Superphil
Dismember
We have heard a lot of chat asking how big our club really is, and how big this or that club is in comparison. Now, to stop all these arguments, I have devised the Big Club Theorem thus:
The Big Club Theorem:
Big Club Rating = [Current ground capacity x club age x (1 + FA Cup final appearances + European Cup final appearances + UEFA Cup final appearances)] / 1000000
Here are a few notable Big Club Ratings including ourselves shown below. You will note that Barnsley have a slightly higher rating than us, based probably on one more cup final appearance (all figures from Wiki). Also, interesting to see that Chelsea and Spurs have similar ratings.
Man Utd: [75731 x 136 x (1 + 18 + 5 + 0)] / 1000000 = 247.2
Arsenal: [60338 x 128 x (1 + 18 + 1 + 0)] / 1000000 = 154.5
Liverpool: [45276 x 122 x (1 + 14 + 7 + 3)] / 1000000 = 138.1
Chelsea: [41837 x 109 x (1 + 11 + 2 + 1)] / 1000000 = 68.4
Spurs: [36284 x 131 x (1 + 9 + 0 + 3)] / 1000000 = 61.8
Barnsley: [23009 x 127 x (1 + 2 + 0 + 0)] /1000000 = 8.8
BHA: [30750 x 113 x (1 + 1 + 0 + 0)] / 1000000 = 7.0
In future, don’t muck about, if you need to find out if one club is bigger than another, use the Big Club Theorem.
Queens Park FC are bigger than Chelsea and Spurs then, with 77 points.