Well its like saying Newcastle United is a big club, despite nothing won for over 50 years.
Everton the same, 16 years, just sit back in your box, lol.
well if they win the fa cup, it would shut the united fans up about us winning nowt,
for 35 years. didnt man united go 41 yrs winnin nothing?,
Only a City [or Chelsea

] fan could come out with this.
Newcastle ARE a big club. Not so long ago, they were runners-up in a major competition for four years running (PL, PL, FAC, FAC), and have played in the Champions League (which under that name is only roughly 20 years old). As for my team, did we not take the lead in the 2009 FA Cup Final in record time? Or am I imagining the fact that my brother came to watch after about 45 seconds and we were already 1-0 up?
And if United did go 41 years without winning something, it would have been before the 1950s. That is far too long ago for it to be applicable. How would a Huddersfield fan feel if you told them they were a "small" club, even though they are one of only four clubs to have won three League titles on the spin? Or, even worse, if someone said City were a small club because they haven't won anything since roughly when United were most recently promoted to the top flight - nearly 40 years ago?
Even West Ham are a big club, and they deserve to have been closed down.
And lastly, back to my team, I seem to recall Rafa Benitez calling Everton a "small club". That drew widespread condemnation - even from Liverpool fans. And which club has had the most seasons in the top flight of English football? [sarcasm] Oh wait... it might just be Everton. [/sarcasm] City spent longer outside of the top flight in the 90s and 2000s than we ever have, since the League was founded - almost 125 years ago.