SirWalterSmithLegend 206 Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Reigning champions Chelsea may have won the 2005/06 English Premier League title but Manchester United remains Britain’s most popular football club, according to Roy Morgan International Single Source findings. Manchester United, described recently by American owner Malcolm Glazier as a “franchise”, is supported by 4.209 million Brits. FA Cup Finalist Liverpool is the second most popular British Club with 3.133 million British supporters with Champions League Finalist Arsenal (2.652m) rounding out the top three. Despite their on-field success Chelsea must settle for fourth on the table with 1.485 million supporters. Glasgow Rangers, with 1.43 million supporters, are the fifth most popular team in Britain followed immediately by their old firm rivals and Scottish Champions Glasgow Celtic who are supported by 1.406 million Brits. From the English Championship League Leeds United (938,000) is the best supported football team from outside the English and Scottish Premier Leagues and is the ninth most popular team overall. Liverpool will take on the 12th most popular British team, West Ham (691,000 supporters), in this year’s FA Cup Final to be played on May 13th. The Hammers are the fourth most popular London team behind Arsenal (2.652m), Chelsea (1.406m) and Tottenham (1.240m — seventh overall). Also in the Top 20 are England’s UEFA Cup Finalist Middlesbrough in 16th position (452,000 supporters) and Scotland’s Champions League qualifiers Heart of Midlothian in 18th place (398,000 supporters). Welsh team Cardiff are in 22nd position with 322,000 supporters. Of the 20 most popular teams in the UK, eleven currently play in the English Premier League, three play in the Scottish Premier League and six in the English Championship League. Position Britain’s 20 Most Popular Teams Number of Supporters 1 Manchester United 4,209,000 2 Liverpool 3,133,000 3 Arsenal 2,652,000 4 Chelsea 1,485,000 5 Rangers 1,430,000 6 Celtic 1,406,000 7 Tottenham 1,240,000 8 Newcastle 1,159,000 9 Leeds United 938,000 10 Manchester City 886,000 11 Aston Villa 700,000 12 West Ham 691,000 13 Everton 628,000 14 Leicester City 553,000 15 Norwich City 458,000 16 Middlesbrough 452,000 17 Southampton 429,000 18 Hearts 398,000 19 Wolverhampton Wanderers 384,000 20 Sheffield Wednesday 371,000 Also the ex-pat / Irish Ethniticity thing in US is GROSSLY mis-interpreted. Due to the influx of Irish Immigrants being in the 1700's it was Scots-Irish (aka Ulster Scots) who arrived first to shape the new country . Ulster-Scots decendents are mixed in with those numbers.Many Irish Americans are not Catholic and don't even realise they are from the North originally.Absolutely spot on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionel_Kerkar 0 Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Who gives a fuck? FACT. People only like Celtic around the world because everybody loves the stereotypical view of the irish being friendly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionel_Kerkar 0 Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Who gives a fuck? FACT. People only like Celtic around the world because everybody loves the stereotypical view of the irish being friendly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
topgoalie 637 Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 We defo have more in Scotland. Something 2/3rd of the Scottish population lives within 25 miles of Glasgow. so mostly Lanarkshire which filled with about 90% Rangers fans. the rest of Scotland is a more even split and they have all of Ireland supporting them honestly that peter liewell just creases me up says celtic have the 5th biggest support in the world so teams from brazil [flamengo have est. 35 million fans] mexico have a couple man.utd. barca real madrid the list goes on rangers as well FACT ger's have biggest ever travelling support in manchester,biggest away support in barcelona est.22,000 in nou camp and heres a wee fact for you 'figures suggest rangers fans spend more on their team per capita than supporters of any oyher club in the WORLD' so take that P.LIE WELL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willger 14 Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 There's a thread appears on ff every now and then, King of the crowds. I can't remember exactly the figures but it states that since organised football was started in the uk there's been something like 96 games where the crowd was 100,000 or more. Rangers played in something like 43 of these games.I think the Celtic total was 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer 11 2,671 Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Scottish Premier LeagueWhen compared to the average UK football supporter:Celtic supporters are: Over twice as likely (151% more likely) to be Catholic. 75% more likely to have bought something from a newspaper coupon or offer in the last 3 months. 71% more likely to agree “I’m more interested in my job than my house”. 39% more likely to agree “I don’t like to know too much about what is going on in the world these days”. 32% more likely to agree “If I could afford to eat out every night I would”. 27% more likely to agree “Credit enables me to buy the things that I want”. 27% more likely to agree “I always read the business section of the paper”. 20% more likely to see their main goal in life is to have “A prosperous life”. 18% more likely to be aged over 50. 16% more likely to be male. Rangers supporters are: Over eight times as likely (706% more likely) to a member of the Church of Scotland. Over six times as likely (529% more likely) to read the Daily Record. 46% more likely to read the Daily Star. 34% more like to see their main goal in life is to have “A family life”. 32% more likely to agree “British beer is the only beer worth drinking”. 27% more likely to agree “I often buy frozen or chilled ready-prepared food”. 26% more likely to agree “I prefer beer to wine”. 25% more likely to watch “Who wants to be a Millionaire?” 19% more likely to agree “I buy the same food ever week”. 18% more likely to be single. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyCropper 574 Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 AND I FORGOT TO SAY............ We have the best Looking fans as well !! Well maybe no the couple of roasters above hahaaye haha well willamson looks like one of them but hes awryt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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