Which club has the greatest dormant potential?

Which club has the greatest dormant potential?

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LoonyTunes

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82 months

Thursday 23rd August 2018
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For me its Leeds - can't wait to see them back in the Premier League.

Huge fan base, great history and now with the owner and manager to put them back into Top 6 contention in the coming years.

TwigtheWonderkid

44,654 posts

157 months

Thursday 23rd August 2018
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LoonyTunes said:
For me its Leeds - can't wait to see them back in the Premier League.

Huge fan base, great history and now with the owner and manager to put them back into Top 6 contention in the coming years.
Great history.....3 league titles, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup. It's OK I suppose, but nothing to write home about.

LoonyTunes

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Thursday 23rd August 2018
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TwigtheWonderkid said:
LoonyTunes said:
For me its Leeds - can't wait to see them back in the Premier League.

Huge fan base, great history and now with the owner and manager to put them back into Top 6 contention in the coming years.
Great history.....3 league titles, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup. It's OK I suppose, but nothing to write home about.
A European Cup final before Liverpool had won even one. Also arguably one of (if not) the best footballing club teams England has ever seen.

Voldemort

6,582 posts

285 months

Thursday 23rd August 2018
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Leeds for sure. But also see that Sunderland are languishing in division 3 and they could also be brought back to division 1 status.

Puggit

48,800 posts

255 months

Thursday 23rd August 2018
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The 'big' clubs out of the PL, in no particular order:

Leeds
Sunderland
Aston Villa
Sheffield Wednesday

Forest and Portsmouth probably worth a smaller shout too.

Gary29

4,317 posts

106 months

Thursday 23rd August 2018
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Blackburn Rovers

joyless lobotomised parrot

5,637 posts

118 months

Thursday 23rd August 2018
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Glasgow Rangers

Fastchas

2,697 posts

128 months

Thursday 23rd August 2018
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It's a struggle to get a ticket for Wolves now they're in the prem, but that be because they have only just been promoted.
There is a lot of exciting things going on there now but they have always been a massive club, one of the often claimed 'sleeping giants'.
The football was amazing last year and we hope to continue that going forward. I can see us getting 50k+ crowds there if we achieve stable premier league status and get European football.
Wolverhampton is a small-ish city but we pull fans from everywhere around.

Thankyou4calling

10,703 posts

180 months

Thursday 23rd August 2018
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Fastchas said:
It's a struggle to get a ticket for Wolves now they're in the prem, but that be because they have only just been promoted.
There is a lot of exciting things going on there now but they have always been a massive club, one of the often claimed 'sleeping giants'.
The football was amazing last year and we hope to continue that going forward. I can see us getting 50k+ crowds there if we achieve stable premier league status and get European football.
Wolverhampton is a small-ish city but we pull fans from everywhere around.
Except the stadium only has a capacity of 32,000.

MYOB

4,999 posts

145 months

Thursday 23rd August 2018
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Got to be Spurs...tongue out

LoonyTunes

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Thursday 23rd August 2018
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MYOB said:
Got to be Spurs...tongue out
laugh

Pieman68

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241 months

Thursday 23rd August 2018
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TwigtheWonderkid said:
Great history.....3 league titles, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup. It's OK I suppose, but nothing to write home about.
1963-64 Second Division champions
1964-65 First Division runners-up
1965-66 First Division runners-up
1968-69 First Division champions
1969-70 First Division runners-up
1970-71 First Division runners-up
1971-72 First Division runners-up
1973-74 First Division champions

1991-92 First Division champions


FA CUP
1965 FA Cup finalists
1970 FA Cup finalists
1972 FA Cup winners
1973 FA Cup finalists


FOOTBALL LEAGUE CUP
1968 Football League Cup winners
1996 Football League Cup finalists


CHARITY SHIELD
1969 FA Charity Shield winners
1974 FA Charity Shield runners-up
1992 FA Charity Shield winners


EUROPEAN CUP
1974-75 European Cup finalists


EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS CUP
1972-73 European Cup-Winners Cup finalists


INTER CITIES FAIRS CUP/UEFA CUP
1966-67 European Fairs Cup finalists
1967-68 European Fairs Cup winners
1970-71 European Fairs Cup winners

Just look at the record from 64-75 - not even factoring in semi finals and the fact that (arguably) the 74-75 European Cup was probably one of the most questionable results in footballing history.

You could also question one of the 1st division runners up spots considering that they were forced to play their final game on the monday after an FA cup final.

But yeah, not much history wink

LoonyTunes

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Thursday 23rd August 2018
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Pieman68 said:
not even factoring in semi finals and the fact that (arguably) the 74-75 European Cup was probably one of the most questionable results in footballing history.
I agree, it was robbery.

PostHeads123

1,095 posts

142 months

Thursday 23rd August 2018
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Man U hahahah

HairyMaclary

3,709 posts

202 months

Thursday 23rd August 2018
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Forest.

In the Premiership. Everton. Hopefully our new owner and Usmanov should get us back to where we belong.


FN2TypeR

7,091 posts

100 months

Thursday 23rd August 2018
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joyless lobotomised parrot said:
Glasgow Rangers
Died years ago, you must be mistaking them for another club.

TEKNOPUG

19,316 posts

212 months

Thursday 23rd August 2018
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Pieman68 said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Great history.....3 league titles, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup. It's OK I suppose, but nothing to write home about.
1963-64 Second Division champions
1964-65 First Division runners-up
1965-66 First Division runners-up
1968-69 First Division champions
1969-70 First Division runners-up
1970-71 First Division runners-up
1971-72 First Division runners-up
1973-74 First Division champions

1991-92 First Division champions


FA CUP
1965 FA Cup finalists
1970 FA Cup finalists
1972 FA Cup winners
1973 FA Cup finalists


FOOTBALL LEAGUE CUP
1968 Football League Cup winners
1996 Football League Cup finalists


CHARITY SHIELD
1969 FA Charity Shield winners
1974 FA Charity Shield runners-up
1992 FA Charity Shield winners


EUROPEAN CUP
1974-75 European Cup finalists


EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS CUP
1972-73 European Cup-Winners Cup finalists


INTER CITIES FAIRS CUP/UEFA CUP
1966-67 European Fairs Cup finalists
1967-68 European Fairs Cup winners
1970-71 European Fairs Cup winners

Just look at the record from 64-75 - not even factoring in semi finals and the fact that (arguably) the 74-75 European Cup was probably one of the most questionable results in footballing history.

You could also question one of the 1st division runners up spots considering that they were forced to play their final game on the monday after an FA cup final.

But yeah, not much history wink
You're counting coming 2nd as an "honour" to demonstrate a successful history confused

That's brilliant rofl

TwigtheWonderkid

44,654 posts

157 months

Thursday 23rd August 2018
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Pieman68 said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Great history.....3 league titles, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup. It's OK I suppose, but nothing to write home about.
1963-64 Second Division champions
1964-65 First Division runners-up
1965-66 First Division runners-up
1968-69 First Division champions
1969-70 First Division runners-up
1970-71 First Division runners-up
1971-72 First Division runners-up
1973-74 First Division champions

1991-92 First Division champions


FA CUP
1965 FA Cup finalists
1970 FA Cup finalists
1972 FA Cup winners
1973 FA Cup finalists


FOOTBALL LEAGUE CUP
1968 Football League Cup winners
1996 Football League Cup finalists


CHARITY SHIELD
1969 FA Charity Shield winners
1974 FA Charity Shield runners-up
1992 FA Charity Shield winners


EUROPEAN CUP
1974-75 European Cup finalists


EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS CUP
1972-73 European Cup-Winners Cup finalists


INTER CITIES FAIRS CUP/UEFA CUP
1966-67 European Fairs Cup finalists
1967-68 European Fairs Cup winners
1970-71 European Fairs Cup winners

Just look at the record from 64-75 - not even factoring in semi finals and the fact that (arguably) the 74-75 European Cup was probably one of the most questionable results in footballing history.

You could also question one of the 1st division runners up spots considering that they were forced to play their final game on the monday after an FA cup final.

But yeah, not much history wink
So I was right then....3 league titles, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup.

TwigtheWonderkid

44,654 posts

157 months

Thursday 23rd August 2018
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LoonyTunes said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
LoonyTunes said:
For me its Leeds - can't wait to see them back in the Premier League.

Huge fan base, great history and now with the owner and manager to put them back into Top 6 contention in the coming years.
Great history.....3 league titles, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup. It's OK I suppose, but nothing to write home about.
A European Cup final before Liverpool had won even one.
Brilliant. Who won the silver medal in the 200m in the Olympics before Bolt won gold?

Leeds.....in the 60s and 70s even their Subbuteo team came with the players holding a losers medal.

Edited by TwigtheWonderkid on Thursday 23 August 21:38


Edited by TwigtheWonderkid on Thursday 23 August 21:40

Ayahuasca

27,428 posts

286 months

Thursday 23rd August 2018
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Greatest dormant potential?

Man United.