Wealthy fans are also becoming part of the Premiership, with 11% of those surveyed earning more than £50,000 per year. However, there were regional differences. At Chelsea, 33% of season ticket holders earn more than £50,000 per year, but 4% earn the same amount at Sunderland.

70% of all Premiership fans were born within 20 miles of their club's home ground
9% of fans had previously supported another club
7% of fans supported their team because of their mother
Liverpool's Anfield (below) was voted the best ground to visit by fans. Manchester United was the worst followed by Leeds and Chelsea
89% of fans said that players pretending to be fouled was what made them most angry about modern day footballers
31% of fans said they had witnessed racism towards players
16% of fans said they had witnessed abuse about a player's sexuality


-- Anonymous, May 25, 2001

Answers

RANGE ASS PEW

-- Anonymous, May 25, 2001

2000 Sunderland supporters on more than £50k a year !!!!!!!!

-- Anonymous, May 25, 2001

Where'd you get that number from Mac? if you're saying that 4% is 2000 then you're saying that they have 50,000 season ticket holders?!?!?!?!

How many season ticket holders do they actually have?

-- Anonymous, May 25, 2001

The Mackems have about 40,000 full season ticket holders, and about 4,000 half season ticket holders.

-- Anonymous, May 25, 2001

okay, rounding errors

-- Anonymous, May 25, 2001

What is half a season ticket? Do you just get to go to half the matches. Do you have to leave at half time, or do you just see half the match cos the flat-pack stadium has particularly bad restricted views???

-- Anonymous, May 25, 2001

When they were doing quite well before Christmas they offered a chance to fill the empty/free-to-kids seats by selling half season tickets to glory hunters. This was billed as a way to ensure a place for Man Utd and the Wear-Tyne derby.

-- Anonymous, May 25, 2001

Half season ticket for half man-half chimp?

-- Anonymous, May 25, 2001

Yeah I know, I laughed when I first heard of half-season tickets - mainly because my Mackem uncle bought one (the season they got promoted)

My uncle then said that he wouldn't renew it the following season because apart from Aresnal and Man Utd, there was no-one worth going to see. I honestly couldn't believe what he said but he meant it.

Is this the state of all Sunderland "fans" - they go to Le Stade de Merde to watch the other team?

-- Anonymous, May 25, 2001