Bias

Match Report Bias League
Like most newspapers and TV stations I do favour certain teams over others for various reasons, so if I was doing a match report I would tend to see it from a certain point of view.
I've tried to work out a league table of my bias to explain why I've seen certain incidents in a particular way.

Favourites
West Ham - The team I've supported all my life and been to see all over the country on hundreds of occasions (although not recently I admit).
They can do no wrong in my eyes.

Also liked but not supported
Manchester Utd - Always liked them except against the Hammers, Probably down to only knowing 2 teams when I was a kid - Hammers and Man U.
Aston Villa - Again always had a soft spot for them, something to do with the colours?
Everton - Hard to explain, possibly because all the good scouses I know and have met always seem to be Everton fans.

The following teams fall into the category of don't like or dislike them, I'll support any of them in some games.
Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, Derby County, Fulham, Manchester City, Middlesbrough, Portsmouth and Reading.

The following teams are disliked, usually for a reason
Newcastle Utd - The petrol bomb incident at St James park in the seventies.
Sunderland - Mainly due to one irratating bloke although a mate of many years, he's in your face every day if Sunderland are doing well and won't talk if they've been having a nightmare :)
Birmingham City - When Steve Bruce was manager it was easy to hate them as he's a complete tosspot, other than that I just never liked their ground.
Wigan Athletic - The Steve Bruce effect and Mr Two faced Whelan.
Tottenham Hotspur - It's a rivalry thing. Also if you meet an obnoxious Londoner there is a high probability he's a Tottenham fan.
Liverpool - So many reasons to hate them, probably since my first visit to Anfield in the Seventies when on the walk to the ground lumps of concrete were dropped on us from a bridge by their "fans" narrowly missing killing someone, one of many unprovoked attacks and injuries I have suffered watching my team against Liverpool.
Truly the worst fans in the country who due to the amount of Liverpool fans in the press and TV seem to avoid the tags that are given to teams like Millwall and Leeds?
I could go on forever....... but rant over.