Sky Bet has arranged one of the largest football debates of social media: which fans are the most difficult.
Supported by Data Experts Opta, they have analyzed 13 main categories of the last five seasons for all 92 league clubs. From last-minute losses to former players who come back to chase you, these are 13 different ways in which football can ruin your weekend.
The report then investigated hundreds of match going fans to find out which statistics wore the most stitch. It is science – five seasons of data, multiplied by emotion – how terrible that category is. The result? An never before visible table ranks every fan base in England of those who have had the worst, to those who had it the best.
The research shows:
• Arsenal -fans have had the easiest ride of all Premier League supporters, with an 88th. Throughout the country, only fans of Chesterfield and Wrexham have had it easier.
• Spurs -fans are 60 positions worse off than Arsenal, in 28th place
• Fans of Man City and Liverpool are also placed to enjoy a smooth journey in the lower 10, also the least hard done.
• Southampton supporters at the top of the map as the most suffering fan base in the top four divisions of England
• Manchester United Land Mid-Table at 44th, but they were most difficult in one category-the most registered supporters
Kevin Brain, head of social and content at Sky consideration and gaming said: “With our start of the seasonal campaign:” Not for everyone. For the fans, “Sky bet is celebrating the true spirit of football fandom. Working with Sportbible's most difficult because of Report lets us the passion, loyalty and resilience that a fan is.”
The data also threw away a number of interesting peculiarities that can be found below:
• Because the ball plays almost 15 minutes more per game, Man City -fans watch 2 hours, 26 minutes and 34 seconds more football than AcCHRington Stanley fans -Despite playing eight games less!
• The Premier League dominates the status “mistakes that lead to goals”, with 11 out of 18 worst perpetrators from the English top flight, including Chelsea and Liverpool
• Based on average highway speeds, Plymouth -fans have to drive 80 minutes to see their team earn a single point. Arsenal -fans travel less than 30 minutes per point