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what defines a "big club"?

  • 13-05-2006 10:10pm
    #1
    homerjay2005
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    at work yesterday we had a discussion about where certain players would go during the summer and some people were saying that these players would only go to "big clubs". we all know that in england, the likes of united, liverpool,chelsea and arsenal are typical big clubs but in my opinion there are more. celtic is a big club and even though we all hate them, rangers are big clubs. but what really defines a so called big club, which is the most important?

    money?
    fan base?
    history?
    honours?
    size of ground?

    is there such a thing as a temporary big club, like were chelsea a big club 4 or 5 years ago before the russian came along?
    even though they win f**k all, i feel newcastle fall into the big club category and given their history and stature, i also think the likes of villa and everton and even leeds, could be classed as big clubs also. any opinions?


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  • #2
    mike65
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    A big club is one thats turns play into trophies - consistantly. Which is why Chelsea and Newcastle while having either money or a large fan base (albeit locally based) are not in my book truly big - yet.

    Mike.


  • #3
    JPA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,791 ✭✭✭✭JPA


    I think any club which is successful or has been successful in the past backed up with a big fan base is a big club.

    Chelsea are a big club nowadays because they've won 2 league titles in a row but they have been successful in the past as well.

    And once a club has fallen into the big club category it takes many years of underachievement before they're no longer a big club.


  • #4
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,132 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    JPA wrote:
    I think any club which is successful or has been successful in the past backed up with a big fan base is a big club.

    Chelsea are a big club nowadays because they've won 2 league titles in a row but they have been successful in the past as well.

    And once a club has fallen into the big club category it takes many years of underachievement before they're no longer a big club.
    I think that sums it up pretty well.


  • #5
    blu_sonic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,953 ✭✭✭blu_sonic


    A combination of all of these:

    money
    fan base
    history
    honours

    and i think its all relative to the league the teams play in ie. Shamrock Rovers and Dundalk are considered by most to still be big clubs in the EL, whereas people seem unwilling to say the same for Drogheda (yet) Shels and Cork would be the current crop of "Big Clubs" in the EL


  • #6
    Ronan|Raven
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,147 ✭✭✭Ronan|Raven


    Three pubs!


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  • #7
    eirebhoy
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    I think it's solely down to the fan base / customers.


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