Country: England
Player:Rice
In addition to the difference between fans going to matches and not there is of course the difference between non-match going fans watching Arsenal on TV and fans that join various online communities with an Arsenal bend on them. In the latter group you will get just about everything. From A-M posters who on the whole just want to talk about Arsenal with someone, to the low lives that harass players like Xhaka, Ramsdale etc. on social media.
I wouldn't m ind a poll though like what @Barry suggests. I am fairly sure the large majority would view themselves as supporters.
I agree with you.
One of the things I've found most enjoyable about this forum is realising how diverse our fanbase is geographically.
Before coming to A-M I'd probably have considered the 'real' Arsenal fans to be from London or at least the UK.
Getting to speak to people from the Middle East, Australia, Eastern Europe etc has kind of made me realise how wrong I was. It's kind of easy for me to go to the Emirates a few times a year and Arsenal are kind of a part of the sporting fabric of the UK, so it's quite easy for me to be a fan.
People who live further afield where Arsenal aren't a big part of the culture, or who have to get up at silly o'clock just to watch us play are pretty cool to me. Shows great commitment.