Britons, Football Fans Say Money Rules on English Premier League
One-in-four football fans are “sad” because several EPL teams are now owned by foreigners.
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(11/16/10) -
Almost two decades after the foundation of the English Premier League, many Britons and football fans believe that not many teams have an actual chance of winning the title, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found.
In the online survey of a representative national sample of 2,015 British adults, 60 per cent of Britons—and 93 per cent of self-described football fans—believe that only a few teams in the English Premier league can win the title.
Half of Britons (49%) and three-in-five football fans (59%) also believe that the teams with the most money often win the title.
Conversely, 23 per cent of Britons and 37 per cent of football fans think the teams with the most talent are the ones that emerge victorious.
Several English Premier League clubs—such as Chelsea and Manchester City—are now owned by foreigners. Half of football fans are either dissatisfied (26%) or sad (24%) because of this development.
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Methodology: From October 27 to October 28, 2010, Angus Reid Public Opinion conducted an online survey among 2,015 randomly selected British adults who are Springboard UK panelists. The margin of error—which measures sampling variability—is +/- 2.2%. The results have been statistically weighted according to the most current education, age, gender and region data to ensure samples representative of the entire adult population of Great Britain. Discrepancies in or between totals are due to rounding.
