Saddlers Community Survey


By TheSaddlersFC.Com
November 15 2003

A Student from the University of Wolverhampton is doing a Community Survey about Walsall FC match attendance. Take a look at the questions, and forward your answers. New Page 1

A Student from the University of Wolverhampton is doing a Community Survey about Walsall FC match attendance. TheSaddlersFC has agreed to help and would like you to paste your answers in to an e-mail and forward them to n.bening@gmx.de .

Socio-economics

1.Age Group 0-12 ‰  13-19 ‰  20-30 ‰ 31-45 ‰  46-64 ‰  65+ ‰   

2. Gender Male ‰  Female ‰

3.Ethnic Background White British ‰  Asian British ‰  Black British ‰  EU ‰ Other ‰

4. Where do you live?

5. How long have you lived in the area?

6.Are you retired? Yes ‰  No ‰   (If yes, please move on to question 8)

7. What is your occupation

8.Do you have private transport? Yes ‰  No ‰

 

History of Club support

9. Are you a Walsall FC supporter? Yes ‰  No ‰

10. How many generations of supporters in your family?

11. Do you support any other local football teams? If yes, please state Yes/No

12. Does anybody else in your family support another team?

 

Match attendance

13.How often do you attend matches? Regularly ‰  Sometimes ‰  Once, twice a year ‰  Never ‰

14. When was the last match you attended?

 

Family facilities

17. How do you rate the following:

a) Access to the ground Very Good €  Good €  Average €  Poor €  Very Poor €

b) Public transport facilities to the ground? Very Good €  Good €  Average €  Poor €  Very Poor €

c) Car parking facilities? Very Good €  Good €  Average €  Poor €  Very Poor €

d) Toilets? Very Good ‰  Good ‰  Average ‰  Poor ‰  Very Poor ‰

e) Ticket Prices? Very Good €  Good €  Average €  Poor €  Very Poor €

f) Team Performance? Very Good €  Good €  Average €  Poor €  Very Poor €

g) Atmosphere at the ground Very Good €  Good €  Average €  Poor €  Very Poor €

h) Security? Very Good €  Good €  Average €  Poor €  Very Poor €

18. Do you have children? (If no please move on to question 17) Yes €  No €

19. How often do you take them to matches? Regularly €  Sometimes €  Never €

20. Do you feel the Walsall FC football ground is a safe family environment? Very safe €  Safe €  Don’t know € Dangerous €  Very dangerous €

21. How do you rate family friendly facilities at the ground (i.e. clean adequate toilets, family stand etc.)? Very good €  Good €  Average €  Poor €  Very poor €

 

Antisocial Behaviour

22. Have you ever witnessed any of the following at a football match:

Racial abuse?            Yes €  No €

Violent behaviour?    Yes €  No €

Hooliganism?             Yes €  No €

Bad Language?          Yes €  No €

23. If you have answered yes to any of the above:

a) Would it stop you attending matches in the future? Yes €  No €  Unsure €

b) Would it prevent you from taking your children or younger supporters to a match? Yes €  No €  Unsure€

c) Did the Club/stewards deal with incident in question? Yes, very well €  No, not at all €  Can’t remember €

 

24. If anything, what would encourage you to attend matches more frequently?

 

So click here to mail your answers in to the University of Wolverhampton so they can collate their results and put together a decent report on Walsall FC and the Community.

All queries and questions please forward to - n.bening@gmx.de

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