Many thanks to everyone who took time to complete our recent European Football Travel Survey. The results make quite interesting reading.
Question 1 - What is the best city you have watched football in? Amazingly the top answer here was Tel Aviv which got 8% of the votes, closely followed by Barcelona 7%, Munich 7% and Lisbon 6%. Most suprising answer was one vote for Baku - whoever voted for this must not get out much!
Question 2 - Is there one place you have gone abroad to watch football and would never go back to? Overwhelming answer on this one with over 70% of the vote was Moscow. In second place was Bratislava with 10%, and Madrid with 5%. Suprise answer here with one vote was Tel Aviv - due to security at Airport....
Question 3 - If you have travelled abroad to watch football, have you used a travel company on an organised trip? 73% have used the likes of SportOps
Question 4 - Which of the following stadiums have you visited? Top 10 answers were:- Amsterdam ArenA - 73% of participants had visited the Amsterdam ArenA Nou Camp Barcelona - 65% Veltins Arena Gelsenkirchen - 62% Stade de France Paris - 60% Estadio Bernabau Madrid - 55% San Siro Milan - 32% Allianz Arena Munich -32% Stadio Olimpico Rome - 26% De Kuip Rotterdam - 26% PSV Stadium Eindhoven - 24%
Question 5 - Which three stadiums would you like to visit more than any other? Top answers here were the Allianz Arena (71% of the votes), San Siro (65%) and the Bernabau (62%). Further afield 22% wanted to visit the Maracana in Rio and 20% the Boca Juniors stadium. One person wanted to visit the Peace stadium in North Korea - which whilst being the biggest in the world at 150,000 is certainly the one you are most likeliest to be detained at
Question 6 - What information do you need to get before you travel abroad to watch a game? How to find and reach the stadium was the top answer with 82% of the answers, followed by public transport and ticket information with 65% each. It seems that people are least interested in info about the home club with just 11% wants to find this out before they travel. Question 7 - In 2007 how many games did you watch abroad. The most popular answer was 5 with 26% of people giving that answer, followed closely by 10 (22%) and 3 (21%). The average answer was 4.
Question 8 - On average how much do you spend a year on watching any football abroad. No surprise here based on the miles we have covered watching England that over 75% of people spend more than £1,200 per annum. Only 6% of people spend less than £400.
Question 9 - When you travel abroad to watch games, on average how many people travel with you? Over 54% of people travel in a group of 1 to 3. 31% travel in a group of 4 to 8 and 12% travel on their own.
Question 10 - Which of the following would be a useful addition to this website Translation of how to buy tickets - 30% Direct Links to the club ticket office - 21% Download of stadium information - 20% Direct links to hotel booking engines - 15% Direct links to airline booking engines - 14%
Question 11 - Are you interested in winning one of Five copies of our new European Football Guide Books will be on their way to the following people once published in April.... Adrian Biggs Jamie Wyatt Glen Phelan Simon Lord Debbie Tunnicliffe
I have your email addresses and will email you to get postal address in a few weeks.
Question 12 - We currently do not carry ads on the site, but are thinking of doing so. Would ads make you:- Doesn't really matter - 91% Less likely to use the site - 4% More likely to use the site - 4%
Question 13 - Do you think the website contains too much information? 100% of you said No - keep it coming...Thanks everyone!
Question 14 - What other sections would you like us to add to the site? Some great ideas here including a messageboard or forum, More information on lesser European stadiums, A ticket swap shop, Top tips for visiting each city and an opportunity for other fans to upload pictures, videos and comments
