Quote Originally Posted by Stoke_Arab View Post
Whichever way you slice it, to suggest the two clubs are about the same size is incorrect by nearly any measurement.

Season tickets sold
Actual attendances (in both divisions)
More recent silverware
*other measurements available ��

Is one club bigger by these measurements alone. Yes.
I dont agree with any of that apart from the success of the two sides which happily in recent history we are way in front ..

For me season ticket sales can be higher at one club rather than another but if you end up with similar attendances is that really a factor .. im not so sure it is ?
I know quite a few fellow arabs from outside of city who are season ticket holders but also a lot of regulars who attend dens who are local guys but don't have season tickets so perhaps the location of certain section of our fan base may also be reflected in that difference .

Either way i don't think season ticket sales give a true reflection if I'm being honest, its surely down to average attendances not who chooses to buy them up front .

While i do not doubt our average home attendances are better I still think that could quite easily swing the other way relatively quickly and easily given circumstances .