How did Arsenal become the black man's team of choice?

irish is very much 50/50 between Liverpool and United desu

>>74147275
Most of the other clubs are more tribal, Arsenal have always been generic and have always in my time watching football had the most lifeless, passionless fans in English football, even in the height of football passion in the late 80's they were winning the odd title and it still got the name the Highbury library. This made Arsenal an attractive proposition for Indian, black and muslim supporters because of the nature of the club, the placid way of the support, and the upper class profile of the fanbase comparatively speaking, I mean for fuck sake could you imagine someone with a turban sitting in the Chicken Run at West Ham in the late 80's?

It's the nature of the club that is the reason for this, and now 90% of ethnics support Arsenal which is why I would suggest that they have double the fanbase of anyone else in London.

>huge immigration into Britain and London from the mid 90s to now
>Arsenal were the biggest and best London team at the time
>wouldn't support Tottenham because they're shit
>couldn't support Chelsea because they're racist

Obviously there was lot of Caribbean immigrants arriving in the 60s and 70s as well.

>>74147283
50% liverpool
30% celtic
20% united

>>74147275
its mainly because of where its based, that specific area of north london is nig nog central

>>74147283
The republic is more Liverpool. Northern Ireland manure cunts skew the stats because of George Best and Norman Whiteside being manure legends.

>>74147275
Because they're called the gunners

>>74147301
>Americans always support Arselel

Made my neurons activate

>>74147275
>Racists support Chelsea
Umm.

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we know who supports leicester

>>74147311
What?

>>74147317
People who actually like football?

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>>74147311
It's not exactly breaking news

>>74147317
Furries

>>74147317
((tanned brits))

>>74147325
What are the brackets for?

>>74147275
>Racists support Chelsea

You're not talking about modern vanilla Chelsea then.

It's true that Arsenal is really popular amongst the black community though.

>>74147275

Arsenal also attracted glory hunting Jewish fans, while the working class Jews supported Tottenham.

Its because Wenger loves his french blanks. Henry, Anelka, Adebayor (colony), Diaby, Vieira etc. Then again lots of english blacks as: Walcott, Welbeck, Cole, Campbell, and lets not forget our lord and saviour Ian Wright.

>>74147317
Professional Shitposters

>>74147325
who fuck rent boys

>>74147275
>Racists support Chelsea
>Pakis and Chinks support United

So you're a Chelsea fan then?

>>74147340
I thought Aussies support Chelsea.

Every Scandinavian I've met supports Leeds. I've not met many.

>>74147474

It takes about 40 years for the signal to reach Scandinavia, that might be why.

>>74147317
Thai, There's a couple of Leicester stores in BKK as well

>>74147290
>its mainly because of where its based, that specific area of north london is nig nog central

Islington is half darkies half posh white cunts, which perfectly reflects Arsenal's fanbase

The borough of Barnet is pretty white working-class though and despite being closer to Arsenal, Spurs seems to be more popular

>>74147474
>>74147505
yeah there are a lot of men in their late 30s, 40s and 50s supporting them. not a mainstream media thing anymore though, they just follow whoever is in top 4. i believe the leeds fanclub is one of the largest in norway.

>>74147617
I thought Liverpool had scandinavia on lockdown

>>74147651
no Arsenal, Manure are stronger

Liverpool are old generation because of Glenn Hysén and trophies

>>74147304
Well, >we do own them famiglia

>>74147304
it's not just americans, arsenal was the biggest team in canada and when i started playing the game around 10-11 and the most famous player to canadian kids was thierry henry (ronaldo wouldn't get to united for another year or two i think)

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>>74147275
I'll be going to england for a long period next year, what Premier League team should I go for over there?

I want a team that has actual fans, not sissys that are quiet the entire match or get punked by other fans, I want a team that with people that actually feel the club and not because they're winning trophies.

Big plus if fans enjoy drinking before or after the game, though I don't know if that's allowed there.

>>74147651
liverpool and manchester united are vying for it, and perhaps arsenal. but leeds used to be massive. now there's la liga and serie a as well, back then we only had english teams on the telly.

>>74148251
Where you going?

>>74147275
because they had henry and henry had swag

>>74147317
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/29/where-are-asians-leicester-city-stadium

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>>74148251
>though I don't know if that's allowed there.
it's england. they just make you drink it in a plastic cup so you can't brain someone with a bottle.

>>74148266
Not decided yet which is why i'm asking.

>>74148282
Baggies

>>74147317
Gooks worship foxe cause they are sexy and shit

>>74148282
Wait and see who wins the play-offs and go there

>>74148290
Oh, seems nice. We have an Albion here too, it's the oldest club in Uruguay, 1891

>>74148303
nah

>>74148346
Just go bandwagon man u. You can go anywhere in the country then

>>74148356
No way, for some reason I've hated them since the first time I watched the league when I was 7.

>>74148346
The Hawthorns also holds the record for highest elevation above sea level in the Football League so you won't get homesick

>>74148379
I don't understand english jokes.

>>74148396
I'm fucking serious cunt

>>74148251
Leeds United mate.

>>74148379
>this is your clubs history and only achievement.
wew

>>74148402
What does elevation above sea level have to do with Uruguay

>>74148410
But leeds is not in the PL

>>74148435
Why do you have to bangwagon a premier league team?

>>74148251
Everton. They hav the most gay players

>>74148435
they will be next season though.If you want a passionate mad as fuck, heavy drinking problem rough hard bastard team then go for leeds

>>74148435
I think he has mistaken your country for another south american country with a notoriously high above sea level.

>>74148441
'cause I want to see them playing against real clubs.

>>74148450
Are you offering yourself to me?

>>74148462
I'll look into it then

>>74148470
I thought he was joking because of weed

>>74148491
>real clubs
What is the difference between real and fake clubs?

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>>74148462
>they will be next season though

>>74148511
teams like fulham, west brom and arsenal have awful atmospheres.
other teams like man utd, chelsea have tourists that literally go to watch them, he doesn't want the tourist experience, he wants to see a passionate old fashioned style club, so he can see what this supoosedly english passion for the game is all about.

>>74148543
Yes, but apparently it isn't atmosphere that matters. It is being in the prem that does

>>74148491
Leeds fans are OBJECTIVELY worse than Scousers or Mancs, they're genuine scum

>>74147275
It's the Henry effect.

Henry was probably the best black player to ever play in England and he actually had a lot of class outside of the field as well (something many non-white players lack), so he became somwhat of a role model for a lot of blacks in the UK.
And because Henry is an Arsenal legend, they also became sympathetic towards the club.

>>74147289
Why are you a bigot against racists?

>>74148555
In Uruguay you're either in first division or you don't exist, and small clubs rarely have people either. We've never heard of your second division so I don't know if the club you're telling me about has loyal fans or not so that's why I said a PL team, a team I know will have some people attending matches and not a bunch of dead people that don't sing

Maybe in england it's different since you have a lot of people, but I don't know.

>>74148580
I'm a Peñarol fan

>>74148555
Maybe he wants to see a top tier game in England which is notorious around the world for it's passionate fans, along with having such excitement and quality that the premier league always professes to claim. Maybe he wants to see what the hype is, he's hardly going to want to see Wednesday while they play hoofball

>>74148607
>I know will have some people attending matches and not a bunch of dead people that don't sing
Ironically it is the opposite here. The lower leagues are the ones with the real fans who care about the club while the bandwagoners at the top are just there for the tourist experience

And there are teams in the 2nd division that get higher attendances than teams in the Prem

>>74148611
Maybe we should just send him to the library or the emptyhad and let him realise the prem atmosphere isn't all its cracked up to be

>>74148607
forgive my ignorance, but are Peñarol the most hated club in England?

Leeds are probably the most hated club here, because of there history as generally scummy fans. a lot of clubs still sing 'we all hate leeds scum' despite their irrelevance for over 10 years.

>>74148628
>Maybe we should just send him to the library or the emptyhad and let him realise the prem atmosphere isn't all its cracked up to be
but i'm sure he already has an idea of who have shit atmospheres, that's why he's asking for a team with passionate fans on top of it.

It's rather ironic too since city were always known as a 'proper' club who genuinely did have fantastic away support before they got bought by the billionaires. they're still good entertainment for away days.

>>74148251
Spurs and Liverpool still have lively home atmospheres. Stoke and Crystal Palace too, though they are not that interesting on the pitch

Old Trafford is wank but Man Utd away fans honestly seem really good

>support Chelsea, who hate blacks
>support West Ham, who were shiiiiitttttt
>support Tottenham, who are jews
>support Arsenal, who, during the 80s and 90s, were a top team

It's what it boils down to. When football was working class and the firms were a big part of the game, Arsenal were the only choice.

>>74148607
>Peñarol
Go for West Ham famalam
>Passionate as fuck fans
>Has working class roots like Peñarol
>Sing, and have some of the best culture in England
>Carboneros=Ironworkers (not really the same but still similar industrial working class jobs)

>>74148611
I'm not expecting anglos to be half as passionate as south americans but I do expect them to be passionate, yeah.

>>74148628
>Ironically it is the opposite here. The lower leagues are the ones with the real fans who care about the club while the bandwagoners at the top are just there for the tourist experience
>And there are teams in the 2nd division that get higher attendances than teams in the Prem

I didn't know that, it seems fun then.

What about that team in the west ham hooligans movie...millwall was it? are they scum enough? do they have people? they portrayed them as scummy in the movie but dunno about reality

>>74148632
We have 1.5m+ fans in a country of 3.4m people so yeah a lot of people hate us.

>https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/2277733/video-uruguay-clasico-cancelled-as-fans-throw-barrel-at-police/

>>74148706
West Ham's home atmosphere has died since they moved to their new stadium

>>74148710
Yeah, Milwall are scum. They play in the 3rd divison

>>74148678
you mean boring boring arsenal in the 80's under George graham?

>>74148706
>west ham
literally awful atmosphere in their new ground that was paid by the citizens of Britain.

People in Ireland only support Celtic as a little addition to those glory hunting ways.

I've met very few people who support Celtic only. It's normally as booster team in addition to man u or Liverpool

>>74148724
>hey guise they are known for being catholics. maybe we should support them too!

>>74148715
>>74148723
Is this at the new stadium?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn7NGJezKSQ

>>74148737
Yer but only if their premier team lose, they get buttmad and then pretend they are really a Celtic fan.

Also if Dublin are playing and win (lol Dublin win again)..Well you can guess what happens then

>>74148746
No. That's Wembly

So is Leeds the best in terms of fans among the lower division teams?

>>74148677
I considered Liverpool but i'm falling for the lower division meme right now because anons convinced me.
>>74148706
West Ham is kinda dead as far as I know

>>74148752
>>74148757
Well shit nigga if they're keeping an atmosphere like that away I don't see why they wouldn't do the same in their home stadium


Plus you get qts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgJceVdWAfg

>>74148775
Wembley is a special venue to go to for a big match, the atmosphere would always be different there to any other match

And also away fans are the more hardcore ones, the ones who are travelling up and down the country to see them. Home fans are the more sedate people who just have to go down the road to see the match

>>74148775
i wouldn't regard that as a good atmosphere desu. although it's different when you actually go watch a game. looks like a celebration party too since the other half of the ground has left.

>>74148757
>the best in terms of fans among the lower division teams
There's loads m8

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Ok I feel for it seems really fun, thanks bongbros

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJCCrU-3DAc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8Vca1FzMmk


Now I wonder if they won't hate me because i'm a sudaca.

North London turned into a hotspot for black migrants in the early 90's forcing alot of the white working class out. Then when they moved to the emirates, the ticket prices completely priced their older generation out and they had a massive image change (Gooners used to be a hooligan group, now it's turned into a family friendly nickname.)

The fan base now is pretty much a mixture of second generation immigrants, posh hipster cunts working in Shoreditch and plastics who started supporting them after 04.

>racists support a jew-owned club where there are almost no english players, the biggest stars are Belgian, monkey-tier brazilian, sub-saharan african and a bunch of spics

>>74149012
>plastics who started supporting them after 04.
>there are plastics who have never seen them win the league
That sounds depressing desu

>>74149044
Living on the south coast it's been amazing growing up and watching people from school switch from Man United to Arse to Chelsea and finally Bournemouth itself after they got promoted to the PL.

I fucking rage like crazy when I see them post "Oh I was always a Bournemouth supporter! Just didn't want to show it till now!" on facebook.

>>74149069
Who do you support?

>>74149094
Charlton.

Born in London and moved down when I was 8. Parents and Uncles all Charlton supports so I was forced into supporting them.

>>74149155
Didn't ask for your life story pal

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Everyone hates Leeds I love it, nothing like going to some nothing club like Bristol and hearing them sing we all hate Leeds scum.

>>74149040
Poland is very Jewish.

>>74149948
*was

until those evil austrians came along and sent those jews to summer camp or something

>>74147275
>Racists support Chelsea

That's always funny to me since the Chelsea fans in the US that I know are always black, Indian or like Egyptian

>>74149995
could it be that most people you know in the US are always black, Indian or "like Egyptian"

>>74150010
delete this

>>74150010
No, I know a ton of white people and those that watch soccer are Arsenal fans

>>74147275

I cant believe no one mentioned Kanu and ian wright. They are some of the biggest reasons why so many blacks support Arsenal.

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>Chelsea not West ham

West Ham have much more racist probably the most racist only after Millwall in London clubs. Most west ham fans dont even live in London but Essex so they dont experiences a multi cultural environment like people from London. West Ham's area Barking and Dagenham are the only area in London to vote for Brexit unlike the rest of London who voted Remain.

>>74148611
>Sheffield Wednesday
>hoofball

When was the last time you fucking watched us play chief? We just pass it short with no real direction and it's fucking boring. Hoofball it isn't.

>>74150330
Bexley voted to leave, I think Bromley was 50/50 too

Chelsea is actually the second-most support PL club in Africa (after United), mainly because they had Drogba. And Millwall and West Ham are more racist clubs. Modern Chelsea fans are just slavs and bandwagoners.

Because they play exclusively attacking football thanks to they're retarded manager and had a group of good black players

>>74151936
>they're retarded manager
>they're
>retarded
>they're

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>>74147275
>Racists support Chelsea

Slander.

>>74147322
Is that a Bogdanoff?

The short answer is Kanu

>>74147275
we dem moyes boys

Here in the states...

>Mexicans support Real
>Orange slice beta cucks support United
>Tyrone supports Chelsea
>"I've been following soccer since the World Cup" supports City

Don't see many Arsenal / Liverpool fans on the Left Coast.

>>74155351
Real has more Arab and Asian fans than Mexicans.

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>>74155351

>tell someone my favorite team is Fulham
>always get responses of "who are they?"

>>74155351
I live in Chicago and it's pretty mixed who supports who. Tbh no one really supports anyone to the cuck degree though. It's pretty chill. What the euros have is totally different and it just seems cringe and autistic to say you support Chelsea, Bayern, jive, whatever. And don't get me started on the hipsters who name some second tier team. The internationals do rile people up tho

>>74155594
The idea of an American supporting an Italian or German team just feels so weird. Culturally so different, a different language. Just feels like the obvious thing to do is support an English team, or Barca/Real since they're well marketed

>>74147275

>Supporting Arse Anal

Only faggots do this

What's wrong with just watching football? Do you need to 'support' a team?

>>74158422
What's wrong with pooping everywhere? Do you need to 'shit' in a toilet?