Liverpool are the best supported team in Ireland imo. Man Utd possibly have a bigger following, but most of their "fans", couldn't care less how they get on on a Saturday.
Wondering how many Irish ye think are in Anfield every other week?
I'd go 3/4k. I mean if you consider flights from dub, cork, shannon, belfast, derry to liverpool and manchester, thats 6 routes already. Every time I go the plane is packed. Thats 200 odd people on each flight, could have 3 flights like that day of/before game. Factor in ferries from belfast, dublin and rosslare and you have another couple of hundred easily. I'd say more than 1 in 20 in Anfield are Irish. Thats 2k at least, probably more. We're a sports mad country.
The die hard Irish supporters live and breathe the club. And there's a lot of us. Every school, college, village, city in Ireland has a Liverpool supporter. Guaranteed. Spend 15 mins in any major city and you'll spot LFC gear. Many car windows are plastered with LFC stickers etc.
As I've said on there before, some of the "tourists" or fans from abroad make a big effort to get there and often contribute more to the atmosphere than many of the English or more local people. This could be down to the fact that the locals are not the correct type of locals but that's a different debate
Anyway, how many Irish do ye think come over every weekend?