Paid Members Gus Mears Posted October 30, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 30, 2018 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Carbomb said: Just because I detest Real doesn't mean I like Barcelona. Based on previous form, I'm surprised you don't support Real and Barcelona. Edited October 30, 2018 by Gus Mears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted October 30, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 30, 2018 1 minute ago, Gus Mears said: Based on previous form, I'm surprised you don't support Real and Barcelona. Given your apparent perception of me being a middle-class Guardian reader, I'm surprised you haven't claimed I should support Chelsea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Gus Mears Posted October 30, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 30, 2018 (edited) We're definitely not a Guardian club! There was some really interesting polling after the referendum regarding club support/how you voted: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/09/28/revealed-premier-league-fanbase-favour-brexitand-fans-regret/. It's unfortunately the real life version of Devon's Remain/Leave thread/ongoing joke. Quote Chelsea – 61% voted leave, 39% voted remain Everton – 57% voted leave, 43% voted remain Tottenham – 57% voted leave, 43% voted remain West Brom– 56% voted leave, 44% voted remain Newcastle – 52% voted leave, 48% voted remain Huddersfield – 52% voted leave, 48% voted remain Man City – 50% voted leave, 50% voted remain Crystal Palace – 46% voted leave, 54% voted remain Swansea City – 42% voted leave, 58% voted remain Stoke City – 40% voted leave, 60% voted remain Man United – 38% voted leave, 62% voted remain Burnley – 37% voted leave, 63% voted remain West Ham – 37% voted leave, 63% voted remain Watford – 34% voted leave, 66% voted remain Arsenal – 34% voted leave, 66% voted remain Southampton – 31% voted leave, 69% voted remain Leicester – 29% voted leave, 71% voted remain Bournemouth – 27% voted leave, 73% voted remain Liverpool – 23% voted leave, 77% voted remain Brighton – 19% voted leave, 81% voted remain Edited October 30, 2018 by Gus Mears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted October 30, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 30, 2018 That's interesting, and for some of those teams not surprising at all! Not sure why Carbomb thought Chelsea fans would be Guardian readers, that's something you're more likely to get with Gooners. Chelsea fans are more likely to be Barry Stanton types, as the above proves. Genuinely surprised the West Ham leave % isn't significantly higher. The disparity between Arsenal & Spurs and Liverpool & Everton fans is fascinating. Also further cements just how much I love Brighton as a place. 💗 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Absolutely bollocks. West Ham are the most Brexit team in the country and everyone knows it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphinx Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Do a significant amount of Tories like Barca compared to other parties? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 4 minutes ago, SuperBacon said: Absolutely bollocks. West Ham are the most Brexit team in the country and everyone knows it. Maybe old West 'Am that Alf Garnett followed, but not West Ham London, the shiny new "club of the tax payer" with a South American manager and a crowd funded stadium. They're up there with Spurs now when it comes to middle-class stench. They even have bicycle racks at the stadium and everything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted October 30, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 30, 2018 6 minutes ago, David said: Maybe old West 'Am that Alf Garnett followed, but not West Ham London, the shiny new "club of the tax payer" with a South American manager and a crowd funded stadium. They're up there with Spurs now when it comes to middle-class stench. They even have bicycle racks at the stadium and everything! You know that the people who supported West Ham for many years were not just replaced when they move to a new ground right? That said, those figures must be, as Super Bacon said, bollocks because most of the West Ham faithful are now found in places in Essex like Romford and Basildon and they were brexit towns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 (edited) 15 minutes ago, David said: Maybe old West 'Am that Alf Garnett followed, but not West Ham London, the shiny new "club of the tax payer" with a South American manager and a crowd funded stadium. They're up there with Spurs now when it comes to middle-class stench. They even have bicycle racks at the stadium and everything! You clearly haven't been there recently. New stadium, same fans. There are 0% of day trippers at the London Stadium. To be fair @Hannibal Scorchthey're all fairly large Spurs towns. To be honest, if I take my "my club is the best" glasses off, I can well believe that Spurs fans did vote that way. We've got some right cunts in our lot. Edited October 30, 2018 by SuperBacon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 7 minutes ago, SuperBacon said: You clearly haven't been there recently. New stadium, same fans. I have been there recently, quite a few times. I'm a day tripper and attend the odd game with West Ham fans I worked with a while back. I've even seen fans in that fucking stadium wearing other Prem clubs shirts, and they weren't in the away end. There's still an element of the old school West Ham support there, but even that made up about 75% of the Upton Park crowd near the end, so there's no way they're getting the crowds they do today consisting entirely of traditional old school West Ham fans. Aside from that, many of those types have been banned by the board for crimes ranging from standing after being told to sit down to fighting and invading the pitch. West Ham London are a different animal to West Ham of a few years back, that's just a fact. It ain't the 80's & 90's anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Well I can tell you that they must dredge up the worst of the worst when we visit then. But then to be fair, it is their cup final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted October 30, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 30, 2018 52 minutes ago, PunkStep said: That's interesting, and for some of those teams not surprising at all! Not sure why Carbomb thought Chelsea fans would be Guardian readers, that's something you're more likely to get with Gooners. Chelsea fans are more likely to be Barry Stanton types, as the above proves. Genuinely surprised the West Ham leave % isn't significantly higher. The disparity between Arsenal & Spurs and Liverpool & Everton fans is fascinating. Also further cements just how much I love Brighton as a place. 💗 I didn't, but I couldn't think of a better way to get a call-back shot in at Gus for the Real jab - he hasn't left himself as open to running ribs as I have myself (I don't think anyone has, to be fair). Modern Chelsea fans are probably more likely to middle-class than Gooners, though, I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallicks Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Tim Lovejoy is the modern Chelsea fan's role model. Or mole rodel, if you prefer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 40 minutes ago, SuperBacon said: Well I can tell you that they must dredge up the worst of the worst when we visit then. But then to be fair, it is their cup final. Yeah, I'm sure that element still exists without a doubt (most clubs have them to be fair), but the days of West Ham being the ICF-esque hooligans are long gone. Most of the younger generation are just like fans of most other clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 41 minutes ago, Carbomb said: I didn't, but I couldn't think of a better way to get a call-back shot in at Gus for the Real jab - he hasn't left himself as open to running ribs as I have myself He is socially a Brighton fan, but fiscally a Chelsea fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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