Club versus Country? A study into football fan loyalty

[fanloyaltystudy]

Hi everyone,

Apologies for clogging up the board, but I am hoping you can help.

I am conducting an academic study into football fan loyalty, in particular looking at loyalties towards both club and national football teams. I am also investigating the role of national identity in this process and have developed a survey (see the below link) to address these issues.

In order to gain a representative sample, four teams have been randomly selected from each of the major four divisions, and your club came out of the hat! I would therefore be hugely grateful if you could donate no more than 10 minutes of your time to completing the survey: it is simple to complete via drop down menus and tick boxes. In order to be eligible to take part you must:

•   Be of English origin;
•   Be at least 18 years of age.

No contact details will be collected and the survey is fully anonymous.

Many thanks for your time and I promise not to start any other threads to clog up your message board. The survey can be accessed at:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/fanloyaltysurvey

Cheers,

David

[Crispy]

•   Be of English origin;

Racist!

[flammableBen]

Done!.

Some of the wording of the subjects with negatives in (I will not change my team) had me double checking if I'd got agree/disagree the right way round, but that's partly because it's a bit early.

[flammableBen]

Racist!

Crispy doesn't really understand the concept of racism
Strongly Disagree                                      Strongly Agree
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[pauld]

Crispy doesn't really understand concepts
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Fixed it for you

[Crispy]

I was joking guys, really?

[flammableBen]

I was deadly serious?

[Crispy]

I was deadly serious?

Not sure if you were but Paul probally was! Fancy a pint before a game soon?

[pauld]

Not sure if you were but Paul probally was!

Not really, just too good an opportunity to resist? Why are we all asking questions?

[flammableBen]

Yeah. When are we at home next?

[herthab]

Doing that survey just highlighted to me how little I really care about the England football team in comparison to Swindon. Not that I didn't know it already, just reinforced it.

I am obviously not a patriot and therefore would be unable to go on a cuddly toy picnic (Or something, or nothing)

[pauld]

Doing that survey just highlighted to me how little I really care about the England football team in comparison to Swindon

Same here. It also highlighted to me that while Swindon are a source of (probably misplaced) pride for me, the England team just make me embarrassed on and off the pitch

[Crispy]

Yeah. When are we at home next?

4th December Sheffield Wednesday bud.

[Bewster]

5. If you have any additional comments on any of the subjects covered in the survey, please feel free to leave them in the box below.

Swindon til I die.

[flammableBen]

5. If you have any additional comments on any of the subjects covered in the survey, please feel free to leave them in the box below.

Swindon til I die.

Fucking partimer, Swindon afterlife