Local Identity - Research request

[Martin Shaw]

Good morning,
I hope you do not mind being contacted, we have picked up your email address from your fanzine website and would like to ask for your assistance with a piece of research we are doing.
The 2021/22 season will be the 30th season since the old first division was replaced by the Premier League and English football has since developed into a truly global league in terms of players, managers, owners and supporters across the professional leagues. We (a team from Sheffield Hallam University) are researching the importance of developing local players and local identity in the English game from a supporter's perspective for a publication to mark the 30th season. We would really like to get the opinions from supporters from across all of the professional leagues about the importance of local players and local identity in modern football.
This request is for two things, and we hope you can help us on either, or both.
1. Distribute a survey link on our behalf through your social media platforms (Twitter/Facebook) or via any direct email lists which encourages your followers to complete an online survey (which usually takes 3-5 minutes). https://sircsurveys.com/f/1297295/6cbf/

2. For you / someone else in your group of supporters to complete a short online form (6 questions) about your opinions on some key aspects of local player development and local identity https://www.sircsurveys.com/f/41504606/13fe/ We would like to undertake an additional short interview (c.15 mins) with a small proportion of supporters to discuss the importance of local players and local identity, so if you would like to do that please indicate this at the end of the form.

We will not collect any personal information on either of the surveys (other than town/city and decade of birth) or the interview, no-one will be identifiable and, of course, there is no obligation to take part. We are inviting supporters from fanzines/websites from all league clubs to take part.

If you are able to distribute the survey link via social media, please do, and if you are able to answer the questions via our online link, we would be most grateful.

If you want any more information, please let me know.

With kind regards,

Steve Bullough

Sport Industry Research Centre
Sheffield Hallam University
@SteveBullough

[I am Spartacus]

Done. And not a question about if my mum was my dad would I pee sitting down. What a refreshing change.

[yorkstag]

Very thought provoking. Would encourage everyone to complete

[Billy the fish]

Done

[BoughtonStag71]

Done

[stagone1959]

Done

[garlic]

interesting set of choices

[The One]

interesting set of choices

Never bother filling these in

[yorkstag]

I think this one is worth it . It’s quite interesting and made me think about what’s really important to me particularly at this time

[EdwinstoweStag]

Done