Forest. Leeds. West Ham - Who's the biggest club?

Interesting little argument I seen somewhere. The 3 teams are undoubtedly the biggest in the Championship, and are bigger than half the Premier League teams. But who do you think is the biggest?

I'd put them in this order:

Forest
Leeds
West Ham

Leeds United Association Football Club has 34 letters

Nottingham Forest Football Club has 28 letters

West Ham United Football Club has 25 letters

this means that Leeds is the biggest club

Wigan Athletic

Actually finding it harder than I thought to decide. Would say Leeds as they were awesome when I was growing up.

Leeds
Forest
West Ham

How do you measure a club?

The square metre coverage of their pitch

3 shit clubs in one poll, just wow.

El Pipita wrote:3 shit clubs in one poll, just wow.

Shut it.

Um I would probably say its between Leeds and Forest but due to Leeds being in the Premier League recently i have got to give it them.

Quite close. Considering the history Forest have they would be the bigger club, in terms of what they have won.

Leeds have their fair share of domestic cups as well. They're hated everywhere because, well, they are scum They were a very good side, like Forest, back in the day.

West Ham are pretty much last here, bunch of 'thugs' who think they're in the film Greenstreet all the time.

Hard to pick between Forest and Leeds though.

Leeds, we're like the best underachievers ever. When people look at our cups it doesn't really do us justice, especially during the 70's when we were consistently up there but only won a few.

Plus we've been successful most recently as well, and have a bigger fan base worldwide.

Besides, you said on Twitter to me that Leeds are the bigger club Laighton

Forest
West Ham


Leeds

Leeds
Forest
Cockney bastards

2 European Cups' speaks for itself

Forest
Leeds







West Ham

LFC_Grunners wrote:2 European Cups' speaks for itself

Forest
Leeds







West Ham

That's like saying that until 2006, Leeds were bigger than Arsenal because we reached the final whereas they hadn't until then.

It's also like saying Forest are bigger than Arsenal. I would say they are bigger than Chelsea though.

Leeds.
When I was a kid I had never heard of Forest. West Ham were rarely talked about and Leeds were treated like Barcelona. Kids saying "Leeds have the bestest players in du wurld"

Leeds
Forest
West Ham

El Pipita wrote:3 shit clubs in one poll, just wow.

You're right, they have nothing on your Belgium giants such as Genk, Standard Liege and Club Brugge.

coolhead33 wrote:

LFC_Grunners wrote:2 European Cups' speaks for itself

Forest
Leeds







West Ham

That's like saying that until 2006, Leeds were bigger than Arsenal because we reached the final whereas they hadn't until then.

It's also like saying Forest are bigger than Arsenal. I would say they are bigger than Chelsea though.

Still think Forest are a bigger club, They have won more trophies overall. Although Leeds may have a substantially larger fanbase, that's only because a) They have been more successful over recent years and they are the only club in a large city.

LFC_Grunners wrote:

coolhead33 wrote:
That's like saying that until 2006, Leeds were bigger than Arsenal because we reached the final whereas they hadn't until then.

It's also like saying Forest are bigger than Arsenal. I would say they are bigger than Chelsea though.

Still think Forest are a bigger club, They have won more trophies overall. Although Leeds may have a substantially larger fanbase, that's only because a) They have been more successful over recent years and they are the only club in a large city.

Do you think that successful is playing in league one for the first time ever? Do you think that 20,000 is a lot for one of the biggest cities in England? Lots of that support is based outside of Leeds as well...

coolhead33 wrote:

LFC_Grunners wrote:



Still think Forest are a bigger club, They have won more trophies overall. Although Leeds may have a substantially larger fanbase, that's only because a) They have been more successful over recent years and they are the only club in a large city.

Do you think that successful is playing in league one for the first time ever? Do you think that 20,000 is a lot for one of the biggest cities in England? Lots of that support is based outside of Leeds as well...

In the last 10(ish) years Leeds have been in the Champions League and have done well there. And Forest spent some time in League 1 around 06 iirc. So yes in comparison to Forest I would say Leeds have had a succesful time.

I'm confused about your second point, Leeds has a population of roughly 1m.

Huddersfield have won 3 top tier titles and an fa cup. How many clubs does that make them bigger than?

LFC_Grunners wrote:

coolhead33 wrote:
Do you think that successful is playing in league one for the first time ever? Do you think that 20,000 is a lot for one of the biggest cities in England? Lots of that support is based outside of Leeds as well...

In the last 10(ish) years Leeds have been in the Champions League and have done well there. And Forest spent some time in League 1 around 06 iirc. So yes in comparison to Forest I would say Leeds have had a succesful time.

I'm confused about your second point, Leeds has a population of roughly 1m.

Yeah but everyone ran away once the financial trouble hit us hard.

My last part means that for such a big city, the attendances are low.

@James: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_football_clubs_in_England_by_major_honours_won

Leeds

I never heard of Forest before EA so I voted Leeds.

Mc Babel wrote:

El Pipita wrote:3 shit clubs in one poll, just wow.

You're right, they have nothing on your Belgium giants such as Genk, Anderlecht and Club Brugge.

Fixed.

For me growing up I'd say Leeds. Between Leeds and Forest really, West Ham come dead last in this.

I think the fact that Chelsea, Man Utd and many others still sing about us regularly to this day says it all really.

Coolhead has just proved that Forest are the 10th biggest team in terms of honours in England, and the biggest in the Championship. Plus, with similar attendances in a much smaller city, that has 2 Football League teams, Forest prove to be bigger! The only thing Leeds have on us is a little bit better recent history, and their away support

@Che: Anyone with an ounce of footballing knowledge around the world will know who we are. When I went to Mexico our taxi driver asked where we were from and he got dead excited when we said Nottingham. He was like Amigo Amigo Brian Clough Forest European Cup winner twice Robin Hood!

James wrote:Huddersfield have won 3 top tier titles and an fa cup. How many clubs does that make them bigger than?

Herbert Chapman.

Forest wrote:Coolhead has just proved that Forest are the 10th biggest team in terms of honours in England, and the biggest in the Championship. Plus, with similar attendances in a much smaller city, that has 2 Football League teams, Forest prove to be bigger! The only thing Leeds have on us is a little bit better recent history, and their away support

@Che: Anyone with an ounce of footballing knowledge around the world will know who we are. When I went to Mexico our taxi driver asked where we were from and he got dead excited when we said Nottingham. He was like Amigo Amigo Brian Clough Forest European Cup winner twice Robin Hood!

If you read my other posts then you know that trophies doesn't automatically make you a bigger club than another. Leeds and Chelsea had won a similar amount until Abramovic took over and money has since made it an uneven playing field. I wouldn't consider Chelsea any bigger than Leeds because of it. Most trophies won before money fucked football up were fair I think. Although bad decisions were still around then, it happened to every team. Money has made the likes of shitty Man City a European giant although in my eyes, they are still a small club in many ways.