| Define "tinpot club"! 17:04 - Jun 28 with 2461 views | monty_radio |
In view of this phrase being bandied about in recent threads, can there really be auch a thing? If so, what are the parameters
N.B. simply NAMING a club (even THAT one) isn't a sufficient definition. |  |
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| Define "tinpot club"! on 17:06 - Jun 28 with 2438 views | J2BLUE |
Reading.
No further explanation is going to help you understand. |  |
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| Define "tinpot club"! on 17:17 - Jun 28 with 2374 views | giant_stow |
Its a silly phrase with no meaning, unless 95% of clubs are tinpot together. It suggests that to be small, have small crowds or to have not won much makes a club crap, when in fact, people ought to be proud to support such teams, rather than the big boys. |  |
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| Define "tinpot club"! on 17:19 - Jun 28 with 2369 views | BlueandTruesince82 |
Celebrate a volley from about 1998 from a game that was ultimately lost like it warrants a star above a badge.
Then deride stars for winning actual things above badges becaues you haven't got any |  |
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| Define "tinpot club"! on 17:22 - Jun 28 with 2351 views | monty_radio |
| Define "tinpot club"! on 17:06 - Jun 28 by J2BLUE |
Reading.
No further explanation is going to help you understand. |
Ha!
Off the top of my head here's what I know about Reading:
An expensive but rather workaday town
The oldest football club south of the Thames
The holders of the EFL points record (106)
A club whose fans reacted as angrily as we would have done if Robert Maxwell had suggested to us that we merge with Norwich and call ourselves the Roydon Royals
A club that has consitently finished above us for quite some time
Doesn't add up to an explanation for me.
Anyway, you broke the O.P. rules! | |
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| Define "tinpot club"! on 17:24 - Jun 28 with 2333 views | hype313 |
| Define "tinpot club"! on 17:19 - Jun 28 by BlueandTruesince82 |
Celebrate a volley from about 1998 from a game that was ultimately lost like it warrants a star above a badge.
Then deride stars for winning actual things above badges becaues you haven't got any |
93, Goss is all they have.
Oh, and some mickey mouse Milk trophy. |  |
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| Define "tinpot club"! on 17:27 - Jun 28 with 2310 views | the_toff |
I cringe every time I see it used. | | | |
| Define "tinpot club"! on 17:34 - Jun 28 with 2266 views | ArnieM |
A club and it’s fan base who believe they are far bigger than they are in reality, or the short answer NARWICH ! |  |
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| Define "tinpot club"! on 17:37 - Jun 28 with 2235 views | J2BLUE |
| Define "tinpot club"! on 17:22 - Jun 28 by monty_radio |
Ha!
Off the top of my head here's what I know about Reading:
An expensive but rather workaday town
The oldest football club south of the Thames
The holders of the EFL points record (106)
A club whose fans reacted as angrily as we would have done if Robert Maxwell had suggested to us that we merge with Norwich and call ourselves the Roydon Royals
A club that has consitently finished above us for quite some time
Doesn't add up to an explanation for me.
Anyway, you broke the O.P. rules! |
I don't play by the rules
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| Define "tinpot club"! on 17:45 - Jun 28 with 2195 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Define "tinpot club"! on 17:37 - Jun 28 by J2BLUE |
I don't play by the rules
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You don’t have fake scruffy blonde hair, suspicious links with dodgy Soviet actors and routinely sleep around behind the backs of partners, do you? |  |
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| Define "tinpot club"! on 17:57 - Jun 28 with 2165 views | WeirdFishes |
| Define "tinpot club"! on 17:06 - Jun 28 by J2BLUE |
Reading.
No further explanation is going to help you understand. |
I clicked on the thread to post exactly this.
I’d also add Hull and MK Dons to that list. Wigan have probably just edged out of it after that FA Cup win. |  |
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| Define "tinpot club"! on 18:03 - Jun 28 with 2134 views | Pinewoodblue |
Tin pot = any club not entitled to use triangular corner flags. |  |
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| Define "tinpot club"! on 18:25 - Jun 28 with 2083 views | BlueandTruesince82 |
| Define "tinpot club"! on 17:24 - Jun 28 by hype313 |
93, Goss is all they have.
Oh, and some mickey mouse Milk trophy. |
93! Jeez. Makes sense as I remember we all got put of lessons to watch it in middle school (I grew up deep behind enemy lines). Was the only kid celebrating when they conceded | |
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| Define "tinpot club"! on 18:44 - Jun 28 with 2037 views | monty_radio |
| Define "tinpot club"! on 17:57 - Jun 28 by WeirdFishes |
I clicked on the thread to post exactly this.
I’d also add Hull and MK Dons to that list. Wigan have probably just edged out of it after that FA Cup win. |
Reading, Hull, Wigan - just seems like a cocktail of random prejudice to me . If you were adding in other clubs who've not done much in their lifetime, say, since 1960, you could add umpteen clubs to that list - Plymouth for one, until May this year.
Wigan are always going to be someone's shadow up there, but the fans are as real as those of Bury, for instance. Don't see the need to put down ordinary town clubs serving ordinary folk like most of us. | |
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| Define "tinpot club"! on 18:45 - Jun 28 with 2033 views | ronnyd |
| Define "tinpot club"! on 17:17 - Jun 28 by giant_stow |
Its a silly phrase with no meaning, unless 95% of clubs are tinpot together. It suggests that to be small, have small crowds or to have not won much makes a club crap, when in fact, people ought to be proud to support such teams, rather than the big boys. |
Very good post stow, BUT, are you trying to reflect away from your lot?  | | | |
| Define "tinpot club"! on 19:38 - Jun 28 with 1941 views | giant_stow |
| Define "tinpot club"! on 18:45 - Jun 28 by ronnyd |
Very good post stow, BUT, are you trying to reflect away from your lot? |
I had a feeling I'd get pulled for that! | |
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| Define "tinpot club"! on 20:23 - Jun 28 with 1821 views | Stewart27 |
1993 UEFA Cup: Participants | | | |
| Define "tinpot club"! on 21:12 - Jun 28 with 1753 views | Tangledupin_Blue |
| Define "tinpot club"! on 17:19 - Jun 28 by BlueandTruesince82 |
Celebrate a volley from about 1998 from a game that was ultimately lost like it warrants a star above a badge.
Then deride stars for winning actual things above badges becaues you haven't got any |
Define tinpot?
Things which are embarrassing.
If a club other than ours had stars on the shirt for trophies won more than 40 years ago we would call that tinpot. It is time we were rid of them. |  |
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| Define "tinpot club"! on 21:26 - Jun 28 with 1725 views | Swansea_Blue |
It’s a club fans want to feel superior to. So Reading are tinpot for us, as they’re soulless. But for them someone like Oxford would be tin pot as they’re poor neighbours. We’re probably tin pot atm for most PL clubs.
It’s essentially a willy waving term for people with deep seated insecurities, which is why it’s so common a term on here | |
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| Define "tinpot club"! on 21:39 - Jun 28 with 1694 views | ITFC_Forever |
Reading and Norwich. |  |
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| Define "tinpot club"! on 21:40 - Jun 28 with 1692 views | ITFC_Forever |
| Define "tinpot club"! on 17:17 - Jun 28 by giant_stow |
Its a silly phrase with no meaning, unless 95% of clubs are tinpot together. It suggests that to be small, have small crowds or to have not won much makes a club crap, when in fact, people ought to be proud to support such teams, rather than the big boys. |
So for most of your post, Norwich. | |
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| Define "tinpot club"! on 21:49 - Jun 28 with 1667 views | Coastalblue |
| Define "tinpot club"! on 17:17 - Jun 28 by giant_stow |
Its a silly phrase with no meaning, unless 95% of clubs are tinpot together. It suggests that to be small, have small crowds or to have not won much makes a club crap, when in fact, people ought to be proud to support such teams, rather than the big boys. |
I agree with all that you say, except that some Clubs supporters, and some clubs don't act like that's what they actually are, they are the true tinpot ones. |  |
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| Define "tinpot club"! on 23:07 - Jun 28 with 1578 views | hollywoodginge |
No Other Real Way I Can Honestly Convey It To You | |
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| Define "tinpot club"! on 06:16 - Jun 29 with 1460 views | BlueandTruesince82 |
| Define "tinpot club"! on 21:12 - Jun 28 by Tangledupin_Blue |
Define tinpot?
Things which are embarrassing.
If a club other than ours had stars on the shirt for trophies won more than 40 years ago we would call that tinpot. It is time we were rid of them. |
You might. I wouldn't. Stars represent achievements.
If we have reached a stage where we can't take the pi$$ out of Norwich then i don't know why we're here. | |
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| Define "tinpot club"! on 06:38 - Jun 29 with 1438 views | PioneerBlue |
I thought the op was a straightforward question.
A football club objectified as a metal cooking utensil or holder to keep paraphernalia safe.
Make of that what you will.
Or,
Appears to be a phase borrowed from the world of politics by football to describe a football club you look down upon as being inferior or unimportant by comparison to others. | |
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