What is the biggest club to have never played in the Premier League?

[North Stand Polls]

We all know that football was only invented in 1992 when the Premier League came about.

Should Bournemouth achieve promotion, they will become the 47th team to feature in the World's Greatest League (tm), meaning that more than half of the 92 clubs currently in the top four tiers of English football will have had a go in Sky's money-soaked playground. Those 46 are:

Arsenal, Aston Villa, Barnsley
Birmingham, Blackburn, Blackpool
Bolton, Bradford, Burnley
Cardiff, Charlton, Chelsea
Coventry, Crystal Palace, Derby
Everton, Fulham, Hull
Ipswich, Leeds, Leicester
Liverpool, Manchester City, Man Utd
Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Norwich
Nottingham Forest, Oldham, Portsmouth
QPR, Reading, Sheffield United
Sheff Wednesday, Southampton, Stoke
Sunderland, Swansea, Swindon
Spurs, Watford, West Brom
West Ham, Wigan Wimbledon
Wolves

Which is the biggest team to not have made it to the Premier League to date?

 

[The Kid Frankie]

Would think Bristol City would be up there.

 

[TomandJerry]

Luton/Preston?

 

[The Andy Naylor Fan Club]

Barcelona.

 

[drop dead fred]

Preston or Huddersfield history wise ?

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Accrington Stanley

 

[Se20]

Strange that no one has mentioned the Albion ?

 

[Kuipers Supporters Club]

Went for Preston, but what about Bradford PA?

 

[surrey jim]

Preston, Huddersfield or Bristol City IMO

 

[Gwylan]

Huddersfield

Three times league champions, three times runners-up, FA Cup winner

Have been in top two division for most of their history

I know Preston has a better record, but that's way back - and have spent most of their recent history at the lower ends of the league

No brainer for me

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

not historically speaking,let's face it Bury have won the FA Cup twice,but probably never will again

I'd go for Brighton & Bristol City

with Plymouth not far behind in terms of future potential

 

[Dave the OAP]

Those were the days my friend
We thought they'd never end
We won the league three times in a row
We won the FA cup
And now we're going up
We are the town
Oh yes we are the town.
La la la la la laaaaaaaa

Huddersfield town. No contest

 

[Dave the OAP]

not historically speaking,let's face it Bury have won the FA Cup twice,but probably never will again

I'd go for Brighton & Bristol City

with Plymouth not far behind in terms of future potential

Brighton? We have been in the first division 3/4 seasons and one FA cup final( and a replay)

Hardly a big club surely.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Huddersfield or Preston.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

I got confused by the question, and voted for Fleetwood.

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

Brighton? We have been in the first division 3/4 seasons and one FA cup final( and a replay)

Hardly a big club surely.

we're not,I'm referring to the poll in question

you could argue that currently all the clubs on that list aren't big and some never will be

 

[Megazone]

Brighton? We have been in the first division 3/4 seasons and one FA cup final( and a replay)

Hardly a big club surely.

We were southern champions at one stage. Arguably in the top 2 best teams in the country.

 

[Black Rod]

Bristol City - biggest place never to have a top flight club, no?

We've spent most of existence in the bottom two divisions so anybody saying us needs their head examined

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

Huddersfield or Preston.

These, plus Bristol City, and at a push , us.

 

[GT49er]

Preston or Huddersfield history wise ?

Yep, those two for me too. Both have been 'big' clubs in their time.