League One - 2023/24

[denzel]

For no reason at all, because I was bored, and with no formula or structure to my thinking/analysis, I thought I would rank the 92 clubs in order of their 'bigness'. A deliberately ill-defined term, so as to avoid criticism... Comments welcome of course. I hope there are 92:

Manchester United
Liverpool
Arsenal
Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea
Newcastle United
West Ham United
Aston Villa
Everton
Leeds United
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Nottingham Forest
Fulham
Sunderland
Leicester City
Derby County
Southampton
Brighton
Crystal Palace
Middlesbrough
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield United
Norwich City
Coventry City
West Bromwich Albion
Ipswich Town
Portsmouth
Stoke City
Burnley
Brentford
Blackburn Rovers
Birmingham City
Hull City
Watford
Bolton Wanderers
Cardiff City
Bournemouth
Bristol City
Preston North End
Bradford City
Charlton Athletic
Reading
Queens Park Rangers
Huddersfield Town
Millwall
Luton Town
Swansea
Plymouth Argyle
Blackpool
Barnsley
Rotherham United
Wigan Athletic
Oxford United
Wrexham
M K Dons
Peterborough United
Lincoln City
Swindon Town
Gillingham
Carlisle United
Doncaster Rovers
Bristol Rovers
Leyton Orient
Stockport County
Northampton Town
Port Vale
Exeter City
Shrewsbury Town
Cambridge United
Notts County
Walsall
Mansfield
Tranmere Rovers
AFC Wimbledon
Grimsby Town
Wycombe Wanderers
Fleetwood Town
Colchester United
Crewe Alexandra
Newport County
Burton Albion
Cheltenham Town
Stevenage
Morecambe
Crawley Town
Salford City
Accrington Stanley
Sutton United
Forest Green Rovers
Barrow
Harrogate Town

Good effort. Personally I would say Fulham and Wigan are too high, Notts County and Tranmere too low and Blackpool are definitely bigger than Argyle

 

[Colesman Ballz]

Tonight's games. Both important at the bottom of the table

Cambridge vs Wycombe
Cheltenham vs Peterborough

Cheltenham absolutely must win. Peterborough need to win to for an outside chance of automatic promotion.

Darren Ferguson has indicated that he will be resting some key players ahead of the playoffs, which may in turn give Cheltenham a little more hope. It would still rank as a "Great Escape" if Cheltenham did manage to win both their remaining games and Burton were to lose on Saturday !

 

[Hants_red]

Darren Ferguson has indicated that he will be resting some key players ahead of the playoffs, which may in turn give Cheltenham a little more hope. It would still rank as a "Great Escape" if Cheltenham did manage to win both their remaining games and Burton were to lose on Saturday !

It's probably sensible to not consider automatic promotion as several results need to go their way. But if I was a fan I would want them to go for it.

 

[Jason H]

For no reason at all, because I was bored, and with no formula or structure to my thinking/analysis, I thought I would rank the 92 clubs in order of their 'bigness'. A deliberately ill-defined term, so as to avoid criticism... Comments welcome of course. I hope there are 92:

Manchester United
Liverpool
Arsenal
Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea
Newcastle United
West Ham United
Aston Villa
Everton
Leeds United
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Nottingham Forest
Fulham
Sunderland
Leicester City
Derby County
Southampton
Brighton
Crystal Palace
Middlesbrough
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield United
Norwich City
Coventry City
West Bromwich Albion
Ipswich Town
Portsmouth
Stoke City
Burnley
Brentford
Blackburn Rovers
Birmingham City
Hull City
Watford
Bolton Wanderers
Cardiff City
Bournemouth
Bristol City
Preston North End
Bradford City
Charlton Athletic
Reading
Queens Park Rangers
Huddersfield Town
Millwall
Luton Town
Swansea
Plymouth Argyle
Blackpool
Barnsley
Rotherham United
Wigan Athletic
Oxford United
Wrexham
M K Dons
Peterborough United
Lincoln City
Swindon Town
Gillingham
Carlisle United
Doncaster Rovers
Bristol Rovers
Leyton Orient
Stockport County
Northampton Town
Port Vale
Exeter City
Shrewsbury Town
Cambridge United
Notts County
Walsall
Mansfield
Tranmere Rovers
AFC Wimbledon
Grimsby Town
Wycombe Wanderers
Fleetwood Town
Colchester United
Crewe Alexandra
Newport County
Burton Albion
Cheltenham Town
Stevenage
Morecambe
Crawley Town
Salford City
Accrington Stanley
Sutton United
Forest Green Rovers
Barrow
Harrogate Town

Back when the "Statto" website was consistently updated I used to use it to produce what I called the "Natural Level Quotient", the simple stat calculation being average league position since WWII.

 

[Snoop Fog]

For no reason at all, because I was bored, and with no formula or structure to my thinking/analysis, I thought I would rank the 92 clubs in order of their 'bigness'. A deliberately ill-defined term, so as to avoid criticism... Comments welcome of course. I hope there are 92:

Manchester United
Liverpool
Arsenal
Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea
Newcastle United
West Ham United
Aston Villa
Everton
Leeds United
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Nottingham Forest
Fulham
Sunderland
Leicester City
Derby County
Southampton
Brighton
Crystal Palace
Middlesbrough
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield United
Norwich City
Coventry City
West Bromwich Albion
Ipswich Town
Portsmouth
Stoke City
Burnley
Brentford
Blackburn Rovers
Birmingham City
Hull City
Watford
Bolton Wanderers
Cardiff City
Bournemouth
Bristol City
Preston North End
Bradford City
Charlton Athletic
Reading
Queens Park Rangers
Huddersfield Town
Millwall
Luton Town
Swansea
Plymouth Argyle
Blackpool
Barnsley
Rotherham United
Wigan Athletic
Oxford United
Wrexham
M K Dons
Peterborough United
Lincoln City
Swindon Town
Gillingham
Carlisle United
Doncaster Rovers
Bristol Rovers
Leyton Orient
Stockport County
Northampton Town
Port Vale
Exeter City
Shrewsbury Town
Cambridge United
Notts County
Walsall
Mansfield
Tranmere Rovers
AFC Wimbledon
Grimsby Town
Wycombe Wanderers
Fleetwood Town
Colchester United
Crewe Alexandra
Newport County
Burton Albion
Cheltenham Town
Stevenage
Morecambe
Crawley Town
Salford City
Accrington Stanley
Sutton United
Forest Green Rovers
Barrow
Harrogate Town

A really good effort! Although I would have Blackburn above some of the other clubs ahead of them as they have won the Premier League after all!

 

[SEA Grecian]

For no reason at all, because I was bored, and with no formula or structure to my thinking/analysis, I thought I would rank the 92 clubs in order of their 'bigness'. A deliberately ill-defined term, so as to avoid criticism... Comments welcome of course. I hope there are 92:

Manchester United
Liverpool
Arsenal
Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea
Newcastle United
West Ham United
Aston Villa
Everton
Leeds United
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Nottingham Forest
Fulham
Sunderland
Leicester City
Derby County
Southampton
Brighton
Crystal Palace
Middlesbrough
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield United
Norwich City
Coventry City
West Bromwich Albion
Ipswich Town
Portsmouth
Stoke City
Burnley
Brentford
Blackburn Rovers
Birmingham City
Hull City
Watford
Bolton Wanderers
Cardiff City
Bournemouth
Bristol City
Preston North End
Bradford City
Charlton Athletic
Reading
Queens Park Rangers
Huddersfield Town
Millwall
Luton Town
Swansea
Plymouth Argyle
Blackpool
Barnsley
Rotherham United
Wigan Athletic
Oxford United
Wrexham
M K Dons
Peterborough United
Lincoln City
Swindon Town
Gillingham
Carlisle United
Doncaster Rovers
Bristol Rovers
Leyton Orient
Stockport County
Northampton Town
Port Vale
Exeter City
Shrewsbury Town
Cambridge United
Notts County
Walsall
Mansfield
Tranmere Rovers
AFC Wimbledon
Grimsby Town
Wycombe Wanderers
Fleetwood Town
Colchester United
Crewe Alexandra
Newport County
Burton Albion
Cheltenham Town
Stevenage
Morecambe
Crawley Town
Salford City
Accrington Stanley
Sutton United
Forest Green Rovers
Barrow
Harrogate Town

It's interesting how many of the clubs who are generally perceived to be bigger than City - Wrexham, Stockport, Carlisle, Gillingham, Vale - have rarely, if ever, finished above City over the last few years.

 

[Antony Moxey]

For no reason at all, because I was bored, and with no formula or structure to my thinking/analysis, I thought I would rank the 92 clubs in order of their 'bigness'. A deliberately ill-defined term, so as to avoid criticism... Comments welcome of course. I hope there are 92:

Manchester United
Liverpool
Arsenal
Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea
Newcastle United
West Ham United
Aston Villa
Everton
Leeds United
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Nottingham Forest
Fulham
Sunderland
Leicester City
Derby County
Southampton
Brighton
Crystal Palace
Middlesbrough
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield United
Norwich City
Coventry City
West Bromwich Albion
Ipswich Town
Portsmouth
Stoke City
Burnley
Brentford
Blackburn Rovers
Birmingham City
Hull City
Watford
Bolton Wanderers
Cardiff City
Bournemouth
Bristol City
Preston North End
Bradford City
Charlton Athletic
Reading
Queens Park Rangers
Huddersfield Town
Millwall
Luton Town
Swansea
Plymouth Argyle
Blackpool
Barnsley
Rotherham United
Wigan Athletic
Oxford United
Wrexham
M K Dons
Peterborough United
Lincoln City
Swindon Town
Gillingham
Carlisle United
Doncaster Rovers
Bristol Rovers
Leyton Orient
Stockport County
Northampton Town
Port Vale
Exeter City
Shrewsbury Town
Cambridge United
Notts County
Walsall
Mansfield
Tranmere Rovers
AFC Wimbledon
Grimsby Town
Wycombe Wanderers
Fleetwood Town
Colchester United
Crewe Alexandra
Newport County
Burton Albion
Cheltenham Town
Stevenage
Morecambe
Crawley Town
Salford City
Accrington Stanley
Sutton United
Forest Green Rovers
Barrow
Harrogate Town

I would think Villa, Everton and Leeds are all bigger than West Ham, and maybe Wolves and Forest too.

 

[Grecian Max]

Argyle are bigger than Brentford, Bournemouth & Swansea IMO

 

[grecIAN Harris]

For no reason at all, because I was bored, and with no formula or structure to my thinking/analysis, I thought I would rank the 92 clubs in order of their 'bigness'. A deliberately ill-defined term, so as to avoid criticism... Comments welcome of course. I hope there are 92:

Manchester United
Liverpool
Arsenal
Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea
Newcastle United
West Ham United
Aston Villa
Everton
Leeds United
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Nottingham Forest
Fulham
Sunderland
Leicester City
Derby County
Southampton
Brighton
Crystal Palace
Middlesbrough
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield United
Norwich City
Coventry City
West Bromwich Albion
Ipswich Town
Portsmouth
Stoke City
Burnley
Brentford
Blackburn Rovers
Birmingham City
Hull City
Watford
Bolton Wanderers
Cardiff City
Bournemouth
Bristol City
Preston North End
Bradford City
Charlton Athletic
Reading
Queens Park Rangers
Huddersfield Town
Millwall
Luton Town
Swansea
Plymouth Argyle
Blackpool
Barnsley
Rotherham United
Wigan Athletic
Oxford United
Wrexham
M K Dons
Peterborough United
Lincoln City
Swindon Town
Gillingham
Carlisle United
Doncaster Rovers
Bristol Rovers
Leyton Orient
Stockport County
Northampton Town
Port Vale
Exeter City
Shrewsbury Town
Cambridge United
Notts County
Walsall
Mansfield
Tranmere Rovers
AFC Wimbledon
Grimsby Town
Wycombe Wanderers
Fleetwood Town
Colchester United
Crewe Alexandra
Newport County
Burton Albion
Cheltenham Town
Stevenage
Morecambe
Crawley Town
Salford City
Accrington Stanley
Sutton United
Forest Green Rovers
Barrow
Harrogate Town

It depends what your using in your metrics, history presumably isn't one of them otherwise most of the bottom dozen are in the wrong order to start with given that Barrow and Accrington Stanley were League clubs previously to their current tenure.

 

[Alistair20000]

For no reason at all, because I was bored, and with no formula or structure to my thinking/analysis, I thought I would rank the 92 clubs in order of their 'bigness'. A deliberately ill-defined term, so as to avoid criticism... Comments welcome of course. I hope there are 92:

Plymouth Argyle

Wash your mouth out.

Using the word “bigness” in any complimentary way in connection with the Green Slime is just wrong