mona
The Glory Game
Not as old a club as the Albion. Had a short spell of great success under Herbert Chapman and been a yo-yo club between the top three divisions since. Originally a rugby league stronghold.
After us they can be first!
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Big clubs in the championship, are we one?
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Not as old a club as the Albion. Had a short spell of great success under Herbert Chapman and been a yo-yo club between the top three divisions since. Originally a rugby league stronghold.
After us they can be first!
AmexRuislip
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Not sure we are a big club in the vein of say Newcastle, but I do think we are a great club.
Nothing to do with how much silverware won, but potential, facilities, the players, the manager, the chairman, the support and of course the desire
Nothing to do with how much silverware won, but potential, facilities, the players, the manager, the chairman, the support and of course the desire
Nixonator
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Coldeanseagull
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Luckily, we're a small, sleepy, seaside town that people have only heard of because of an issue with bathing and salt water and a film from the sixties. We'll know when we're big when you go abroad and you can buy a rip off replica shirt and a hand painted mug with seagulls on it
Until that time, I'm happy to be written off by the 'experts' on telly and to keep flying at a low level
Until that time, I'm happy to be written off by the 'experts' on telly and to keep flying at a low level
Hampster Gull
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- Dec 22, 2010
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Ffs
All these clubs have more history than Brighton and the towns have far more population.
I'd say we were medium.Leicester are not a big club and have only slightly more population than Brighton however they won the league.
GoldWithFalmer
Seaweed! Seaweed!
Genuine big clubs next season will be Villa Leeds Newcastle and Possibly S Wednesday........Derby Wolves Forest fill the next bracket and then Brighton are in the next bracket...
I wonder how many clubs this season had their largest home crowd vs Albion? Not too many i suspect.....
I wonder how many clubs this season had their largest home crowd vs Albion? Not too many i suspect.....
Nixonator
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I can think of a couple immediately
Eggmundo
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- Jul 8, 2003
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Search the words 'Football Administration' in wikipedia and see how many times we appear.
How easy would it have been to appear in that list over the past 20 years, but we didn't. We struggled and fought to be who we are.
That is more important, to me than 'how big' we are.
We have a club to support, one we are proud to be part of.
How easy would it have been to appear in that list over the past 20 years, but we didn't. We struggled and fought to be who we are.
That is more important, to me than 'how big' we are.
We have a club to support, one we are proud to be part of.
So this is all very subjective. But I would break down teams in The Championship (yes, I know the final line-up not known yet) as follows:
Big
Leeds
Wolves
Forest
Derby
Sheff Wed
Medium
Brighton
Blackburn
Hull
Ipswich
Cardiff
Birmingham
Preston
QPR
Bristol City
Huddersfield
Fulham
Small
Brentford
Rotherham
Wigan
Burton
Tinpot
Reading
Big
Leeds
Wolves
Forest
Derby
Sheff Wed
Medium
Brighton
Blackburn
Hull
Ipswich
Cardiff
Birmingham
Preston
QPR
Bristol City
Huddersfield
Fulham
Small
Brentford
Rotherham
Wigan
Burton
Tinpot
Reading
Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
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On the money all the way down that list for me.
worthingseagull123
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- May 5, 2012
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How do you measure best team spirit?
2016
No way wolves are that high. That's living of past history. I would stick them in medium.