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by **puroresu** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 10:59 pm

LFC2007 wrote:
puroresu wrote:3. Its Barcelona, one of the 3 biggest club sides in the World.

Who are the other two then hey?

Real Madrid and Manchester Utd. Dont hate me but i'm just being real.

I agree with a previous post that Arsenal must of enquired about Eto'o but it would be madness for Barca to lose a younger striker like Eto'o when u can have him an Henry together.

by **LFC2007** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:01 pm

puroresu wrote:
LFC2007 wrote:
puroresu wrote:3. Its Barcelona, one of the 3 biggest club sides in the World.

Who are the other two then hey?

Real Madrid and Manchester Utd. Dont hate me but i'm just being real.

I agree with a previous post that Arsenal must of enquired about Eto'o but it would be madness for Barca to lose a younger striker like Eto'o when u can have him an Henry together.

So what do you mean by "biggest"?

by **puroresu** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:04 pm

LFC2007 wrote:
puroresu wrote:
LFC2007 wrote:
puroresu wrote:3. Its Barcelona, one of the 3 biggest club sides in the World.

Who are the other two then hey?

Real Madrid and Manchester Utd. Dont hate me but i'm just being real.

I agree with a previous post that Arsenal must of enquired about Eto'o but it would be madness for Barca to lose a younger striker like Eto'o when u can have him an Henry together.

So what do you mean by "biggest"?

Wealthiest, huge domestic & global fanbase, global brand, ability to sign to sign the best players in the world.

by **LFC2007** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:07 pm

Maybe the wealthiest partly due to branding, but global fanbase? We have a larger worldwide fanbase than Barcelona, maybe even Madrid and the mancs aswell.

by **aCe'** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 12:03 am

LFC2007 wrote:Maybe the wealthiest partly due to branding, but global fanbase? We have a larger worldwide fanbase than Barcelona, maybe even Madrid and the mancs aswell.

not really... madrid, barcelona, manutd even juventus and acmilan have larger fanbases worldwide !
funny enough juventus cant fill their own stadium and arent even the most supported club in thier city yet are thought to have the 2nd largest worldwide fanbase following real madrid...of all english clubs manutd tops the list..

by **LFC2007** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 12:06 am

aCe' wrote:not really... madrid, barcelona, manutd even juventus and acmilan have larger fanbases worldwide !
funny enough juventus cant fill their own stadium and arent even the most supported club in thier city yet are thought to have the 2nd largest worldwide fanbase following real madrid...of all english clubs manutd tops the list..

Shows you know fook all about us, we have one of the biggest fanbases worldwide, if not the biggest fanbase, we p!ss on Juventus.

by **Ace Ventura** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 12:12 am

puroresu wrote:
LFC2007 wrote:
puroresu wrote:
LFC2007 wrote:
puroresu wrote:3. Its Barcelona, one of the 3 biggest club sides in the World.

Who are the other two then hey?

Real Madrid and Manchester Utd. Dont hate me but i'm just being real.

I agree with a previous post that Arsenal must of enquired about Eto'o but it would be madness for Barca to lose a younger striker like Eto'o when u can have him an Henry together.

So what do you mean by "biggest"?

Wealthiest, huge domestic & global fanbase, global brand, ability to sign to sign the best players in the world.

So what about Henry that just means one of our rivals is weaker.

Most LFC supporters wanted Tevez anyway, at least Henry hasnt gone to one of our rivals.

Again you seem to take pleasure in news that might be bad for us. Typical, who do actually support ?

by **adamnbarrett** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 12:13 am

The Manhattan Project wrote:Some funny stuff from Arsenal 606:

Now Henry has gone we must buy Berbatov The money can be used to fund this and my sources have confirmed he is willing to come

I see Uncle Albert's been out and about again

by **The Bench** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 12:17 am

lfc2007, ace is right, we're masive in our own hemisphere, but when i've travelled and not told people people what team i support, and just enquired about football in general, always hear the same thing. Real, barca, mancs, juve, milan, brazil, then us, not always the truth, just my experience.
Maybe the americans can change this.

by **aCe'** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 12:18 am

LFC2007 wrote:
aCe' wrote:not really... madrid, barcelona, manutd even juventus and acmilan have larger fanbases worldwide !
funny enough juventus cant fill their own stadium and arent even the most supported club in thier city yet are thought to have the 2nd largest worldwide fanbase following real madrid...of all english clubs manutd tops the list..

Shows you know fook all about us, we have one of the biggest fanbases worldwide, if not the biggest fanbase, we p!ss on Juventus.

haha...yea man... whatever you say ... biggest fan base...best starting eleven...best manager.... you keep trying to convince yourself maybe one day you'll believe eh !

by **LFC2007** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 12:23 am

The Bench wrote:lfc2007, ace is right, we're masive in our own hemisphere, but when i've travelled and not told people people what team i support, and just enquired about football in general, always hear the same thing. Real, barca, mancs, juve, milan, brazil, then us, not always the truth, just my experience.
Maybe the americans can change this.

No Bench, aCe is NOT right. I've been all across Asia, Europe, parts of Africa and I've seen our support....

It's an historical support that developed during the 70's.

And it's not just anecdotal, from George Gillett himself:

"“Liverpool have 28 million registered fans around the world. They have the largest fanbase in the world of any football club. That by itself is pretty amazing."

There seems to be a load of members on this forum who are anti-Liverpool, if you don't like us fook off!

Any opportunity to blow the trumpet of these fancy foreign clubs and you're there, well go and support them.

by **redtrader74** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 12:23 am

The Bench wrote:lfc2007, ace is right, we're masive in our own hemisphere, but when i've travelled and not told people people what team i support, and just enquired about football in general, always hear the same thing. Real, barca, mancs, juve, milan, brazil, then us, not always the truth, just my experience.
Maybe the americans can change this.

Its a tough call really, in Europe i'd hazard a biased guesstimate that we would have the largest fanbase. Worldwide, some places in the far east are notorious for supporting certain players and following them club to club, and recently we have only had Owen and Gerrard, whereas the other clubs mentioned have far more recognised names.

by **redtrader74** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 12:32 am

It's an historical support that developed during the 70's when TV boomed, so you're wrong.

Can't have that, a huge no. of people didn't have a TV set in the UK in the mid 70's, there was no way any significant numbers in Africa, Asia were watching English football then. The boom in TV coverage has been from the 90's onwards, unfortunatly whilst the Sh!te have been winning and has meant they have eroded the lead we have had on them.

by **The Bench** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 12:40 am

LFC2007 wrote:No Bench, aCe is NOT right. I've been all across Asia, Europe, parts of Africa and I've seen our support....

It's an historical support that developed during the 70's when TV boomed, so you're wrong.

And it's not just anecdotal, from George Gillett himself:

"“Liverpool have 28 million registered fans around the world. They have the largest fanbase in the world of any football club. That by itself is pretty amazing."

There seems to be a load of members on this forum who are anti-Liverpool, if you don't like us fook off!

Any opportunity to blow the trumpet of these fancy foreign clubs and you're there, well go and support them.

You make a fair point lfc.

But without getting off topic the majority of people you meet while travelling, as you will know, will believe whatever you say.

Thing is though, and in response to your post, i'm not a hater, far from it, been going since '82 and have always held the name of the club above all else. But as you talk about the tv boom, then ask people in asia, and parts of africa to name one player and in my experience they will all name a brazilian, (kaka or ronhaldinho) first untill you mention the name of lfc, then they'll say gerrard, fowler, owen etc. They know us, but loyalty of the 70's has gone due in part to your aforementioned tv boom.

We have come back to the fore since istanbul and thats a good thing, but worldwide, we have fallen behind over the the last few years of the tv revolution. which was the main crux of my statement about the americans changing it.

by **LFC2007** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 12:41 am

redtrader74 wrote:
It's an historical support that developed during the 70's when TV boomed, so you're wrong.

Can't have that, a huge no. of people didn't have a TV set in the UK in the mid 70's, there was no way any significant persons in Africa, Asia were watching English football then. The boom in TV coverage has been from the 90's onwards, unfortunatly whilst the Sh!te have been winning and has meant they have eroded the lead we have had on them.

Our success in the 1970's and the corresponding growth in TV/sports broadcasting is one of the main reasons why our fanbase is so big today, do you really think we'd have a fanbase anywhere near comparable to the mancs based on our performance in the 1990's?

It was the 70's and early 80's and the growth of sports broadcasting to match that has made our fanbase so big. The mancs had their success in the 90's, the Sky tv boom of the 90's is the reason why they are so big, just like the 70's/80's is the reason we have a massive fanbase.

TV did grow massively in the 70's and early 80's, I don't know how you think it didn't.

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