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« Reply #45 on: Saturday, September 2, 2006, 08:36:49 » |
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Bristol is a big city and should have a big football club. It's not the case though.
11th biggest in the UK. |
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« Reply #46 on: Saturday, September 2, 2006, 09:23:27 » |
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City as a big club is a complete myth created by City fans.
How can you be big based on potential, therefore something that hasn't even happened yet?
They've had 4 post-WWII top flight seasons - big deal. They've been in Tier 3 since 2000 now. Infact, since the Premiership began City have had 4 seasons in the "Championship" and 11 in "League One".
And they've not actually won a league since 1955!
Bristol is a big city and should have a big football club. It's not the case though.  That last line was exactly what I was trying to say Rich.Spot on. I'm crap with words. |
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« Reply #47 on: Saturday, September 2, 2006, 19:20:44 » |
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oh and Cardiff, Swansea and Wrexham... and Berwick And Darlington "Just a small town in Scotland" according to the geographically skileld Swindon fans Also add Chester - Just a small town in Wales. |
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« Reply #48 on: Saturday, September 2, 2006, 22:57:22 » |
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oh and Cardiff, Swansea and Wrexham... and Berwick And Darlington "Just a small town in Scotland" according to the geographically skileld Swindon fans Also add Chester - Just a small town in Wales. Irony eh! :roll: |
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« Reply #49 on: Saturday, September 2, 2006, 22:59:50 » |
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Bristol has to be one of, if not THE biggest city in England to not have a top flight club surely?
This is where i get proven horribly wrong I guess
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« Reply #50 on: Saturday, September 2, 2006, 23:01:46 » |
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isn't hull bigger?and leeds?and sheffield?
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« Reply #51 on: Saturday, September 2, 2006, 23:03:26 » |
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isn't hull bigger?and leeds?and sheffield? Sheffield has one..... Accept your point about Leeds...and maybe Brdford too I guess...I haven't seen the list! |
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« Reply #52 on: Saturday, September 2, 2006, 23:04:23 » |
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fair shout about sheff.had a few excuse me
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« Reply #53 on: Sunday, September 3, 2006, 10:16:35 » |
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oh and Cardiff, Swansea and Wrexham... and Berwick And Darlington "Just a small town in Scotland" according to the geographically skileld Swindon fans Also add Chester - Just a small town in Wales. I remember 2 seasons ago against Colchester - 2 teen chavs in the Town End (sat next to me) were singing "you sad Northern bastards" to their fans. |
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« Reply #54 on: Sunday, September 3, 2006, 10:22:58 » |
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oh and Cardiff, Swansea and Wrexham... and Berwick And Darlington "Just a small town in Scotland" according to the geographically skileld Swindon fans Also add Chester - Just a small town in Wales. I remember 2 seasons ago against Colchester - 2 teen chavs in the Town End (sat next to me) were singing "you sad Northern bastards" to their fans. Colchester?!  |
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« Reply #55 on: Sunday, September 3, 2006, 10:23:51 » |
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Anyway it you want to get technical the government used to have the 7 Core Cities (outside of London)
They were: Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield, and of course Bristol.
Out of those Bristol seems to have the lowest ranked teams, so maybe their argument has a point.
It went up to 8 when I was there, Nottingham being the 8th. Their two teams are in the same divisions as Bristol's so that means they are in the correct division(s) by the same argument.
Sorry I promised not to post anything else dull for a while....
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« Reply #56 on: Sunday, September 3, 2006, 10:26:20 » |
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Anyway it you want to get technical the government used to have the 7 Core Cities (outside of London)
They were: Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield, and of course Bristol.
Out of those Bristol seems to have the lowest ranked teams, so maybe their argument has a point.
It went up to 8 when I was there, Nottingham being the 8th. Their two teams are in the same divisions as Bristol's so that means they are in the correct division(s) by the same argument.
Sorry I promised not to post anything else dull for a while.... I thought that was a perfectly valid contribtion to the argument myself! You would also have to say that Forest are a bigger club than City, no question in my opinion |
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« Reply #57 on: Sunday, September 3, 2006, 11:07:12 » |
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The top ten:
1 London 7,172,091 City
2 Birmingham 970,892 City
3 Glasgow 629,501 City
4 Liverpool 469,017 City
5 Leeds 443,247 City
6 Sheffield 439,866 City
7 Edinburgh 430,082 City
8 Bristol 420,556 City
9 Manchester 394,269 City
10 Leicester 330,574 City
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« Reply #58 on: Sunday, September 3, 2006, 11:08:15 » |
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I should add the Bristol one is boosted in this table by the fact this figure, I think, takes in the surrounding ex-Avon councils ... so it's so strictly the city itself.
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« Reply #59 on: Sunday, September 3, 2006, 14:03:07 » |
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City are a bigger club than us, don't delude ourselves.
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