- Jun 13, 2012
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NBC Sports are currently running a poll on their website asking Americans which PL club they will be supporting this year.
The top 4 are currently:
1. Spurs (21%)
2. Arsenal (12%)
3. Man Utd (11%)
4. Liverpool (9%)
I'm sure that if this poll was done 10 years ago, we wouldn't be anywhere near the top 4, let alone top.
So why the rise?
- Is it the Dempsey effect? After all, he is their greatest ever footballer (not my words). Him, along with Freidel, and to a lesser extent Kasey Keller back in the day, may have contributed to this.
- Is it Bale? It's the first time in the modern, international era, that we've had a worldwide superstar in our team.
- The club's official supporters' clubs. The club have made a massive attempt to introduce "official" Supporters' Clubs all over the world, but particularly in America. Is this helping to spread the word.
Any Americans on here who would be able to give a more informed opinion on how and why we've become so big Stateside?
The top 4 are currently:
1. Spurs (21%)
2. Arsenal (12%)
3. Man Utd (11%)
4. Liverpool (9%)
I'm sure that if this poll was done 10 years ago, we wouldn't be anywhere near the top 4, let alone top.
So why the rise?
- Is it the Dempsey effect? After all, he is their greatest ever footballer (not my words). Him, along with Freidel, and to a lesser extent Kasey Keller back in the day, may have contributed to this.
- Is it Bale? It's the first time in the modern, international era, that we've had a worldwide superstar in our team.
- The club's official supporters' clubs. The club have made a massive attempt to introduce "official" Supporters' Clubs all over the world, but particularly in America. Is this helping to spread the word.
Any Americans on here who would be able to give a more informed opinion on how and why we've become so big Stateside?