Source: Daily_Mail
United the kings of Europe in top 50 best supported sides across Continent
Manchester United have been named ahead of Barcelona and Real Madrid as the best supported club in Europe.[LNB]Their average attendance of 75,304 last season saw them leapfrog Madrid, who dropped from first to fifth in the annual rankings by analysts Futebol Finance.[LNB] Fan fashion: United's witty supporters taunt swine-flu-hit Blackburn at Old Trafford recently[LNB]English teams make up 13 of the top 50 clubs, while Celtic (9th) and Rangers (15th) are also high in the list.[LNB]While attendances dropped in 2007-08, they were on the rise again last season despite the financial crisis.[LNB]07-08Average attendance12Manchester UnitedEnglandxxx75,304xxx23Borussia DortmundxxxGermanyxxx74,74835BarcelonaSpain71,04541Real MadridSpain70,816 54Bayern MunichGermany69,00066SchalkeGermany61,44277ArsenalEngland60,04089AC MilanItaly59,75798CelticScotland57,3661010HamburgGermany54,8111118Hertha BerlinGermany52,1651211MarseilleFrance52,1621313Inter MilanItaly55,5201414StuttgartGermany51,7001521CologneGermany50,2221615RangersScotland49,5341716AjaxHolland49,0141812Newcastle UnitedEngland48,7501929BorussialMoenchengladbachmxxxxxGermany47,2402017Eintracht FranckfurtGermany47,0002119Atletico MadridSpain44,0822220FeyenoordHolland43,9562322LiverpoolEngland43,6112425Manchester CityEngland42,9032530HannoverGermany41,9192633SevillaSpain41,9102726ChelseaEngland41,5882840Paris Saint-GermainFrance40,9022931Werder BremenGermany40,3753027NapoliItaly40,3033124SunderlandEngland40,1683232Aston VillaEngland39,8123337RomaItaly39,4923435FC PortoPortugal38,7623536Real BetisSpain37,5533637LyonFrance37,3973742Tottenham HotspurEngland35,9293841Athletic BilbaoSpain35,7373934BenficaPortugal35,69840-LazioItaly35,4014128ValenciaSpain34,7894239EvertonEngland34,0214345West Ham UnitedEngland33,7004446PSV EindhovenHolland33,37145-Bayer LeverkusenGermany33,07946-FenerbahceTurkey33,0304747FiorentinaItaly31,50948-HoffenheimGermany30,15249-MiddlesbroughEngland28,42950-Saint-EtienneFrance28,168 Full house: Cristiano Ronaldo is paraded in front of a packed Bernabeu stadium in Madrid[LNB] Newcastle United fury as owner Mike Ashley renames St James' Park after his shopNORTHERN EXPOSURE: When the top five players in the North East all leave that's a sure sign this region has become a footballing deadzoneTottenham are top of the league! Spurs set the Premier League benchmark when it comes to coaching pedigreeBack to the future: How comic book heroes came to life in the Premier League - Was Wenger a reader of The Cannonball Kidd and did Crouchie first play for Rockley Rangers?MANCHESTER UNITED FC
