It's been fairly clear cut that Palace are the biggest team in England to never win a major trophy. The only possible candidates to challenge for this dubious honour are Watford but other than their best ever finish (2nd) being higher than ours (3rd) I think it's fair to say we're a bigger club than them.
Hull are a also a shout but given their lack of top flight appearance for over 100 years, it's hard to argue they're bigger than Palace.
Given Watford had a season in the UEFA Cup following that 1983 2nd place finish, it leaves us with the double distinction of zero trophies and no recognised UEFA appearances (Intertoto not recognised as full UEFA competition as it was simply a qualification tournament to reach the UEFA Cup.
As English football is generally regarded as one of the top 3-4 leagues in the world, does being the biggest team in England to never win a trophy or qualify for Europe by default make us the biggest team in the world to neither play in their continental competition or win a trophy.
I don't know every team in every league (might a Brazilian or Chinese teams I'm unaware of,) so by all means throw in your suggestions.
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Hull are a also a shout but given their lack of top flight appearance for over 100 years, it's hard to argue they're bigger than Palace.
Given Watford had a season in the UEFA Cup following that 1983 2nd place finish, it leaves us with the double distinction of zero trophies and no recognised UEFA appearances (Intertoto not recognised as full UEFA competition as it was simply a qualification tournament to reach the UEFA Cup.
As English football is generally regarded as one of the top 3-4 leagues in the world, does being the biggest team in England to never win a trophy or qualify for Europe by default make us the biggest team in the world to neither play in their continental competition or win a trophy.
I don't know every team in every league (might a Brazilian or Chinese teams I'm unaware of,) so by all means throw in your suggestions.
Discuss
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