I live in Warwick and all the Asian guys I know whether Indian or Pakistani, seem to support Liverpool or Man Utd. I was commenting on a thread in the off-topic section on race issues yesterday and it got me thinking , particularly with where we are located near/in Fosehill, that there is a huge untapped market of fans. I assume an untapped market of talent too, as Asian footballers are also very scarce.
A few east Asian footballers with the most high profile probably being Ji Sung Park, but barely any Indian or Pakistani at any level. Perhaps that’s the reason as many don’t feel they have a hero that they can identify with, but it must run deeper than that.
We have quite a healthy black following and again maybe the breakthrough of black footballers over the past 30 years has helped the black society feel more in touch with the game than the Asian community, but we must do something to attract them up.
I’m not one for positive discrimination as I think it’s equally harmful, but the club must get out and target the community with a view to filling some of our vast number of empty seats. If more come and we can get a couple breaking through from the youth team it could spiral. For want of a better term "safety in numbers".
If players from that region were good enough they would be picked up by european clubs, Alot of asian's are more cricket fans then football fans anyway and only pick Man U & liverpool as they have little intrest in the game and want to be associated with a club winning things.
I live in Warwick and all the Asian guys I know whether Indian or Pakistani, seem to support Liverpool or Man Utd. I was commenting on a thread in the off-topic section on race issues yesterday and it got me thinking , particularly with where we are located near/in Fosehill, that there is a huge untapped market of fans. I assume an untapped market of talent too, as Asian footballers are also very scarce.
".
The Club is about history and culture. I support them because my Dads, dads dad did. An Asian fellow of my age (27), where did his dads, dads dad live and who did he support? A lot of football support is due to history and culture in the surrounding area, which is something that people that have recently (50/80 years) moved to the country do not have.
The Club is about history and culture. I support them because my Dads, dads dad did.
He has no excuse from Zimbabwe not to support us and the Bullawayo Bullets ... walking in an Ndlovu wonderland!
Maybe they do read our forum
http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/second_sky_blues_international_day_669994/index.shtml
Your not from the chippy in Bedworth are you?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?