The teams listed below have all spent time in the 3rd tier of English football since the last time City played at that level. Most of them are the same size or bigger clubs than City, with some being league champions or winning European trophies. I think it's time to accept we've had a good run and it's inevitable that relegation will be our fate this season. At least the list does show one thing, it is probable that the club will emerge stronger from this period and go on to better things !
Leeds Man City Wolves West Brom Birmingham Leicester Southampton Norwich Forest Villa Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield United Stoke Bolton Fulham Bristol City Middlesborough Sunderland Derby Portsmouth
Half of them are smaller clubs than the Sky Blues.
Your point of 'accepting' something as inevitable is not the way forward and I certainly don't accept it is inevitable. Nothing is inevitable when you can do something about it.
Half of them are smaller clubs than the Sky Blues.
Your point of 'accepting' something as inevitable is not the way forward and I certainly don't accept it is inevitable. Nothing is inevitable when you can do something about it.
stupot... the debate on club 'size' has often been on these forums and no definitive answer can be agreed.
However i take my considerable years of support through the decades and equate that to successes of the clubs I've come to know (time in top division/cups etc) and the obvious size of town (fan base - i.e. Newcastle is a smaller town than Coventry but a bigger club) and traditional values (i.e. Forest are twice European cup winners)
Coventional wisdom on that list suggest these are the bigger clubs than us on that list: