United thread 2019/20

[GOULDYBOBS]

So, they’ve won f*** all for years, but United’s support has risen by 2/3rds in 7 years.

I personally think it’s all down to Mr Potato Crisps, 1 of their main sponsors.

From the Kantar website.

Kantar survey for Manchester United reveals over a billion fans and followers
Published on: 16 August 2019

As one of the world’s most successful and well known sports teams, Manchester United wanted to better understand and quantify the number of fans and followers they have in order to articulate their position at the forefront of sports brands.

To achieve this, we worked with Manchester United on a global survey to ascertain how many people around the world identify as a fan or follower of the club. The survey was conducted across 39 countries, comprised over 54,000 respondents and took place over the first six months of 2019. It repeats a similar survey conducted in 2012 – also by Kantar – to ensure comparability of approach, methodology and results.

The research results revealed a fan and follower base for Manchester United of 1.1 billion people, comprising 467 million fans and 635 million followers*.

This represents an increase of over 400 million on the similar survey conducted in 2012. The largest increases were in the Asia Pacific region, in particular China, where the number of fans and followers grew from 108 million in 2012 to 253 million today.

Antonio Wanderley, Kantar Global CEO, Sports, comments "As the global appeal of football continues to grow, it is vital for clubs like Manchester United to understand the experience and behaviour of their fans around the world. The scale of this survey is significant, with 74% of the world’s adult population represented across 39 surveyed markets, to give a robust representation of football’s fan base. Using online interviews we statistically extrapolated the global number of fans and followers of Manchester United using a wide range of variables, from TV viewing data and social media usage through to FIFA rankings and GDP metrics."

*‘Fans’ are defined as those who answered survey questions, unprompted, with the answer that Manchester United was their favourite football team in the world. The term ‘follower’ is defined as those individuals who answered survey questions, unprompted, with the answer that Manchester United is a football team that they proactively follow in addition to their favourite football team

635 million multiple team "followers" basically admitted they are plastic.
Cant accuse them of glory hunting anymore

 

[beast]

On the methodology provided the shitter the rags get the more support they get? If that was applied to us the entire solar system would have been blues in 1999.

York away?

 

[Gazza]

The World’s population is 7.7billion.

So, United have 1/7th of the World’s population supporting them.

Think about that.

Think of all the other football fans around the World who support their team.

Think of all the people in the World who have no interest in football.

Again. Yet according to United and Kantar, 1/7th of the entire World’s population supports United.

Think about the made up bulls*** and lies United keep on churning out regarding the size of their support.

Maybe if you don't declare your football club then you default to United?

 

[Grassland Blue]

1.1 bn maybe - but only a couple of dozen from Manchester.
Now how many flies was it that eat shit?

 

[Newman Noggs]

The thing is that these figures are so manifestly bogus that only an idiot like the guy who got sacked by Chevrolet would use them as a guide for sponsorship purposes.

 

[aguero93:20]

The World’s population is 7.7billion.

So, United have 1/7th of the World’s population supporting them.

Think about that.

Think of all the other football fans around the World who support their team.

Think of all the people in the World who have no interest in football.

Again. Yet according to United and Kantar, 1/7th of the entire World’s population supports United.

Think about the made up bulls*** and lies United keep on churning out regarding the size of their support.

Can barely get 1.1bn to watch a world cup or champions league final. The total football fanbase worldwide is probably 2.5bn max. In fact, the rags peak at about 100m in matchday viewing figures, so we're supposed to believe that only 1 in 11 rag fans can be arsed watching their biggest games...

 

[dronefromsector7G]

I’ve just asked 2 people who they support and they said City. So including me that’s 3 from 3. So extrapolating that data I conclude City have 7 billion supporters

 

[manimanc]

I personally know two utd fans who now follow Stockport county and Macclesfield, this after them being big reds for years.
Reason why they jumped ship?
It suddenly cost too much money all of a sudden.
Lying shithouses. More like operation utd win every game went tits up.

 

[Blue Pete]

I asked one person (myself) who they supported and have extrapolated from that.

Apparently everyone in the world is blue, and they all think Jordan Ibe is the greatest player ever

 

[Asa's left peg]

Easy to sort this - ask for their names and addresses.