rooster85 Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 I've recently found interesting debate on skyscrapercity forums about English Top 20 Most Popular Football Clubs ("popular" means "with most supporters"). Have a look at one guy's list: 1. Manchester United 2. Liverpool 3. Arsenal 4. Newcastle 5. Tottenham 6. Chelsea 7. Man city 8. Leeds 9. West Ham 10. Everton 11. Sunderland 12. Aston Villa 13. Sheffield Wednesday 14. Wolverhampton 15. Nottingham Forest 16. West Brom 17. Sheffield United 18. Norwich City 19. Ipswich Town 20. Coventry I'm curious, what do you think about that list? Would you change something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 15, 2012 Moderator Share Posted July 15, 2012 After 7th place, he's lost the plot And if the vermin-felchers are in 20th place I'll eat my cock, dare I say it, even small heath have more fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rino8 Posted July 16, 2012 Visiting Supporter Share Posted July 16, 2012 After 7th place, he's lost the plot And if the vermin-felchers are in 20th place I'll eat my cock, dare I say it, even small heath have more fansNot really, Leeds are the 3rd biggest City in England behind Birmingham, one club city too. It's still probably wrong mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomzep Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 I thought Manchester was the third city? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regular_john Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 I thought Manchester was the third city? Not in terms of population. The population of the City of Manchester is fairly small, less than a million IIRC, it's the population of Greater Manchester that's quite large. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomzep Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Well you learn something every day. I just presumed they were third as they bang on about being the second city Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted July 16, 2012 Moderator Share Posted July 16, 2012 That list is utter drivel in my humble opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Vermin Felchers have got about two coachloads of fans, Mr Bicks is right :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djamfisher Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 I recently added the official Villa facebook page thingy to my pages, and saw how many followers it had and got curious about how it matched up to other teams. Apart from the traditional top 4 (Liverpool, man U Chelsea and Arsenal), only Many City and Tottenham had more. I know it's not an exact science but it's surely a good indicator, the only team that came close I could find was West Ham, and they had aboutr 60,000 less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 16, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted July 16, 2012 The list starts ok and then he goes a bit mental. There is no way that Coventry are 20th by the way. I have a guilty soft spot for cov (best mate is a fan) but they don't have many supporters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 16, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted July 16, 2012 Define 'with most supporters'. If they mean home attendances, then, here are last season's average gates for positions 8 to 12: 8. Leeds 23,283 9. West Ham 30,923 10. Everton 33,228 11. Sunderland 39,095 12. Aston Villa 33,873 Makes no sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster85 Posted July 16, 2012 Author Share Posted July 16, 2012 I think that the gaps between the teams in the table indicate various "tiers" of team support. Do you consider Villa to be in the same "league" as Man City, Everton, West Ham, Sunderland in terms of support? Which clubs should be removed from this list in your opinion and which should be introduced? Which club should replace Coventry? Boro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 The list is bollocks after #1.Surely Arsenal get the second most supporters,especially at the Emirates ? the rest of the list is nonsense aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 I think that the gaps between the teams in the table indicate various "tiers" of team support. Do you consider Villa to be in the same "league" as Man City, Everton, West Ham, Sunderland in terms of support? Which clubs should be removed from this list in your opinion and which should be introduced? Which club should replace Coventry? Boro? I think more like that too. You have to define what a fan is too, is it somebody with a season ticket or somebody who just looks for the score of their favourite team in the Sunday morning newspaper? As finding accurate numbers of fans is unquantifiable you have to group teams into tiers. Manchester United are clearly #1 in this country. They are arguably #1 in the world (I'm sure Barcelona and Real Madrid would beg to differ, but the Premier League seems much more popular globally than La Liga at the moment) but beyond that I'd say the "tiers" listed in the OP are reasonably accurate. I dont think you need to number individual clubs within those tiers though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster85 Posted July 16, 2012 Author Share Posted July 16, 2012 Define 'with most supporters'. If they mean home attendances, then, here are last season's average gates for positions 8 to 12: 8. Leeds 23,283 9. West Ham 30,923 10. Everton 33,228 11. Sunderland 39,095 12. Aston Villa 33,873 Makes no sense. Definitely not home attendances. Leeds play in Championship so their attendances will be lower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunRickyRun Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Define 'with most supporters'. If they mean home attendances, then, here are last season's average gates for positions 8 to 12: 8. Leeds 23,283 9. West Ham 30,923 10. Everton 33,228 11. Sunderland 39,095 12. Aston Villa 33,873 Makes no sense. Definitely not home attendances. Leeds play in Championship so their attendances will be lower. Villa averaged 32000 in the third division when football wasn't as popular as it is now. West Ham are way way too far up that list. Sunderland would probably be 7th and Everton, dirty Leeds and us have similar sized support. Man City would be just below but will proabably overtake all three with continued success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 16, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted July 16, 2012 Define 'with most supporters'. If they mean home attendances, then, here are last season's average gates for positions 8 to 12: 8. Leeds 23,283 9. West Ham 30,923 10. Everton 33,228 11. Sunderland 39,095 12. Aston Villa 33,873 Makes no sense. Definitely not home attendances. Leeds play in Championship so their attendances will be lower. Villa averaged 32000 in the third division when football wasn't as popular as it is now. BUt it was much more affordable, and going to the games was the only way you'd get to see your team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 On FIFA 12 when you first load up the game you are asked which team you support and this is then linked to your online profile. Total number of fans on FIFA 12 Support Your Club on PS3 Premier League 1. Manchester United – 771,449 2. Arsenal – 686,322 3. Chelsea – 369,201 4. Liverpool – 368,107 5. Manchester City – 198,023 6. Tottenham Hotspur – 108,928 7. Newcastle United – 80,532 8. Aston Villa – 46,915 9. Leeds United – 38,606 10. West Ham United – 35,597 11. Everton – 35,455 12. Sunderland – 19,708 13. Wolverhampton Wanderers – 18,438 14. Birmingham City – 16,235 15. Stoke City – 13,421 16. Nottingham Forest – 13,259 17. Swansea City – 13,055 18. Southampton – 12,328 19. Middlesbrough – 11,743 20. West Bromwich Albion – 11,664 Championship 1. Blackburn Rovers – 11,369 2. Norwich City – 11,050 3. Leicester City – 10,998 4. Cardiff City – 10,173 5. Fulham – 10,159 6. Portsmouth – 10,069 7. Bolton Wanderers – 9,904 8. Sheffield Wednesday – 9,595 9. Queens Park Rangers – 9,557 10. Derby County – 8,695 11. Sheffield United – 7,039 12. Crystal Palace – 6,836 13. Ipswich Town – 6,332 14. Coventry City – 5,723 15. Millwall – 5,578 16. Reading – 5,463 17. Hull City – 5,377 18. Brighton & Hove Albion – 5,338 19. Wigan Athletic – 4,969 20. Charlton Athletic – 4,538 21. Bristol City – 4,525 22. Barnsley – 4,342 23. Blackpool – 4,221 24. Burnley – 4,138 League One 1. Huddersfield Town – 3,461 2. Watford – 3,070 3. Plymouth Argyle – 2,950 4. Preston North End – 2,949 5. Swindon Town – 2,659 6. Bradford City – 2,614 7. Peterborough United – 2,519 8. Bournemouth – 2,263 9. Bristol Rovers – 2,259 10. Doncaster Rovers – 2,195 11. Oxford United – 2,114 12. AFC Wimbledon – 1,959 13. Crawley Town – 1,936 14. Gillingham – 1,926 15. Southend United – 1,799 16. Shrewsbury Town – 1,637 17. Notts County – 1,620 18. Rotherham United – 1,593 19. Accrington Stanley – 1,568 20. Port Vale – 1,548 21. Chesterfield – 1,541 22. Northampton Town – 1,523 23. Stevenage – 1,522 24. Milton Keynes Dons – 1,520 League Two 1. Carlisle United – 1,472 2. Oldham Athletic – 1,457 3. Walsall – 1,348 4. Exeter City – 1,296 5. Brentford – 1,284 6. Crewe Alexandra - 1,221 7. Torquay United – 1,219 8. Hartlepool - 1,147 9. Tranmere Rovers – 1,136 10. Yeovil Town - 1,130 11. Scunthorpe United - 1,082 12. Cheltenham Town – 1,050 13. Aldershot Town – 1,032 14. Bury – 999 15. Burton Albion – 977 16. Rochdale – 967 17. Macclesfield Town - 948 18. Leyton Orient - 931 19. Colchester United - 925 20. Hereford United – 898 21. Wycombe Wanderers - 867 22. Barnet - 799 23. Dagenham and Redbridge - 780 24. Morecambe – 617 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oaks Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Likes on Facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 So annoying because I'm pretty sure most of those man shitty and chelsea numbers come from their owners.. Its just false, its not real.. Fake supporters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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