RedHux Posted 30 May 2008 Posted 30 May 2008 Been reading through a load of threads on here and time and time again you refer to yourselves as a big club even when compared to championship clubs. Now I'm not disputing it. We at various Forest forums just as often go on about us being one of the bigger clubs in the championship (not something I neccesarily (sp?) agree with btw. I was just wondering by what measure do you think makes a "big club"? Attendance? history? wage bill? funds? you know the sort of thing. I'd have to go for a mixture of attendances, current financial state, wage bill/turnover and current position and perhaps a little history but as time passes history becomes increasingly irrelevant.
lildave3 Posted 30 May 2008 Posted 30 May 2008 Having Ricky Sappleton AND Barry Hayles on the books makes us the biggest club in the world. FACT.
Asha Posted 30 May 2008 Posted 30 May 2008 I argued this point with a JJB staff member. They've stopped selling Leicester shirts, so I said 'But they're the biggest team outside the premiership.' He laughed and said 'I support Leeds mate, they're gonna give Leicester a new arsehole.' And I was like 'not the point.' Of course I was joking, because we're not the biggest team outside prem etc. I just find it hard to believe that the only place I could find Leicester shirts on sale (apart from the megastore) was fooking dominoes.
Benjani Posted 30 May 2008 Posted 30 May 2008 I argued this point with a JJB staff member.They've stopped selling Leicester shirts, so I said 'But they're the biggest team outside the premiership.' He laughed and said 'I support Leeds mate, they're gonna give Leicester a new arsehole.' And I was like 'not the point.' Of course I was joking, because we're not the biggest team outside prem etc. I just find it hard to believe that the only place I could find Leicester shirts on sale (apart from the megastore) was fooking dominoes. Because if you run a business, you want to make money don't you?
Floating Fox Posted 30 May 2008 Posted 30 May 2008 Been reading through a load of threads on here and time and time again you refer to yourselves as a big club even when compared to championship clubs. Now I'm not disputing it. We at various Forest forums just as often go on about us being one of the bigger clubs in the championship (not something I neccesarily (sp?) agree with btw. I was just wondering by what measure do you think makes a "big club"? Attendance? history? wage bill? funds? you know the sort of thing. I'd have to go for a mixture of attendances, current financial state, wage bill/turnover and current position and perhaps a little history but as time passes history becomes increasingly irrelevant. I'd genearlly agree there. Attendences are generally the biggest factor for me, History as well although as you say, technically irrelevant. We did well to get 3rd Highest average attendence in the Championship...But that was only 'cus of all the free tickets handed out
shen Posted 30 May 2008 Posted 30 May 2008 It's pretty much attendance/fan base, the stadium/facilities and reputation. The first two are pretty straight-forward, but the latter is a lot more difficult to grasp and is the one that's causing the debate. I'd say it's made up of the staff's reputation, the clubs recent history, and supposed traditions at a club that matter. Money and business obviously can have an indirect influence on those, but you're getting to a point where measuring these things become a solely subjective thing...
RedHux Posted 30 May 2008 Author Posted 30 May 2008 I've posted the same question on a Forest forum linky (be nice if you go over, it's a similar place to here where opposition fans are free to post as long as the're not just trolling), and they come up with the point the media makes a big club. I.e, filling column inches and generating advertising revenue if the're featured enough. Personally I think it's a combination of all these things. Wigan for example I wouldn't class as a big club because despite their prem. status the average gate was 19000 or so last year. Which is crap considering we averaged nearly 20k in league one and you lot got 23k. source
Corky Posted 30 May 2008 Posted 30 May 2008 Obviously we are not a massive club, but I wouldn't call us a small club either. We have a large fanbase, and a decent history. In terms of club size, I think we'd fit into the lower Premiership/upper Championship category. Would be nice if we could do the same on the pitch as well.
Finnegan Posted 30 May 2008 Posted 30 May 2008 If the media makes a big club then between Mandaric, Allen and Ollie then we probably were the biggest club outside the Premiership this year. The tabloids absolutely loved the three of them, haha.
Uncle Albert Posted 30 May 2008 Posted 30 May 2008 We are the 9th biggest team this Millennium. The stats (I think) prove it.
Maybes Posted 30 May 2008 Posted 30 May 2008 I dont really care. We are a league one club....enough said.
Father Ted Posted 30 May 2008 Posted 30 May 2008 Been reading through a load of threads on here and time and time again you refer to yourselves as a big club even when compared to championship clubs. Now I'm not disputing it. We at various Forest forums just as often go on about us being one of the bigger clubs in the championship (not something I neccesarily (sp?) agree with btw. I was just wondering by what measure do you think makes a "big club"? Attendance? history? wage bill? funds? you know the sort of thing. I'd have to go for a mixture of attendances, current financial state, wage bill/turnover and current position and perhaps a little history but as time passes history becomes increasingly irrelevant. We beat you for a start
C-man Posted 30 May 2008 Posted 30 May 2008 I dont really care.We are a league one club....enough said. The sooner everyone realise that once 22 players start kicking a ball at 3pm on a Saturday, it doesn't matter if you are or were a big club, the better.
RedHux Posted 30 May 2008 Author Posted 30 May 2008 We beat you for a start Yes you did. Can we have a two goal start next time?
Fox You Forest Posted 30 May 2008 Posted 30 May 2008 Yes you did.Can we have a two goal start next time? Im not sure we could hit the target twice times in a game.
Mr Happy Posted 30 May 2008 Posted 30 May 2008 I dont really care.We are a league one club....enough said. Exactly. At the end of the day I don't believe any club playing in the third division can call themselves 'big'
SamL Posted 31 May 2008 Posted 31 May 2008 I argued this point with a JJB staff member.They've stopped selling Leicester shirts, so I said 'But they're the biggest team outside the premiership.' He laughed and said 'I support Leeds mate, they're gonna give Leicester a new arsehole.' And I was like 'not the point.' Of course I was joking, because we're not the biggest team outside prem etc. I just find it hard to believe that the only place I could find Leicester shirts on sale (apart from the megastore) was fooking dominoes. I didn't think JJB sold Leicester shirts since they stopped making them.
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