Football Census

[Wossi]

1. What football team do you support?
   Newcastle Utd
   
2. Who is your local football team?
   Hinckley Utd
   
3. Do you support any other clubs?
   I have a soft spot for Leicester having lived down here for most of my life.
   
4. Are you a season ticket holder? If so where at?
   Nope. Too expensive for Newcastle, plus the travelling form Leicester to Newcastle would end up costing a bomb.
   
5. Whats the best stadium you have been to?
   Only been to a couple, so will have to say St James Park.
   
6. Do you put your club or country first?
   Depends what mood I'm in and if it's a meaningless friendly or not. Generally speaking, most of the time it's country.
   
7. Do you think enough is being done for youth football in this country?
   I honestly have no idea.
   
8. Do you think the Premier League is the best in the world? If not which is?
   Can't say I watch enough of any other leagues.
   
9. Do you think the ammount of foreign players are damaging the English set up?
   Not really, I'd say it's more of a money problem and possibly how the youth setup is.
   
10. Do you think football violence is a problem in England?
    I've only been to a few matches and there's never been a spot of bother.
    
11. Is debt in football a problem?
    Yes, which is why I hate saying this, but I *sort* of agree with what Mike Ashley is doing at Newcastle, getting the club out of debt and allowing it to make a profit without outside help.
    
12. Which leagues do you watch?
    Premiership, La Liga once in a blue moon, Championship once in a blue moon.
    
13. Watching football, Live or on the television?
    Live > tv, unless I have no choice. Which is most of the time.
    
14. Who's the best player you've seen play?
    If you mean actually seen play in front of you and not on the tv, then I don't know.
    
15. Whats your pet hate in football?
    Either play acting or inconsistent refereeing.
    
16. Who don't you like in football?
    The current chairman of NUFC.
    
17. Whats the biggest thing holding back English football? The F.A.? FIFA? The Premier League? Debt? other?
    A combination of debt and not enough good England youth players getting a break.
    
18. Do you feel like a fan? or a customer? when watching / supporting your club?
    Most of the time a fan except lately when it's more of a mug.
    

 

[SRCMAN]

1.Everton
2.Bootle FC
3.No
4.No
5.Goodison Park
6.Club
7.No. The French and Germans are better.
8.No. La Liga edges it for me.
9.Yes. Cheap **** foreigners get a chance more than young homegrown talent.
10.Not really.
11.No. Just run the club properly in the first place.
12.Prem, Championship and La Liga.
13.Depends.
14.Dennis Bergkamp.
15.Man Utd and the press jumping up and down every Euro Champ or World Cup........FIFA.......COONTS!!!!!!!!!!
16.Roy Keane, Alex Ferguson, Steven Gerrard, Stephen Ireland, El Haj Diouf. Sam Allardyce, Mike Ashley.
17.The FA and the press.
18.Fan.

 

[guyfawkes5]

Just read 4 4 2

Thought we could do something similar

Please answer with the truth;

1. What football team do you support? Manchester United
2. Who is your local football team? Cork City, if it is indicative to their situation their name might change in the next few months as they are under administration and have to reform
3. Do you support any other clubs? I have an affinity for Fiorentina, shame they seem to be going down the pan after their manager left them for the national job
4. Are you a season ticket holder? If so where at? No
5. Whats the best stadium you have been to? Probably Croke Park to be honest, the facilities did seem far above par when I was there a couple of times
6. Do you put your club or country first? Country, although the situation may dictate otherwise
7. Do you think enough is being done for youth football in this country? I don't think enough is being done for youth
8. Do you think the Premier League is the best in the world? If not which is? Probably, second would go to Spain even though I rarely have the patience to watch anything beyond highlights
9. Do you think the ammount of foreign players are damaging the English set up? I don't see how they do anything other than improve it
10. Do you think football violence is a problem in England? Couldn't comment
11. Is debt in football a problem? Any modern institution needs credit to survive, the problem comes with the level of debt
12. Which leagues do you watch? English, occasionally German as it can be quite entertaining to the neutral eye
13. Watching football, Live or on the television? Obviously live, but expense comes into the that consideration
14. Who's the best player you've seen play? Probably Zidane in '98, but that's mostly because I can't really pick out any noticable performances from the live stuff I've seen right now
15. Whats your pet hate in football? Play-acting, not just for the obvious irritation of juvenile deception, but it actually acts as a stereotype preventing others from getting into football in my experience
16. Who don't you like in football? Sepp Blatter, Roy Keane, Harry Redknapp, Man City, although the last is slowly being replaced by delirious Spurs fans
17. Whats the biggest thing holding back English football? The F.A.? FIFA? The Premier League? Debt? other? Nothing's holding it back, the Premier League is even looking at expanding into the rest of the world with the whole '39th game' business
18. Do you feel like a fan? or a customer? when watching / supporting your club? A fan when United play, a customer when I look at the amount of zeros on the ticket

Just a few questions, please reply

 

[Uriel]

1. What football team do you support? Sheffield Wednesday
2. Who is your local football team? Sheffield United is technically nearest
3. Do you support any other clubs? No
4. Are you a season ticket holder? If so where at? Not for about 14 years.
5. Whats the best stadium you have been to? Hillsborough and Don Valley (current Rotherham Utd) are the only ones I've been to.
6. Do you put your club or country first? Club
7. Do you think enough is being done for youth football in this country? No
8. Do you think the Premier League is the best in the world? If not which is? Yeah, probably.
9. Do you think the ammount of foreign players are damaging the English set up? I think confining England player selection to the top division is damaging the England setup. Glad to see Jay Boothroyd make an appearance.
10. Do you think football violence is a problem in England? Yes.
11. Is debt in football a problem? Definitely.
12. Which leagues do you watch? League 1, Premiership
13. Watching football, Live or on the television? Both.
14. Who's the best player you've seen play? Chris Waddle
15. Whats your pet hate in football? Unsustainable business models
16. Who don't you like in football? Ken Bates
17. Whats the biggest thing holding back English football? The F.A.? FIFA? The Premier League? Debt? other? Style of play not encouraging technical skill.
18. Do you feel like a fan? or a customer? when watching / supporting your club? Fan

 

[FrankJH]

Just read 4 4 2

Thought we could do something similar

Please answer with the truth;

1. What football team do you support? Man Utd
2. Who is your local football team?Millwall
3. Do you support any other clubs?No
4. Are you a season ticket holder? If so where at?No
5. Whats the best stadium you have been to?Old Trafford
6. Do you put your club or country first?Club
7. Do you think enough is being done for youth football in this country?No
8. Do you think the Premier League is the best in the world? If not which is?One of the best - different leagues have different attributes that compliment them
9. Do you think the ammount of foreign players are damaging the English set up?No - The more better players there are in the EPL the better
10. Do you think football violence is a problem in England? No - but there should be no tollerance for anything (like at the Villa? game the other week)
11. Is debt in football a problem?Huge - no club should be allowed to be purchaed with debt,
12. Which leagues do you watch? EPL, Championship, La Liga,
13. Watching football, Live or on the television?Both
14. Who's the best player you've seen play?Ronaldo
15. Whats your pet hate in football?rolling around/exaggerated fouls
16. Who don't you like in football?Murphy
17. Whats the biggest thing holding back English football? The F.A.? FIFA? The Premier League? Debt? other? We just arent good enough - and those that are have the whole country''s hopes piled on their shoulders from an early age by the unforgiving press
18. Do you feel like a fan? or a customer? when watching / supporting your club?
    Bit of both

 

[molinari]

What football team do you support?
Chelsea

Who is your local football team?
AFC Wimbledon

Do you support any other clubs?
No

Are you a season ticket holder? If so where at?
No

Whats the best stadium you have been to?
Wembley (current, not old!)

Do you put your club or country first?
Club always

Do you think enough is being done for youth football in this country?
Yes

Do you think the Premier League is the best in the world? If not which is?
As of the end of the last full season, Yes

Do you think the ammount of foreign players are damaging the English set up?
Yes

Do you think football violence is a problem in England?
No

Is debt in football a problem?
Yes

Which leagues do you watch?
Premiership

Watching football, Live or on the television?
TV

Who's the best player you've seen play?
Ruud Gullit. He came along and effectively changed the way Chelsea passed the ball

Whats your pet hate in football?
Blatant cheating (diving etc), poor refereeing

Who don't you like in football?
SEPP BLATTER, Joey Barton, Alex Ferguson, Wenger, Scholes, Giggs, Gary Neville, Defoe, Gerrard

Whats the biggest thing holding back English football? The F.A.? FIFA? The Premier League? Debt? other?
The old boys money club called FIFA although the FA are pretty good at being incompetent

Do you feel like a fan? or a customer? when watching / supporting your club?
A fan most of the time, occasionally a customer

 

[MikeTimbers]

1. What football team do you support?
Liverpool FC
2. Who is your local football team?
Eltham Town FC
3. Do you support any other clubs?
No
4. Are you a season ticket holder? If so where at?
No
5. Whats the best stadium you have been to?
Anfield
6. Do you put your club or country first?
Club
7. Do you think enough is being done for youth football in this country?
No
8. Do you think the Premier League is the best in the world? If not which is?
Yes
9. Do you think the ammount of foreign players are damaging the English set up?
Yes
10. Do you think football violence is a problem in England?
No
11. Is debt in football a problem?
Yes
12. Which leagues do you watch?
EPL
13. Watching football, Live or on the television?
TV
14. Who's the best player you've seen play?
Dalglish
15. Whats your pet hate in football?
TV breaking up the saturday afternoon. I loved it when all the games were played at the same time. Getting all the day's results together was great.
16. Who don't you like in football?
No-one
17. Whats the biggest thing holding back English football? The F.A.? FIFA? The Premier League? Debt? other?
TV
18. Do you feel like a fan? or a customer? when watching / supporting your club?
Fan

 

[HangTime]

Just read 4 4 2

Thought we could do something similar

Please answer with the truth;

1. What football team do you support?
   Arsenal
2. Who is your local football team?
   Nobody anyone would have heard of
3. Do you support any other clubs?
   Depends how you define support, I occasionaly go to watch Salisbury City and Southampton
4. Are you a season ticket holder? If so where at?
   Nope but I hold a membership at Emirates and attend every Saturday 3pm game
5. Whats the best stadium you have been to?
   Emirates
6. Do you put your club or country first?
   Neither
7. Do you think enough is being done for youth football in this country?
   Probably - don't really know enough to comment
8. Do you think the Premier League is the best in the world? If not which is?
   Yes
9. Do you think the ammount of foreign players are damaging the English set up?
   Possibly, but nowhere near as much as is made out
10. Do you think football violence is a problem in England?
    No
11. Is debt in football a problem?
    Yes
12. Which leagues do you watch?
    Premiership, Champions League
13. Watching football, Live or on the television?
    Both
14. Who's the best player you've seen play?
    On TV, Paolo Maldini. In the flesh, Ashley Cole.
15. Whats your pet hate in football?
    Defenders shepherding the ball out for a goalkick
16. Who don't you like in football?
    Alan Pardew
17. Whats the biggest thing holding back English football? The F.A.? FIFA? The Premier League? Debt? other?
    Media hype
18. Do you feel like a fan? or a customer? when watching / supporting your club?
    Fan

Just a few questions, please reply

 

[CliffyG]

1. Arsenal
2. Currently Cambridge
3. No
4. No
5. Emirates
6. Club
7. At some clubs yes
8. Yes
9. No
10. No
11. Only for clubs who cant pay it off!
12. Prem only
13. Both
14. Thierry Henry
15. Stoke's long throw ins / the towel
16. Blatter / Platini
17. is it being held back?????
18. Fan

 

[Tombstone]

What football team do you support?
Liverpool

Who is your local football team?
A non-league side

Do you support any other clubs?
No, but I do have a soft spot for Nottingham Forest

Are you a season ticket holder? If so where at?
No

Whats the best stadium you have been to?
Old Wembley

Do you put your club or country first?
Club

Do you think enough is being done for youth football in this country?
No

Do you think the Premier League is the best in the world? If not which is?
I dont think any league is the best, each has its own pros and cons and it pretty much balances out one way or another

Do you think the ammount of foreign players are damaging the English set up?
Not as such, I think that the number of foreign players is a symptom of what is the actual cause of damage to the English set up, rather than the cause itself

Do you think football violence is a problem in England?
Not really, its nothing compared to what it once was

Is debt in football a problem?
Yes

Which leagues do you watch?
English leagues, Spanish and on occasion the German

Watching football, Live or on the television?
These days its TV

Who's the best player you've seen play?
Tough to say, how do I compare a defender to a forward or a midfielder to a goalkeeper. The best player I have seen in defence will have different attributes to the best player I have seen in attack for instance.

Whats your pet hate in football?
I have two pet hates, diving and taking the ball to the corner flag to run down the clock

Who don't you like in football?
Ryan Babel, Wayne Rooney, Didier Drogba and Cristiano Ronaldo, amongst others.

Whats the biggest thing holding back English football? The F.A.? FIFA? The Premier League? Debt? other?
Other - A lack of skill. In time and with the right methods perhaps we could nuture and expand on our childrens skills, but currently we are held back because we simply arent good enough, no matter how many times we beat Kyjerkistan 5-0

Do you feel like a fan? or a customer? when watching / supporting your club?
I'm a customer , purchasing some entertainment, although of late the entertainment has been quite thin on the ground

 

[Wardyp]

1. What football team do you support? Bradford City
2. Who is your local football team? Bradford City
3. Do you support any other clubs? No
4. Are you a season ticket holder? If so where at? Yes, Bradford City £150
5. Whats the best stadium you have been to? Old Trafford
6. Do you put your club or country first? Club
7. Do you think enough is being done for youth football in this country? No
8. Do you think the Premier League is the best in the world? If not which is? Yes
9. Do you think the amount of foreign players are damaging the English set up? Yes
10. Do you think football violence is a problem in England? Yes but not as bad as the media make out
11. Is debt in football a problem? Yes
12. Which leagues do you watch? League 2, Premier League (MOTD)
13. Watching football, Live or on the television? Live, TV
14. Who's the best player you've seen play? Chris Waddle, Beni Carbone
15. Whats your pet hate in football? Cheating, diving, excessive time wasting. Fans that think there club is too big to go down/be in a certain division
16. Who don't you like in football? LEEDS, Joey Barton, Steve Claridge
17. Whats the biggest thing holding back English football? The F.A.? FIFA? The Premier League? Debt? other? F.A & Premier League
18. Do you feel like a fan? or a customer? when watching / supporting your club? Fan

 

[VonClinkerhofen]

What football team do you support? Sunderland
Who is your local football team? Sunderland
Do you support any other clubs? Not really
Are you a season ticket holder? Yes
If so where at? SoL
Whats the best stadium you have been to? In this country I like Man City, abroad probably Roma
Do you put your club or country first? Club every time
Do you think enough is being done for youth football in this country? I have no idea
Do you think the Premier League is the best in the world? If not which is? La Liga
Do you think the ammount of foreign players are damaging the English set up? I don't care about England at all
Do you think football violence is a problem in England? If you want a fight you can find one but it's not a problem
Is debt in football a problem? Yes
Which leagues do you watch? Any on tv (freeview only)
Watching football, Live or on the television? Live
Who's the best player you've seen play? Fransesco Totti
Whats your pet hate in football? Halftime entertainment
Who don't you like in football? Alan Shearer
Whats the biggest thing holding back English football? The F.A.? FIFA? The Premier League? Debt? other? it's not being held back
Do you feel like a fan? or a customer? when watching / supporting your club? a fan

 

[Drawoh Tesremos]

What football team do you support? - Tottenham Hotspur
Who is your local football team? - Alsager Town
Do you support any other clubs? - none other than above two
Are you a season ticket holder? If so where at? - no
Whats the best stadium you have been to? - for a match, Emirates. for a stadium tour, Stade de France, closely followed by Nou Camp
Do you put your club or country first? - generally, club
Do you think enough is being done for youth football in this country? - there is plenty, but not always publicised well enough
Do you think the Premier League is the best in the world? If not which is? - best that i've experienced
Do you think the ammount of foreign players are damaging the English set up? - yes
Do you think football violence is a problem in England? - not as much as it used to be
Is debt in football a problem? - yes
Which leagues do you watch? - premier league occasionally, northwest counties league frequently
Watching football, Live or on the television? - both
Who's the best player you've seen play? - live, Danny Blanchflower. on tv Zidane
Whats your pet hate in football? - the continual criticism by the uk media, particularly of the england manager. this started, in my experience with criticism of Alf Ramsey, and has got steadily worse since
Who don't you like in football? - at present, FIFA (and the Sunday Times reporter)
Whats the biggest thing holding back English football? The F.A.? FIFA? The Premier League? Debt? other? - probably a combination of all, including the media
Do you feel like a fan? or a customer? when watching / supporting your club? - fan

 

[VonClinkerhofen]

2. Whats the best stadium you have been to?
   Ewood Park.

I think this is taking club loyalty a bit far. Unless you've never been anywhere else.

 

[Wryel]

1. What football team do you support? Spurs
2. Who is your local football team? Arsenal unfortunately
3. Do you support any other clubs? I keep an eye on a couple for various reasons (friends, places I used to live) but I wouldn't say I support them
4. Are you a season ticket holder? If so where at? No - wouldn't have the time or money even if I was offered the chance! Member though
5. Whats the best stadium you have been to? Old Wembley
6. Do you put your club or country first? Club
7. Do you think enough is being done for youth football in this country? Yes, but possibly could be done differently to be more effective
8. Do you think the Premier League is the best in the world? If not which is? Yes
9. Do you think the ammount of foreign players are damaging the English set up? No, the Premiership would be weaker without them so the English players left would not be as challenged.
10. Do you think football violence is a problem in England? It's still present but I never see it at games so no.
11. Is debt in football a problem? If a club goes under there are plenty of other clubs that will take their place - fans are good at starting new clubs too. Obviously it's sad to see old clubs die but sometimes these things happen.
12. Which leagues do you watch? Pretty much just the Premiership
13. Watching football, Live or on the television? Live but I get something different out of TV so both are good.
14. Who's the best player you've seen play? Probably Berbatov when he was good (i.e. at Spurs)
15. Whats your pet hate in football?Poor standard of commentating
16. Who don't you like in football?Simulation of injuries and/or diving
17. Whats the biggest thing holding back English football? The F.A.? FIFA? The Premier League? Debt? other? Money from the Premiership means that international football means less
18. Do you feel like a fan? or a customer? when watching / supporting your club?a fan.

 

[crackerman]

What football team do you support? Spurs

Who is your local football team? Exeter City

Do you support any other clubs? Exeter City

Are you a season ticket holder? If so where at? No

Whats the best stadium you have been to? Wembley (New)

Do you put your club or country first? Country

Do you think enough is being done for youth football in this country? No

Do you think the Premier League is the best in the world? If not which is? Yes and no, Spanish has the best quality/best players/ Premier most exciting, best to watch.

Do you think the ammount of foreign players are damaging the English set up? Yes

Do you think football violence is a problem in England? No

Is debt in football a problem? Yes

Which leagues do you watch? Prem/champ/league one, and La liga

Watching football, Live or on the television? Prefer to watch Live, in reality mostly I watch it on TV

Who's the best player you've seen play? Live? Paul Scholes.

Whats your pet hate in football? Passive/ defensive play. Think Man City/ most Italian footy.

Who don't you like in football? Wenger

Whats the biggest thing holding back English football? The F.A.? FIFA? The Premier League? Debt? other? F.A and Premier league

Do you feel like a fan? or a customer? when watching / supporting your club? A fan when watching my local club Exeter, rarely watch Spurs other than on sky so a customer in that respect, but I mostly play footy weekends, and dont get to watch much.

 

[manic111]

1. What football team do you support? Liverpool

2. Who is your local football team? Birthplace - Arsenal, Currently - Birmingham City / Aston Villa / WBA

3. Do you support any other clubs? Got a soft spot for Arsenal

4. Are you a season ticket holder? If so where at? Worcestershire County Cricket Club...

5. Whats the best stadium you have been to? Wembley (old). I also watched a game at a Deportivo Saprissa game in Costa Rica though, atmosphere was amazing...

6. Do you put your club or country first? Club (although I put "football" first. Would rather see a great game than see Liverpool win)

7. Do you think enough is being done for youth football in this country? No

8. Do you think the Premier League is the best in the world? If not which is? No. The Spanish league is the best.

9. Do you think the amount of foreign players are damaging the English set up? Damaging the development of young English players, not damaging the quality of the Premiership.

10. Do you think football violence is a problem in England? Less so than most other countries

11. Is debt in football a problem? Yes

12. Which leagues do you watch? La Liga, Premiership, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

13. Watching football, Live or on the television? On the TV

14. Who's the best player you've seen play? Live - Cantona, TV - Zidane or Messi

15. Whats your pet hate in football? The "Glory glory Man Utd" song. It's pants.

16. Who don't you like in football? Nani, Rafa Benitez, Mark Lawrenson, David Pleat, John Terry, Gary Neville

17. Whats the biggest thing holding back English football? The F.A.? FIFA? The Premier League? Debt? other? The English footballing tradition of pace an power, lack of technical focus

18. Do you feel like a fan? or a customer? when watching / supporting your club? A fan

 

[Loki]

• What football team do you support? Man Utd
• Who is your local football team? Man Utd
• Do you support any other clubs? Yes - Son's local football team
• Are you a season ticket holder? If so where at? No
• Whats the best stadium you have been to? Old Trafford
• Do you put your club or country first? Club
• Do you think enough is being done for youth football in this country? No
• Do you think the Premier League is the best in the world? If not which is? Hard to say, I think the German Bundesliga is really good to watch
• Do you think the ammount of foreign players are damaging the English set up? Yes and No. No if our players can learn better technique from them. Yes if it means bringing in cheap foreign imports with high wage demands at the expense of developing technically good and competitively good English players
• Do you think football violence is a problem in England? Same as it has always been just you don't see it at the grounds any more
• Is debt in football a problem? Yes
• Which leagues do you watch? English, German, American and Argentine
• Watching football, Live or on the television? Both
• Who's the best player you've seen play? 3 players I have had the privilege to see at Old Trafford, Eric Cantona, Diego Maradonna & Gabriel Batistuta
• Whats your pet hate in football?Fickle A-Hole fans who think that they have a God given right to boo their home team if they are playing poor
• Who don't you like in football? Dennis Wise. Over rated bog eyed little ****
• Whats the biggest thing holding back English football? The F.A.? FIFA? The Premier League? Debt? other? The FA. Not enough financial support for quality coaching and facilities for Children aged 4 and up
• Do you feel like a fan? or a customer? when watching / supporting your club? More of a customer now than a fan thats for sure

 

[McRod]

1. Rangers
2. Hamilton Academicals
3. Arsenal (Actively support them by attending matches and buying merchandise)
4. Yes . Ibrox Stadium
5. Emirates
6. Club
7. No
8. No. La Liga
9. Yes
10. No, however racism seems to be.
11. Stupid question. Of course it is. Debt in any situation is bad.
12. SPL, EPL
13. Both
14. Brian Laudrup. How we kept him for so long in the SPL is incredible.
15. The delusion of opposition fans
16. Hypocrits, of which there are many.
17. Too many average foreign players stifling the indiginous talent.
18. Customer

 

[Nursie]

1. Aston Villa
2. Worcester City
3. Not really, always look out for Swansea City results due to family coming from Swansea
4. No.
5. Millennium Stadium
6. Both are equal I think
7. No
8. I think the prem and La Liga are probably equal.
9. I think the amount of very average foreign players due to the over valuing of English players is worrying and reducing the chances for young British or English players
10. No
11. Yes, when you continually have teams being taken to court by the tax man then something must be wrong
12. Prem, some championship and la liga.
13. Live
14. Zidane
15. Diving or feigning injury
16. Fifa and Uefa
17. The f.a and the prem league
18. A fan