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Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain 10:26 - Sep 1 with 18823 viewsdirk_doone

This topic seems to be discussed on here a lot by our obsessed visitor from Little Pompey so here are all the main lists that take a range of criteria into account.

Talksport give a very balanced, objective view, taking a range of criteria into account:

https://talksport.com/football/320299/top-30-biggest-football-clubs-britain-30-n


An alternative list from 1Sports1, also taking a range of criteria into account:

https://www.1sports1.com/biggest-football-clubs-in-the-uk/


Football database ranking:

https://footballdatabase.com/ranking/england/1


World Soccer's Big Club Survey results, again using a range of criteria:

https://www.worldsoccer.com/news/makes-big-club-408679

The Big Club Survey: How we did it:

https://blog.betway.com/football/the-big-club-survey-how-we-did-it/




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Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 15:32 - Sep 2 with 1155 views130yrs_and_one_Cup

Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 15:23 - Sep 2 by PatfromPoole

No, you were a truly skint club.

If you had been a big club, you would have been able to afford to keep him.


Is that why you sold Van Dijk?

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Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 15:36 - Sep 2 with 1140 viewsSaintsforeverj

Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 15:32 - Sep 2 by 130yrs_and_one_Cup

Is that why you sold Van Dijk?


Let me give you a fact that can't be disputed. Southampton are in the Premier League. The biggest league in the country and probably in the world. Portsmouth play in league one, with some of the smallest clubs in the world. Forget the history, this is the case now. Pompey are playing Stevenage, we are playing the world's best. So there

And at St Mary's, you can get curry filled pies. You can't get them at Fratton Park. So that makes Southampton the better club to watch.
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Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 15:39 - Sep 2 with 1135 viewsBuggalugs

Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 15:20 - Sep 2 by 130yrs_and_one_Cup

So when we sold Diarra to Real Madrid, and there were only 4/5 clubs in the world who could have bought him, were we a truly massive club?


Ahhh, those heady days when Real Madrid came calling for one of your players.

I guess one would compare that scenario in more recent times to when bigger clubs like Wigan were able to prise your manager and best player away, yes?

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Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 15:52 - Sep 2 with 1109 viewsButty101

Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 15:20 - Sep 2 by 130yrs_and_one_Cup

So when we sold Diarra to Real Madrid, and there were only 4/5 clubs in the world who could have bought him, were we a truly massive club?


Unable to answer a straight forward question again .....

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Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 15:53 - Sep 2 with 1108 views130yrs_and_one_Cup

Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 15:36 - Sep 2 by Saintsforeverj

Let me give you a fact that can't be disputed. Southampton are in the Premier League. The biggest league in the country and probably in the world. Portsmouth play in league one, with some of the smallest clubs in the world. Forget the history, this is the case now. Pompey are playing Stevenage, we are playing the world's best. So there

And at St Mary's, you can get curry filled pies. You can't get them at Fratton Park. So that makes Southampton the better club to watch.
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It can't be disputed that St Mary's is one of the country's iconic stadiums. and renowned everywhere for it's vibrant atmosphere and noise.

I didn't know about the pies. they sound fantastic. I bet they add to the experience.

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Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 15:57 - Sep 2 with 1103 viewsdirk_doone

Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 15:23 - Sep 2 by PatfromPoole

No, you were a truly skint club.

If you had been a big club, you would have been able to afford to keep him.


"Diarra was signed by Chelsea while Mourinho was in charge at Stamford Bridge in 2005, but after failing to hold down a first-team place he was sold to the Gunners in 2007, who in turn offloaded him to Pompey in 2008"

"After Diarra left Anzhi Makhachkala for Lokomotiv, there were several months of speculation linking Diarra with signing for one of several European football clubs, notably Celtic, Inter Milan, Newcastle United, Queens Park Rangers and West Ham United."

He would happily have moved to at least 20 other clubs in Europe to get away from Little Pompey. It just so happens that Real Madrid was the biggest one that wanted him at the time.
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Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 16:07 - Sep 2 with 1086 viewsPatfromPoole

Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 15:32 - Sep 2 by 130yrs_and_one_Cup

Is that why you sold Van Dijk?


No, we weren’t skint. Which is why we were in a position to let him stew for a number of months against his wishes. Your shower wouldn’t have dreamed have being in a position to be able to do that.

Every club sells players. The difference is we don’t have to sell them so that we can pay the mince pie bill and to stop us from robbing charities.

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Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 16:11 - Sep 2 with 1080 views130yrs_and_one_Cup

Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 15:52 - Sep 2 by Butty101

Unable to answer a straight forward question again .....


It's an irrelevant question isn't it?

There are about 12 clubs bigger than you in wages spent on players, and a huddle of about 7 or 8 clubs who spend around the same money.

If he is going for 35 million or so, then only 5 or 6 clubs can buy him anyway.


It's about buying, not selling

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Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 16:12 - Sep 2 with 1079 viewsBuggalugs

Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 16:11 - Sep 2 by 130yrs_and_one_Cup

It's an irrelevant question isn't it?

There are about 12 clubs bigger than you in wages spent on players, and a huddle of about 7 or 8 clubs who spend around the same money.

If he is going for 35 million or so, then only 5 or 6 clubs can buy him anyway.


It's about buying, not selling


Is Wigan one of them?

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Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 16:12 - Sep 2 with 1077 views130yrs_and_one_Cup

Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 16:07 - Sep 2 by PatfromPoole

No, we weren’t skint. Which is why we were in a position to let him stew for a number of months against his wishes. Your shower wouldn’t have dreamed have being in a position to be able to do that.

Every club sells players. The difference is we don’t have to sell them so that we can pay the mince pie bill and to stop us from robbing charities.


I just don't understand why you have to sell your best players almost every single season, if you are such a big club.

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Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 16:16 - Sep 2 with 1067 viewsPatfromPoole

Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 16:12 - Sep 2 by 130yrs_and_one_Cup

I just don't understand why you have to sell your best players almost every single season, if you are such a big club.


We don’t.

Matt Le Tissier was our best player for 15 years.

Not very good at this, are you? Still, you’ve stretched the thread to Page 4

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Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 16:17 - Sep 2 with 1065 viewsButty101

Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 16:11 - Sep 2 by 130yrs_and_one_Cup

It's an irrelevant question isn't it?

There are about 12 clubs bigger than you in wages spent on players, and a huddle of about 7 or 8 clubs who spend around the same money.

If he is going for 35 million or so, then only 5 or 6 clubs can buy him anyway.


It's about buying, not selling


Once again you are blown out of the water ........

https://www.sportekz.com/football/premier-league-clubs-wage-bills/

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Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 16:19 - Sep 2 with 1063 viewsdirk_doone

Let's face it, Worzel 130, you don't understand much at all about the real world. You seem to lead a very secluded life, with this message board being about your only source of communication with people outside your cocoon.
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Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 16:19 - Sep 2 with 1061 views130yrs_and_one_Cup

Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 16:16 - Sep 2 by PatfromPoole

We don’t.

Matt Le Tissier was our best player for 15 years.

Not very good at this, are you? Still, you’ve stretched the thread to Page 4


You managed to hold onto one player in about 35 years. Well done

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Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 16:22 - Sep 2 with 1053 views130yrs_and_one_Cup

Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 16:17 - Sep 2 by Butty101

Once again you are blown out of the water ........

https://www.sportekz.com/football/premier-league-clubs-wage-bills/


What about the clubs who will be coming up?

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Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 16:25 - Sep 2 with 1047 views130yrs_and_one_Cup

Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 16:12 - Sep 2 by Buggalugs

Is Wigan one of them?


I know we are a small club, but we did enjoy selling you some of our worst players like Jhon Viáfara, Grégory Vignal, Nigel Quashie, Ricardo Fuller and Vincent Pericard a few years back!!
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Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 16:28 - Sep 2 with 1040 viewsdirk_doone

Talking of transfer fees:

Little Pompey record transfer fee paid: Peter Crouch £12m

Southampton record transfer fee paid: Danny Ings £20m


Little Pompey record transfer fee received: Glen Johnson £18.45m

Southampton record transfer fee received: Virgil van Dijk £76m

Right now, Danny Ings is worth more than the entire Little Pompey squad.

Anyway, it's good that you've finally admitted that you know you are a small club. It's taken a while. You seem to be taking your first steps back into the realms of reality. There's hope for you yet.
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Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 16:36 - Sep 2 with 1023 viewsWints76

Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 16:25 - Sep 2 by 130yrs_and_one_Cup

I know we are a small club, but we did enjoy selling you some of our worst players like Jhon Viáfara, Grégory Vignal, Nigel Quashie, Ricardo Fuller and Vincent Pericard a few years back!!
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Before our brains collectively dribble out of our noses at the mind numbing dullness, talk us through you selling us Pericard and Vignal. Also, why are you so obsessed with Pompey being bigger than Saints? What difference does it make to your support of your club? If you could prove beyond doubt that they were, it wouldn't make the slightest bit of difference to me as a scummer.
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Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 16:38 - Sep 2 with 1016 views130yrs_and_one_Cup

Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 16:19 - Sep 2 by dirk_doone

Let's face it, Worzel 130, you don't understand much at all about the real world. You seem to lead a very secluded life, with this message board being about your only source of communication with people outside your cocoon.
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What a great dancer you are!!

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/9836559/southampton-fan-man-utd-draw/

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Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 16:41 - Sep 2 with 1012 viewsdirk_doone

You're losing it again. This is your only source of regular communication with people and you are not getting on very well with anyone. I think we can see why you don't have any friends.

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Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 16:42 - Sep 2 with 1008 views130yrs_and_one_Cup

Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 16:36 - Sep 2 by Wints76

Before our brains collectively dribble out of our noses at the mind numbing dullness, talk us through you selling us Pericard and Vignal. Also, why are you so obsessed with Pompey being bigger than Saints? What difference does it make to your support of your club? If you could prove beyond doubt that they were, it wouldn't make the slightest bit of difference to me as a scummer.


My suggestion is to look at the thread title, and the person who started this thread. Most of the thread is of course a giggle, but there are some here who convinced that your club are a big club, which of course is why this thread is running on. It's not hard to get, seriously.

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Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain (n/t) on 16:43 - Sep 2 with 1004 views130yrs_and_one_Cup

Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 16:41 - Sep 2 by dirk_doone

You're losing it again. This is your only source of regular communication with people and you are not getting on very well with anyone. I think we can see why you don't have any friends.


I genuinely think your dancing has some merit. It must have taken a while to practice all those moves. Make sure you keep your distance next time though, in case you accidently hit someone.
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Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 16:45 - Sep 2 with 998 viewsdirk_doone

Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 16:42 - Sep 2 by 130yrs_and_one_Cup

My suggestion is to look at the thread title, and the person who started this thread. Most of the thread is of course a giggle, but there are some here who convinced that your club are a big club, which of course is why this thread is running on. It's not hard to get, seriously.


Whilst it's true that we do laugh at you and chat about how desperate and obsessed you are, it's not really much of a giggle. Most of us actually feel a bit sorry for you.

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Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 16:46 - Sep 2 with 996 viewsdjsaint

Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 16:12 - Sep 2 by 130yrs_and_one_Cup

I just don't understand why you have to sell your best players almost every single season, if you are such a big club.


Its easy to see why any of the blue few wouldn't understand!

We choose to sell our best players to balance the books, invest in infrastructure, invest in the academy, pay our tax/NI, pay our bills to secure the future of the club and the many local businesses that provide a service!

Nope, knew you still wouldn't understand!
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Talksport ranked the 30 biggest football clubs in Britain on 16:47 - Sep 2 with 992 viewsWints76

But it was in response to one of your nonsense threads. And then you look up all the scorers who come from a PO postcode or whatever. That's not a giggle. I'll keep out now as it is making me long for Boris and SOG's never ending political debate.

Vignal and Pericard though? If you get that wrong, what else may not be right?
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