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Football fan engagement

This survey assumes you support a UK football team and are aged 18 or over. If this does not apply, thank you for your interest but unfortunately you do not qualify for this survey.
1.What is your age?(Required.)
2.What is your gender?(Required.)
3.Please state the main football team you support?(Required.)
4.If you support any other team/s please list below.
5.How many live professional football matches for the main team you support have you attended in the past year?(Required.)
6.Which social media platforms do you use? (please select all that apply)(Required.)
7.Thinking of the main team you support which of the below applies to your usage on the various platforms?
General news applications eg BBC Sport, Sky Sports
Team account/page
Individual players accounts/pages
Club specific fan accounts/groups/pages
Fan accounts/groups/pages eg Sportsbible
Journalist accounts/pages
Governing bodies eg Premier League, FIFA, The FA, EFL
N/A
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Snapchat
YouTube
Subscription Emails
8.Thinking of the other team/s you support which of the below applies to your usage on the various platforms?
General news applications eg BBC Sport, Sky Sports
Team account/page
Individual players accounts/pages
Club specific fan accounts/groups/pages
Fan accounts/groups/pages eg Sportsbible
Journalist accounts/pages
Governing bodies eg Premier League, FIFA, The FA, EFL
N/A
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Snapchat
YouTube
Subscription Emails
9.When you attend a match which of the following apply to you?
Every match I attend
Majority of matches I attend
Minority of matches I attend
Only at significant/big matches; derby, finals etc
Depends on the opposition
Never
Not available
I buy a programme
I buy a fanzine
I buy a team sheet
I buy club merchandise
I use the clubs social media accounts to see the team/news
I use a third party social media account (eg journalist, sky, bbc etc) to see the team/news
I use the clubs official smart phone application
I use a third party smart phone application
I listen to the radio
10.Does your main club have an official smart phone application?
11.If your main club has an official smart phone application what do you use it for?
12.During the season, on average how often do you engage with your club via social media/club application?
13.During off season (typically June/July), on average how often do you engage with your club via social media/club application?
14.Do you believe your club could do more to engage with you during the season?
15.Do you believe your club could do more to engage with you during the off season period?
16.How likely are you to buy merchandise having seen it on your clubs social media/application?
17.How likely are you to buy matchday tickets having seen them advertised on your clubs social media/application?
18.Thank you for completing the survey, I really appreciate it. As part of this research I will also be conducting some post survey interviews, therefore would be really grateful if you are also able to support me in this, however there is no obligation to do so.

If you are able to participate in an interview please leave your details below and I will be in contact shortly.