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@PloKoon13 Thank you so much! Very helpful & thoughtful answers. I will post my thesis back on here if it is of interest. Thanks again!!

Thanks, that's very kind! I'll post the questions here - happy for you to post answers on here to trigger discussion, or if you'd prefer - DM me. Answer as many as you like. I would be more than happy to provide a blog/article/details of my thesis and research back to you if of interest too. The Questions: 1. How old are you?2. Where do you live?3. What football team do you support in the UK?4. How often do you attend a live football match?5. Do broadcast media outlets (e.g. Sky Sports, BT Sport) manage to replicate or enhance the experience of attending a live football match?6. Describe the level of connection you feel to the team you are watching? Has this changed over your lifetime?7. Do you interact online with other fans/spectators? If so, when (before/during/after a game) and what do you gain from this?8. Can the sense of community of the ‘traditional spectator’ be replicated without travelling to the stadium and watching their team? E.g. At a pub, online, or on TV.9. Do you tend to (and prefer to) watch football with other people?10. How do you feel when watching the game on your chosen platform?11. Does a constant stream of consumer material online help or hinder your football community?12. Do you try to watch football games live? Does your intensity / interest change when watching a highlights programme or catch-up service?13. Do new football-focused digital, social and broadcast media outlets help to provide you with a sense of community and well-being?

Hello Chelsea Fans! I hope you don't mind me using your forum for purposes of research, but it is a fascinating topic and I am seeking fans who use football forums to unearth the state of football spectatorship and community in the modern era. I am an Events Management MSc student from the University West of England and I am currently writing a thesis analysing how well new digital, social and broadcast media outlets replicate the experience of attending a football match. I am in the process of contacting bloggers, forum contributors and key opinion-formers for Premier League football teams and am writing to you in the hope that a Chelsea fan might be interested in answering a few questions to help inform my research. If there is anybody who has a spare 5-10 minutes to answer a few questions, I would be very grateful and happy to provide a blog/article/details of my thesis and research for you to read and discuss at your own leisure. Please let me know if this might be a possibility. Many thanks, Will Potter