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Originally Posted by sherer
well it's amazing how many Arsenal fans live in Surrey and Kent, outside of London and on the wrong side of the river
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Still around London. Besides the majority of fans live in North London, Essex, and Hertfordshire. United probably have the most diverse sector of fans. It is amazing that United are one of the most supported teams in London, certainly up there with West Ham, Arsenal and Spurs (Chelsea seem to have less for some reason). Out of my friend group United are the most supported side (other than Arsenal). It's a very rare occurrence in Football. Probably only United, Madrid and Barcelona have similar situations. Africa has a lot of Arsenal and Chelsea fans though.
I do wonder why United have that wide a support. Liverpool are a successful club as well and it's not too rare to see a Liverpool fan in London or anything but much rarer than United. Maybe it's because my generation grew up in United's ultra successful years.
To be honest it was mostly a wind-up. However I find it odd that a lot of my United supporting friends have never been to a game. I love going to the Stadium much more than any other part of supporting a club. I never got to go back to Highbury after we won the double in Wenger's first year so I watched all our successes on TV. I prefer the feeling of going to the Emirates than I did watching Arsenal win those titles. Obviously I want both though