Fanlands: Football Supporter Map of London

[sirpiechucker]

“Football isn’t a matter of life and death, it’s much more important than that,” is a quote often attributed (1) to Bill Shankly, the legendary manager of Liverpool FC. As exaggerations go, this one gets pretty close to the truth. Millions of fans identify intensely with the highs and lows of their favourite sports team, perhaps a modern substitute for the tribal loyalties of bygone days.

Fandom is a bit more complicated than mere tribalism, though. Which team you support is the result of an intricate compound of ancestral, regional, social, and sometimes even religious loyalties. And, of course, personal choice. However, this map of London seems to indicate that geography is a major factor in fan loyalty....

http://bigthink.com/ideas/26493

[Bluehoop]

“Football isn’t a matter of life and death, it’s much more important than that,” is a quote often attributed (1) to Bill Shankly, the legendary manager of Liverpool FC. As exaggerations go, this one gets pretty close to the truth. Millions of fans identify intensely with the highs and lows of their favourite sports team, perhaps a modern substitute for the tribal loyalties of bygone days.

Fandom is a bit more complicated than mere tribalism, though. Which team you support is the result of an intricate compound of ancestral, regional, social, and sometimes even religious loyalties. And, of course, personal choice. However, this map of London seems to indicate that geography is a major factor in fan loyalty....

http://bigthink.com/ideas/26493

That is an amazing mis-representation of how London football fans support is distributed - there's not a colour for the Manx or the Scousers

[80sCasual]

I once read Frank Skinners autobiography quite a while ago and he had an idea that when a person is born you should put a pin i cant remember if it was where the hospital is or where you actually lived but the closest club to that is who you support for life.
It was his idea to get rid of glory hunters.

Mine would have been Millwall until we moved West by the way, so maybe it's not such a good idea.