Are Everton A Small Club

Was Rafa right to refer to Everton as a "small club"

Personally i think he was spot on, big teams win trophy`s when was the last time Everton were in a final nevermind won a trophy.
What do you all think.

He is spot on with it, a big club aim for the CL, what do everton aim for? the top 10. Nuff said really.

He is spot on with it, a big club aim for the CL, what do everton aim for? the top 10. Nuff said really.

and a nil nil draw 

Everton don't fill their home games.  Liverpool - you struggle to get a ticket.

Everton have won nothing for ages, they have played in Europe once in god knows how long.  Newcastle and Villa (and even arguably the likes of West Ham) are a bigger club than Everton are.

Our little bitter neighbours.

This made me laugh, nicked off another website    Reasons why everton are a 'small' club :

This made me laugh, nicked off another website    Reasons why everton are a 'small' club :

Smaller league points tally
Smaller trophy cabinet
Smaller global fan base
Smaller ground capacity
Smaller budget
Smaller transfer kitty
Smaller minded fans
Smaller number of air miles used

Smaller achievements
Smaller ambitions


Big clubs don’t advertise tickets on
 the radio
Big clubs don’t do a ladies day
Big clubs don’t do half season tickets
Big clubs fill there ground every week
Big clubs win things
Big clubs spend money
Just some of the reasons they’re a small club

In Rafa we trust. 

I couldn't believe it when i seen them celebrating a 0 - 0 draw like that you would have thought they had just won the league.

they have a small team mentality,it was pathetic yesterday watching them celebrating like they had one the cup.sad.limited team,limited ambition,going nowhere.

they was proberbly celebrating like they did cause the know they've put a big dent in our race for second spot.
lets see them celabrating after we progress to the next stage of the champions league.

Small team with even smaller minded fans...the chants yetserday were f####n out of order....but its what you can expect from the bitter small club who won't be in this city much longer.....

Rafa was spot on...and all the noise coming out of Goodison about it? 'Methinks the lady doth protest too much.....'

only a small club go out with such a defensive plan,,only a small club celebrates that way, when they force a draw with that small % of  possesion ,,only a small club occasionally go in the champions league because they finished 4th and go out immadiately on the first game  so YES rafa was right ,,everton  go in the small club category

I wonder if the press and sky sports would have made such a fuss if Moaning M or Fergie had said the same thing about some small club? : : :

Had to laugh at Andy gobs***e Gray on the telly tonight, he was commentating on the Manure v Spurs game when he referred to Ferguson as "Sir Alec", all our manager gets is "Benitez" !!  : 

Small team with even smaller minded fans...the chants yetserday were f####n out of order....but its what you can expect from the bitter small club who won't be in this city much longer.....

Rafa was spot on...and all the noise coming out of Goodison about it? 'Methinks the lady doth protest too much.....'

what were the bitters chanting?

The usual 'Murderers' sh*t

Definition of small from dictionary,

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small          - Show Spelled Pronunciation[smawl] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation adjective, -er, -est, adverb, -er, -est, noun
–adjective

1.   of limited size; of comparatively restricted dimensions; not big; little: a small box.

   The Pit home of the bitterest most deluded fans in the country

2.   slender, thin, or narrow: a small waist.

                More a complete waste if you ask me!

3.   not large as compared with others of the same kind: a small elephant.

                This obviously applies to there trophy room, for small elephant see James Beattie
4.   (of letters) lower-case (def. 1).

5.   not great in amount, degree, extent, duration, value, etc.: a small salary.

                Small salary means you get small players e.g. has been’s and never where’s

6.   not great numerically: a small army.

                Sunday afternoon game in the FA Cup for the peoples club, EFC 1 Blackburn 4,att 24,426

7.   of low numerical value; denoted by a low number.

                No bugger will buy them and their main advertiser is Pukka Pies!

8.   having but little land, capital, power, influence, etc., or carrying on business or some activity on a limited scale: a small enterprise.

                Ta Ra!  where off to Kirby

9.   of minor importance, moment, weight, or consequence: a small problem.

                 Never challenge for honours, last trophy 1998 FA youth cup, and set record for fastest exit from two European competitions in a month.!

If it’s in the Dictionary it must be true, small and Everton do seem to go hand in hand. Im sure they put some sort of hallucinogenic drug in the food at the pit only this could explain there refusal to accept, they are small, they will always be in our shadow and Mystic Meg couldn’t tell them where there next trophy is coming from!

SKYSPORTS NEWS have just requested e.mails on why Everton are a small club !!  Do they really need telling? anyway i've just emailed them the list i posted below 

Are Everton one of the big four teams the media are always going on about? - No

Are Liverpool? - Yes

Therefore in comparison Everton are a small club.

End of argument.

Loved Rafa's comments today about Bill Shankly's quotes and now he has made one of his own.

A legend.

now now everton are a big club.....but not big enough ...so therefore in comparison to liverpool they are a needle in a hay stack

I think this question has been answered. this thread should be renamed Everton ARE a small club!!

Loved Rafa's comments today about Bill Shankly's quotes and now he has made one of his own.

A legend.

any link to these comments JD?

yes everton are a small club but in 60 days time they will be a lot closer to greatness than ever before (about 400 meters by my reckoning). thats when we start building our new stadium in stanley park.

the easy answer to this is damn right they are

what were the bitters chanting?

they wer singing sumet about gerrards 2nd baby not being his u no they r like

Everton fans able to re-sell tickets online

Feb 7 2007

by Michelle Fiddler, Liverpool Echo
 
EVERTON season ticket holders will be able to legally sell tickets to fans under a new partnership deal.Ticketing company Viagogo has entered into a new partnership deal with Everton.The deal makes Viagogo Everton’s official secondary ticketing partner and the new service enables current season ticket holders to legally sell tickets to fellow fans at selected Premier League fixtures at Goodison Park.This is the first time Evertonians have had this option, as any other way of re-selling tickets is illegal.Viagogo manage payment and delivery so they guarantee buyers will receive their tickets and sellers will receive payment.

Eric Baker, CEO of Viagogo said. “Toffees fans finally have the chance to purchase hard-to-get or sold out tickets to matches without illegally buying tickets from online vendors or touts.”
Keith Wyness, chief executive of Everton, said: “We are now one of only three Premier League clubs that offer a secondary ticketing service.”
The ticket exchange can be accessed at www.evertonfc.com/ticketexchange.


Hard to get or sold out tickets! This from the club who now advertise season and half season tickets on the radio and in the press, and are currently running adverts to encourage fans to bring there wives and girlfriends (Stop there ladies I have no problem with the fairer sex at games, just think advertising for them is desperate) Whats next a hard sell to nursing homes to encourage your Gran and Grandad to go? Small club Everton of course there not!

I was listening to to Century's "Legends"  last night and a caller claimed that Moyes had said after their Arsenal away game that the SMALLER clubs never get penalties at the bigger clubs! 

I was listening to to Century's "Legends"  last night and a caller claimed that Moyes had said after their Arsenal away game that the SMALLER clubs never get penalties at the bigger clubs! 

I'd love to hear that interview again then    

I heard the caller saying that on the Legends show too.  It just made me laugh even more!

why should Everton be called a big club 
don't they class the top 4 as the big clubs 
to finish once in the top 4 in the last 20 years, and finish with a minus goal difference do's not make you anything but a small team.

they wud hav to celebrate a 0-0 draw cos they are not every going to beat us 3-0 again

I have heard that Everton propose move to Kirkby with the help of Tesco has broken down, but another super market has jumped in to help. LIDL will be the new owner and sponsor of Everton 'cos they are a LIDL Club :

why should Everton be called a big club 
don't they class the top 4 as the big clubs 
to finish once in the top 4 in the last 20 years, and finish with a minus goal difference do's not make you anything but a small team.

I completely agree with this. the over-reaction of everton is pure jalousy. It's like saying Newcastle is a big club, I don't agree..The size of a club is about his palmares not his base fans, at least that is the way I see it.

I have heard that Everton propose move to Kirkby with the help of Tesco has broken down, but another super market has jumped in to help. LIDL will be the new owner and sponsor of Everton 'cos they are a LIDL Club :

 

I have heard that Everton propose move to Kirkby with the help of Tesco has broken down, but another super market has jumped in to help. LIDL will be the new owner and sponsor of Everton 'cos they are a LIDL Club :

Too funny!

Funny listening to there whopper fans on radio city going nuts over rafa's comment

Point being though how can they argue, were off to Barca in the european cup, while there passports gather even more dust.

Woodison is a dump and they need cheerleaders like stallone ffs

So obviously and quite clearly they are indeed a small club!!!

In a nutshell - YES   

Small club lost to spurs 2-1 in front of 34,000, rest of the mongrels watching us hoping we would get beat 

Can you imagine the faces on them when the scores were read out at the end 

Small club lost to spurs 2-1 in front of 34,000, rest of the mongrels watching us hoping we would get beat 

Can you imagine the faces on them when the scores were read out at the end 

Love that!

To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if they tuned their 15" big screen on to our game in the second half...... They tend to go on about us more than they do about themselves after all....

Are Everton a small club?

Are Everton a sh*te club?

The answer to both is Yes.  They can run round the pitch like a bunch of cocks when they get a draw at Anfield all they want.

They can only dream of playing (and winning) at the Nou Camp.

Forever. In. Our. Shadow.

Are Everton a small club?

Are Everton a sh*te club?

The answer to both is Yes.  They can run round the pitch like a bunch of cocks when they get a draw at Anfield all they want.
They can only dream of playing (and winning) at the Nou Camp.

Forever. In. Our. Shadow.

Very true. Very funny!

Of course Everton are a small club!
They have a smaller fan base.
They have a smaller league position than us.
They have a smaller quantity of trophies.
They have smaller players than us!
They have a smaller ground than us!
How can they disagree with us after all?

Of course Everton are a small club!
They have a smaller fan base.
They have a smaller league position than us.
They have a smaller quantity of trophies.
They have smaller players than us!
They have a smaller ground than us!
How can they disagree with us after all?

Yes their fan base is smaller
Yes they usually finish below us
Do they even have a trophy cabinet?
Yes their players are smaller than ours compaired to Crouch
Yes I our ground is probably larger than theirs
They don't agree with us because their SMALL minded
All in all I agree whole hearted with you

i dont even have to reply but i will.... of course they are a small club even there suporters are migets and dwafs

I dont even have to reply but I will.... of course they are a small club even there suporters are migets and dwafs

And scally wags

And now they also want to enter the inter-toto!!

The shower of sh*te couldn't even win the ZDS cup (for younger fans this was a trophy introduced in late 80s for clubs like Everton, Palace etc lower 1st division teams and 2nd division teams, in fact everton reached the final only to be beaten by Palace)

One of best video's i've ever seen http://youtube.com/watch?v=dmLqVr6jI0I

Everton set prices for 2007/2008 
 
Everton are the latest club to react to criticism over prices by offering season ticket holders a 10% reduction if they buy early for next season.
Even if fans fail to renew their tickets in the April 1-April 28 window, Goodison Park supporters will see prices frozen at the 2006-07 levels.

Chief Executive Keith Wyness said: "We are all mindful of the recent media attention on ticket prices.

"We were determined to offer genuinely competitive pricing for next season."

Everton a small club dont make me laugh,first they had a ladies day but that was hard to enforce as its hard to tell the difference between the species at Woodison!, now there having a January sale all year round! well they certainly amazed me as i didn't know they had the cheek to charge in the first place..


 

One of best video's I've ever seen http://youtube.com/watch?v=dmLqVr6jI0I

Not one of, THE  best !!  I've never laughed so much, there were a few sarky comments on the bottom so i just added my own !