Truly Big Football Clubs In English Football

[Its been emotional]

No they are both small clubs in the eyes of most fans and why are you trying to be pedantic??
Bored are you?

[goats]

Chelsea were similar to us as a club until the Russian bought them early 2000 ish was it?

Apparently not, lots of clubs had big gates in the old days but Chelsea were at the top of that pile according to gunman, and you know he knows you know

[Llandaff Blue]

Chelsea were similar to us as a club until the Russian bought them early 2000 ish was it?

[Harry Paget Flashman]

Chelsea were similar to us as a club until the Russian bought them early 2000 ish was it?

One of us and Chelsea have never been outside of the top two leagues.

I'll give you a clue, we have.

Average attendances in their history:

Chelsea - 32473
Us - 15374

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Chelsea attracted a lot of support from South, South West and North West London

Brentford , QPR and Fulham were always in their shadow

They also drew support from the home counties , Surrey, Sussex , Berkshire etc

Loved it when we turned them over from time to time , two one in the Littlewoods cup if I remember

Big club

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Chelsea were similar to us as a club until the Russian bought them early 2000 ish was it?

I couldn't agree more.

Prior to 2000, we finished above Chelsea on 10 occasions and were in a higher division than them for 5 seasons.
Chelsea only finished above us on 63 occasions, were in a higher division for 28 seasons, were 2 divisions higher for 14 seasons and 3 divisions higher than us for 9 seasons.

Almost identical records.

[The Lone Gunman]

Apparently not, lots of clubs had big gates in the old days but Chelsea were at the top of that pile according to gunman, and you know he knows you know

Not quite at the top of the pile, but not far short.

The list of clubs who topped the attendances charts for each season between the two wars is interesting:

Arsenal x 9
Chelsea x 4
Liverpool x 2
Newcastle Utd x 2
Manchester City x 2
Aston Villa x 1

Big clubs then, big clubs now.

The only clubs in addition to those who have topped the attendance charts since the end of the Second World War are Manchester United, Spurs and Everton.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Not quite at the top of the pile, but not far short.

The list of clubs who topped the attendances charts for each season between the two wars is interesting:

Arsenal x 9
Chelsea x 4
Liverpool x 2
Newcastle Utd x 2
Manchester City x 2
Aston Villa x 1

Big clubs then, big clubs now.

The only clubs in addition to those who have topped the attendance charts since the end of the Second World War are Manchester United, Spurs and Everton.

I don't think Villa are one of the big boys

Clearly far bigger than us but nothing compared to scouse gits , United, Arsenal , Spurs etc

Considering they hardly ever do anything Newcastle and Sunderland , support wise are big clubs

Football is a religion in Liverpool , Manchester, Tyneside , Wearside

Its never going to be down here though

Which makes me sad