Keepingthefaithsince1976
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If/when Haaland explodes onto the world stage im sure he will hit 300 million followers.
City - big club or not ?
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We're about the 8th biggest club in England historically, pretty fucking big out of 92 league teams. The last decade has been amazing. If we keep going at that trajectory for another 2 decades we will be the biggest club in the country by a mile.
Whatever happens, we've seen our team win the league 6 times in 10 years. I thought we might get a lucky cup run one year in my lifetime, and I'm only 29. Win one Champions League and I could probably die a happy man if City went bankrupt the day after. We've had one hell of a run and long may it continue.
Whatever happens, we've seen our team win the league 6 times in 10 years. I thought we might get a lucky cup run one year in my lifetime, and I'm only 29. Win one Champions League and I could probably die a happy man if City went bankrupt the day after. We've had one hell of a run and long may it continue.
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DiscoSteve
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just noticed that those 4 hours of goal less football and two fluky penalty shootout wins have pushed the dippers above the rags in the pot countI guess it depends on how you define a big club..success, fan base, stadium size, social media following. The article below puts us 5th in the all time trophy table. Catching Chelsea up. Personally I do not care of what people think about City. They are my club, the best club, who over the last 45 years have brought me much heartache and more recently, such joy. Big, small, will always be Blue.
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You are underestimating our size. We are top 5 biggest clubs in the league comfortably. We are such a "small" club, people can’t avoid talking about us 24/7. We just had a decade of success, we are in for the second one now. 2020s might even be better than the 2010s since now we have a established team, manager, structure etc.. First half of the decade we tried to form out identity & culture. I believe by the end of the decade we will be comfortably top 3 biggest clubs in the country, both on and off the pitch. Trophy wise we aren’t that far behind Arsenal and Chelsea.
Just 5 trophies away from overtaking Chelsea (pic below was before we won the league) - and become the 4th most successful team in the country. Once we overtake chelsea Arsenal not that far away with just 3 trophies. Chelsea is going through changes off and on the pitch, Arsenal have been mediocre and will be mediocre for time to come
dadnlad
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but if the scousers win on saturday they become a great great club so the bar is moving all the time with the amount of greats they can fit in
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Unfortunately we are not 5th in the trophy table. Because some of our trophies are recent. The rules on total trophies is they only count up until the point we started winning quite a lot. So it stopped counting after 2011.I guess it depends on how you define a big club..success, fan base, stadium size, social media following. The article below puts us 5th in the all time trophy table. Catching Chelsea up. Personally I do not care of what people think about City. They are my club, the best club, who over the last 45 years have brought me much heartache and more recently, such joy. Big, small, will always be Blue.
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There are eight clubs that are always in the top ten for every category of what might define a big club, and ten always in the top 14. City are one of them.
| Pos | Stadium Capacity | All time attendance | Domestic trophies | All trophies | Top flight points | |||||
1 | Manchester United | 75,635 | Manchester United | 106,249,505 | Manchester United | 58 | Liverpool | 67 | Liverpool FC | 7,099 |
2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 62,850 | Arsenal FC | 91,994,049 | Liverpool | 53 | Manchester United | 66 | Arsenal FC | 6,901 |
3 | Arsenal | 60,704 | Liverpool FC | 91,193,659 | Arsenal | 46 | Arsenal | 48 | Everton FC | 6,793 |
4 | West Ham United | 60,000 | Everton FC | 84,586,713 | Manchester City | 28 | Chelsea | 34 | Manchester United | 6,556 |
5 | Manchester City | 55,097 | Newcastle United FC | 84,221,745 | Chelsea | 25 | Manchester City | 29 | Aston Villa | 6,032 |
6 | Liverpool | 54,074 | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 80,386,408 | Everton | 23 | Tottenham Hotspur | 26 | Manchester City | 5,489 |
7 | Newcastle United | 52,354 | Manchester City FC | 79,756,882 | Tottenham Hotspur | 23 | Aston Villa | 25 | Tottenham Hotspur | 5,242 |
8 | Sunderland | 49,000 | Chelsea FC | 78,799,161 | Aston Villa | 22 | Everton | 24 | Chelsea FC | 5,241 |
9 | Aston Villa | 42,682 | Aston Villa FC | 77,234,651 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 13 | Newcastle United | 14 | Newcastle United | 4,989 |
10 | Chelsea | 41,631 | Sunderland AFC | 68,678,608 | Blackburn Rovers | 12 | Nottingham Forest | 13 | Sunderland AFC | 4,560 |
11 | Sheffield Wednesday | 39,732 | Sheffield Wednesday FC | 58,186,012 | Newcastle United | 12 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 13 | West Bromwich Albion | 4,091 |
12 | Everton | 39,414 | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC | 57,663,036 | Sunderland | 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 3,702 |
13 | Leeds United | 37,890 | West Ham United FC | 56,616,352 | Sheffield Wednesday | 10 | Sunderland | 10 | Bolton Wanderers | 3,692 |
14 | Middlesbrough | 34,000 | Leeds United FC | 56,389,705 | Nottingham Forest | 10 | Sheffield Wednesday | 10 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3,587 |
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Sorry to nitpick but that list is not up to date and it includes cups that are not major honours, which skews certain club's tallies.
It's not got this seasons league title win in it for City, not sure about Liverpool's("nobody cares innit la"). I also don't know many people who count super cups(Euro ones or not) as major honours.
Forest are on 9 and Newcastle are on 10 major honours... and so on for the other teams, when you remove the glorified exhibitions and smaller European tournaments that even UEFA don't count. I think we are 2 away from Chelsea now(25) if I have it right.
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jimmygrimblesboots
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We are a big club and always have been , we have had a few blips and spent some time in the wilderness but we have always been one of the top six/eight club for decades , attendances etc.,stack up against the vast majority of clubs, its just the 'istree clubs plastic fans who like to think we are nobodies.
The recent investment has catapulted us into a top four club alongside the Rags , Dippers and Chelsea , and if our trajectory continues over the next decade we will be alongside the red 'istree clubs.
Personally i couldnt give a flying f*ck how we are percieved by fart brain , remote control wielding , gloryhunting retards who believe everything printed in the red top newspapers and take as gospel what Sky and The Sun spew out.
The reason i started supporting this club is because it was a family tradition and certainly nothing to do with potential success although the 1965-66 2nd division trophy was nice in only my second season as a supporter.
We might not be the biggest but at this moment we are the best and that causes a tsunami of boiling piss from the establishment clubs , and long may it continue.
The recent investment has catapulted us into a top four club alongside the Rags , Dippers and Chelsea , and if our trajectory continues over the next decade we will be alongside the red 'istree clubs.
Personally i couldnt give a flying f*ck how we are percieved by fart brain , remote control wielding , gloryhunting retards who believe everything printed in the red top newspapers and take as gospel what Sky and The Sun spew out.
The reason i started supporting this club is because it was a family tradition and certainly nothing to do with potential success although the 1965-66 2nd division trophy was nice in only my second season as a supporter.
We might not be the biggest but at this moment we are the best and that causes a tsunami of boiling piss from the establishment clubs , and long may it continue.