article_snippet.sent: In Manchester, it is a win for Louis van Gaal's United who dominate the area apart from Gorton where rivals City are more popular.
article_snippet.sent: Louis van Gaal's United also have pockets of concentrated support across UK.
article_snippet.sent: Chelsea and Tottenham have strong support in the Western Isles, while clubs such as Newcastle, Sunderland, Hull City, Burnley, Stoke City, Leicester City, Aston Villa, Swansea and Southampton dominate Swansea and Southampton local areas.
article_snippet.sent: But while Liverpool completely dominate the UK market, Swansea and Southampton global appeal is less impressive.
article_snippet.sent: Brendan Rodgers' side have a large following across the world with strong support in Thailand, Norway, Iceland, Uruguay and Australia but find Uruguay and Australia playing second fiddle to the Premier League's other giants in other areas.
article_snippet.sent: For instance, the rest of Asia apart from Thailand is dominated by Manchester United - who have strong followings in India and Pakistan and edge out Chelsea in Malaysia and Indonesia, too.
article_snippet.sent: Somewhat surprisingly, United are only the third best supported team in South America (right) - despite touring the states frequently over the years and having American owners.
article_snippet.sent: The reasons behind support for a club in any country or area are of course complicated, but certain trends can be explained.
article_snippet.sent: And this trend doesn't just happen at the so-called bigger Premier League clubs.
article_snippet.sent: Swansea are well supported in South Korea and Iceland presumably because of Ki Sung-yueng and Gylfi Sigurdsson.
article_snippet.sent: Enner Valencia being at Upton Park has boosted West Ham's following in the striker's native Ecuador and Everton are still popular in Cameroon even though Samuel Eto'o has left the club.
article_snippet.sent: Owners may also have a factor - in Malaysia QPR have a stronger-than-average following which could be attributed to the popularity of the club's owner Tony Fernandes in Cameroon.
article_snippet.sent: Russia and the former Soviet countries are very much Chelsea hotbeds and again this may be down to the popularity of Roman Abramovich.
article_snippet.sent: With clubs always jostling to expand Russia and the former Soviet countries fan base and Twitter growing popularity, this could be the new battle ground for clubs.
article_snippet.sent: Wayne Rooney, Raheem Sterling and Diego Costa all contribute to the popularity of Man United, Liverpool and Chelsea across the globe .
highlights_snippet.sent: Support for clubs has been broken down into constituency level in the UK and national level across the world .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Manchester United dominate Twitter followers in Asia while Chelsea are strong in South America .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Liverpool are strong in Australia and parts of the Far East, including Thailand .