Liverpool the most popular club amongst rivals

Deo · Sep 4, 2006

Liverpool were today unveiled as England's most popular team amongst rival fans in a poll conducted by a national men's magazine.

Weekly magazine Nuts commissioned the poll to try and find out who the country's football fans considered their second favourite club behind their own team.

The results made interesting reading with 15% of all those asked revealing Liverpool would be their 'second' team or the club they'd most like to achieve success after their own side.

Liverpool topped the pool by a clear 5% with West Ham United and Wigan coming in second and third respectively. Aston Villa finished bottom of the Premiership popularity table with Arsenal and Chelsea completing the relegation places.

"Liverpool have provided a huge amount of entertainment, over the last year or so starting with the Champions League win and culminating in the stunning Steven Gerrard goal in the FA Cup Final," explains Gershon Portnoi, the Nuts Sports Editor.

"I think The Toon's popularity may have taken a dip during Graeme Souness' time at the helm. It's great to see Wigan and West Ham up there. Everyone loves an underdog and they certainly entertained and gave many of the bigger clubs a scare last season."

The Premiership Popularity Table in full

1. Liverpool: 15%
2. West Ham: 10%
3. Wigan: 9%
4. Newcastle: 8.5%
5. Tottenham Hotspur: 7%
6. Bolton: 7%
7. Charlton: 6%
8. Manchester United: 6%
9. Portsmouth: 5%
10. Manchester City: 4%
11. Watford: 3.5%
12. Reading: 3.5%
13. Everton: 3%
14. Fulham: 3%
15. Blackburn 3%
16. Sheffield United: 2.5%
17. Middlesbrough: 2.5%
18. Chelsea: 2%
19. Arsenal: 1.5%
20. Aston Villa: 1%
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Thanks to Rafa, Crouch and co. :shades:

Jern Lizardhous · Sep 4, 2006

shows what a bunch of c*nts read nuts, know nothing about football.

as if we can be less popular than Chelsea with true football fans, it just would not happen.

Simba · Sep 4, 2006

Jern Lizardhous said:
shows what a bunch of c*nts read nuts, know nothing about football.

LOL, it shows exactly what bunch of c*nts read nuts, my dear Watson.

nEEbz · Sep 4, 2006

Worlds most beautiful football playing team on 19th :howler:

bring on hoofball :yuck:

Gilli · Sep 4, 2006

West Ham second is before or after their latest gloryhunting purchases?

numerodix · Sep 4, 2006

West Ham :dielaugh:

Raanan said:
West Ham second is before or after their latest gloryhunting purchases?

And Liverpool is currently popular because of their 2005 CL?

Gilli · Sep 4, 2006

numerodix said:
West Ham :dielaugh:

And Liverpool is currently popular because of their 2005 CL?

Probably, feck them all non-true Liverpool fans

Onree · Sep 4, 2006

As if people like Bolton at all, let alone more than us! :eekani:

Jimmie O' · Sep 4, 2006

Can't work out if West Ham being in 2nd spot is not the sympathy vote:embarass:

Jibril · Sep 4, 2006

Manchester United still have the biggest fanbase in Britain by some distance

http://www.roymorgan.com/news/press-releases/2006/490/

Deo · Sep 4, 2006

What has that to do now with this?

Jibril · Sep 4, 2006

Deo said:
What has that to do now with this?

Popularity, fans, supporters etc.

Just what this thread is about, but slightly different.

VBI · Sep 4, 2006

Jibril said:
Manchester United still have the biggest fanbase in Britain by some distance

http://www.roymorgan.com/news/press-releases/2006/490/

Those are some incredibly interesting conclusions, particularly since they are based on a survey of less than 5,300 people in the entire U.K.

The Green One · Sep 4, 2006

How the hell are United ahead of City :wth: I can understand liverpool being high, but number one is slightly confusing. I'd have expected a side who play positive, exciting football (arsenal, west ham), or a plucky underdog punching above their own weight (Wigan) to be there. Still, if you read Nuts' columnists, its clear to see that the average reader knows **** all, as Jern says.

arfy05 · Sep 4, 2006

be quiet the lot of ya, the poll has spoken :stuckup: if 60m people can vote george bush as president then im sure this poll is more trustworty and honest :stuckup:

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Deo · Sep 4, 2006

Yeah and who says we play shit football? :lala:

Jonathan da Costa · Sep 5, 2006

Who's the people's club again?

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Jonathan da Costa · Sep 5, 2006

numerodix said:
And Liverpool is currently popular because of their 2005 CL?

Might be true

Darth Sidious · Sep 5, 2006

edit; don't want you to get banned mate, keep these comments away from XT.

its a fact sm, and you know it and so do they.

before 58 man city > man utd

dont edit the facts!

il_principe · Sep 5, 2006

i don't know this magazine but i think arsenal would be the most respected team.

and what are the barcodes and wigan doing up that high in the ranking?
don't think anyone cares about them outside their towns.

SM Online · Sep 5, 2006

il_principe said:
i don't know this magazine but i think arsenal would be the most respected team.

and what are the barcodes and wigan doing up that high in the ranking?
don't think anyone cares about them outside their towns.

Newcastle are very popular imo mainly because of the attacking football they played under Keegan. Don't know about Wigan maybe because of the under-dog tag but they're basically a mini-Man Utd - Wigan is a rugby town, people only started following the football club when they got rich.

Onree · Sep 5, 2006

That's why it makes me laugh when Lucky Luciano says he's a Wigan fan.

SM Online · Sep 5, 2006

Lol he's a Man Utd fan. Yatta told me on MSN he only said he was a Wigan fan so he could become a Forum Manager- he hardly even posts in the Wigan forum :rollani: That wigdean should be FM there it would encourage him to post more and get others on board imo.

Onree · Sep 5, 2006

:howler:

That doesn't surprise me in the slightest.

il_principe · Sep 5, 2006

the 3 or so games i saw of wigan last season (among them a cup game against arsenal) they couldn't even sell out their own ground.
if not even the locals get behind them properly, why should people from anywhere else respect them?

on newcastle, i think they think of themselves as a massive club because of their attendences, but what have they won?
ever?

i remember some exciting games between them and liverpool though.
5-4 or 4-3 twice a couple of years back.

SM Online · Sep 5, 2006

il_principe said:
if not even the locals get behind them properly, why should people from anywhere else respect them?

Like I said all the locals our rugby fans but since they got into the Premiership all the people who have supported Man Utd for the last 15 years decide to go to the games.

i remember some exciting games between them and liverpool though.
5-4 or 4-3 twice a couple of years back.

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