Biggest Football Teams in the UK
Football has been the most popular sport in the United Kingdom since the 1800s. In this article, we will look at the football teams with the biggest fan base in the country.
Manchester United
Manchester United is considered the most popular football club in the UK. It is based in Old Trafford and is part of the Premier League, the top tier of English football. It is nicknamed the Red Devils and was originally known as Newton Heath LYR. The team has won the most EPL titles – 20, along with 12 FA Cups. It has also won three UEFA Champions League cups. The club is valued at 3.15 billion pounds, and this makes it the third richest football brand worldwide.
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool F.C. was founded in 1892 and is based in Liverpool. It has won 19 Premier League titles and 7 FA cups. It has also won six European cups, and this is more than any other football club in the UK. The club has a long-standing rivalry with Manchester United and Everton. The club is nicknamed The Reds. Some of the most famous players in the club are Phil Neal, David Fairclough, Alan Kennedy, Steven Gerrard, Kenny Dalglish and Jimmy Case.
Arsenal
Arsenal is based in Islington and plays in the Premier League. It has won the EPL 13 times, and these include one unbeaten title. It also has a record of winning the FA Cup 14 times and the FA Community Shields 16 times. The club was founded in 1886 and was originally known as the Dial Square Football Club. It is nicknamed The Gunners and uses Emirate Stadium. Forbes estimates the club’s net worth at $2.68 billion, and this makes it the seventh most valued football team in the world.
Chelsea
Chelsea FC is based in Fulham in West London. It was established in 1905 and plays in the Premier League. The team won its first major honour in 1955, and this was in the League championship. The last two decades have been the most prosperous in the history of the club as it has won five Premier League titles and seven FA Cups. It has also won all three UEFA Cups, and it is the only club that has won all three UEFA cups twice. Chelsea is the sixth most expensive football team in the world and is worth $2.57 billion.
Celtic F.C.
Celtic Football Club is a football club from Glasgow. It participates in the Scottish Premiership and is commonly known as Glasgow Celtic. It was founded in 1887 and is one of the five teams that have won more than 100 trophies throughout its history. It has won the Scottish league championship more than 50 times, and the most recent was in 2019-2020. The greatest season in the club’s history was in 1966-1967 when it won the European Cup. Some of its nicknames are The Bhoys, The Celts, and The Hoops. Listed below are some of the most popular players from the team’s history:
- Scott Brown
- Neil Lennon
- Aiden McGeady
- Henrik Larsson
- Kris Commons
Tottenham Hotspur
This club is also known as the Spurs or Tottenham, and its nickname is The Lillywhites. It was founded in 1882 and plays in the English Premier League. Since 2019, the club’s home venue is Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, which has a capacity of 62,850 people. The club has a net worth of $2.3 billion, and it is currently the 9th highest-earning football team. One of the best years of the club was in 1972, when it won the UEFA Cup. At the moment, it was the only English club to have won multiple trophies from major European tournaments. Some of the notable players in the club are Ledley King, Jimmy Greaves, Harry Kane and Steve Perryman.
Manchester City F.C.
This club is also known as City, Cityzens, and the Sky Blues. It is part of the Premier League and is one of the most popular clubs in the UK. The club’s home ground is Etihad Stadium in east Manchester. It was founded in 1880 as St. Marks and adopted the sky-blue shirts in 1894. To date, the team still uses these shirts. The club has a net worth of $2.69 billion, and that makes it the fifth most valuable football team in the world. Some of the notable Manchester City players are Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Grealish, and Phil Foden. In 2008, the club received considerable financial investment from the Abu Dhabi Group, and this helped to boost the performance of the club. It won the FA Cup in 2011 and the Premier League in 2012. Both of these were the first wins of the club since the 1960s.
Conclusion
The United Kingdom is known for having some of the top football teams around the world. The most famous ones are Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Celtic F.C. and Tottenham Hotspur. These teams have massive followings worldwide, and they are also highly valuable.
3 Things that Grind My Gears in Football
I’m back! The self-confessed serial moaner is here to share with you all the annoying aspects of the beautiful game that frankly make me want to throw up. Last time I shared my thoughts on international football, I was just breaking you in gently, today I’m in full on angry mode! Here are some of the things in the beautiful game that push my buttons.
1. Half and Half Scarves
So you follow a team, in fact, you don’t just follow them, they are your religion! Your mood through the week will be affected by Saturday’s result. A win and it’s all rainbows and sunshine. A loss and you have a constant raincloud following you around and it feels like a small part of you is grieving.
So this is why I cannot get my head around half and half scarves. What person in their right mind would destroy a perfectly good scarf by placing another club’s emblem on it? I can’t imagine many Kopites proudly wearing a Liverpool/Manchester mash up, can you?
2. So-Called Experts with Verbal Diarrhoea
Do you ever see someone at work and think “I could do that!”? I certainly do when I watch TV and the football is on and the commentator is endlessly spouting nonsense. Now I am willing to accept that there is a degree of skill involved. I’m even prepared to accept that a lot of research goes into their jobs. But a lot of time I think the only qualifications needed are an A level in clichés and lack of a filter between the brain and the mouth. Not convinced? Let’s have a few examples.
“He’s got a lot of self-belief in himself” – GRAHAM BEECROFT (as opposed to???)
“And with 4 minutes gone, the score is already 0-0.” – IAN DARK (wonder what it was after 3 minutes?)
“Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer.” – DAVID ACFIELD (how strange David!)
“What will you do when you leave football, Jack — will you stay in football?” – STUART HALL (mess with his head Jack and say “neither”).
“If you closed your eyes, you couldn’t tell the difference between the two sides” – PHIL BROWN
3. Lack of 3pm Matches on the Box
This is one of the most frustrating things in football! If I lived in Spain, Italy, India, Jamaica, probably even Mars, I could watch football at 3pm, with a beer, on my comfy armchair. But no! The powers that be have decided that showing a game (that I would have no interest in going to anyway) at 3pm on Saturday would ‘threaten the sanctity’ of the traditional Saturday 3pm kick-off. What utter tosh!
However, if you are like me and this grinds your gears, then hope may be on the horizon! The European Court of Justice recently conducted a study and found that the 3pm black-out has ‘little or no impact’ on attendances and in-fact, the 3pm rule may restrict the European Commission’s desire for cross-border access to audio-visual content.
This sounds great, now as long as we don’t do anything to upset our relationship with Europe, we should all be fine!
Welcome Fellow Sports Fans!
Welcome to my blog post, let me introduce myself! My name is Matt and I would describe myself as the Victor Meldrew of bloggers. Or more accurately, the Victor Meldrew of sports blogging! But let me explain! I wasn’t always miserable, in fact, I would even say I used to be quite an optimistic person, but I guess being on the emotional rollercoaster of supporting Lincoln City and being an Englishman for so many years has taken a toll on my sanity. So rather than being angry, I’m perhaps slightly mad.
The trouble is, I see things everywhere that wind me up! I read about Fifa, it winds me up! I read about football players on £350k a week, it winds me up! I see a player rolling around the floor, clutching his face and trying to con the referee into giving a penalty, it winds me up! I see myself as a proper football man, I know what I like and if I don’t get it then you’ll certainly hear about it!
But fear not! This blog won’t just be the outpourings of a crazed mind. My blog won’t simply be full of constant moaning, oh no! You see, at the heart of it all is my passion for sports. I spend a lot of my time watching various sports, as well as researching them. So along with my pet peeves and the stuff that grinds my gears, inevitably there’s bound to be some good news in there too!
I will use this blog to moan, of course I will but I also want to season my complaining with a healthy dose of sarcasm, a sprinkle of humour and a big dessert spoon of fun sporting facts to help you get through the day. Today’s thought: Just because you’re paranoid, doesn’t mean they are not talking about you!