Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Wigan - Who's Bigger?? 

People keep telling me this 👍🏻

And the rest are lancashire but they fall under greater manchester administrative borough in the same way stockport does. As a Boltoner I would personally say Lancashire though.

Thanks for your comments, good to see Bury back on the up ⬆️👍🏻

I did double confirm this before I posted 👍🏻⚽️

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 You need to read-up on the great vivisection of 1974; GM is an unloved political, administrative, and geographical expression to which almost none of the c.3 million people in the ‘city region’ (the biggest outside Greater London) have any sort of affiliation whatsoever. Of the teams you covered here - and their supporters - they all still consider themselves Lancashire, except for Stockport County where the ‘County’ bit refers to it being a historic county borough of Cheshire.

Quite right, they're not, and neither are we. Stockport, Cheshire is a town in it's own right and shouldn't get lumped into this Greater Manchester nonsense.

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 That’s good, but just take a little look into the history as well which is just as important; in the case of Stockport County, the ‘County’ refers to the town’s status as a historic county borough of Cheshire. Pretty much 0% of Stopfordians consider themselves ‘Greater Mancunians’, in fact, ‘Manc’ is considered a term of abuse there, as it is in the ex-Lancashire bits of the ‘city region’ like Bolton, Bury, Rochdale, Wigan, Oldham, and the rest.

Lancashire end ov

Nice one Angus 👍🏻⚽️

Thanks Nick, as a Gills fan I think I have to agree with your prediction of a league title 🏆

Is Wigan a bigger rugby town than a football town?

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 Not unless you talk to a supporter of Wigan Rugby😁. Football has always been the bigger draw but because Latics came into being much later than the others here allegancies were formed with other clubs locally and Wigan have had to build up a fanbase against the odds.

That is similar to the final result on the video 👍🏻⚽️

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 It’s probably about right historically, but the clubs are on different trajectories; Stockport County are going to move well ahead of Oldham (they will be two divisions apart next season), and probably Wigan as well over the next five years.

Well the stats are agreeing with you 👍🏻

Some one in a suit was probably paid a wedge to come up with that name 👍🏻

Cheshire folk are ‘Cestrians’.

What, bigger than Altrincham? 👍🏻⚽️

obviously mush ​@@mattthegroundhopper9242.

Thanks for your comments, I have watched Stockport 3 times in the last few months for the channel, Gills home and away and your Wembley trip 👍🏻⚽️

Bury are no bigger than Dale, they're very much of a muchness.

As a Bolton fan we consider you lot a bigger club than Wigan,they're a village pub team to us (League 1 for your men next season,all the best)

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Indeed

Both Oldham and Stockport have proven they can mix it with the bigger boys, their time will come again 👍🏻

Yes I was 👍🏻

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 I was in Burnley end. Was trying to get your attention to say hello. Think your vlogs are decent. I’m a Morecambe FC fan at that was ground 55/92 today and also seen you at Exeter when we got relegated last season. Didnt know you then though. I may be in your video when Brighton equalised. Keep up the good work 👍

@@highcloseproductions nice one, are you on twitter??

Easy win for them Matt, wasn’t it 👍🏻

Haha, people need to chill out 👍🏻⚽️

Have you played each other every season within those 10 years?

That’s what the stats say 👍🏻⚽️

The phoenix club Bury 👍🏻

I had to look them up 👍🏻

That’s what the stats say 👍🏻

Was there not a plan about 15/20 years ago to merge Oldham Rochdale and Bury . Manchester North End I believe they were to be called

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About the time of the first World War?

Fkuk bowton scum ,blackpool fc were runners up in division one in 1961 ,though we are a smaller town we've held our own with wnky ,even running them home and away in the 80 s ,the pinnacle being around 84 boxing day seasiders smashed there ,way into home stand at Manny road and they scattered ,at home shithouses on another occasion in blackpool they got off ,coaches back then lytham road round corner from our ground ,we ran em smashed em they ran into hotels to escape beatings ,a bit off subject but our hatred of bowton knows no bounds 👊

Wigan pathetic only get high home attendances or higher than some ,due to massif away support cos theyv got no fans ,in premier league blackpool fc took nearly 7,000 sht fans 😂, hold the record for taking the lowest amount to a fa cup final ,they lost to man united taking just 8,000 on that occasion ,thus man united holding the record of taking the most ,ever to Wembley for a final .

​@mickharrison9004 literally none of that makes any sense or has an ounce of truth

Well the stats agree with you 👍🏻⚽️

Happy Shopper?? Not heard that term before, I grew up eating Happy Shopper food 👍🏻

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 it was a phrase I heard in the early 90s All little corner shops ( sadly gone now ) we're affiliated to the wholesaler. Quality was questionable 👀👀👀🙄 Tin of beans with no sauce or no beans lol 👍

@@martinryan2370 yep cheap and cheerful, it didn’t kill me 😂

First time I've heard that,one thing we'd all agree on is none of us are actually Manchester clubs and even Greater Manchester doesn't sit well with most, all but Bolton would say they're in Lancashire while County fans would say they're in Cheshire.

Stockport is not Happy Shopper territory; the borough has two traditional ‘blue wall’ Tory seats (in other words, nice, affluent middle-class places to live), though it’s likely to lose both to the Lib Dem’s (not Labour) next time.

Every question needs answer 👍🏻

No ….. Oldham Athletic 👍🏻

Who is Andy Burnham mayor of?

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 The mayor of a nothing county. A made up name. A county that doesnt exist anymore. A county that doesnt have a council. Just like the invented imaginary county of Cumbria.

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 An administrative expression.

Noooo, I’ve already done a Lancashire special 👍🏻

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 Bolton is Lancashire pal

@@MrAbigail5 but I triple checked it and every source states they are also classed as being part of Greater Manchester

No he obviously means Bolton in the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria. So many salty people get upset because their local area changed the way it was administered half a century ago

@@MrMultiman89 them other towns don't mind being labelled greater Manchester but in Bolton it's very different we are proud Lancastrians

But they are part of the same location so why not 🤷‍♂️

Not known?? Well maybe if you've never left the house or read a paper.

@@Paul-eb4jp ask someone in Kent or Devon about Bury Rochdale and Oldham and most won't have a clue

@@MrAbigail5 I'd be amazed if that was the case.

I remember the days when Wigan played at Springfield Park 👍🏻⚽️

@@mattthegroundhopper9242 i haven’t been alive long enough for that, but i know we have had some special memories there 🤩

Massive! But can only fill a third of their ground🤣 Av a day off will ya!

The only thing large about Wigan Athletic is the number of empty seats 😂

@@professorbernardkemp7448 yeah i do agree, attendances have never really been high for us even in the prem :/