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 597 1499
39.8%
Daily Telegraph 797 2418
33.0%
Daily Record 298 924
32.3%
The Times 614 1965
31.2%
The Scotsman 11 38
28.9%
The Herald 24 83
28.9%
The Independent 346 1220
28.4%
Daily Mail 2289 9052
25.3%
Daily Mirror 2945 13020
22.6%
Daily Star 1103 5137
21.5%

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 1.92
News Of The World 1.75
The Sun 1.55
Daily Mail 1.33
The People 1.17
Daily Star 0.76
The Express 0.67
Daily Telegraph 0.36
The Times 0.29
The Guardian 0.22

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 (31K votes)

The Herald

3.4 (535 votes)

The Times

3.3 (41K votes)

Metro

3.3 (49K votes)

Daily Telegraph

3.3 (48K votes)

News Of The World

3.3 (40K votes)

Daily Mail

3.3 (185K votes)

Daily Mirror

3.3 (257K 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.