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Post by Stanley H Tweedle on Feb 24, 2024 13:25:23 GMT 1
++ Bigger towns whose teams are below us in leagues Derby Bradford Notts County Portsmouth Northampton Reading Bolton Swindon Milton Keynes Northampton bigger than Huddersfield? Cobblers! Northampton Population: 245,899 (2021 census) Huddersfield Population: 162,949 (2011 census) |
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Post by utttrooper on Feb 24, 2024 13:45:17 GMT 1
But they have performed better than us. Let's face it, for years now they have had bigger crowds, more coverage, played better football and have spent more money than HTAFC. We live in their shadow. You might not like that but it's true. So many Town fans won't accept/face these facts. Ah yes - congratulations to them for having a big city with a much higher population than Huddersfield. Our average attendance compared to Leeds is about half of there's when they have about 4 times the population |
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Post by utttrooper on Feb 24, 2024 13:47:09 GMT 1
It goes on population If it went on land mass then Huddersfield is bigger than a lot of cities as its huge Are you thinking of "Kirklees" there rather than Huddersfield? People from Bradford constantly harp on about being the "7th/8th biggest city in England", conveniently forgetting that's the figure for Bradford City Council which includes towns like Shipley, Ilkley, Bingley and Keighley and everywhere in between. This massively inflates the size of "Bradford" by both population and land area. The only think to do with with 7th and 8th with them is the division they'll be part of in the next decade |
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Post by utttrooper on Feb 24, 2024 13:50:47 GMT 1
Well no, but whichever measurement you use you're going to get anomalies. HD postcodes include Brighouse which is in the same local authority as Halifax, yet loads of places that predominantly support Town have WF postcodes. If the land area covered by the postcode prefix was a valid metric for size, then Plymouth Argyle (PL includes half of Cornwall); Taunton Town (TA includes most of Somerset and bits of Devon); and Shrewsbury Town (SY stretches all the way to Aberystwyth on the Welsh coast) would be among the biggest clubs in the country. We're a MASSIVE club anyway Saddleworth uppermill and greenfield..dobcross..Diggle are still officially in West Yorkshire...only the council changed not the county lines We've won more first division titles than bottlejob FC (sorry, Tottenham Hotspur) and upon reading Flying High With Huddersfield Town we we could have had 7 with better luck |
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Post by westislandterrier on Feb 24, 2024 14:17:08 GMT 1
Ah yes - congratulations to them for having a big city with a much higher population than Huddersfield. ‘Stat’ makes good reading indeed utttrooper... Shows we are a helluva lot more faithful for sure - For me I love to see the healthy local crowd head from Huddersfield town centre and walk with them to see Huddy Town at The John Smith’s Stadium... Trust me it is very very different in Dumbarton, Paisley, Kilmarnock, Perth, and the rest of these type of towns as all the ‘locals’ defect from their hometown team’ games to go and glory hunt with the farce that is Celtic and Rangers - So do take a bow ye finest folks of Huddersfield for being faithful to your local hometown club !!! 🥃 👍 😊 |
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Post by Bassingham Terrier on Feb 24, 2024 14:24:03 GMT 1
We're a MASSIVE club anyway Saddleworth uppermill and greenfield..dobcross..Diggle are still officially in West Yorkshire...only the council changed not the county lines We've won more first division titles than bottlejob FC (sorry, Tottenham Hotspur) and upon reading Flying High With Huddersfield Town we we could have had 7 with better luck But - and this is the crux - nobody gives a flying doo-dah. Spuds fans certainly don't. Try telling them that we are bigger than they are and you'll get laughed off the planet. History and tradition counts for nowt these days; it's all about the now or the past couple of seasons. Our most successful period is now consigned to antiquity (it's almost a hundred years old now), other fans don't know about it and laugh at us when we bring it up. We are like Canute trying to turn back incoming the tide (not that he ever really ever did that). |
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Post by Sio on Feb 24, 2024 14:28:32 GMT 1
We've won more first division titles than bottlejob FC (sorry, Tottenham Hotspur) and upon reading Flying High With Huddersfield Town we we could have had 7 with better luck But - and this is the crux - nobody gives a flying doo-dah. Spuds fans certainly don't. Try telling them that we are bigger than they are and you'll get laughed off the planet. History and tradition counts for nowt these days; it's all about the now or the past couple of seasons. Our most successful period is now consigned to antiquity (it's almost a hundred years old now), other fans don't know about it and laugh at us when we bring it up. We are like Canute trying to turn back incoming the tide (not that he ever really ever did that). True on the league titles, of course we aren't as big as Spurs, but disagree on the 'now / past couple of seasons'. I'd say for the average fan, Premier League clubs from the 1990s and early noughties remain as the clubs that people define as 'big'. It's odd - you can have a Bournemouth, Brentford or Brighton kicking around for years but many fans would still say Portsmouth, Bolton or Charlton are bigger than them. Look at the response to Forest going up. 'Where they're meant to be'. Town don't come into that equation and we'll likely remain no greater in people's minds than any of the above - but we definitely aren't small because of it. |
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Post by runner76 on Feb 24, 2024 14:40:21 GMT 1
When have we punched above our weight? A couple of seasons in the top tier in 50 years? Promotion season to the PL |
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Post by drayltonboy (independent) on Feb 24, 2024 14:42:03 GMT 1
Lot of chippy Town fans about. It’s about being comfortable in your own belief of how you perceive the club. Doesn’t really matter what anyone else, even fellow fans, think.
I’m sure that Preston fans think themselves worthy of being a big club, because of the Invincibles, but does anyone else? Do the Preston fans care? Probably not, but nobody can take away their achievement. This leads me on to the possibility of Citeh winning the PL this year. Will that tarnish Town fans’ view of the club’s achievement a hundred years go? No. Will it alter the perceptions by fans of other clubs towards Town? No.
It’s like being a Yorkshire born - you’ve won the lottery of life. You know it, fellow Yorkshire folk know it. Who gives a toss what anyone else thinks?
Final thought - the only thing worse than having a reputation is not having one, be it Little, Thrice Champions, or, whatever.
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Post by htafcokay on Feb 24, 2024 14:44:08 GMT 1
When have we punched above our weight? A couple of seasons in the top tier in 50 years? Promotion season to the PL One season. |
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Post by htfc1908 on Feb 24, 2024 14:44:31 GMT 1
I blame the rebranding of the early seventies. I've never referred to Town as the Terriers and never will. Other teams are named after predatory beasts like Wolves, Tigers, Eagles and Hornets, or weapons like Gunners, Blades and Hammers, while we're named after a little yappy dog with a girlie haircut that when wet looks like a small piece of alien gristle. It could be worse, we could be named after little chickens (bantams) or in L666ds case small penises (peacocks) |
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Post by runner76 on Feb 24, 2024 14:46:03 GMT 1
Promotion season to the PL One season. Carlos playoff final season |
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Post by htafcokay on Feb 24, 2024 14:52:57 GMT 1
Carlos playoff final season Nah, if anything he underachieved. A manager of such standing with his genius and God-like abilities should have pissed the league. |
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Post by Orinoco on Feb 24, 2024 15:05:36 GMT 1
It came from Wagner probably because he wanted to big up his achievements at the club and get yet another pay rise out of Hoyle. It did come from that, and the fact that the club always seems to belittle itself and says it over achieved. Where as Town ain't massive unlike Sheff Weds and Bradford!!, certainly are not a little club |
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Post by King Neil on Feb 24, 2024 15:07:04 GMT 1
I blame the rebranding of the early seventies. I've never referred to Town as the Terriers and never will. Other teams are named after predatory beasts like Wolves, Tigers, Eagles and Hornets, or weapons like Gunners, Blades and Hammers, while we're named after a little yappy dog with a girlie haircut that when wet looks like a small piece of alien gristle. The scarlet runners it is then |
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Post by King Neil on Feb 24, 2024 15:12:26 GMT 1
Well no, but whichever measurement you use you're going to get anomalies. HD postcodes include Brighouse which is in the same local authority as Halifax, yet loads of places that predominantly support Town have WF postcodes. If the land area covered by the postcode prefix was a valid metric for size, then Plymouth Argyle (PL includes half of Cornwall); Taunton Town (TA includes most of Somerset and bits of Devon); and Shrewsbury Town (SY stretches all the way to Aberystwyth on the Welsh coast) would be among the biggest clubs in the country. Look at DN postcode, the area is unreal, the football club's are not particularly great, Doncaster, Scunthorpe and Grimsby but by area. Don't know how it came about, a Yorkshire town (recently city) that includes all North Lincolnshire. Retford in Nottinghamshire has a DN postcode along with Gainsborough Donny has a massive population...I can walk to rovers ground in 30 minutes from my house...not that I ever would/have |
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Post by digs on Feb 24, 2024 15:16:35 GMT 1
I blame the rebranding of the early seventies. I've never referred to Town as the Terriers and never will. Other teams are named after predatory beasts like Wolves, Tigers, Eagles and Hornets, or weapons like Gunners, Blades and Hammers, while we're named after a little yappy dog with a girlie haircut that when wet looks like a small piece of alien gristle. It could be worse, we could be named after little chickens (bantams) or in L666ds case small penises (peacocks) spare a thought for Fulhams nickname,,men noshing each other off in public toilets,we're quite lucky to be The Terriers |
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Post by King Neil on Feb 24, 2024 15:17:56 GMT 1
We've won more first division titles than bottlejob FC (sorry, Tottenham Hotspur) and upon reading Flying High With Huddersfield Town we we could have had 7 with better luck But - and this is the crux - nobody gives a flying doo-dah. Spuds fans certainly don't. Try telling them that we are bigger than they are and you'll get laughed off the planet. History and tradition counts for nowt these days; it's all about the now or the past couple of seasons. Our most successful period is now consigned to antiquity (it's almost a hundred years old now), other fans don't know about it and laugh at us when we bring it up. We are like Canute trying to turn back incoming the tide (not that he ever really ever did that). Strange because we always remember the countries we colonised and the wars we have won like it happened yesterday |
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Post by htafcokay on Feb 24, 2024 15:33:55 GMT 1
But - and this is the crux - nobody gives a flying doo-dah. Spuds fans certainly don't. Try telling them that we are bigger than they are and you'll get laughed off the planet. History and tradition counts for nowt these days; it's all about the now or the past couple of seasons. Our most successful period is now consigned to antiquity (it's almost a hundred years old now), other fans don't know about it and laugh at us when we bring it up. We are like Canute trying to turn back incoming the tide (not that he ever really ever did that). Strange because we always remember the countries we colonised and the wars we have won like it happened yesterday And everyone over 50 fought in WW2, don't ya know. |
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Post by mosher on Feb 25, 2024 16:51:07 GMT 1
Look at DN postcode, the area is unreal, the football club's are not particularly great, Doncaster, Scunthorpe and Grimsby but by area. Don't know how it came about, a Yorkshire town (recently city) that includes all North Lincolnshire. Donny has a massive population...I can walk to rovers ground in 30 minutes from my house...not that I ever would/have As does Grimsby, Immingham and Goole  |
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Post by mosher on Feb 25, 2024 16:51:51 GMT 1
Strange because we always remember the countries we colonised and the wars we have won like it happened yesterday And everyone over 50 fought in WW2, don't ya know. Did I? Jesus I've smoked too much weed, don't remember that at all  |
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Post by runner76 on Feb 25, 2024 18:11:09 GMT 1
I blame the rebranding of the early seventies. I've never referred to Town as the Terriers and never will. Other teams are named after predatory beasts like Wolves, Tigers, Eagles and Hornets, or weapons like Gunners, Blades and Hammers, while we're named after a little yappy dog with a girlie haircut that when wet looks like a small piece of alien gristle. The scarlet runners it is then Splendid idea |
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Post by softboy on Feb 25, 2024 18:16:33 GMT 1
Im still trying to get my head around this thread and what it means. London has a much bigger population than Manchester but I wouldn’t say QPR are a bigger club than either City or United!
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Post by Bassingham Terrier on Feb 25, 2024 18:24:40 GMT 1
Im still trying to get my head around this thread and what it means. London has a much bigger population than Manchester but I wouldn’t say QPR are a bigger club than either City or United! Have you read the whole thread? I've tried to point out that it has nothing to do with the settlement or the population; it's a phrase based purely and simply upon the recent form/successes of the football clubs, and is a derisory phrase used only by football fans to put down their less successful brethren. |
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Post by wildbillthetownfan on Feb 25, 2024 20:45:35 GMT 1
Northampton bigger than Huddersfield? Cobblers! Northampton Population: 245,899 (2021 census) Huddersfield Population: 162,949 (2011 census) That figure for Northampton is because they changed the boundaries like a lot more places, but Huddersfield went under the pathetic council of Kirklees that is were people are getting it wrong about the size of a Town. If Like a lot more places they had called Kirlklees Huddersfield the population of Huddersfield would read 440,000. |
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Post by runner76 on Feb 29, 2024 16:40:34 GMT 1
note to Andre for the next conference when we play Leeds.....please do not refer to 'David and Goliath'.......that plays us down and them up!
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Post by Sio on Feb 29, 2024 16:46:00 GMT 1
note to Andre for the next conference when we play Leeds.....please do not refer to 'David and Goliath'.......that plays us down and them up! Please tell me he hasn't done that |
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Post by isitjustme on Feb 29, 2024 16:57:06 GMT 1
note to Andre for the next conference when we play Leeds.....please do not refer to 'David and Goliath'.......that plays us down and them up! Please tell me he hasn't done that Twice...!!! |
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Post by ben1987 on Feb 29, 2024 16:59:07 GMT 1
Please tell me he hasn't done that Twice...!!! Fuck sake. Why!? |
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Post by oneneilwarnock on Feb 29, 2024 17:03:01 GMT 1
He based it on squad budgets, he said there's was worth 200 million ours 30. He wasn't referring to club size or stature. People need to relax and let him do his job, also remembering there is a language barrier.
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