Im talking about enjoying a season. Start g the season with nothing, and then at the end of it achieving a promotion or something.
Yes, you can quantify the relative achievement of finishing midtable in the premier league to be better team then any that win promotion lower down the league, but for for pure emotional fulfillment of going to matches and watching your team win the league lower down would be an excellent fan experience, getting your kids to enjoy something, winning match match after match.
Yo-yo clubs like Norwich probably enjoy going to the game more Everton fans. Season or two in the championship winning game, followed by a season in the premier league where they can watch the top tier talent but have to put up with losing matches at a rate just a bit worse than being an Everton the last four seasons.
The premier league is seen as some holy grail, but the emotion glory and winning anything is what brings excitement to the game.
A bet a lot of us played football at some level and enjoyed it. We never tarnished winning a trophy by saying it’s not the World Cup. Football success can be enjoyed at any level.
don’t get me wrong I have never thought I hope Everton get relegated this season, but if we had have dropped twice in the last thirty years and then come back up, we have had a couple of great seasons in the championship.
Just theoretical idea about fan experience over the last 30 years rather than stat based idea of what is better statistically for arguing who is the best club