Survey: What do you think about football in Ireland?
Survey launched across Europe:
www.surveymonkey.com/s/SDIreland
For the first time, fans of football all over Ireland are being asked for their views on what’s going on away from the pitch in the Irish game.
The Survey is part of a European Commission-funded project with seven other groups from countries including Spain, France, Belgium, Italy and Germany. In Ireland the project is being managed by FORAS, owners of Cork City FC, and is co-ordinated by Supporters Direct Europe – the organisation the supports the involvement of supporters in the ownership of their clubs.
Over the coming month, Irish football fans are asked to share their views not only about their own clubs but about the future of the game here, at a particularly difficult time in the League of Ireland. The Survey can be found online at: www.surveymonkey.com/s/SDIreland and takes less then 10 minutes to complete in full.
Niamh O’Mahony, who is managing the project for FORAS, said:
“In recent years there’s been a real desire on the part of fans to get involved in some way in the ownership and running of their clubs in Ireland. There have been some tremendously positive developments; whether here at Cork City, Shamrock Rovers, Galway United, Dundalk or Bohemians, fans have been stepping up to the plate and planning for a better future for their clubs."
“This project is about working out a way of getting fans more involved before the crisis hits and we believe the whole game from top to bottom will benefit from a closer working relationship between fans, communities and the authorities.”
FORAS has already been working closely with supporters in Dublin, Dundalk and Galway to gain a better understanding of the views of supporters in Ireland about how the game is organised, both at individual club and national levels.
The project will also see the production of a Toolkit focused on helping fans in Ireland to organise themselves as democratic Supporters’ Trusts, while also assisting the growing number of clubs owned and operated by their supporters in the League.
Click here to find out more about the project itself or get in touch with the project’s working group by email: ecproject@corkcityfc.net.
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