Oldham and Man U = 5

Liverpool and Watford = 4

Everton = 3

Leeds and Man C =2

Bolton, Arsenal, Bury, Middlesbrough = 1                   

Home Town = 11

Family = 10

Past Glories = 5

Moved to Area = 2 

Cheaper Kit = 1

Particular Player = 1

Fairly equally split between local team and family connections (I am sure some of them cross over for both).

0-5 years = 0

6-10 years = 0

11-20 years = 10

21-30 years = 4

31 to 40 years = 9

Over 40 years = 5

All my life, Not telling = 1

All pretty long standing fans with nobody been supporting their team less than 11 years.

Season Ticket Holder = 9 (30%)

Regular = 8 (27%)

Armchair =7 (23%)

Just the big Matches = 4 (13%)    

Fine Weather Fan = 1 (3%)   

Bandwagan = 1 (3%)         

Good to see we have more Season Ticket Holders and Regulars in our league than anything else.    

Champions League final = 9

Promotion = 6

Play off Final = 3

FA Cup Semi, Winning the League, Getting into Europe, Staying Up, Comeback, Champions league run = 2

Uefa Cup Final, Touching the FA Cup, Winning convincingly, beating rivals = 1

Clearly memories of varying Chapions League Finals mean more to you than anything else.

Relegation = 7

Any defeat to rivals = 5

Playoff Final Loss, FA Cup Final defeat, Losing League on last day = 3

Favourite Player Leaving, Defeat in Europe, Particualr last min goal = 2

Tragic Events, A particular low point (match), Rivals winning a cup, Realising Club thinks Money is more important , Champions League Final

Tortuous journey = 1

Clearly relegation hurts more than anything else!

Rome, Dortmund, Kaiserslautern, Rotterdam, Kiev

Wembley = 4

Millenium = 2

London, Arsenal, QPR , Yeovil, Portsmouth, Watford, Spurs, Ipswich, Southampton, Middlesbrough, Man U, Newcastle, Glasgow, WBA, Liverpool

Home Ground = 7              

Two miles = 1            

5 of you have ventured into Europe (some stories there I bet!). Wembley/Millenim for cup finals etc was always going to be popular.

Many of you have gone Scotland, North East or the South coast. 23% haven't been outside their home territory.   

Anfield = 3

Old Trafford = 3

Wembley = 3

None = 3

Emirates = 2

Goodison Park  = 2

Camp Nou = 2

Boundary Park = 2

City of Manchester = 2

Villa Park = 1, Highbury = 1, Millenium =  1, Real Madrid = 1, Stadium of Light = 1, Burnden Park = 1, Norwich City = 1 Halton Stadium = 1

Haig Avenue = 1, Dog and Partridge Salford = 1

A good mixture, with Anfield's atmosphere, Old Trafford and Wembley prefered by the most.

Man C = 3

Rochdale = 2

Arsenal = 2

Sunderland = 2

England, Dunfermline, York City, Runcorn, Torquay, Lincoln City, Gillingham, Dag and Redb, Arsenal Ladies, Gateshead, Bury, Waterhead,

Tranmere, Wrexham, Luton, Bristol C, Spurs, Liverpool, Everton - all 1

No = 8

Some weird and wonderful 2nd teams, interesting City come out on top (people always feel sorry for the perennial losers!). 27% of people

have one team and thats it !

Manchester United = 9

Liverpool and Chelsea = 6

Luton Town and Leeds = 4

Arsenal = 3

Everton  = 2

Argentina, Man C, Middlesbrough, Wigan, Oldham = 1

No = 7

No surprise with United coming out on top. Liverpool is due to local rivallry (United and Everton). Arsenal and Chelsea will be down to league/champions

league rivallry. Luton obviously because of the number of Watford fans in the competition. Interesting 7 players have know sworn enemies !!!!

England 5-1 v Germany gets a couple of mention as does the 1999 Chapions League final. 

Maradona's 2nd again st England 1986 WC = 3

Giggs FA Cup semi goal v Arsenal = 2

Bergkamps v Newcastle = 2

Frank Worthington v Ipswich 1978 = 2

John Barnes v Brazil = 2

All the rest one mention. 

Zidane and Maradona = 3

Kenny Dalglish, Henry, Best and Gazza = 2

Roberto Carlos, Pele, Beckham, Johan Cruyff, Charlie Fleming, Andy Ritchie, Beckenbauer, Perry Groves, Van Basten, Savicevic, Zola,

Le Tissier, Cantona, Viera, Bergkamp, Adams, Yari Litmanen, Hierro, Ronaldo, Pearce, Roy Keane,    

27 players mentioned, there is some talent there !

Zidane and Maradona come out on top. Nice to see 11 British players in the list.

Graham Poll = 7

Mike Riley = 4

David Elleray = 3

Jeff Winter = 2

D'Urso = 2 

Uriah Rennie, Bennett, Rob Styles, George Courtney, Clive Thomas = 1, Mark Clattenberg, Arsene Wenger, Steve Ganson (RL) = 1

They get too much stick = 4

Too many to mention = 3

In our `Poll' Graham easily comes out on top. Mike Riley also not well liked. some of the old, retired mob are still in there Elleray, Winter and

even Courtney and Thomas (some of you are showing your age!). Some of you feel a little sorry for the men in the middle and think we give

too much grief.   

You'll Never Walk Alone = 6

All others named once. Some absolute crackers, some I have never heard of.   

1 year = 5

2 years = 4

3 years = 5

4 years = 5

5-10 years = 7

Original member = 3      

4 weeks

3 weeks = 2

2-3 days = 3

10hrs

5hrs

4hrs

2 hrs = 4

1 hr = 4

45 mins

30 mins

10 mins

A long time

Few hours = 2

Not long enough = 5

Wow vastly different every thing from 10 mins to weeks, 1 or 2 hours is the most popular.

Sky Sports is a must on a Sat pm = 17

Check how I have done at full time = 7

Check over the weekend if I remember = 3

Read my emails every few weeks if I remember = 2

Wow Jeff Stelling is a popular guy, we have some serious Fantasy Leaguers here. Those who regularly watch the live stuff obviously

check asap after the final whistle (or even on their mobiles during the action !!!).

Paul Keech = 9

Russ Farnham = 6

Everyone, Tim Owen, Shaun Moody = 3

Wayne Moody, Ryan Moody, Peter/Chris Gerrard = 2

Matt Hall, Ian Cowburn, Alex Hampson, John Kelly, Paul Leech, Rhys Jones, Rob Bushell, Colin Rigby, Hazel/Natalie Farnham,

Ken Trainer/Sarah Bell, Dan Owen, Patrick Williams = 1

It looks like I have upset a few of you, as has Russ. The rest of you are just not trying hard enough !

Website = 11

Concept/Unique/Imaginitive = 6

Prizes = 3

Rivals struggling = 3

Keep in Touch = 2

Increased knowlege interest in other teams = 2

Quick List, Stats, Committee, Simplicity, Keech the Bookie = 1

Website has definately got the thumbs up with over a third stating it as the best feature. The concept of the competition is also

a main reason.

Fine as it is = 8 (oh dear, it changing for next season)

My results/league positions = 7 (cant do much about that I am afraid)

Simplify the Rules = 2

Free transfer if player moves abroad, Keech the bookie, Squad system, Not keep changing the rules, Get rid of Tim Owen

2 Divisions, Cheaper Defences, News items, Cheerleaders, Groups in one of the cups

10-16 = 4

17-24 = 2

25-35 = 4

36-45 = 15

46-55 = 3

55+ = 3   

It looks like half of us are in our late 30's, early 40's. Saying that we have ages right across the spectrum.

Average age is 36 (this is an estimate!!!!!!)

Married = 16

Single = 10

Partner = 3

Kids = 31

More married than singles and an average 2 kids each !

Cat = 7

Fish and Dog = 3

Hamster =2

Tortoise

More cat loving than dog loving, interesting !!! 

Sunday Roast = 7

Curry = 5

Italian, Fish and Chips, Steak, Thai, Chinese, Treacle Sponge and Custard = 2

Tuna, Pizza, Choc Fudge Cake, Tapas, Guiness, Fry Up, Sausage and Chips, Sweets, Gammon Steak, Caribbean, Anything my wife cooks

Burger, Carvery.

Good old Sunday Roast (thought that was a dieing art, obviously not!).

Beer and Magners/Bulmers = 5

Lager, Red Wine = 4

Diet/Full fat Coke/Pepsi, Morgan Spiced Rum , Whiskey, Guiness = 2

Alcoholic, Milk, Tea, Cranberry Juice, Water, White Wine, Milkshake, Vodka, Malibu = 1

Beer expected, trendy Cider drinks not really expected!

Football = 8

Golf = 6

General Sports = 5

Music = 4

Reading = 3

Eating, Cinema/Film, Rugby League, Badminton, Going out/Socialising, Darts, Gardening, Cards, Running

SciFi, Drinking, Mountain Biking, Horse Racing, Local Councils, Squash, Swimming, Tennis, Sleeping, Fishing, Snooker, Computer Games

Travel, Kids, Kids Football, Renovation, Gym, Guitar, Computers, Scuba Diving, Scouts, NFL

Footy and Golf out on top here, no surprise there.

Florida = 6

Australia = 5

Italy = 2

Lake District, Oswestry, Maldives, Cornwall, Egypt, New York, America, England, Barcelona, Majorca, Guernsey, Las Vegas, Stadium of

Light, Crete, Helsinki, Gozo

Anywhere with sun = 2        

Well you are all a set of globe trotters !

Florida eh, just set of big kids and Australia (well I cant argue with that).