Chelsea are more popular in the Outer Hebrides than at home, Liverpool fans are local and the north London derby should be in Yorkshire
Twitter map reveals some interesting supporter trends
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Your support makes all the difference.Liverpool supporters can claim to be the most passionate local fans in the Premier League after research from social media giant Twitter revealed how fans follow their clubs.
We’ve already found out that Manchester United fans coming from London and the south of the UK is largely a myth, whilst the Reds are also the most popular club in Britain on the site, especially in areas where there is no Premier League presence.
Twitter’s map shows the levels of support for every Premier League team in each region of the UK based on the number of followers of the clubs' official Twitter accounts.
Brendan Rodgers’ team come out very well on the map and supporters living close to the stadium itself are much more likely to follow Liverpool in comparison to the areas surrounding their rivals.
In fact, 40.68 per cent of people in Liverpool Walton (the constituency in which Anfield sits) is a Liverpool fan – the only other area in the UK that comes close is Wrexham, where 27.13 per cent of people are Liverpool fans, according to the map.
That is a massive difference to the likes of Chelsea and Tottenham – who don’t even break 15 per cent – while Manchester United and Arsenal are each less than 30 per cent.
In fact, Liverpool are more popular in Tottenham than Spurs are themselves, with Mauricio Pochettino’s side gathering just 10.81 per cent of supporters. Somewhat strangely, the highest concentration of Tottenham supporters in the UK comes in the Don Valley, South Yorkshire.
The Don Valley, according to the map, is apparently a hotbed of north London rivalry, with the area also seeing the highest concentration of Arsenal fans in the UK (26.88 per cent) more than in Arsenal’s home of Islington South and Finsbury (24.87 per cent).
There is a similar story brewing on Scotland’s north-west coast, although it involves the two Manchester clubs.
In Ross, Skye and Lochaber, there is a higher concentration of Manchester United than there is in the city of Manchester, while the area has the second-most City fans in the UK
United can claim 26.9 per cent of fans in the area and City 15.17 per cent – in Salford and Eccles 25.75 per cent follow Louis van Gaal’s men and in Manchester Central 17.63 per cent of supporters will be reeling over a poor season at the Etihad Stadium.
Premier League leading Chelsea are not feeling the love in their home constituency of Chelsea and Fulham, where they are only the third most popular team, behind both Arsenal and Liverpool, with 13.04 per cent of the vote.
Fortunately for Jose Mourinho and his team they are very popular in two particular areas of the UK – Sherwood in central Nottinghamshire (17.62 per cent) and Na h-Eileanan an Iar, the Outer Hebrides (14.88 per cent).
We’re yet not sure if Chelsea’s open-top bus parade will travel to the Western Isles via Nottinghamshire.
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