new study<\/a> reveals fans of Premier League clubs like to keep things in the family \u2013 and the \u2018indoctrination\u2019 starts early as footie-mad parents begin their loyalty offensives when their children are still new-born babies!<\/p>\nUsing Internet-tracking technology, researchers at GoodLuckMate have discovered up to 21,000 online searches are made every month by UK-based parents keen to buy their newly born bundles of joy anything from replica football shirts to baby accessories.<\/p>\n
\u2018It\u2019s been really interesting to find out which Premier League clubs have the pushiest parents and just how many die-hard fans choose their children\u2019s club from birth,\u2019 commented Nerijus\u202fGrenda of \u202fGoodLuckMate. \u2018It\u2019s clear that baby-clothing and accessories\u202fare\u202fclearly\u202flucrative markets for football clubs,\u202fwith some mini home kits selling for more than \u00a350.\u202fIt\u2019s a lot of money for something they\u2019ll grow out of very quickly!\u2019\u202f \u202f <\/p>\n
Liverpool fans would appear to be more committed to raising their youngsters as \u2018Reds\u2019, with almost 5,000 die-hard parents searching for baby products every month month.<\/p>\n
This is nearly 50 per cent more than Manchester United, who are in second place with 3,250 average searches per month.<\/p>\n
Spare a thought<\/h3>\n
London-based parents supporting Arsenal find themselves the third pushiest, googling products from their club\u2019s baby collection 3,240 times a month. The Gooners easily beat fierce rivals, Spurs, whose 870 searches mean they occupy eighth place. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, current Premier League table-toppers, Manchester City, find themselves way of the pace in the baby stakes, logging a paltry monthly average of just 490 searches. <\/p>\n
But while Pep Guardiola\u2019s side might have work to do to catch up with their Anfield and Old Trafford rivals, spare a thought for perennial league strugglers Fulham (40 searches), Brighton (30 searches), and Southampton (20 searches).<\/p>\n
The Saints\u2019 official store may offer a wide range of infant products, but it seems fans are keeping their dribblers at home separate from those on the pitch. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For many fans, football isn\u2019t just a sport \u2013 it\u2019s a way of life. But should it be a \u2018given\u2019 that your children support the same team as you? Published today, a new study reveals fans of Premier League clubs like to keep things in the family \u2013 and the \u2018indoctrination\u2019 starts early as footie-mad […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":692,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-free-content","category-homepage"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/692"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8256"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8353,"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8256\/revisions\/8353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}