Aye, success to me has very little sway on the size of the club unless it still has a bearing on their current status. Liverpool pretty much live and breathe of their previous success where as a club like Aston Villa can't.
Ultimately it comes down to how much revenue you can pull in, the overall worth of the club and how attractive you are to players etc.
It's all irrelevant though, Everton are far better than us