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Is there an English team everyone likes?
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
I'd say Everton are well liked by everyone outside of Liverpool supporters.
Fulham is a good shout to everyone outside London.
Great stadium
Great stadium
being beaten up by your younger brother. how embarrassing.Scotland has existed since the 9th century, England since the 10th so technically yes.
Leicester maybe? Never really seen any contempt towards them and obviously got a huge amount of good will from their PL win
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Definitely not. Lot of vitriol randomly on here at times our way and people like Newcastle want to have a strange rivalry with us too.
Used to be Leicester. Then it was Brighton. Currently, the spot is open. I think Southampton were once perceived as the most inoffensive team in the top flight.
I think if you're on this track of thought regarding the 'story' of the club i.e Leicester doing the impossible and then Brighton beating football, Luton is probably a good shout this season as they're fighting heavily against the odds to stay up.
Aston Villa everybody loves
Always got the impression my hometown club York City were popular (although that may of been more due to the fact it used to be a good away day for the fans given the old stadium was walkable from the city centre)
Have you asked Birmingham City fans? I'd add some WBA, Wolves fans into the mix too.
it's very hard to do a reverse Millwall in english football
Would’ve said Luton, too, but for the random bit of abuse they got in here.
But in general, the ‘story’, where everyone is rooting for the team is usually what I’d go for especially so because neutrals are willing them to win rather than being indifferent to them, which is a big deal in a league where you rarely wish others well.
That's the beauty of English football, there are so many rivalries at all levels, that there's no team that everybody likes.
The unsuccessful ones.
Let's discount the direct rivals because they'll obviously despise them, but I think Villa, Leicester, Brighton and Luton are very well liked by most people.
I always liked West Ham back in the day - they promoted talent, they played good football and they were never good enough to be rivals when we were chasing silverware.
and now they’ve surpassed us. well done.
Villa? Tell that to one of my client who supports Birmingham
Like I said, we have to discount the direct rivals for this thread to make sense. Apart from Birmingham fans, Villa seem to be very well liked in general.
Pretty much. The answer is just no close thread if you don't discount rivals.
I disagree, their fans are arrogant considering who they support, twitter seems to celebrate when they lose, and gabby agbonlahor is their biggest representative, the most hateful spiteful man in football
I remember once reading that Gillingham are the least hated team in the top 4 English divisions, they are the only professional club in the county that they play in, and based on a survey there were no fans of any club that considered them a rival. I guess that's not quite a team that everyone likes, just that no one dislikes them. They... exist.
Discounting rival fans, plucky underdog teams that have just been promoted to the PL seem to be well liked, especially ones who have never been up before. Swansea were generally well liked when they first came up, and Rodgers had them playing very good football. More recently, Brighton and Brentford seem to have taken that mantle. Leicester during their title-winning season were also being supported by everyone except Spurs fans.
Discounting rival fans, plucky underdog teams that have just been promoted to the PL seem to be well liked, especially ones who have never been up before. Swansea were generally well liked when they first came up, and Rodgers had them playing very good football. More recently, Brighton and Brentford seem to have taken that mantle. Leicester during their title-winning season were also being supported by everyone except Spurs fans.
Thread starter seemed to be talking about smaller teams that not many care about. Mansfield, Barrow, Gillingham, Carlisle, Harrogate?
Mind you, when Torquay and Notts County were mentioned they sounded like personal ones he had a soft spot for too.
Mind you, when Torquay and Notts County were mentioned they sounded like personal ones he had a soft spot for too.
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Among regulars in the Premier League, Aston Villa could be the least hated.
Harchester Utd.
Easy.
Easy.
Who?
I think Bournemouth are quite liked?
Love Fulham. 1st ever match was Craven Cottage, lived right there for a year. Great time of my life.
Spurs? They give all of us great laughs almost every year.
Plymouth
The Lionesses.
Karl Fletcher, Didier Baptiste , Moday Bandale . Great club and had some great players. There were a big club in the mide 90s.
Nonsense. They are just a shit Liverpool.
Who are they?
For me it's Crystal Palace. Sound club, passionate fanbase, always give some it large with banter, but are pretty funny when doing so. Plus they have Liverpool on toast more often than not which is always great.
The opposite - the club that everyone hates would be Manchester United. According to the Caf even the “supporters” hate them!