November 22, 200718 yr To settle an argument, if all these teams were established Premier League clubs, which would be the biggest? Bolton Blackburn Burnley Blackpool Wigan Oldham Preston (My money would be on Burnley)
November 22, 200718 yr To settle an argument, if all these teams were established Premier League clubs, which would be the biggest? Bolton Blackburn Burnley Blackpool Wigan Oldham Preston (My money would be on Burnley) I think it would be between bolton and preston.
November 22, 200718 yr Us, without a doubt. Preston get a whopping 13k for big matches when they're chasing promotion to the PL. And we're the biggest town on that list.
November 22, 200718 yr Author I think it would be between bolton and preston. Not sure about Preston. Their support seems as fickle as ours. Sold out if they're doing well, half-empty if they're not. Burnley have always had reasonably good support for the size of the town. They're a much bigger club than Blackburn just down the road.
November 22, 200718 yr Author Us, without a doubt. Preston get a whopping 13k for big matches when they're chasing promotion to the PL. And we're the biggest town on that list. Don't forget that Preston only had a three-sided ground last season! If the average attendance was compared with the population of each town, who would be top? I suspect it would be Burnley. Edited November 22, 200718 yr by trotter58
November 22, 200718 yr Don't forget that Preston only had a three-sided ground last season! If the average attendance was compared with the population of each town, who would be top? I suspect it would be Burnley. Eh? Burnley - 73,021 Bolton - 139,403 edit: Preston - 129633 Edited November 22, 200718 yr by no balls
November 22, 200718 yr Eh? Burnley - 73,021 Bolton - 139,403 how many of the population speak english though? Edited November 22, 200718 yr by HomerJay
November 22, 200718 yr To settle an argument, if all these teams were established Premier League clubs, which would be the biggest? Bolton Blackburn Burnley Blackpool Wigan Oldham Preston (My money would be on Burnley) Can you not fcuk off to TheWanderer?
November 22, 200718 yr To settle an argument, if all these teams were established Premier League clubs, which would be the biggest? Bolton Blackburn Burnley Blackpool Wigan Oldham Preston (My money would be on Burnley) I'll play along with this. If all had done what we had done over the past 10 years then I think we would be the 'biggest'. But, unlike the rest, there is an unknown potential in Blackpool.
November 22, 200718 yr Bolton,no doubt about it. With Blackburn second. Burnley don't have the support base to match Bolton.They've got a few thousand passionate supporters but even when they won the Championship in 59/60 they only got 26,500 against Bolton. In the same season Bolton v Blackburn attracted 42,000 and Blackburn v Bolton attracted 39,000.
November 22, 200718 yr Bolton,no doubt about it. With Blackburn second. Burnley don't have the support base to match Bolton.They've got a few thousand passionate supporters but even when they won the Championship in 59/60 they only got 26,500 against Bolton. In the same season Bolton v Blackburn attracted 42,000 and Blackburn v Bolton attracted 39,000. is burnley crowd not due to capacity??
November 22, 200718 yr the Burnley bastards can fck right off they hate us and i hate them . and i am pissed after an A D S owen coyle can fck off now as well judas
November 22, 200718 yr is burnley crowd not due to capacity?? It wasn't then.They played Man Utd at Christmas and got 47,000.But only pulled in 32,000 against Blackburn in March in the run in to the title.
November 22, 200718 yr Can't believe we are even discussing this. It's Bolton. By a fooking mile. The others barely exist as far as I am concenred.
November 23, 200718 yr Can't believe we are even discussing this. It's Bolton. By a fooking mile. The others barely exist as far as I am concenred. Accrington Stanley...
November 23, 200718 yr Can't believe we are even discussing this. It's Bolton. By a fooking mile. The others barely exist as far as I am concenred. What others ?
November 23, 200718 yr Bolton by a mile. Burnley have loyal fans but with a tiny town, would be limited in the growth of crowds. The population stats you gave were for town not Metropolitan Borough (Farnworth, etc) Bolton has around 220,000. Preston Borough is 185,000. Burnley is 88,000, most of whom are directly related I once read somewhere that Bolton was the largest town in Western Europe. A Bolton team doing well and playing good football would get around 26,000, PNE probably low 20,s, Burnley 19,000. Oldham would be closer to 14,000. Despite a large population, half of the town are rugby fans, and becase it is considered more Mancastrian than Lancastrian, a hugh majaority support United, but more so, City In my opinion Anyway, the debate is irrelevant as you left the huge Shakers off the list
November 23, 200718 yr According to this Bolton isn't even in the UK top 10 of largest towns - http://www.lovemytown.co.uk/CityStatus/CityStatusTable2.htm
November 23, 200718 yr According to this Bolton isn't even in the UK top 10 of largest towns - http://www.lovemytown.co.uk/CityStatus/CityStatusTable2.htm thats just population though most of those don't have the moorland and other assorted greenery that bolton does.
November 23, 200718 yr Bolton borough has 265k......if you only class the actual town (140k ish) then we're still only behind Liverpool and Manchester in population round these parts. And it's Bolton all the way....we're the biggest out of the medium-sized clubs.
November 23, 200718 yr Bolton borough has 265k......if you only class the actual town (140k ish) then we're still only behind Liverpool and Manchester in population round these parts. And it's Bolton all the way....we're the biggest out of the medium-sized clubs. Also in terms of numbers of lads each club can turn out on the big occasion Bolton are massively out in front.
To settle an argument, if all these teams were established Premier League clubs, which would be the biggest?
Bolton
Blackburn
Burnley
Blackpool
Wigan
Oldham
Preston
(My money would be on Burnley)