Property News · February 24, 2018

Where to move for… football teams


London has the greatest number of teams, of course. But where are the locals most soccer-mad?A schoolfriend spent so much time at Arsenal games, his mum once yelled at him: “You should bloody well move into Highbury.” (She’d had a trying day.) Don’t tempt him, I thought to myself. Wealthier fans saw such fantasies come true in 2005 when flats in the old stadium went on sale. Every other football fan, alas, will have to settle for a little more distance between their sofas and the six-yard box.For sheer number of teams: move to London. Boring! For sheer number per capita: the plot thickens. The Telegraph’s Jonathan Liew crunched numbers in 2015 to find England’s “greatest football city” via clubs per population: Manchester, followed by Liverpool and then – interesting! – Blackburn. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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