FFC Results: 85% Not In Favour of The 39th Game

A national survey of 4,102 football fans was conducted by the Football Fans Census between 7th and 12th February 2008.

The survey was conducted online and supporters of 141 teams were represented including all clubs in the Premier League and Football League. 51% of respondents follow Premier League Clubs, 45% follow Football League Clubs and 5% follow other teams. 50% of respondents were season ticket holders.

• 85% of fans said they were not in favour of the idea, only 10% were in favour, with 5% "don't knows".
• Despite widespread discontent over the spiralling costs of tickets, 69% of fans are totally opposed to the idea of Premier League games being played abroad, even if it meant a cut in ticket prices.
• 87% were not excited by the prospect of playing games in Asia, the Middle East and North America.
• Even if money and other commitments were no object, 73% of fans stated that they did not like the idea of attending games on another continent.
• 80% felt it was important that the Premier League consult fans.

The results are covered in today's edition of The Sun newspaper, backpage and page 68.

Coverage in The Sun Online

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FIFA president Sepp Blatter reacted with fury to the plan and warned the proposals could wreck England’s bid to stage the 2018 World Cup.

The full results were as follows: