| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? 17:51 - Mar 6 with 11609 views | hedgeend61 |
Following on from what Dirk said on another thread, I'd say we were.
Tricky, but how close would this be to your 20?
1. Manchester United
2. Liverpool
3. Newcastle
4. Spurs
5. Arsenal
6. Everton
7. Leeds
8. Chelsea
9. Aston Villa
10. Man City
11. Sunderland
12 West Ham
13. Wolves
14. Sheffield W
15. Derby
16. Forest
17. Saints
18. Leicester
19. Middlesboro
20. WBA
Who have I missed?
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| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 17:57 - Mar 6 with 6364 views | PatfromPoole |
Newcastle are way too high in that list.
Sheffield United have always had a good following. |  |
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| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 18:01 - Mar 6 with 6354 views | 1ASIN12 |
I’d put Leicester above us .
Norwich might have an argument to be in the top 20 .
Also I can’t see Portsmouth on their ? Surely they must be in the top 10 ? |  | | |
| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 18:17 - Mar 6 with 6328 views | grumpy |
I remember when London teams came to the Dell,the biggest following was by Chelsea.
I would have put them at 4.
Not sure its the same these days. [Post edited 6 Mar 2023 18:18]
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| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 18:22 - Mar 6 with 6317 views | cocklebreath |
| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 18:17 - Mar 6 by grumpy |
I remember when London teams came to the Dell,the biggest following was by Chelsea.
I would have put them at 4.
Not sure its the same these days. [Post edited 6 Mar 2023 18:18]
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Are you taking the p!ss? And Arsenal have to be above Newcastle |  |
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| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 18:26 - Mar 6 with 6317 views | SFC_Referee |
If it’s just for the UK then I’d personally have it as…
1. Manchester United
2. Liverpool
3. Arsenal
4. Chelsea
5. Spurs
6. Newcastle
7. Leeds
8. Man City
9. Everton
10. Aston Villa
11. West Ham
12 Sunderland
13. Wolves
14. Leicester
15. Saints
16. Forest
17. Sheffield Wednesday
18. Derby
19. WBA
20. Birmingham
21. Sheffield United
22. Middlesbrough
23. Blackburn
24. Stoke |  |
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| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 18:52 - Mar 6 with 6270 views | PatfromPoole |
| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 18:26 - Mar 6 by SFC_Referee |
If it’s just for the UK then I’d personally have it as…
1. Manchester United
2. Liverpool
3. Arsenal
4. Chelsea
5. Spurs
6. Newcastle
7. Leeds
8. Man City
9. Everton
10. Aston Villa
11. West Ham
12 Sunderland
13. Wolves
14. Leicester
15. Saints
16. Forest
17. Sheffield Wednesday
18. Derby
19. WBA
20. Birmingham
21. Sheffield United
22. Middlesbrough
23. Blackburn
24. Stoke |
No way Blackburn.
Only ever filled their ground when they won the Prem.
They’re no bigger than Reading.
What about Crystal Palace? | |
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| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 18:53 - Mar 6 with 6265 views | PaleRider |
| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 18:26 - Mar 6 by SFC_Referee |
If it’s just for the UK then I’d personally have it as…
1. Manchester United
2. Liverpool
3. Arsenal
4. Chelsea
5. Spurs
6. Newcastle
7. Leeds
8. Man City
9. Everton
10. Aston Villa
11. West Ham
12 Sunderland
13. Wolves
14. Leicester
15. Saints
16. Forest
17. Sheffield Wednesday
18. Derby
19. WBA
20. Birmingham
21. Sheffield United
22. Middlesbrough
23. Blackburn
24. Stoke |
If it's UK - what about Celtic & Rangers? | | | |
| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 18:59 - Mar 6 with 6257 views | hedgeend61 |
| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 18:53 - Mar 6 by PaleRider |
If it's UK - what about Celtic & Rangers? |
Just England, they'd be 3rd and 4th if it was UK | | | |
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| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 19:02 - Mar 6 with 6250 views | 1885_SFC |
Surely Pompey would be in the top 3 or 4? My Pompey mates reckon they're massive - something along the lines of Real Madrid massive. |  |
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| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 19:10 - Mar 6 with 6229 views | hedgeend61 |
| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 18:26 - Mar 6 by SFC_Referee |
If it’s just for the UK then I’d personally have it as…
1. Manchester United
2. Liverpool
3. Arsenal
4. Chelsea
5. Spurs
6. Newcastle
7. Leeds
8. Man City
9. Everton
10. Aston Villa
11. West Ham
12 Sunderland
13. Wolves
14. Leicester
15. Saints
16. Forest
17. Sheffield Wednesday
18. Derby
19. WBA
20. Birmingham
21. Sheffield United
22. Middlesbrough
23. Blackburn
24. Stoke |
Spurs have a far bigger fanbase than Arsenal, just have a look at the waiting list for season tickets, Chelsea are miles behind both, maybe even West Ham have bigger fanbase than Chelsea, most of Essex as well as East London.
Blackburn have more empty blue seats at home than fans, and take a minibus away, wouldn't be in top 30 | | | |
| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 19:19 - Mar 6 with 6214 views | Berber |
1. Man U
2. Liverpool
3. Arsenal
4. Man City
5. Chelsea
6. Spurs
7 Newcastle
8 Everton
9 A Villa
10 W ham
11 Leeds
12 Leicester
13. Wolves
14. Sunderland
14. Sheffield W
15. Derby
16. Forest
17. Saints
19. Middlesboro
20. WBA
City, Sunderland, Wednesday all maintained huge home crowds whilst out of the PL. Newcastle have taken a lot of footy families away from Sunderland as they both share the same huge hinterland, across to Cumbria. And Sunderland have spent so much time out of the spotlight. Chelsea have taken a lot of fans who otherwise might have supported Reading, the scum and The Saints. Norwich and Ipswich are both in sparsely populated areas, and there is not much legacy from former glories outside of the immediate area. |  |
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| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 19:21 - Mar 6 with 6212 views | Ifonly |
Both Sheff Utd and Norwich have average attendances over 28,000 in the Championship this year. What would we have if we weren't playing in the PL? I can remember lots of empty seats at St Mary back then. We'll probably find out next year. | | | |
| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 19:34 - Mar 6 with 6179 views | PatfromPoole |
| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 19:21 - Mar 6 by Ifonly |
Both Sheff Utd and Norwich have average attendances over 28,000 in the Championship this year. What would we have if we weren't playing in the PL? I can remember lots of empty seats at St Mary back then. We'll probably find out next year. |
Season tickets are cheap at Norwich. | |
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| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 19:50 - Mar 6 with 6153 views | kingslandstand1 |
| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 19:21 - Mar 6 by Ifonly |
Both Sheff Utd and Norwich have average attendances over 28,000 in the Championship this year. What would we have if we weren't playing in the PL? I can remember lots of empty seats at St Mary back then. We'll probably find out next year. |
I'd have said Norwich attendance generally was around the 26k mark so thought I'd better check, and official capacity is 27,244 so above 28k would be a struggle, but the 26k is pretty good though I'd agree with elsewhere that they wouldn't have that big of a fanbase or be in that list. Also the ST price has something to do that avg attendance |  | | |
| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 20:25 - Mar 6 with 6100 views | Hollywood56 |
| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 18:26 - Mar 6 by SFC_Referee |
If it’s just for the UK then I’d personally have it as…
1. Manchester United
2. Liverpool
3. Arsenal
4. Chelsea
5. Spurs
6. Newcastle
7. Leeds
8. Man City
9. Everton
10. Aston Villa
11. West Ham
12 Sunderland
13. Wolves
14. Leicester
15. Saints
16. Forest
17. Sheffield Wednesday
18. Derby
19. WBA
20. Birmingham
21. Sheffield United
22. Middlesbrough
23. Blackburn
24. Stoke |
Sorry but you have to have those share bas”””ds in the top 10 imo | | | |
| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 21:24 - Mar 6 with 6019 views | 1teeminants |
| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 18:26 - Mar 6 by SFC_Referee |
If it’s just for the UK then I’d personally have it as…
1. Manchester United
2. Liverpool
3. Arsenal
4. Chelsea
5. Spurs
6. Newcastle
7. Leeds
8. Man City
9. Everton
10. Aston Villa
11. West Ham
12 Sunderland
13. Wolves
14. Leicester
15. Saints
16. Forest
17. Sheffield Wednesday
18. Derby
19. WBA
20. Birmingham
21. Sheffield United
22. Middlesbrough
23. Blackburn
24. Stoke |
I would have Sheffield Wednesday further up , bloody massive club .Ipswich have an excellent away following and decent home crowds. I would put them and Norwich above Blackburn in fact Blackburn are quite small. Birmingham play in a big city but they don’t have a particular large following. |  |
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| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 21:39 - Mar 6 with 5987 views | grumpy |
Saints have so much potential,its not as if there is a lot of competition South of London but we just can't get our act together,Sorting out the ground would be a step in the right direction. | | | |
| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 22:22 - Mar 6 with 5934 views | PatfromPoole |
| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 21:39 - Mar 6 by grumpy |
Saints have so much potential,its not as if there is a lot of competition South of London but we just can't get our act together,Sorting out the ground would be a step in the right direction. |
Agreed.
What we should do is knock down the Northam and replace it with a small stand with no roof, giving it completely to the away fans.
And then make the other 3 stands bloody massive like Dortmund, with safe standing to hold 35,000 at the Chapel End. Total ground capacity of 65,000.
Making us much larger but still quirky. | |
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| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 06:58 - Mar 7 with 5821 views | 1teeminants |
| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 18:01 - Mar 6 by 1ASIN12 |
I’d put Leicester above us .
Norwich might have an argument to be in the top 20 .
Also I can’t see Portsmouth on their ? Surely they must be in the top 10 ? |
I wouldn’t put Leicester above us , were just talking fanbase here. We play in same stadium, same crowds, similar away following, nothing in it. | |
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| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 07:55 - Mar 7 with 5784 views | Buggalugs |
| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 22:22 - Mar 6 by PatfromPoole |
Agreed.
What we should do is knock down the Northam and replace it with a small stand with no roof, giving it completely to the away fans.
And then make the other 3 stands bloody massive like Dortmund, with safe standing to hold 35,000 at the Chapel End. Total ground capacity of 65,000.
Making us much larger but still quirky. |
No, the Northam MUST be for home fans ffs. Knock down the Chapel and construct one of these beauts in the car park for the away fans. Would be worth an extra 20 points a season to us.
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| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 08:38 - Mar 7 with 5743 views | SaintNick |
| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 06:58 - Mar 7 by 1teeminants |
I wouldn’t put Leicester above us , were just talking fanbase here. We play in same stadium, same crowds, similar away following, nothing in it. |
Similar away following to Leicester !!!!
They brought 3,000 down on Saturday for a 5.30 kick off we can barely get 1,800 there for a Saturday 3pm kick of |  |
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| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 11:04 - Mar 7 with 5683 views | hedgeend61 |
| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 08:38 - Mar 7 by SaintNick |
Similar away following to Leicester !!!!
They brought 3,000 down on Saturday for a 5.30 kick off we can barely get 1,800 there for a Saturday 3pm kick of |
I went in August and I'm sure we sold out 3000, (maybe 2400), not 100% sure.
When I went with you a few years back in January (2-1 win), SFC only took an allocation of 1100, why they only took so few is a mystery, as we generally sell 3000 for the Midlands and London games | | | |
| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 11:12 - Mar 7 with 5669 views | saints__fan__73 |
It's unrealistic to think we've one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England given the years we spent at The Dell with only around 12-13k home fans there.
The support we added with SMS is always going to be of the type who will come and go to games depending on how well we are doing. |  |
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| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 12:12 - Mar 7 with 5623 views | Berber |
| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 11:12 - Mar 7 by saints__fan__73 |
It's unrealistic to think we've one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England given the years we spent at The Dell with only around 12-13k home fans there.
The support we added with SMS is always going to be of the type who will come and go to games depending on how well we are doing. |
Our crowds for the past couple of seasons haven’t been too thin, until the late great Nathan Jones brought more intensity to the table. | |
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| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 13:23 - Mar 7 with 5561 views | 1ASIN12 |
| Are we one of the 20 biggest fanbases in England? on 08:38 - Mar 7 by SaintNick |
Similar away following to Leicester !!!!
They brought 3,000 down on Saturday for a 5.30 kick off we can barely get 1,800 there for a Saturday 3pm kick of |
Agree Nick , Leicester have continually brought more to us then we take to them .
The last Occasion were nothin to do with our allocations as the ticket office took the full 3,300 but sent back tickets as we were no where near selling out . | | | |
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