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Harry Beever Newbury 08 Apr 14 8.24pm | |
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Quote maghull at 08 Apr 2014 8.17pm
I would say Liverpool and man utd have the largest Asian support more than any other team ive seen.
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PalaceFaithful 08 Apr 14 8.29pm | |
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As a black fan, i would say that the way to generate more fans from other ethnic groups is to start by appealing to kids. When i was in primary school my headteacher (palace fan) would often have 2 games a season where it was encouraged for the whole school to go with a parent for cheap prices, which was a great day out.
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Tim Gypsy Hill '64 Stoke sub normal 08 Apr 14 8.31pm | |
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Quote Harry Beever at 08 Apr 2014 8.24pm
Quote maghull at 08 Apr 2014 8.17pm
I would say Liverpool and man utd have the largest Asian support more than any other team ive seen.
Yes. But they wash the team strips and cater for the fans after the games. Just kidding
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s2art1e 08 Apr 14 8.38pm | |
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Good question... As a Lambeth born Palace fan of Asian decent, I think as some of the previous posters have suggested, its got a lot to do with family, I would have thought a lot of our supporters were introduced to the club via another family member, Dad, Uncle etc taking little their son or nephew down to Selhurst for his first game and support the local team. Certainly in the Asian community, in my age group, a lot of my ethnic peers support Liverpool, as they were the successful team of the time, and because there was no family connection or allegiance to a particular team. With me, it was more about supporting my local team, and if I look at our team in the late nineties, the ethnicity of our team was a reflection of the demographic of the area, more so then some other teams, which I thought was great. Edited by s2art1e (08 Apr 2014 8.53pm)
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maghull 08 Apr 14 8.39pm | |
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Quote Harry Beever at 08 Apr 2014 8.24pm
Quote maghull at 08 Apr 2014 8.17pm
I would say Liverpool and man utd have the largest Asian support more than any other team ive seen.
And your point is?
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Catfish Burgess Hill 08 Apr 14 8.54pm | |
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If the crowd does not reflect the local demographic then there is something wrong. It would be really difficult to target ethnic groups without appearing to be desperate, patronising or both. I think those who say that the club should target local school children n general are right.
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Mapletree Croydon 08 Apr 14 9.36pm | |
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Quote PalaceFaithful at 08 Apr 2014 8.29pm
As a black fan, i would say that the way to generate more fans from other ethnic groups is to start by appealing to kids. When i was in primary school my headteacher (palace fan) would often have 2 games a season where it was encouraged for the whole school to go with a parent for cheap prices, which was a great day out.
Many people that go to Palace do so because as small children they were taken by a relative. The first generation of Black and Asian people to arrive post war probably didn't come from a history of football and saw it as irrelevant. Then when their children did get into football, why would they take an interest in Palace when there were some sexy teams to support. They didn't have the family allegiance so could choose for themselves. Now their children are probably mostly following in their footsteps. Hopefully in due course the schoolkids will get some peer pressure to support their local team and Palace should carry on targeting schools for deals. I wonder how it is for cricket, are there big communities of black and asian people supporting Surrey? The first generation came mostly from cricket mad countries.
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lush1076 leatherhead 08 Apr 14 9.54pm | |
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The current generation of black people have lost interest in cricket in this country. In the 70's and 80's the oval was packed with black people whenever the West Indies were here. Now there is nothing. Asian people still have a massive interest in cricket and it is reflected locally in club teams.
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Harry Beever Newbury 08 Apr 14 10.00pm | |
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Quote maghull at 08 Apr 2014 8.39pm
Quote Harry Beever at 08 Apr 2014 8.24pm
Quote maghull at 08 Apr 2014 8.17pm
I would say Liverpool and man utd have the largest Asian support more than any other team ive seen.
And your point is?
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Catfish Burgess Hill 08 Apr 14 10.08pm | |
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The local ethnic mix goes beyond people of Afro Caribbean or Asian descent. It would be nice to get some of the Eastern Europeans, who have come to London. Some enterprising person could start a Polish or Lithuanan language Facebook page tapping them up for support?
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EastEndPalace WithHardNutsCosImAHardBastard 08 Apr 14 10.39pm | |
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Quote Mapletree at 08 Apr 2014 9.36pm
Quote PalaceFaithful at 08 Apr 2014 8.29pm
As a black fan, i would say that the way to generate more fans from other ethnic groups is to start by appealing to kids. When i was in primary school my headteacher (palace fan) would often have 2 games a season where it was encouraged for the whole school to go with a parent for cheap prices, which was a great day out.
Many people that go to Palace do so because as small children they were taken by a relative. The first generation of Black and Asian people to arrive post war probably didn't come from a history of football and saw it as irrelevant. Then when their children did get into football, why would they take an interest in Palace when there were some sexy teams to support. They didn't have the family allegiance so could choose for themselves. Now their children are probably mostly following in their footsteps. Hopefully in due course the schoolkids will get some peer pressure to support their local team and Palace should carry on targeting schools for deals. I wonder how it is for cricket, are there big communities of black and asian people supporting Surrey? The first generation came mostly from cricket mad countries.
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EastEndPalace WithHardNutsCosImAHardBastard 08 Apr 14 10.42pm | |
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Quote Catfish at 08 Apr 2014 10.08pm
The local ethnic mix goes beyond people of Afro Caribbean or Asian descent. It would be nice to get some of the Eastern Europeans, who have come to London. Some enterprising person could start a Polish or Lithuanan language Facebook page tapping them up for support?
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