Survey Reveals Kerry People Really Don’t Want England To Win Euros

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KERRY people are amongst the least likely in the country to support England in their bid to win Euro 2020, according to a survey conducted by a leading bookmakers.

Ahead of England’s crucial Euro 2020 semi-final on Wednesday evening, Paddy Power commissioned a survey to unearth exactly how Irish fans feel about supporting our near neighbours as they look to win their first international tournament since 1966.

Paddy Power’s #SaveOurGame poll revealed that just 16% of Kerry people surveyed want the English side to succeed, the joint-fourth lowest in the country.

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It also revealed majority of people in Tipperary (52%) want to see England win the tournament, with Roscommon (45%), Fermanagh (45%), Antrim (44%), Laois (42%) and Louth (40%) the only other counties in Ireland where over 40% will shout for Southgate’s men.

On the flip side, Cavan is the most adverse to England going all the way, with just 9% of those polled admitting they will cheer on the Three Lions.

The people of Sligo (14%), Donegal (15%), Wexford (16%) and Kerry (16%) are also hesitant to raise the St. George’s cross for the remainder of the tournament.

67% of Irish Premier League fans do not want to see England succeed, while
Italy are the squad Irish fans want to see take the title.

In the survey of over 1,000 people conducted via pollsters Bounce Insights, 26% admitted they want to see it happen, while the remaining 74% hope England will falter before or at the final.

One fifth of Dubliners (20%) hope to see Sterling and the boys do the business, while in Cork more than a third (34%) are getting behind them.

Elsewhere, less Social Democrat voters (16%) want England to win when compared to Sinn Féin voters (25%), whereas a chunky 33% of Labour voters wouldn’t be averse to seeing celebrations on the streets of London after Sunday’s final, assuming they make it that far.

In terms of Irish sports fans, soccer supporters (31%) are the most in favour of seeing the Henri Delaunay Trophy being lifted by Harry Kane, followed by Hurling fans (29%) and Rugby fans (24%) with Gaelic Football fans bringing up the rear at 19%.

Intriguingly, only 33% of people who admit to supporting Premier League clubs most weekends will back England. See the county breakdown below…

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