Here football transfer league shows you the stats behind all those rumours that the papers produce. Currently showing paper accuracy and average rumours produced (per day). Any interesting statistics that you think we are missing, please drop us a line.

Rumour Accuracy

Source Correct Total Num Accuracy
The Guardian 639 1589
40.2%
Daily Telegraph 890 2652
33.6%
Daily Record 309 942
32.8%
The Times 667 2099
31.8%
The Scotsman 11 38
28.9%
The Independent 378 1307
28.9%
The Herald 24 84
28.6%
Daily Mail 2438 9573
25.5%
Daily Mirror 3037 13295
22.8%
Daily Star 1126 5177
21.8%

Info: Figures are based on all rumours we have that have been resolved (player has transfered or signed a new contract). FTL rumour data goes back to the start of summer 2006 transfer window.

Rumours Per Day

Rumour Source Num Rumours
Daily Mirror 1.79
News Of The World 1.60
The Sun 1.48
Daily Mail 1.29
The People 1.07
Daily Star 0.70
The Express 0.62
Daily Telegraph 0.36
The Times 0.28
The Guardian 0.21

Info: On average how many rumours do each rumour source produce a day. Again using all rumours from the start of summer 2006 transfer window.

User Rating

Rumour Source User Rating
The Guardian

3.4 (32K votes)

The Herald

3.4 (539 votes)

Metro

3.3 (49K votes)

The Times

3.3 (41K votes)

News Of The World

3.3 (40K votes)

Daily Telegraph

3.3 (49K votes)

Daily Mirror

3.3 (258K votes)

Daily Mail

3.3 (187K votes)

The Independent

3.3 (23K votes)

The People

3.2 (21K votes)

Info: This is the average of the user rating for rumours produced by the football rumour source.