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Which is the biggest club in the world?
Which is the biggest club in the world?
This is a Poll version of the other thread.
Feel free to mention any I may have missed out.
This is a Poll version of the other thread.
Feel free to mention any I may have missed out.
Which is the biggest club in the world? 85 votes
AC Milan
1%
1 vote
Ajax
1%
1 vote
Barcelona
24%
21 votes
Bayern Munich
0%
0 votes
Benfica
0%
0 votes
Inter Milan
0%
0 votes
Juventus
1%
1 vote
Liverpool
17%
15 votes
Man Utd
34%
29 votes
Real Madrid
20%
17 votes
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Real Madrid added to the Poll.
I completely forgot about them.
Size and success are quite easily confused on this forum it seems.
Waste of time you posting here.
Wheres Darlo on your list ? :eek:
About 15 miles from Manchester:p
though there is an argument that could be put forward that someone like Boca Juniors or River Plate be included in these sort of lists
I went to a Boca Juniors game a few years back, never seen anything like it.
Amazing support, huge in South America (I think they reckon that something like 70% of Argentinians support either Boca or River Plate), a history to rival the top European clubs and very popular in Asia as well apparently, but not that high profile in Europe, probably best known here for some of the players they've produced that have gone on to play for European clubs.
I bet it must be a huge shock for River Plate and their fans to be playing in the second division of Argentinian football for the first time in their history.
Overall Real Madrid with their 9 european cups.
Forza Juve. :cool:
It was a big enough shock when I told my mates...
People clearly do look at all those aspects hence the top 4 being Barca, Real Madrid, Man Utd and Liverpool.
Barca are making their own history at the moment, they have totally dominated the champions league in the past few years.
And Barca have a rich history when it comes to the world class players that have played for them. Cruyff, Maradona, Stoichkov, Romario, Ronaldo, Figo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho.
I am a liverpool fan as many will know and so could never vote for MU in such a poll - how can they be the 'biggest' when they consistently fail in Europe? .... etc but then I can understand I suppose why some may regard them as such looking at stuff like fan base and recent domestic league record.
Then some may vote for Real Madrid cos of their European Cup record and the fact they've won most Spanish leagues but given how Barca are clearly better than them currently how is that a viable view?
I see some have voted for us which even from my pov is a bit of a laugh - maybe in our halcyon days in the late 70s and 80s we could make such a claim but not now obviously - altho I like the mentality of Liverpool FC and want us to be seen as the biggest but maybe I am just a bit biased -
So as I said - bit of a pointless discussion!!
Yes, as I said on the other thread on this subject, the main problem is both OPs not setting any criteria whatsoever. So different peiople look at it in totally differnt ways or based on different combinations, which also leads to some misunderstandings and doesn't make the threads as fruitful as they might be.
Pointless is further than I would go, and I did end up plumping for Manchester United for the overall reasons I gave there : tradition, history ( some clearly tragic), trophies, and fanbase, both in regular attendance and worldwide..
As I said a bit pointless - I remember Carra being asked such a question in an interview
Interviewer : Jamie, have you ever wanted to play for a bigger club?'
Carra : Which club is bigger than Liverpool?
(pause)
Oh I see you mean has more money - er No!!
Loved that - in fact on my facebook page it (Which club is bigger than LFC?) is one of my favourite quotes!!
City and Chelsea aren't even bigger than Arsenal never mind any others on the list. In England it's a straight fight between Liverpool and United based on trophies, history and fan base with Arsenal next but some distance behind based on the same factors. Outside of England it has to be Real Madrid, although they are lurking in the Barca shadow at the moment they tick all the boxes for what makes a big club.