YouGov have released some research that claims to paint a broad picture of the average Newcastle United fan, claiming to pinpoint the key personality traits, behaviours and tastes that go into making the Toon Army tick. Some things aren't that surprising - the typical age demographic, the job types, the left-wing politics and the attraction to eating Greggs... But others seem to suggest that someone has been tampering with the data. Quite frankly the idea that the almost 1000 people polled were in fact real Newcastle United fans - or indeed actual real life people - is hard to take when you get an overall picture of a rice-pudding eating, jigsaw puzzle loving fan of Michael Douglas, Mr T and Taylor Swift. So, let's dig a little deeper into the "data" and look at the most surprising things that supposedly define us all as Newcastle fans...
12. You "Simply Don't Understand Vegetarians"
Under the personality section, for some reason there's a quote that suggests that the North East - a region known for its commitment to allotments and self-sustaining vegetable growing - is intolerant of vegetarians. Or that they don't know what one is. In the interest of full disclosure, a vegetarian doesn't eat any meat or meat products. Unless they're one of those liar ones that eats fish. And bacon. And the occasional veal sandwich.
11. You Love Cheesy Chips
This will come as something of a shock to those Geordies who like to take the p*ss out of Sunderland fans for eating cheesy chips and drinking blue pop as their staple diet. Not entirely sure where that image came from, but it endures.
