The Top Clubs in England over the last 50 years

[string the Eskimo]

16 hours ago, st albans fox said:

Frenetic activity in Liverpool as they get the open top bus tour rebooked for tomorrow ...... 

 

[Trav Le Bleu]

7 hours ago, Stadt said:

 

Pre-takeover Man City had won 2 league titles, 4 FA cups, 2 league cups and the European cup winner’s cup.

 

Yeah not much in it between that and our 3 league cups.

 

All of that was pre-1970. Which is practically my whole life.

 

Pre the oil money, as far as I've ever experienced, they were a yoyo club like us.

 

Might as well say Huddersfield Town and Preston North End are massive clubs.

[Corky]

I do think when you win trophies plays a big part in how you are viewed. Chelsea have won every trophy going in the past 20-odd years and still there is a perception they aren't a big club and don't have a history.

 

Nowadays, if you are successful it can be analysed to death. All the games are seen, every team is scrutinised, all the stuff is archived. If you won the title in 1957 or 1964 it doesn't apply. Nobody mentions that second place were bottlers, third to sixth were poor, 7th and below were a woeful lot. It is set in stone how won what and it isn't argued.

 

[Stadt]

1 hour ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

All of that was pre-1970. Which is practically my whole life.

 

Pre the oil money, as far as I've ever experienced, they were a yoyo club like us.

 

Might as well say Huddersfield Town and Preston North End are massive clubs.

It’s a bit niche using trophies won pre-takeover and in Trav Le Bleu’s lifetime though. 

 

They won the European cup winner’s cup in 1970 and two league cups in the same decade anyway.

 

I appreciate they had a yo-yo existence fir quite a while but they’ve had a very strong history.

[Guest bss9401]

I'm enjoying reading this. Speaking of opinions and influences you could easily go on attendances. For example Man City once got 84000 for a game. However, how many could we have got for the Everton trophy presentation game? I'd say we could have beaten even 84000 given that 250000 attended the parade celebration and an average of 50000 in 16/17. 

[Papasmurf]

For me this shows just how hard breaking into that top 6 is actually going to be.

 

If people think we're going to do that this season there's going to be a lot of disappointment.