TY - JOUR
T1 - The FREE project and the feminization of football: the role of women in the European fan community
AU - Mintert, Svenja-Maria
AU - Pfister, Gertrud
N1 - CURIS 2015 NEXS 127
PY - 2015/5/4
Y1 - 2015/5/4
N2 - This article presents questions, methods, theories and early results of a study which is part of the conglomerate Football Research in an Enlarged Europe (FREE). A sub-project of FREE deals with the ‘feminisation of football’, by exploring the role of women as football players and fans in a European context. To answer whether, and to what extent, women are members of the European fan community, we interviewed dedicated female fans of Danish men’s football teams about the ways they support their clubs and their interest in, and identification with, clubs and teams in other countries. The interviews revealed that most women were interested in football on a European level and that many even travelled to football matches abroad where they enjoyed not only the matches, but also the live atmosphere. The interviewees combined their loyalties to their clubs with an interest in, and an identification with, foreign teams.
AB - This article presents questions, methods, theories and early results of a study which is part of the conglomerate Football Research in an Enlarged Europe (FREE). A sub-project of FREE deals with the ‘feminisation of football’, by exploring the role of women as football players and fans in a European context. To answer whether, and to what extent, women are members of the European fan community, we interviewed dedicated female fans of Danish men’s football teams about the ways they support their clubs and their interest in, and identification with, clubs and teams in other countries. The interviews revealed that most women were interested in football on a European level and that many even travelled to football matches abroad where they enjoyed not only the matches, but also the live atmosphere. The interviewees combined their loyalties to their clubs with an interest in, and an identification with, foreign teams.
KW - sports and games
U2 - 10.1080/14660970.2014.961383
DO - 10.1080/14660970.2014.961383
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1466-0970
VL - 16
SP - 405
EP - 421
JO - Soccer and Society
JF - Soccer and Society
IS - 2-3
ER -