Two-in-Five Britons Will Root for Chelsea in European Final
Supporters of two London football teams—Tottenham and Chelsea—are not that keen on backing the Blues.
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(05/17/12) -
Chelsea FC will play Germany’s Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League final this Saturday with the support of two-in-five Britons, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found.
In the online survey of a representative sample of 2,003 British adults, 40 per cent of respondents say they will “definitely” or “probably” root for Chelsea during the final.
A majority of respondents who consider themselves football fans (64%) and those who watch football but do not follow the sport all the time (68%) will root for Chelsea, along with 43 per cent of respondents in London.
Among Britons who currently have a favourite English Premier League (EPL) other than Chelsea, the fluctuation is more dramatic.
While a majority of respondents who profess to be fans of Manchester City (66%) and Manchester United (58%) say they will root for Chelsea against Bayern Munich, less than half of people who are fans of Liverpool (47%), Arsenal (46%) and Tottenham Hotspur (43%) will join them.
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Mario Canseco, Vice President, Angus Reid Public Opinion
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Methodology: From May 10 to May 12, 2012, Angus Reid Public Opinion conducted an online survey among 2,003 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.
