Geographical Influences on Football Supporters

This survey aims to determine if geographical factors effect whether or not you support a local or non-local football club. It also aims to highlight any other geographical factors which effect which club you may support, and the level of support you display to your club.

* 1. Would you consider yourself a football fan?

Yes

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* 2. Which football club do you support?

* 3. How would you define "support" in footballing terms?

* 4. Using this definition, how long have you supported the football club which you do?

* 5. Did your family instil your support of this club into you?

Yes

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* 6. On a scale of 1-5, 5 being the highest importance, please rank the following factors as reasons for you supporting the football club which you do.

Moral Reasons	Currently 0/5 1 2 3 4 5
Club Success	Currently 0/5 1 2 3 4 5
Club Beliefs	Currently 0/5 1 2 3 4 5
Location	Currently 0/5 1 2 3 4 5
History	Currently 0/5 1 2 3 4 5
Squad Talent	Currently 0/5 1 2 3 4 5
Style of Football	Currently 0/5 1 2 3 4 5
Political Reasons	Currently 0/5 1 2 3 4 5
Peer Pressure	Currently 0/5 1 2 3 4 5
First Experience	Currently 0/5 1 2 3 4 5
Religious Affiliation	Currently 0/5 1 2 3 4 5
Freedom of Choice	Currently 0/5 1 2 3 4 5

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* 7. When was your first football match? Which two teams played?

* 8. What are your memories of this occasion?

* 9. Did this football match turn you into a football fan?

Yes

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10. If no, what made you become a football fan?

* 11. Is this football match your earliest football memory?

Yes

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12. If no, what is your earliest football memory?

* 13. Is the club you support your local club? (Use the term ‘Local’ as having a 20mile radius from your place of birth or where you now live).

Yes

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* 14. Do you support more than one football club?

Yes

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15. If yes, which team(s) and why?

16. Is this a second team which is inferior to your first team, or do you support both equally?

* 17. Have you ever changed the football club which you support?

Yes

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18. If yes, why?

* 19. Using your personal definition of “support”, would any of the following ever stop you from supporting your team? (Tick all that apply)

Poor Club Management	Decline in Fortunes	Club Relocation
Lack of Success	Relegation	Personal Relocation
Poor Club Ownership	Club Entering Administration	Other (Please specify below)

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If none of the above would stop you supporting your team, please write N/A in the box provided below.

* 20. Do you own a Season Ticket?

Yes

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21. If yes, for how long have you owned it?

* 22. On average, how many home matches do you attend per season? (All competitions)

* 23. On average, how many away matches do you attend per season? (All competitions)

24. What factors, if any, restrict how often you attend football matches?

25. Do you regularly purchase replica football shirts of your club team? (Tick all that apply) If no, leave the question blank.

Home

Away

3rd Kit (If applicable)

Goalkeeper Home

Goalkeeper Away

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26. If you purchase replica shirts, do you wear any of them to football matches? If so, which shirts? (Please specify in the box provided below).

Yes

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* 27. Do you wear your replica shirts in public, outside of matches?

Yes

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28. Does your clubs replica shirt(s) have any significant meaning to you? (Tick all that apply) Please feel free to explain your choice(s) in the box provided below.

Pride	Glory
Passion	Love
Success	Other (Please specify below)

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* 29. Have you ever purchased a replica football shirt of another football team?

Yes

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30. If yes, why?

* 31. Do you purchase any official club merchandise except from replica football shirts?

Yes

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* 32. Are any of your immediate family (Parents, siblings, children) football fans?

Yes

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33. If yes, do they support the same club as yourself?

Yes

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* 34. Do any of your immediate family own a Season Ticket?

Yes

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If yes, which members?

* 35. On average, how many football matches do your immediately family attend per season?

* 36. What level of support, if any, do you have for your National football team?

Attend many matches

Attend matches if they are played locally

Watch all matches on television (when applicable)

Watch some matches

Watch only when participating in major tournaments

Rarely watch

Never watch

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* 37. Which National football team do you support?

* 38. Is this National football team the country of your birth?

Yes

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39. Is this National football team the country of your nationality?

Yes

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* 40. Do you feel as much affiliation to your National football team as your club football team? Please feel free to explain your answer in the box provided below.

Yes

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* 41. Do you purhcase replica football shirts of your National football team?

Yes

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* 42. On a scale of 1-5, please rank how much you agree with the following statements.
(1 = Strongly Agree. 2 = Agree. 3 = Neither. 4 = Disagree. 5 = Strongly Disagree).

	Strongly Agree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
I love my football club.
I would never turn my back on my football club.
I would never support another football club.
You must attend all games to be classified as a true supporter.
As a supporter, you must wear a replica shirt to all matches which you attend.
You should support a local team.
The team you support is a free choice.
I would instil football and the club I support into my children.
The dominance of the “Big Four” in the English Premier League is persuading people to support non local clubs.
I believe that club always comes before country when football is concerned.
I would prefer to see my club win their league title rather than my country win the World Cup.
I only follow my national team at major tournaments.
International friendlies throughout the league season are pointless.
Professional footballers should be paid for playing for their country, in the same way cricketers are.
Professional footballers should always be proud to wear the shirt of their club.
Professional footballers should always be proud to wear the shirt of their country.
Football plays a major role in my life.
I eat, drink, sleep and breathe football.
Corporate boxes for sponsors at football stadia, should be replaced with more seating for football fans of the club playing at that stadium.
Broadcasting rights, sponsorship deals, high transfer fees and excessive wages are ruining the beautiful game.

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* 43. What gender are you?

Male

Female

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* 44. Which age group do you fall into?

16-25

26-40

41-50

51-64

65-74

74+

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* 45. What is your current employment status? (Tick all that apply)

Employed - Full Time

Employed - Part Time

Self Employed

Student - Full Time

Student - Part Time

Apprenticeship

Unemployed

Sabbatical

Sick leave

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46. Please tell me about your current or previous occupation.

* 47. What is your country & place of birth?

* 48. Is this your current place of residence?

Yes

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49. If no, where is your current place of residence?

* 50. How long have you lived in your current place of residence?

* 51. When people ask you where you are from, do you reply with any of the following? (Please tick all that apply).

Country of Birth	Country of Residence
County of Birth	County of Residence
Town/City of Birth	Town/City of Residence
Other term for place of residence (Please state in the box provided below)

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* 52. Would you like to be considered for a follow up interview?

Yes

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53. If yes, please leave a contact e-mail address. The selection process for follow up interviews will be a random sampling technique. All information will remain 100% confidential and anonymous. Your details will not be distributed to any other sources, and once the research is complete, your details will be erased.