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31-01-21, 13:04
City123

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Birmingham has two football clubs and the North West of the city generally supports West Brom

So thats 3 clubs

Cardiff and its surrounding urban area has one club

Birmingham is massive, more people live in Birmingham metropolitan area than live in the whole of Wales

Population: Cardiff - 366,903. Birmingham - 1,141,816
Urban population: Cardiff - 479,000. Birmingham - 2,897,303
Metro populations: Cardiff - 1,097,000. Birmingham - 4,332,629

Incomparable
31-01-21, 13:06
J R Hartley

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Originally Posted by City123

Birmingham is massive, more people live in Birmingham metropolitan area than live in the whole of Wales

Population: Cardiff - 366,903. Birmingham - 1,141,816
Urban population: Cardiff - 479,000. Birmingham - 2,897,303
Metro populations: Cardiff - 1,097,000. Birmingham - 4,332,629

Incomparable

Sludge having a right mare. Again.
31-01-21, 13:08
Moodybluebird

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Originally Posted by Packerman

Amazing club in many ways have a great history and have had truly great players playing for them(Beattie, Mills, Butcher the Dutch pair and John Wark to name a few,they have been managed by the two best England managers and in Robson a great manager, they had the best owners in football for many years in the Cobbolds and pioneered foreign imports in Muhren and Thijsenn all in a town of about 130000
Struggling atm with a weird owner and crowds were down before lockdown but i think they will bounce back
i live in Ipswich and you see loads of people wearing Town gear, lots more than you do see people wearing City stuff in Cardiff or the valleys

A good mate of mine who moved from Risca to Ipswich over 30 years ago rang me yesterday and said, "Why the hell have Cardiff appointed Mick McCarthy as their manager ?" He's not a big football fan but he knows that MM was an incredibly unpopular manager in his time with them. I tried to justify the board's thinking in appointing him but it was a hard sell.

And yes in their relatively short league history Ipswich have done exceedingly well. Never been a club I could take a dislike to either.
31-01-21, 13:16
Cleve van Leef

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If you’re serious about big Clubs
Sheffield W., Stoke City, Nottm. F, Middlesbrough, Cardiff City, Derby County, Norwich City, Birmingham City, Blackburn, Huddersfield, Preston, then the rest.
31-01-21, 14:01
SLUDGE FACTORY

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Originally Posted by City123

Birmingham is massive, more people live in Birmingham metropolitan area than live in the whole of Wales

Population: Cardiff - 366,903. Birmingham - 1,141,816
Urban population: Cardiff - 479,000. Birmingham - 2,897,303
Metro populations: Cardiff - 1,097,000. Birmingham - 4,332,629

Incomparable

No you are confusing the west Midlands with Birmingham

People in Wolverhampton support wolves , Walsall, Walsall, northwest Birmingham West brom , Birmingham villa and City
31-01-21, 14:07
J R Hartley

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Just take the L Sludge
31-01-21, 14:16
SLUDGE FACTORY

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Birmingham City 20th biggest club in all time attendances

Cardiff City 34th
31-01-21, 14:45
J R Hartley

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Birmingham City 20th biggest club in all time attendances

Cardiff City 34th

Bolton Wanderers were once the greatest team in the land, means **** all in the year 2021.
31-01-21, 14:45
City123

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

No you are confusing the west Midlands with Birmingham

People in Wolverhampton support wolves , Walsall, Walsall, northwest Birmingham West brom , Birmingham villa and City

No, I'm really not. The city of Birmingham is home to over 1m people, about three times more than Cardiff. You're the one who brought in the whole "surrounding area" stuff which is why I brought in the urban and metro populations which showed how much bigger Birmingham's is. The two cities aren't comparable at all.

Are you really trying to suggest that Birmingham and Cardiff are similar cities?
31-01-21, 14:47
City123

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Birmingham City 20th biggest club in all time attendances

Cardiff City 34th

Birmingham haven't averaged 30,000 since 1975, we managed it 2 years ago

The present is what matters.
31-01-21, 15:13
splott parker

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Is it about populations though? Bradford is huge, couldn’t sustain Park Avenue and Bradford City scrub around the lower divisions now.
31-01-21, 15:25
NYCBlue

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Originally Posted by splott parker

Is it about populations though? Bradford is huge, couldn’t sustain Park Avenue and Bradford City scrub around the lower divisions now.

Bradford is also surrounded by towns and cities with famous football teams. It's within an hour's drive from Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Huddersfield etc.
31-01-21, 15:58
City123

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Originally Posted by splott parker

Is it about populations though? Bradford is huge, couldn’t sustain Park Avenue and Bradford City scrub around the lower divisions now.

Bradford have remarkably high attendances for League 2
31-01-21, 15:59
splott parker

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Bradford City won the FA Cup before Leeds Utd were even formed, so you’d think they’d have a bit of long term historical support. Leeds had their golden era in the Revie years which hoovered up a lot of plastics but football wise they’re usually from further way, other local city fans normally strengthen their resolve against their neighbours.
31-01-21, 16:01
splott parker

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Originally Posted by City123

Bradford have remarkably high attendances for League 2

They do and they do run attractive fan packages apparently but despite this, for a huge city, they’re still scrubbing around the lower leagues.
31-01-21, 16:04
J R Hartley

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Originally Posted by splott parker

Bradford City won the FA Cup before Leeds Utd were even formed, so you’d think they’d have a bit of long term historical support. Leeds had their golden era in the Revie years which hoovered up a lot of plastics but football wise they’re usually from further way, other local city fans normally strengthen their resolve against their neighbours.

They are probably all dead now
31-01-21, 16:06
City123

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Originally Posted by splott parker

They do and they do run attractive fan packages apparently but despite this, for a huge city, they’re still scrubbing around the lower leagues.

It is a strange one, you'd think those higher attendances would lead to more money and success, they were 90 minutes away from the Championship in 2017 but seem to have imploded since

Isn't Bradford rugby league territory as well? Or am I imagining things?
31-01-21, 16:15
SLUDGE FACTORY

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Originally Posted by City123

No, I'm really not. The city of Birmingham is home to over 1m people, about three times more than Cardiff. You're the one who brought in the whole "surrounding area" stuff which is why I brought in the urban and metro populations which showed how much bigger Birmingham's is. The two cities aren't comparable at all.

Are you really trying to suggest that Birmingham and Cardiff are similar cities?

No , but Birmingham is home to two football clubs and another one , West brom , that poaches much of its support from the North West of the city
31-01-21, 16:15
splott parker

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Originally Posted by J R Hartley

They are probably all dead now

:hehe: I wonder if it was a case though of football people from Bradford instead of strengthening their resolve against Leeds during the Revie years (because, let’s be fair, Leeds were no great shakes before then) which most football fans would, many of them caved in and had their heads turned by a bit of glory? There must be many thousands of football fans in the city of Bradford and a lot of them follow Leeds. I’d imagine football arguments get quite lively there.
31-01-21, 16:18
SLUDGE FACTORY

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Originally Posted by City123

Birmingham haven't averaged 30,000 since 1975, we managed it 2 years ago

The present is what matters.

we have had a very successful ten years , by our standards . What did we manage after we were relegated ?

Our fans vanish like ghosts , always relied upon for big games though
31-01-21, 16:20
SLUDGE FACTORY

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Originally Posted by City123

It is a strange one, you'd think those higher attendances would lead to more money and success, they were 90 minutes away from the Championship in 2017 but seem to have imploded since

Isn't Bradford rugby league territory as well? Or am I imagining things?

I used to live in Bradford , it is indeed a big city and rugby league is a big game but Bradford City have always had a good following .

And they absolutely hate Leeds so I like them
31-01-21, 16:22
J R Hartley

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[QUOTE=SLUDGE FACTORY;5163932]I used to live in Bradford , it is indeed a big city and rugby league is a big game but Bradford City have always had a good following .

Football is the third biggest sport in Bradford after Rugby league and cricket.
31-01-21, 16:29
SLUDGE FACTORY

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Originally Posted by splott parker

:hehe: I wonder if it was a case though of football people from Bradford instead of strengthening their resolve against Leeds during the Revie years (because, let’s be fair, Leeds were no great shakes before then) which most football fans would, many of them caved in and had their heads turned by a bit of glory? There must be many thousands of football fans in the city of Bradford and a lot of them follow Leeds. I’d imagine football arguments get quite lively there.

The cities basically merge , I lived in a place called Baildon near Shipley which was where Leeds fans and Bradford fans used to live side by side . However most of Bradford was loyal to their home club . Leeds support tended to come from Leeds, Wakefield, York and of course Milton Keynes
31-01-21, 16:31
SLUDGE FACTORY

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[QUOTE=J R Hartley;5163934]

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

I used to live in Bradford , it is indeed a big city and rugby league is a big game but Bradford City have always had a good following .

Football is the third biggest sport in Bradford after Rugby league and cricket.

On what basis ?

Attendances ?
31-01-21, 16:38
J R Hartley

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

On what basis ?

Attendances ?

On the basis its a City full of people with more interest in cricket than football
31-01-21, 16:42
SLUDGE FACTORY

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Originally Posted by J R Hartley

On the basis its a City full of people with more interest in cricket than football

What people
31-01-21, 16:57
J R Hartley

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

What people

Brown people
31-01-21, 19:35
SLUDGE FACTORY

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Originally Posted by J R Hartley

Brown people

25 percent of the population of Bradford are of Asian British born descent or Asian born .....thats Pakistani mostly but also Bangladeshi and a small Indian community

Is that what you mean by brown people ?

Or do you include the people of West Indian descent in the city ?

Because even if we include all these people that means 70 percent of the city is not brown , its white

So far from being full of brown people who don't like cricket its mostly a city of white people .

And lots of these brown people love football too

Unlike some northern towns Bradford City , even when I was there in the late eighties to early nineties had a mixed support of all races and its located right in the middle of manningham an area of the city where most of the people are brown .
31-01-21, 20:20
J R Hartley

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

25 percent of the population of Bradford are of Asian British born descent or Asian born .....thats Pakistani mostly but also Bangladeshi and a small Indian community

Is that what you mean by brown people ?

Or do you include the people of West Indian descent in the city ?

Because even if we include all these people that means 70 percent of the city is not brown , its white

So far from being full of brown people who don't like cricket its mostly a city of white people .

And lots of these brown people love football too

Unlike some northern towns Bradford City , even when I was there in the late eighties to early nineties had a mixed support of all races and its located right in the middle of manningham an area of the city where most of the people are brown .

Them figures may have been correct in the 80s but they breed like rabbits and it’s more like 50/50 these days when you allow for the illegals.
31-01-21, 20:23
splott parker

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Originally Posted by J R Hartley

Them figures may have been correct in the 80s but they breed like rabbits and it’s more like 50/50 these days when you allow for the illegals.

‘They’ ???
31-01-21, 20:25
SLUDGE FACTORY

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Originally Posted by J R Hartley

Them figures may have been correct in the 80s but they breed like rabbits and it’s more like 50/50 these days when you allow for the illegals.

I know you are on a wind up now

Those figures are latest figures
31-01-21, 20:27
J R Hartley

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Originally Posted by splott parker

‘They’ ???

Yes they. I’m replying to him talking about Pakistanis and Indians I don’t need to clarify that in my reply.
31-01-21, 20:28
J R Hartley

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

I know you are on a wind up now

Those figures are latest figures

63% of Bradford is white British but that’s not taking into account illegal immigrants
31-01-21, 20:34
SLUDGE FACTORY

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Originally Posted by J R Hartley

Yes they. I’m replying to him talking about Pakistanis and Indians I don’t need to clarify that in my reply.

The phrase they breed like rabbits is the cobblers the BNP come out with , I know that's not your thing , you are on a wind up
31-01-21, 20:42
SLUDGE FACTORY

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Originally Posted by J R Hartley

63% of Bradford is white British but that’s not taking into account illegal immigrants

stop being daft now , I know you are on a ball breaker

All cities have an under reporting of the ethnic minority population , cardiff for example has been subject to studies that suggest the proportion of people from non white backgrounds is considerably higher

But even saying that you said that Bradford was FULL of people who don't like cricket . Even if the majority , nearly two thirds , is white British then its clearly not , is it ?

And notwithstanding the fact that lots of Asian kids love football , the city of Bradford also has large polish and Eastern European communities and they fecking love football . And loads of italians , people of west Indian descent , Turkish etc . Some of these brown people really love football .

I know you are on a wind up .
31-01-21, 20:53
J R Hartley

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Whilst some Asian kids like football it’s fair to say cricket is the number 1 sport. That’s not being a wind up I think that’s fair statement.
31-01-21, 21:20
blue lewj

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Dear oh dear.

Brown people, they breed like rabbits.....

Has this turned into an EDL forum? Jesus wept.
31-01-21, 22:51
SLUDGE FACTORY

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Originally Posted by J R Hartley

Whilst some Asian kids like football it’s fair to say cricket is the number 1 sport. That’s not being a wind up I think that’s fair statement.

I don't disagree with that

But I know the breed like rabbits is you taking the piss
31-01-21, 22:52
SLUDGE FACTORY

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Originally Posted by blue lewj

Dear oh dear.

Brown people, they breed like rabbits.....

Has this turned into an EDL forum? Jesus wept.

hes on a wind up
31-01-21, 23:01
J R Hartley

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

I don't disagree with that

But I know the breed like rabbits is you taking the piss

Ok, breed like catholic’s then

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