Posted on 04/22/2015 7:06:23 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The English Premier League is arguably the world's most popular sporting competition, and certainly the world's most watched soccer league. It boasts a TV audience of 4.7 billion. Walk down a street in Sao Paulo or Lagos, Portland or Phnom Penh, and the one common denominator you'll see is someone wearing the shirt of a leading Premier League club.
A new data visualization produced by Twitter maps the global support for the EPL, based on the location of followers from each of the Twitter accounts of the league's 20 teams. It's probably not the most accurate assessment of worldwide fandom — a minority of people in the world are on Twitter, and following a team's Twitter account doesn't necessarily mean you back it. But the results seem credible.
On the map, larger concentrations of color reflect a greater number of Twitter users following certain teams. Large splotches of color may make it seem that overwhelming majorities of fans support one particular team in a country, but that's not the case. In most countries, loyalties are narrowly divided between the league's powerhouse clubs: Manchester United (red), Arsenal (yellow), Chelsea (blue) and Liverpool (teal).
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Chelsea rules!!!
Rentboys.
A fun debatable thread for a change.
OH please, there is only one club with a rich history and one of the largest clubs in the world.
yes Manchester united.
yep
might have won last week but they were so boring for a team to be elect champions.
I don’t care. Soccer is a girl’s game.
So sell those overpriced jerseys, boys. But don't pretend to be top-tier footballers.
It’s a long way down from “Britannia Rules The Oceans” to toughest guys on the soccer patch.
That’s what bad government can do to a country (as we Americans are finding out).
RULE BRITANNIA
When Britain first, at Heaven’s command
Arose from out the azure main,
Arose from, arose from out the azure main;
This was the charter, the charter of the Land
And Guardian Angels sang this strain:
CHORUS:
Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves!
Britons never, ever, ever shall be slaves.
Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves!
Britons never, ever, ever shall be slaves.
The nations, not so blest as thee,
Must, in their turns, to tyrants fall,
Must, in their turns, to tyrants fall;
While thou shalt flourish great and free,
The dread and envy of them all.
CHORUS
Still more majestic shalt thou rise,
More dreadful from each foreign stroke;
More dreadful, dreadful from each foreign stroke.
As the loud blast, the blast that tears the skies
Serves but to root the native oak.
CHORUS
Thee haughty tyrants ne’er shall tame;
All their attempts to bend thee down;
All their, all their attempts to bend thee down.
Will but arouse; arouse thy gen’rous flame,
But work their woe and their renown.
CHORUS
The Muses still with Freedom found
Shall to thy happy coast repair;
Shall to thy happy, happy coast repair.
Blest isle with matchless, with matchless beauty crown’d,
And manly hearts to guard the fair.
CHORUS
La Liga rules. Especially Barca and Real Madrid.
Thanks for the article, when NBC started broadcasting the EPL I got hooked, I always watch and root for the team with any US player on it, and I always root against Chelsea, sorry, LOL... HK
Whenever ANY of them left the hotel they were mobbed like rock stars...LOL !
Atletico is no slouch, they got screwed by the refs today.
Yes, La Liga is very top-heavy, but how many people outside of Spain root for clubs outside of Real Madrid, Barcelona or Atletico?
The EPL is a fun league to follow from top to bottom, one of the best things about the end of the season is the fight to avoid the drop.
YES! Timmaaaaay... I have enjoyed following his career beginning in NY MLS, and then with ManU, and through the World Cups, thanks for posting the pic... HK
I will top you on that. I saw Howard play for the NJ Imperials of the USISL back in 1996. He was 18 years old right out of HS. Only bad game I remember he had with the Imperials was when they got bombed by Viborg of the Danish League in a friendly at FDU Teaneck.
Change the U to A and you got one of the most exciting young players in the game.
YNWA FRiend!
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