Liverpool voted top for away support but join Man Utd as most disliked fans

Midnite conducted a survey with 1,002 Premier League match-attending fans to ask them their views on fanbases across the division.

According to the survey results, Liverpool have been crowned the club with the best away support with 33% of the vote, just beating their rivals, Manchester United who polled 31%.

Manchester City are ranked third for the best away fans with 22.6%, beating the likes of Arsenal and Chelsea with 22.7% and 22.1% respectively.

For the best away fans questions, supporters were given the choice of picking up to five clubs they rated highly, causing the survey to show more than 100% of the total votes.

'Best' Away Support

Which team has the best away fans in the Prem?

(Fans were asked to pick their top 5)

1. Liverpool 33%
2. Man Utd 31%
3. Man City 23.6%
4. Arsenal 22.7%
5. Chelsea 22.1%

'Worst' Away Support

The worst-rated away supporters saw two South coast clubs in the bottom three, with Bournemouth (3.92%), Wolves (4.87%) and Southampton (5.40%) the lowest ranked.

Most Disliked Fans

Fans were asked: Which team’s supporters do you dislike the most?

1. Manchester United - 19.90%
2. Liverpool - 15.61%
3. Chelsea - 9.18%
4. Arsenal - 8.82%
5. Leeds - 6.56%
6. Tottenham Hotspur - 6.56%

Regarding which club’s fans rival supporters dislike the most, Manchester United polled the most votes with one in five picking them, just ahead of Liverpool.

United took 19.9% to top the poll, while Liverpool and Chelsea follow closely with 15.6% and 9.2%. Arsenal fans claim the fourth spot with 8.8% and Leeds United and Tottenham Hotspur wrap up a joint-top five most disliked fans bases with 6.6% of the vote each.

'Nicest' Supporters

Nottingham Forest’s fanbase can claim to be regarded as the nicest, taking only 0.6% of the 'most disliked' vote.

Least disliked fans

16. AFC Bournemouth 1.31%
17. Brentford 1.19%
18. Southampton 1.19%
19. Leicester 1.07%
20. Nottingham Forest 0.60%

Feeling's Not Mutual

Looking deeper into the statistics, Liverpool fans dislike Manchester United fans (42.68%) a lot more than they do their local rivals, Everton fans (5.5%). Whereas the Toffees pick Liverpool as their most disliked fan base with 25% of the vote.

It’s the same for Manchester United who voted only 7.9% for Leeds as their most disliked rival fan base, while The Whites dislike The Reds the most with 35.7% of their vote.

The final rivalry that caught the eye is in North London, where Tottenham fans seem to dislike Arsenal fans a lot more than their counterparts dislike them. 38% of Spurs fans voted Arsenal while only 25% of the Gunners voted them back.

Prem fans’ most disliked rivals

Liverpool vs Man Utd

• 42.7% of Liverpool fans voted for Man Utd
• 32.6% of Man Utd fans voted for Liverpool

Everton vs Liverpool

• 25% of Everton fans voted for Liverpool
• 5.5% of Liverpool fans voted for Everton

Leeds vs Man Utd

• 35.7% of Leeds fans voted for Man Utd
• 7.9% of Man Utd fans voted for Leeds

Spurs vs Arsenal

• 38.1% of Spurs fans voted for Arsenal
• 24.6% of Arsenal fans voted for Spurs

Strength On The Road

A Midnite spokesperson said: “Liverpool have been voted the best away fans in the Premier League, 2% more than Manchester United, which shows the force of fans these two giant clubs have even when playing away from home.

“Manchester City have 23.6% of the vote because they are known to have a passionate away group of fans that stems from those who watched City play every week at Maine Road in the second and third tiers of English football.

“There’s no surprise that the two most prominent English football clubs also have the most disliked fan bases as they brag about their past glory, but Leeds United have put themselves amongst the top six, replacing Manchester City as one of the most disliked sets of fans."

Survey notes

Survey of 1,002 Respondents who support a Premier League football team and physically attend their matches away from home. Fans were asked to declare what team they support before the survey, hence the individual statistics of each fan base. The survey was completed by Censuswide on behalf of Midnite from 6 March to 10 March 2023.