Only 2 teams have gone undefeated, plus one team helped inspired the Champions League. Therefore I submit the answer must be
Arsenal, Preston North End and Wolverhampton Wanderers
I will not be taking questiond at this time
DinoKea
joined 10 months ago
Teams win trophies, not individual players
He'd probably keep them up, but I'd be surprised by even top half tbh
The only difference between the big 6 and the other 14 is just how much media attention they get and how likely it is a eandom fan will support them. Finishing position is kind of completely irrelevant.
Give me 100 random fans and I'd pretty 50+ of them will support the "Big 6" clubs
Just for a Preview this has a bar chart. If you double Burnley's 22-23 revenue you get $5 mil shy of West Ham, who are still >$100m short of Arsenal and if doubled would still be less than Man City, Liverpool or Man Utd.
I think for the science of it, I think area covered, fan-base spread and available wealth would be important factors determining the optimal size of a football league.
The smaller the area, the more teams can be supported due to overall decreased travel costs (of course this applies for the total number of teams before they become regionalised and may extend beyond the league, such as England hitting 116)
The better the spread of fans too, the more teams you can have. Scotland has I think 5 teams with an average attendance over 10,000. England has I think 40+. This is why Scotland only has 12 teams despite probably being able to host a decent few more is the lack of support.
Available wealth. This covers three-bases. Is there the money for newly promoted teams to be viable, is there money available to make extra matches profitable and also are all the clubs rich enough for it to be even. If there is money in more teams and they can be competitive, more teams will likely be added.
On the one hand you can't win if you can't score
But on the other hand, if your opponent scores more than you then you'll definitely lose.
A good defence will guarantee you points, while a good attack will offer you wins. The trick to winning is having both