club are percieved to be. We need to expand the ground asap so that we will become a bigger club in the eyes of other fans. Clubs with 30k+ stadia have a higher standing in the football pyramid.
JJB
New member
Too many variable to try and judge.
Blues Rock DJ
New member
We are a football club, whose supporters have, I hate to say, got too big for their boots. As a previous poster said, we've won nothing apart from L1 .
brightn'ove
cringe
you mean like sheffield wednesday?
bhaexpress
New member
Always think of us as bigger than blackpool,bolton,blackburn,reading type clubs but not a big club like man u,man city,spurs,chelsea liverpool,arsenal bracket!
# Probaly in the bristol city,pompey,southampton cardiff bracket.but we have a great opportunity to grow with our catchment area,if the stadium can grow and the club keep prices competitive tickets,food,beer etc we could become bigger than the brizzies,pompey type clubs! But we are gonna have to welcome alot of plastics and remold them into proper fans!
You know this plastics thing has been done to death, both you and I can remember 30,000 crowds at the Goldstone. Granted they weren't the norm but neither is our current league position or performances let alone have a great stadium. Try as some people might to get nostalgic about the Goldstone it really was not a good stadium.