List those 'big' clubs in order

[Tooting Gull]

Whatever you understand by the term 'big' club - and it is open to all kinds of interpretation - we all have our own idea of what constitutes a big club, and I imagine for everyone it is some function of finances, stadium, support, tradition, trophies, number of years in top flight etc etc.

How would you rate the current Premiership? I'd go:

1. Manchester United
2. Arsenal
3. Chelsea**
4. Liverpool
5. Newcastle
6=Spurs
6=Everton
8. Man City
9. Aston Villa
10. Middlesbrough
11. Southampton
12. Birmingham
13. Bolton
14. Blackburn
15. Charlton
16. West Brom
17. Norwich
18. Portsmouth
19. Fulham
20. Crystal Palace

Explanations: ** Chelsea could be anywhere from top to about halfway, as they could be called the biggest at the moment because of the cash, but have been cack for years and when Roman goes they'll be pants again.

 

[Trigger]

1. Arsenal
2. Chelsea
3. Manchester United
4. Newcastle
5. Liverpool
6. Aston Villa
7. Everton
8. Spurs
9. Man City
10. Middlesbrough
11. Southampton
12. Bolton
13. Charlton
14. Birmingham
15. West Brom
16. Fulham
17. Blackburn
18. Portsmouth
19. Norwich
20. Crystal Palace

 

[Schrödinger's Toad]

1. Liverpool
2. Man U
3. Newcastle
4. Arsenal
5. Chelsea
6. Spurs
7. Everton
8. Man City
9. Villa
10. Birmingham
11. So'ton
12. M'boro
13. Bolton
14. Charlton
15. Blackburn
16. West Brom
17. Fulham
18. Norwich
19. Portsmouth
20. Palace

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

id have blackburn above charlton as they have won the thing

 

[Tooting Gull]

Palace off the bottom?
Anyone?

 

[fatboy]

Liverpool
Manchester United
Arsenal
Newcastle
Chelsea
Man City
Aston Villa
Everton
Spurs
Birmingham
. West Brom
Blackburn
. Middlesbrough
. Southampton
. Bolton
. Charlton
. Norwich
. Fulham

. Portsmouth
.
. Crystal Palace

 

[Lammy]

1. Liverpool
2. Man U
3. Arsenal
4. Everton
5. Chelsea
6. Villa
7. Spurs
8. Man City
9. Newcastle
10. Birmingham
11. M'boro
12. Bolton
13. Charlton
14. West Brom
15. Portsmouth
16. So'ton
17. Norwich
18. Blackburn
19. Fulham
20. Palace

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

1. Liverpool
2. Man U
3. Newcastle
4. Arsenal
5. Chelsea
6. Spurs
7. Everton
8. Man City
9. Villa
10. Birmingham
11. Blackburn
12.So'ton
13. M'boro
14. Bolton
15. Palace
16. Norwich
17. Fulham
18. Charlton
19. West Brom
20. Portsmouth

 

[Set of Tracksuits]

1. Liverpool
2. Manchester United
3. Arsenal
4. Newcastle
5. Everton
6. Tottenham
7. Aston Villa
8. Manchester City
9. Chelsea
10. Birmingham
11. Bolton
12. West Brom
13. Southampton
14. Middlesborough
15. Portsmouth
16. Blackburn
17. Crystal Palace
18. Norwich
19. Fulham
20. Charlton

 

[Brixtaan]

Excellent thread!
You've obviously gone for current form Tooting but it is not a legitimate question.How can i list my country's biggest clubs when the 3rd biggest is not on your list?

 

[Citrus]

Whatever you understand by the term 'big' club - and it is open to all kinds of interpretation - we all have our own idea of what constitutes a big club, and I imagine for everyone it is some function of finances, stadium, support, tradition, trophies, number of years in top flight etc etc.

You're going to get abuse for this thread, however...

1. Manchester United
2. Newcastle
3. Arsenal
4. Spurs
5. Liverpool
6. Man City
7. Aston Villa
8. Chelsea
9. Birmingham
10. Everton
11. Portsmouth
12. Middlesborough
13. Southampton
14. Charlton
15. West Brom
16. Norwich
17. Crystal Palace
18. Bolton
19. Fulham
20. Blackburn

This is based on each club's crowd pulling ability, Sunderland would also be in the top 10.

 

[Pavilionaire]

1. Man Utd
2. Arsenal
3. Liverpool
4. Newcastle Utd
5. Spurs
6. Chelsea
7. Aston Villa
8. Man City
9. Everton
10.Middlesbrough
11.Birmingham City
12.Southampton
13.Bolton
14.Fulham
15.Blackburn
16.Portsmouth
17.Charlton
18.West Brom
19.Norwich
20.Palace.

 

[Del Boy]

Man Utd
Chelsea
Liverpool
Arsenal
Newcastle

Would be my pecking order!

 

[Brighton Breezy]

1. Man Utd
2. Liverpool
3. Arsenal
4. Everton (Great in the 80s and not been out of the top flight in years)
5. Chelsea (Not really won that much over the years)
6. Tottenham Hotpurs (double winners and Euro glory)
7. Aston Villa (2 Euro Cups)
8. Newcastle Utd (good crowds but little success)
9. Man City
10. Birmingham (Massive support)
11. M'boro
12.Blackburn
13.So'ton
14. Bolton
15. Palace
16. Norwich
17. Fulham
18. Charlton
19. West Brom
20. Portsmouth

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Although they have more of a history than many in the table, I'd put Fulham bottom in terms of fanbase (and thus potential). Blackburn also have a significant history (pre-Jack for those who know their footy history) but again have a relatively small fan base. It's been debated on here before but to me size is all about fanbase and nothing to do with how many Euro cups are in the cupboard. If Wigan won the Prem and Euro cups every year for the next 46 years on 7k crowds would that make them a big club?? Not in my world.

 

[oapdodge]

I would go in no particular order.
Liverpool, ManUre, Arsenal, Chelsea, Newcastle
Then stop, because they are the only big clubs the rest are big time charlies trying to cling to their coat tails. The prem league is 3 leagues in one. Any side promoted from the Championship (div 1) will always struggle. Then you have the rest in the middle with nothing to play for, 38 games knowing you have no chance of winning the league or going down every season. Boring as F**k.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

I would go in no particular order.
Liverpool, ManUre, Arsenal, Chelsea, Newcastle
Then stop, because they are the only big clubs the rest are big time charlies trying to cling to their coat tails. The prem league is 3 leagues in one. Any side promoted from the Championship (div 1) will always struggle. Then you have the rest in the middle with nothing to play for, 38 games knowing you have no chance of winning the league or going down every season. Boring as F**k.

Exactly, almost any fixture combination involving the remainder...who gives a fug? Bolton v Southampton, Fulham v Middlesboro, Everton v Norwich, Charlton v Aston Villa, Blackburn v Birmingham etc. etc.

 

[Brighton Breezy]

Newcastle are not a big club. Success wise they have not won much at all and whilst they have a lot of supporters, so do Sunderland.

 

[StephenWrexhamFc]

Manchester United (Trophies, money and supporters)
Liverpool (More trophies than MUFC but not
the same support)
Arsenal
Everton (Loads of history)
Tottenham Hotspur (Won a few Euro trophies)
Aston Villa (Won league recently and Europe)
Chelsea
Manchester City (Won the league in the 60s)
Newcastle United (Done nothing but big support)
West Bromwich Albion (Won a few trophies in history)
Blackburn Rovers
Portsmouth (Won the old First Division)
Southampton (Long record in old First Division)
Birmingham City
Bolton Wanderers
Middlesbrough
Norwich City
Charlton Athletic
Crystal Palace
Fulham

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Too much time on my hands - I've attempted the full 92. Probably some big errors

Div1

1. Man Utd
2. Liverpool
3. Arsenal
4. Spurs
5. Everton
6. Sunderland
7. Leeds
8. Aston Villa
9. Chelsea
10. Man City
11. West Ham Utd
12. Newcastle
13. Blackburn
14. Bolton
15. Nottingham Forest
16. Sheffield Wednesday
17. West Brom
18. Wolves
19. Southampton
20. Ipswich

Div2

21. Portsmouth
22. Birmingham
23. Middlesbrough
24. Leicester
25. Sheffield Utd
26. Stoke
27. Bristol City
28. Preston
29. Derby
30. Charlton
31. QPR
32. Crystal Palace
33. Fulham
34. Burnley
35. Huddersfield
36. Bradford
37. Cardiff
38. Millwall
39. Norwich
40. Brighton
41. Blackpool
42. Plymouth
43. Watford
44. Reading

Div3

45. Notts County
46. Hull
47. Bristol Rovers
48. Swansea
49. Luton
50. Oldham
51. Bournemouth
52. Shrewsbury
53. Oxford
54. Swindon
55. Barnsley
56. Northampton
57. Brentford
58. Crewe
59. Port Vale
60. Wigan
61. Hartlepool
62. Grimsby
63. Chesterfield
64. Gillingham
65. Leyton Orient
66. Southend
67. Torquay
68. Walsall

Div3

69. Peterborough
70. York
71. Doncaster
72. Chester
73. Rotherham
74. Mansfield
75. Cambridge
76. Colchester
77. Tranmere
78. Wrexham
79. Scunthorpe
80. Bury
81. Rochdale
82. Darlington
83. Lincoln
84. Wycombe
85. Macclesfield
86. Cheltenham
87. Kidderminster
88. Yeovil
89. Boston
90. Dagenham
91. Rushden
92. Milton Keynes