blueblood Posted 25 January 2013 Share Posted 25 January 2013 I think I read somewhere years back (not a confident start to this topic I know) that LCFC had the 12th biggest Fanbase in the UK- can anyone confirm this? Or tell me it's a load of b*llocks but back it up? Apologies if there's already been a thread about this. And I'm talking about fanbases here, NOT attendances. If it's true, I reckon the 11 ahead of us, in no particular order, are: Man U Man City Liverpool Everton Arsenal Spurs Newcastle Chelsea Celtic Rangers Dirty Leeds Having listed the above, I reckon Villa and West Ham have probably got bigger fanbases than us. And possibly Sheffield Weds, and Forest? Discuss... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEGGSY Posted 25 January 2013 Share Posted 25 January 2013 I think I read somewhere years back (not a confident start to this topic I know) that LCFC had the 12th biggest Fanbase in the UK- can anyone confirm this? Or tell me it's a load of b*llocks but back it up? Apologies if there's already been a thread about this. And I'm talking about fanbases here, NOT attendances. If it's true, I reckon the 11 ahead of us, in no particular order, are: Man U Man City Liverpool Everton Arsenal Spurs Newcastle Chelsea Celtic Rangers Dirty Leeds Having listed the above, I reckon Villa and West Ham have probably got bigger fanbases than us. And possibly Sheffield Weds, and Forest? Discuss... Forest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simmo86 Posted 25 January 2013 Share Posted 25 January 2013 Lets not go here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwell Pablo Posted 25 January 2013 Share Posted 25 January 2013 I think I read somewhere years back (not a confident start to this topic I know) that LCFC had the 12th biggest Fanbase in the UK- can anyone confirm this? Or tell me it's a load of b*llocks but back it up? Apologies if there's already been a thread about this. And I'm talking about fanbases here, NOT attendances. If it's true, I reckon the 11 ahead of us, in no particular order, are: Man U Man City Liverpool Everton Arsenal Spurs Newcastle Chelsea Celtic Rangers Dirty Leeds Having listed the above, I reckon Villa and West Ham have probably got bigger fanbases than us. And possibly Sheffield Weds, and Forest? Discuss... Depends on what you are basing it on. Although no matter what you base it on I'll be suprised if Aston Villa aren't ahead of us. West Ham and Sunderland probably as well. Without even getting into debates about teams like WBA, Wolves, Forest, Wednesday, etc, etc. So in short. It's bollocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 25 January 2013 Share Posted 25 January 2013 Depends on what you are basing it on. Although no matter what you base it on I'll be suprised if Aston Villa aren't ahead of us. West Ham and Sunderland probably as well. Without even getting into debates about teams like WBA, Wolves, Forest, Wednesday, etc, etc. So in short. It's bollocks. Agree with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lasty Posted 25 January 2013 Share Posted 25 January 2013 West Ham Villa Sheff Wed Sunderland To be fair, you can't really judge fan bases as there's lots of fans that don't go all the time and each club has different circumstances (eg. Prices, Geography etc.), but having said that I still believe we are comfortably in the top 20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace Posted 25 January 2013 Share Posted 25 January 2013 I dunno how anyone could work this out but there is no way we have more fans than Villa and West Ham, I would of expected us to be more around 21st than 12th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corky Posted 25 January 2013 Share Posted 25 January 2013 Unfortunately I reckon Derby have a bigger fan base than us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil_LCFC Posted 25 January 2013 Share Posted 25 January 2013 I think it is based on population of your catchment area , so Nottingham and Sheffield have two teams so there fanbase is less or something stupid like that. Plymouth are probably top ! either way it is nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace Posted 25 January 2013 Share Posted 25 January 2013 I think it is based on population of your catchment area , so Nottingham and Sheffield have two teams so there fanbase is less or something stupid like that. Plymouth are probably top ! either way it is nonsense. Despite the catchment area most in the area support the top Premiership teams Argyle are not that popular here especially now they are in League 2 thankfully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loggy98 Posted 25 January 2013 Share Posted 25 January 2013 Unfortunately I reckon Derby have a bigger fan base than us. Are away support must be better than theirs though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfox Posted 25 January 2013 Share Posted 25 January 2013 Is this fanbase the Fifa 13 fanbase. We were 4th yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamark's Pocket Posted 25 January 2013 Share Posted 25 January 2013 Unfortunately I reckon Derby have a bigger fan base than us. Almost certainly not true. Leicestershire is a one team county, with a much larger city and population. Do not get swayed by the fact they give 8000 tickets to school kids each week foc. I would imagine Leicester has a very large fanbase considering the above, easily in the top 20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwell Pablo Posted 25 January 2013 Share Posted 25 January 2013 Almost certainly not true. Leicestershire is a one team county, with a much larger city and population. Do not get swayed by the fact they give 8000 tickets to school kids each week foc. I would imagine Leicester has a very large fanbase considering the above, easily in the top 20. You've never been to Charnwood or North West Leicestershire then. As many Forest and Derby fans round here as there are Leicester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out Foxed Posted 25 January 2013 Share Posted 25 January 2013 22nd I think. Between 21-24 if I remember correctly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted 25 January 2013 Share Posted 25 January 2013 We is Massive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolhandfox Posted 25 January 2013 Share Posted 25 January 2013 You've never been to Charnwood or North West Leicestershire then. As many Forest and Derby fans round here as there are Leicester. Good point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSpaM Posted 25 January 2013 Share Posted 25 January 2013 How the hell are you supposed to judge how many supporters a club has?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchandro Posted 25 January 2013 Share Posted 25 January 2013 Define fanbase? If it's not based on attendances you can't judge it. Yes there's a catchment area but that's got nothing to do with the amount of football fans who support their local team in the area. So really you can only go on attendances, not just current ones of course but potential ones. If you're basing it on that we wouldn't be 12th, we'd be around 17th in the UK. Certainly in the top 20 though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanolegend1989 Posted 25 January 2013 Share Posted 25 January 2013 I think we would be between 16-20th. Man U Man C Arsenal Chelsea Liverpool Everton Spurs Newcastle Sunderland West Ham Aston Villa Leeds Cetic Rangers Sheffield Wednesday 15 Definetly Bigger. Then: Us, Forest, Derby, Wolves, Blackburn, Bolton, Stoke, Fulham, WBA, Southampton, Sheffield Utd. The 2nd 11 are IMO all 16th-26th but in what order Id have no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamark's Pocket Posted 25 January 2013 Share Posted 25 January 2013 Good point Not really it's not. I was not saying people don't support other teams in the county, I was saying that there are no other teams in the county, slightly different points. Also I live in that region of the county and it really isn't as bad as you make it sound, the majority are from families who moved here, not those that were born here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmayne7 Posted 25 January 2013 Share Posted 25 January 2013 I think we would be between 16-20th. Man U Man C Arsenal Chelsea Liverpool Everton Spurs Newcastle Sunderland West Ham Aston Villa Leeds Cetic Rangers Sheffield Wednesday 15 Definetly Bigger. Then: Us, Forest, Derby, Wolves, Blackburn, Bolton, Stoke, Fulham, WBA, Southampton, Sheffield Utd. The 2nd 11 are IMO all 16th-26th but in what order Id have no idea. Are you feeling okay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raw Dykes Posted 25 January 2013 Share Posted 25 January 2013 I think we would be between 16-20th. Man U Man C Arsenal Chelsea Liverpool Everton Spurs Newcastle Sunderland West Ham Aston Villa Leeds Cetic Rangers Sheffield Wednesday 15 Definetly Bigger. Then: Us, Forest, Derby, Wolves, Blackburn, Bolton, Stoke, Fulham, WBA, Southampton, Sheffield Utd. The 2nd 11 are IMO all 16th-26th but in what order Id have no idea. I doubt Fulham are up there. I reckon at least a few out of Middlesbrough, Portsmouth, Brum, Norwich, Palace and Reading would be ahead of them. Doesn't Craven Cottage have an area for neutral supporters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil_LCFC Posted 25 January 2013 Share Posted 25 January 2013 . Doesn't Craven Cottage have an area for neutral supporters? If that is true that is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry - LCFC Posted 25 January 2013 Share Posted 25 January 2013 Forest Would you care to explain why Forest is such a ridiculous suggestion? Their attendances have been consistently similar to ours over the past few seasons. Just because you don't like them doesn't mean they have a weaker fanbase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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