FOOTBALL CLUB

Newcastle united football club represent Newcastle upon tyne

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Table of Contents

Introduction3

Background3

Aim and objective3

Literature Review3

Ownership3

Colours and badge3

Supporters3

Rivalries3

Records3

Methodology3

Research Design3

Literature Search3

Result and Finding3

The dislike of owner mike Ashley and his relationship with fans3

1. The Kevin Keegan saga3

2. Hiring Dennis Wise3

3. “Hiring Alan Shearer is the best decision i've made since I bought the club”. Ok…and then…?3

4. Not speaking to the fans3

5. No structure3

6. Lack of bodies3

7. The sale of Newcastle United3

TYNESIDE…what does it mean and what is the connection to NUFC?3

Rally Cry3

Colors3

Crest3

Entertainment in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne3

Bars and Pubs3

Restaurants3

Entertainment3

Chapter 5: Conclusion3

References3

Appendix3

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I would like to thank all of those around me for helping me with moral support and helping me through this difficult year, especially my close family and friends who were always there for me.

I would especially like to thank my mother for continued encouragement, Also I would like to thank my project supervisor for the help and support I needed.

Finally I would also like to thank all the participants who completed questionnaires and took part in interviews to help assist me with this project.

ABSTRACT

This enquiry discovers geographical and communal leverages influencing a fan's alternative of football club. The enquiry inquiries reasoning for a fan's conclusion, contemplating key topics for example belief, geography, proximity to other associations, and football violence. Other facets discovered are for example 'glory seeking' and commitment to a certain club. The participants of this enquiry are males between 16-40 years of age. Within this study task, both quantitative and qualitative study procedures have been taken up to formulate statistics through exact interrogating utilising questionnaires and open completed inquiries through one to one interviews. The objective is to collate, investigate and assess the statistical and qualitative facts and numbers to support the study, enquiring the variety of outlooks and facets leveraging the alternatives of the football follower when selecting the association that they support. The study is acquainted by respondent's knowledge, outlooks and matters leveraged by communal and geographical facets as well as their know-how with aggression and glory searching in football. Key outcome of this study display diverse components influencing the alternative of football group for a follower which each have a corresponding relationship. The facts and numbers concludes that geographical leverages are predominately important inside the fan-base of a club.

Newcastle united football club represent Newcastle upon tyne

Introduction

Newcastle United Football Club (also known as The Magpies, The Toon) is an English football club, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, which plays in the Football League Championship, having been relegated from the English Premier League at the end of the 2008-2009 season. Newcastle United was founded in 1892 in football (soccer) after the merger of two local clubs, Newcastle East End ...