Loudest fans

Has anyone read the eurosport article about the noisiest fans in the Premiership? Just thought I'd post it as a bit of fun, although I have little doubt that it will provoke plenty of bickering. There are a couple of surprisingly results...

Sunderland top Noise Table

Who has the loudest fans in the Premier League? Sunderland roar to the top with Fulham sitting at the bottom.
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Decibel meter readings taken across home matches for all Premier League teams during August and September, showed that the loudest home crowd was on Wearside.

Average peak volume of the Sunderland crowd at home reaches 129.2 decibels - louder than a rock concert (115 decibels) and almost as loud as an air raid siren/military jet (130 decibels).

As a volume of 110-115 decibels can cause hearing damage after just 15 minutes, football fans are being advised to wear ear protection if they want to hear the referees whistle clearly across their supporting career.

The findings are especially embarrassing for Arsenal and Manchester United, whose grounds dwarf the 49,000-seater Sunderland home ground by 11,000 and 21,000 seats respectively.

Quietest home fans were Fulham who could only muster an average maximum volume of 115.4 decibels at home.

And although not the loudest, Everton fans proved that they have the stamina to keep it up all match. Their chants were the most frequent (one every three minutes on average) and longest (52 seconds each on average) of all teams studied.

The ear-bending research was commissioned by 118118 who are searching for the best and loudest football chants in the country.

Decibel readings were taken across key points in each match - players emerging from the tunnel, kickoff, when goals were scored, just after the start of the second half and the final five minutes of each game.

William Ostrom from 118 118 said: "Supporting your team is a loud business; our researchers got quite an ear-bashing. But the power of the team chant is undeniable. Perhaps it's one of the reasons Sunderland got promotion last season."

NOISE LEAGUE TABLE:

Sunderland

Tottenham Hotspur

Manchester City

Aston Villa

Everton

Chelsea

Middlesbrough

Derby County

Newcastle United

West Ham

Birmingham City

Arsenal

Portsmouth

Blackburn Rovers

Bolton Wanderers

Liverpool

Manchester United

Wigan Athletic

Reading

Fulham

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/26102007/58/premier-league-sunderland-top-noise-table.html

I always thought Pompeys fans were loud, although he following table doesn't indicate this.

And how on earth Derbys 30 thousand can project more noise than Utd 76,000 is in my mind absurd.

At an early kick off against a 'small club' we're probably rock bottom

The list is the wrong way around

Not used to being below Liverpool in a table eh LRD

Football Genius wrote:Not used to being below Liverpool in a table eh LRD

They will be come the end of the season

L r d wrote:The list is the wrong way around

lmfao anybody who has ever been to football at OT knows that they are as quiet as mice, ffs its why you can always hear the away fans on the tv

Strange list IMO...I think Us, Portsmouth and Liverpool should be higher than Middlesbrough, Chelsea and Aston Villa...

Deano Besiktas wrote:Strange list IMO...I think Us, Portsmouth and Liverpool should be higher than Middlesbrough, Chelsea and Aston Villa...

Yep i agree ! have the recordings been taken from home ends ? cos i think away fans create more noise....our away end is amazing.

Spuds second. Loudest team in London. Always knew it

Sgoater1 wrote:

Deano Besiktas wrote:Strange list IMO...I think Us, Portsmouth and Liverpool should be higher than Middlesbrough, Chelsea and Aston Villa...

Yep i agree ! have the recordings been taken from home ends ? cos i think away fans create more noise....our away end is amazing.

Same as ours...though our home fans are great too. I think this is a bullshit list.

The Real Martin Troll wrote:Spuds second. Loudest team in London. Always knew it

Yeah you fucking wished...how many fans turned out for the home UEFA cup game last night?? Empty seats everywhere...

Deano Besiktas wrote:

The Real Martin Troll wrote:Spuds second. Loudest team in London. Always knew it

Yeah you fucking wished...how many fans turned out for the home UEFA cup game last night?? Empty seats everywhere...

Its right there in black and white. The stats dont lie my friend

Loud fans , see Besiktas doubt any prem team could match what they produced on that night.

Dark Savante wrote:Loud fans , see Besiktas doubt any prem team could match what they produced on that night.

Besiktas are the loudest in Europe

I thought Arsenal had the quiest fans? And why the hell is Spurs so high? There fans are $h!t!!!

In terms of passion the EPL gets lower and lower!! Must be because of the high ticket prices that rule out the diehards.

Fey wrote:I thought Arsenal had the quiest fans? And why the hell is Spurs so high? There fans are $h!t!!!

In terms of passion the EPL gets lower and lower!! Must be because of the high ticket prices that rule out the diehards.

Spurs fans aren't $h!t...far from it. However they are no better than Us, Portsmouth and City who are all lower than them.

Deano Besiktas wrote:

Fey wrote:I thought Arsenal had the quiest fans? And why the hell is Spurs so high? There fans are $h!t!!!

In terms of passion the EPL gets lower and lower!! Must be because of the high ticket prices that rule out the diehards.

Spurs fans aren't $h!t...far from it. However they are no better than Us, Portsmouth and City who are all lower than them.

Portsmouth fans are amazing, remember when they were almost down two years ago??? Their fans gave them the spirit needed not to relegate!! Impressive stuff!

Deano Besiktas wrote:

The Real Martin Troll wrote:Spuds second. Loudest team in London. Always knew it

Yeah you fucking wished...how many fans turned out for the home UEFA cup game last night?? Empty seats everywhere...

The match reports on BBC and Sky Sports both say the attendance was over 36,200!

There were clearly thousands of empty seats, I would have thought easily 5,000 although apparently there were dreadful problems on the roads around WHL and particularly the A10 which would have stopped a lot of people from getting to the game.

Fey wrote:I thought Arsenal had the quiest fans? And why the hell is Spurs so high? There fans are $h!t!!!

In terms of passion the EPL gets lower and lower!! Must be because of the high ticket prices that rule out the diehards.

Seems this fella from Bolton disagrees with you, anti-semite:

http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/wanderers/wanderersnews/display.var.1229399.0.my_top_10_football_grounds_what_do_you_think.php

Spurs are great

Bolton fans are terrible so i cant believe they are ahead of Liverpool...the list makes no sense.

Sgoater1 wrote:Bolton fans are terrible so i cant believe they are ahead of Liverpool...the list makes no sense.

I have to say...only once when Liverpool fans came to Upton Park, they made a lot of noise...

The other times they were quiet...The FA Cup final they were quiet until Gerrard scored.

Why do English teams have no TIFO?? Is that forbidden?

Deano Besiktas wrote:

Dark Savante wrote:Loud fans , see Besiktas doubt any prem team could match what they produced on that night.

Besiktas are the loudest in Europe

Naturally its going to be noisy when you can sacrifice a goat, rape your wife and attack opposition fans with 2 foot long samurai swords all whilst at a match

Fey wrote:Why do English teams have no TIFO?? Is that forbidden?

Too Irritating, Fuck Off.

The Real Martin Troll wrote:

Deano Besiktas wrote:

Dark Savante wrote:Loud fans , see Besiktas doubt any prem team could match what they produced on that night.

Besiktas are the loudest in Europe

Naturally its going to be noisy when you can sacrifice a goat, rape your wife and attack opposition fans with 2 foot long samurai swords all whilst at a match

Fey wrote:

Deano Besiktas wrote:

Fey wrote:I thought Arsenal had the quiest fans? And why the hell is Spurs so high? There fans are $h!t!!!

In terms of passion the EPL gets lower and lower!! Must be because of the high ticket prices that rule out the diehards.

Spurs fans aren't $h!t...far from it. However they are no better than Us, Portsmouth and City who are all lower than them.

Portsmouth fans are amazing, remember when they were almost down two years ago??? Their fans gave them the spirit needed not to relegate!! Impressive stuff!

Sure are my friend.
Now just imagine 16,000 more fans by 2011 (hopefully)

Deano Ashton wrote:Strange list IMO...I think Us, Portsmouth and Liverpool should be higher than Middlesbrough, Chelsea and Aston Villa...

I don't know why we get so much criticism for our atmosphere. Sure we don't match the Kop on a European night, but we're generally very loud and there's normally a great atmosphere around (which is one of the reasons why we have such a good home record imo).

Sheffield gunner wrote:

Deano Besiktas wrote:

The Real Martin Troll wrote:Spuds second. Loudest team in London. Always knew it

Yeah you fucking wished...how many fans turned out for the home UEFA cup game last night?? Empty seats everywhere...

The match reports on BBC and Sky Sports both say the attendance was over 36,200!

There were clearly thousands of empty seats, I would have thought easily 5,000 although apparently there were dreadful problems on the roads around WHL and particularly the A10 which would have stopped a lot of people from getting to the game.

prob an attendance based on tik sales rather than actual attendance its v common these days

S4P wrote:

Deano Ashton wrote:Strange list IMO...I think Us, Portsmouth and Liverpool should be higher than Middlesbrough, Chelsea and Aston Villa...

I don't know why we get so much criticism for our atmosphere. Sure we don't match the Kop on a European night, but we're generally very loud and there's normally a great atmosphere around (which is one of the reasons why we have such a good home record imo).

I haven't gave you any criticism...I just think those 3 clubs should be above the other three.

Us and Portsmouth are known to keep signing even if we are 3/4-0 down...