Boro aren't a club. They're a retirement home for the overpaid. A career hospice, if you will.
But they won a trophy. That's what big clubs do.
Personally I think the 'big club' debate is nonsense as it's obviously all subjective, but surely if you were to rank clubs logically you'd include all factors.
When i said "win things" I meant plural rather than "win something", ie on a regular basis. I always imagine the big four (at the moment) looking down their noses, thinking "oh, they're arguing about being 'big' again" then going back to polishing their trophies.
there are more big clubs than competitions to win tbh