[Football] Chris Hughton: 'It’s a good feeling to be the manager of a big club'

[Palacefinder General]

Ask any knowledgeable football fan to list the top 10 biggest clubs in England and Forest would always be on that list. As they sang at the Amex a few seasons back “You’re only here for the Forest” (we weren’t, we were there to watch BHA, but you get the idea)

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

And turned us down for Oxford if I remember rightly.

John Aldridge wasn't it?

 

[drew]

Ask any knowledgeable football fan to list the top 10 biggest clubs in England and Forest would always be on that list. As they sang at the Amex a few seasons back “You’re only here for the Forest” (we weren’t, we were there to watch BHA, but you get the idea)

Surely depends on what criteria you're using? Forest had a golden 6/7 year spell but hadn't done too much outside that period. I'll be intrigued to see which clubs you included in your top 1)!

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

He’s probably going ballistic in Hooters as we speak with a substantial onion ring tower, until 10pm anyway.

A Whitehall sauce did however tell me the covid Tier system is a massive smoke scream and it’s a ruse to ease Chris into his new surroundings safely.

All the best Chris, but please relax


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[portlock seagull]

Do you not think if our ground held 40k we wouldn't get that most weeks?

Norwich are very good at getting fans in from all over the county and that is something we could still learn from despite our advances on that front in recent years. It's a fine city as is Brighton. I think they are a well run club with a good support I just think we are too...

We are, no debating that. Norwich have the edge on us I’d say.

 

[Questions]

I wouldn’t knock Chris if he said what w@s reported one the opening post because Forest are a big club. Struggling at the back and they’ll never win the champions League but the point is they HAVE in the past so bugging us up too much is silly ........Hughton didn’t compare.

 

[Palacefinder General]

Surely depends on what criteria you're using? Forest had a golden 6/7 year spell but hadn't done too much outside that period. I'll be intrigued to see which clubs you included in your top 1)!

Only 5 English clubs have ever won the European Cup, Forest back to back, and for me that usurps any argument about their overall history,, but I totally agree that it’s obviously dependent on the individual’s subjective criteria.

Number 1) honestly no idea.

 

[Swansman]

Ask any knowledgeable football fan to list the top 10 biggest clubs in England and Forest would always be on that list. As they sang at the Amex a few seasons back “You’re only here for the Forest” (we weren’t, we were there to watch BHA, but you get the idea)

Dunno about that. Maybe in England, but if you are below 50 and living elsewhere in the world... not sure a lot would have them on their list. It all depends on the criterias though. Are they a top 10 club counted in nice trophys etc? Most likely. Top 10 in being "well-known" etc? More questionable.

Probably varies from country to country but in Sweden (and possibly Scandinavia) I would say these are the teams with most supporters:

1. Liverpool
2. Manchester United
3. Arsenal
4. Chelsea
5. Manchester City
6. Aston Villa
7. Tottenham
8. Everton
9. Leeds
10. Wolverhampton

But then again.. "global support" is just one of many criterias you could use to decide the biggest clubs.

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

Dunno about that. Maybe in England, but if you are below 50 and living elsewhere in the world... not sure a lot would have them on their list. It all depends on the criterias though. Are they a top 10 club counted in nice trophys etc? Most likely. Top 10 in being "well-known" etc? More questionable.

Probably varies from country to country but in Sweden (and possibly Scandinavia) I would say these are the teams with most supporters:

1. Liverpool
2. Manchester United
3. Arsenal
4. Chelsea
5. Manchester City
6. Aston Villa
7. Tottenham
8. Everton
9. Leeds
10. Wolverhampton

But then again.. "global support" is just one of many criterias you could use to decide the biggest clubs.

They beat Malmo for one of them

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

I wouldn’t knock Chris if he said what w@s reported one the opening post because Forest are a big club. Struggling at the back and they’ll never win the champions League but the point is they HAVE in the past so bugging us up too much is silly ........Hughton didn’t compare.

The City Ground has had the European Cup paraded twice. Twice. You have to respect that. Same for Villa Park.

 

[maresfield seagull]

So to summarise, they are a big Championship club.

History is so last year !

But without the history where would WE be ?

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

Our home crowds are roughly the same, historically Norwich’s have been a lot bigger. If/when they get chance to expand, they’d easily sell another 10k probably more. Fine city. Cracking ground. Great fans. Big club. Well, bigger than we are, to date anyway.

I've always thought that we were about on par with Norwich

Even knowing they won the League Cup in the 80s and beat Bayern Munich away

We came close to winning the Championship

Norwich have won it 4 times

We need to be successful on the pitch aswell as off it

 

[Swansman]

They beat Malmo for one of them

Indeed. Trivia: Malmö were coached by Bob Houghton who (supposedly) was a Brighton player (no appearances though) in 1969-70, meaning that both managers that night had a Brighton background.

 

[maresfield seagull]

Dunno about that. Maybe in England, but if you are below 50 and living elsewhere in the world... not sure a lot would have them on their list. It all depends on the criterias though. Are they a top 10 club counted in nice trophys etc? Most likely. Top 10 in being "well-known" etc? More questionable.

Probably varies from country to country but in Sweden (and possibly Scandinavia) I would say these are the teams with most supporters:

1. Liverpool
2. Manchester United
3. Arsenal
4. Chelsea
5. Manchester City
6. Aston Villa
7. Tottenham
8. Everton
9. Leeds
10. Wolverhampton

But then again.. "global support" is just one of many criterias you could use to decide the biggest clubs.

This epitomises subjective
Relative to each of our own perspectives and views

 

[maresfield seagull]

I've always thought that we were about on par with Norwich

Even knowing they won the League Cup in the 80s and beat Bayern Munich away

We came close to winning the Championship

Norwich have won it 4 times

We need to be successful on the pitch aswell as off it

That end of season piss up Still rankles
That title we gifted the Toon was ours for the taking
No one recalls the second place team

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

That end of season piss up Still rankles
That title we gifted the Toon was ours for the taking
No one recalls the second place team

exactly that

 

[maresfield seagull]

I refused to go on the pitch that day we got promoted
Job was not finished

 

[Dancin Ninja BHA]

Went with a Forest-supporting friend to one of their first home games last season against Birmingham (finished 2-2, good game in parts and some quality flare action by the Birmingham fans when they scored )

Anyway...........Birmingham spent a lot of the game reminding their Midland neighbours of the fact that they live in the past (a la Villa) and aren't big anymore (which they aren't in my opinion)

Everyone bangs on about the past in football, but it is the here and now (and future) that counts to me more.

So, are they a big club? Not so much anymore, ask most under 25s who don't t live in the area or support them and they'll say the same I think. Anyone who remembers that as a decent Premier league club and even further back as European champions will probably say differently.

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

Went with a Forest-supporting friend to one of their first home games last season against Birmingham (finished 2-2, good game in parts and some quality flare action by the Birmingham fans when they scored )

Anyway...........Birmingham spent a lot of the game reminding their Midland neighbours of the fact that they live in the past (a la Villa) and aren't big anymore (which they aren't in my opinion)

Everyone bangs on about the past in football, but it is the here and now (and future) that counts to me more.

So, are they a big club? Not so much anymore, ask most under 25s who don't t live in the area or support them and they'll say the same I think. Anyone who remembers that as a decent Premier league club and even further back as European champions will probably say differently.

My old man always used to say

It's better to of had it and lost it

As opposed to never having it at all

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

2 x European Cup winners.

Bigger than Leeds & Villa.

No.

Leeds are bigger. Three league titles in three different decades. Forest barely won a thing until Clough turned up and have never come close to winning anything since.

Jose Mourinho said it all. "I walked all the way [around the city] and when I saw the stadium I thought: 'Are you kidding me - this club won the European Cup? Twice?'

"It was a nice stadium and a nice city, but it was a small place. It was the size of the stadium that really took me aback.

"A small stadium, a small crowd - I looked around and tried to take it in."