article_snippet: ‘global’ names with financial clout to match.
article_snippet: The clubs’ global fanbases and wealth have been considered as part of a Sportsmail study to explore which English clubs are the ‘biggest’; 58 different teams of the current 92 in the top four divisions have been included in a Sportsmail study to explore which English clubs are the ‘biggest’, having played in England’s top division for at least a season.
article_snippet: The full details for all the clubs in Sportsmail's study are in the accompanying tables.
article_snippet: Swansea make the top 20 in our list whereas multiple former English title winners including Leeds, Wolves and Blackburn do not.
article_snippet: Does that mean Swansea are ‘bigger’ than Leeds, Wolves and Blackburn?
article_snippet: But Swansea goes without saying the Swansea, currently, as a stable, well-run Premier League club are currently ‘bigger’, ie: higher up, richer, better marketed to a worldwide audience as part of the global commodity that is Premier League.
article_snippet: Southampton, Swansea, Stoke and Crystal Palace all make the top 15 clubs on this measure where again the likes of Wolves, Blackburn and Leeds, Wolves and Blackburn are in the lower reaches of the top 30.
highlights_snippet: Sportsmail's HOW BIG IS YOUR CLUB?