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Heisenberg
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For years I've always seen us as a club whose natural level is League 1, which is a bit weird as I've only seen us have 2 seasons there in my lifetime!  It got me thinking about what our current status is within the game, as I glanced at the League 2 table and thought 'hang on, there's some big clubs in there, I don't remember it being like that before!'.

I wondered if you lot agreed or disagreed with the relative size of GTFC (mainly to do with fan base, and potential fan base) compared to the others?  Here's how I see it:

Clubs bigger than Town:

Plymouth (they might go up to League 1 anyway)
Portsmouth (this is a given)
Carlisle
Luton
Notts County
Donny (this is possibly a debate in itself.....)
Blackpool

Clubs smaller than Town:

Accrington
Wimbledon (also in the Playoff Final......)
Leyton Orient
Cambridge
Mansfield
Wycombe
Exeter
Barnet
Hartlepool
Stevenage
Yeovil
Crawley
Morecambe
Newport
Cheltenham
Colchester
Crewe

You could of course argue that clubs like Orient, Crewe and Cambridge are very similar sized, and I wouldn't disagree with that, but I thought I'd be ruthless and chance my arm a little!

Do people think I'm over or under-cooking us as an outfit?  Be interesting to see whether we think our stock has risen or fallen during the wilderness years........

In summary, though, I still see this next season being one of discovery for us and I'd see mid-table as being a big step in the right direction and a decent achievement.

Anybody got any thoughts?

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Doncaster bigger than Town? Maybe ground-wise at the moment, but never in a million years!
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I really do hate this 'were a bigger club than x'. What dictates who is a bigger club than another? And what do you win for being a big club? It really is a nonsense.


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It's hilarious to see Doncaster putting us down and claiming they're a big club after our promotion.

Doncaster have NEVER been a bigger club than us. In league position over the past 10 years yes, but never before that. Parity is gradually being restored.

Saying that they're increasing their budget next year, last year it was £4.5m! Absolutely eye watering stuff.
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Doncaster bigger than Town? Maybe ground-wise at the moment, but never in a million years!


Why, because they were a poxy non-league club?  Those in glass houses.....

Donny is a bigger place with more people (so I believe), and my opinion is that their home gates and travelling support would be bigger than ours if they had some success again.

Anyway, it's all about opinions, that's all!  I could have it wrong.
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It's hilarious to see Doncaster putting us down and claiming they're a big club after our promotion.

Doncaster have NEVER been a bigger club than us. In league position over the past 10 years yes, but never before that. Parity is gradually being restored.

Saying that they're increasing their budget next year, last year it was £4.5m! Absolutely eye watering stuff.


That would indicate that they're a bigger club, surely?
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I really do hate this 'were a bigger club than x'. What dictates who is a bigger club than another? And what do you win for being a big club? It really is a nonsense.


I already said I've based it on fan base and potential fan base, so I don't see it as nonsense at all.
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Still recovering from Championship wages with a rich chairman.

Donny have spent a large chunk of their history in Non Leagye.
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I'd swap Carlisle for the Orient and you are not far off


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I already said I've based it on fan base and potential fan base, so I don't see it as nonsense at all.
Agree .Fan base coupled with history does make a big effect if the energy is harnessed correctly.Just look at them special nights at Anfield when Liverpool won the Champions league in 2005 with a squad assembled that in the eyes of many wasnt that good.Hence it was the passion of the crowd that helped players overcome much bigger teams en route to the final and win that lucrative trophy


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