Knit Your Own Football Strip To Beat The January Freeze

As the rest of the country starts to freeze and pulls on multiple layers of thermal underwear, insulating gloves and scarves – Geordie football fans aren’t even chilly.

A survey of 2,000 football fans and found out that weather-hardened Newcastle United fans are the most at risk of hypothermia on match day; closely followed by the fans of bitter rivals Sunderland with third place going to the definitely-not-from-London Man United fans.

Thankfully, William Hill are protecting the footy fans of the North East from the elements with the introduction of knitted football kits

The snazzy woollen jerseys may not be in the club shop just yet but the bookies have included a handy guide to knitting your own kit at home.

The English Premiership’s most weather-hardened football fans are revealed as:

The English Premiership’s most weather-hardened football fans are revealed as:
1. Newcastle United – 48%
2. Sunderland – 28%
3. Manchester United – 23%
4. Liverpool – 18%
5. Hull City – 10%
6. Stoke City – 10%
7. Burnley – 9%
8. Manchester City – 8%
9. Everton – 5%
10. Swansea City – 4%

 Dig out those knitting needles and get to work!