I swear its only gotten worse too, both statements can work as jokes, but I genuinely think there are a growing number of people who believe that they are true (more City have no “real” fans, often sent from a user no more “real” than any other over seas fan, than United have no fans in Manchester)
Answer: No one, if you think it is a metric for success, then it would become the big 5, like it was before City and Chelsea became what they are (that 5th team was Everton by the way, so you can definitely drop from being considered a big club), and if you think it is a metric of actual stature of the club, then they aren’t even the ‘smallest’ of the big 6, that’s Arsenal, and Arsenal are clear of 7th, as spurs are when it come to total accolades. Newcastle aren’t close in either system to ‘take’ their spot, and if they do, it would probably become the big 7, or whatever they choose to call it, remember a few years ago when Leicester were consistantley
Blackburn were the first check book club. They spent a rediculous amount of money for the time and won because of it, just that the numbers look smaller than we’re used to and they faded fast, so people just forgot thats what happened
I dont know how you guys do Christmas over there in the US, and I’ve always found it weird you have sports on Christmas day, so I’m going to assume its a bit less of a big deal, maybe Thanksgiving pulls a bit of the attention away? But here its just really stressful, and nobody likes Boxing day matches as is, not because the matches are “bad” but because it sucks to get to and from, they already have 4 time slots that day, but they’ll never put big matches on because its impractical. I’ve no hard numbers but I imagine that Boxing day has the lowest attendances of the year for its games, because people are busy, many tired from christmas, or from travelling to someone else for christmas, and that includes the police, who are busy as Boxing day is a busy time for them as is, and bigger matches need more police, so it will never happen. Just be happy you can watch all the games most weeks (Boxing day ‘weekend’ of fixtures are actually available in full here for a change, but its not normal)