Debate in England (FAWSL)

kolabear · Apr 4, 2012

Debate in England mirrors (naturally) some of the debate here about increasing the coverage and viability of the women's game. The FAWSL (Football Association - Women's Super League, I believe?) kicks off season 2 this weekend.

Here's one article I thought somewhat interesting: "Women's Football Fans Get Digital"

The lack of profile of women’s football is driving fans to social networks for their news and causing them to be up to seven times as interactive as fans of the men’s game.

This is according to research released today to mark the start of the second season of The FA WSL (Women’s Super League).

The research was conducted to highlight the fact that, despite being the third biggest team sport in the UK behind only men’s football and cricket, the game lacks widespread recognition outside of big international tournaments.

The findings show that while there are 12 times as many news articles with mentions of women’s football per month, relative to the number of people who attend matches, men’s football receives three times as many headlines, relative to its attending fans.

With news about the women’s game appearing largely as passing mentions fans are turning to online social networks for their content.

Compared to the number of people who attend a top flight football game, for every thousand people who attend an FA WSL match there are:

Seven times as many Google searches
Four times as many followers
Twice as many social media mentions about women’s football
52 times as many team Tweets

Also check Twitter @FAWSL for comments about the panel discussion today. People were invited earlier to send in questions via Twitter also. I haven't had chance to read through most of the feed. Seems like Mick Dennis taking a lot of heat for his comments. Probably deserved.

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