Tonight's football thread

[Richard Head]

Euro draw - England, Switzerland, Estonia, Slovenia, Lithuania and San Marino

[Stagger]

Euro draw - England, Switzerland, Estonia, Slovenia, Lithuania and San Marino

Should be able to top the group if they perform to their pay cheques.

[Danbert Nocurry]

Yep. Top 2 go through and more than half of the third placed teams will also qualify. Considering there's only ever 2 good teams in a group, it'd be the mother of all f**k ups if we (or any of the pot 1 & 2 teams) didn't qualify. Even the likes of Wales have a good chance

[TheHeathens]

The players Mark Hughes bought at City:

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....bought-6731453

[Richard Head]

Good news for any David's on here, Colwyn Bay will let you in free for their match on St David's day, the bad news is that it's at home against Barrow so you would have to put up with a herd of their inbred troglodytes wandering round

[TheHeathens]

Manchester United Have More Local Fans than City: Myth of Prawn Sandwich-Eaters Exposed?


A poll suggests the majority of people in Manchester support United (Reuters)

Manchester United legend Roy Keane famously railed against his team's lack of local fans, seeing them dubbed the "prawn sandwich brigade".

But a recent poll has quashed the stereotype of the Manchester United fan being a far-flung glory hunter from south of Watford, revealing that the Reds have more local fans than their rivals Manchester City.

A survey carried out by Rightmove found that 55.6 percent of Mancunians follow United, while just 14.8 percent follow City, which advertises itself as the 'true' Manchester team.

However the poll also showed United to be the third most popular team in London, with fans of the team living an average of 95 miles away from the home ground of Old Trafford.

Rightmove calculated the percentage of Premiership teams' fans living in the local area, and Wigan came out on top with 64.7 percent, followed by Norwich (60.8 percent), Southampton (51.2%) and Reading (49.4%).

Liverpool fans were found to live the furthest from their home ground, averaging a 100-mile distance, closely followed by Newcastle fans, who are an average of 97 miles from the ground.

Despite the fact that so many Mancunians pledged their support to United, the team's huge following from other parts of the country still dwarfs the local fanbase, with just 8.6 percent of United fans living in the local postcode.

[Danbert Nocurry]

Manchester United Have More Local Fans than City: Myth of Prawn Sandwich-Eaters Exposed?


A poll suggests the majority of people in Manchester support United (Reuters)

Manchester United legend Roy Keane famously railed against his team's lack of local fans, seeing them dubbed the "prawn sandwich brigade".

But a recent poll has quashed the stereotype of the Manchester United fan being a far-flung glory hunter from south of Watford, revealing that the Reds have more local fans than their rivals Manchester City.

A survey carried out by Rightmove found that 55.6 percent of Mancunians follow United, while just 14.8 percent follow City, which advertises itself as the 'true' Manchester team.

However the poll also showed United to be the third most popular team in London, with fans of the team living an average of 95 miles away from the home ground of Old Trafford.

Rightmove calculated the percentage of Premiership teams' fans living in the local area, and Wigan came out on top with 64.7 percent, followed by Norwich (60.8 percent), Southampton (51.2%) and Reading (49.4%).

Liverpool fans were found to live the furthest from their home ground, averaging a 100-mile distance, closely followed by Newcastle fans, who are an average of 97 miles from the ground.

Despite the fact that so many Mancunians pledged their support to United, the team's huge following from other parts of the country still dwarfs the local fanbase, with just 8.6 percent of United fans living in the local postcode.

[Richard Head]

A survey carried out by Rightmove found that 55.6 percent of Mancunians follow United, while just 14.8 percent follow City, which advertises itself as the 'true' Manchester team.

Depends what they mean by follow. Does it mean they watch out for their results on Sky Sports news, always have to have the latest shirt or actually go to a match

[Richard Head]

Borussia Dortmund 2-0 up away at Zenit St Petersburg after 5 minutes

[TheHeathens]

Come on mate, you can do better than that!