It’s too selective using a date that suits. You have to look at the stats from day one.Wow. Where to start?
Firstly, lets do a comparison of the 3 clubs prior to the ENIC takeover.
Man City. 8 major domestic trophies, 1 major European trophy
Chelsea. . 5 major domestic trophies. 2 major European trophies
Tottenham Hotspur. 13 major domestic trophies. 3 major European trophies
I think its fair to compare pre ENIC, because it backs up my earlier point that the only possible reason you now believe them to be bigger is that there owners priorities winning trophies, whereas ours don't. Hence the alarming reversal in fortunes since 2000.
Also, as you pointed out, we were the first English club to lift a European trophy, and the first club to achieve the domestic double.
6 times since the war have have recorded the highest average league attendance. The other two clubs have never managed that once between them.
We hold the record for the highest home attendance ever recorded in English football history. And the second highest. And the third. And the fourth.......
Despite going 2 decades of winning next to fuck all, we still sell out a 60,000 seater stadium.
City and Chelsea have smaller stadiums, win loads of titles, but have to regularly give tickets away and in the case of Man City, regularly face the embarresment of thousands of empty seats.
We have spent more seasons in top flight football since the war than both these clubs you claim are bigger than our own.
Now. Remind us why you think they are bigger clubs than Tottenham Hotspur. Your own football club.
If it's purely based on the record since 2000, then surely that's a damning indictment of our owners, wouldn't you say?
The fact is that Man UTd have dominated the top place for many a year. What surprised me is that Chelsea have topped the chart for 10 seasons . Oh and one of those was post war!