It's better down below...

Last month the results of the latest Football Supporters Federation survey were released, and the outcome was rather startling. Only a third of the eight and a half thousand respondents felt that their club cared about them. Almost one fifth said that they wouldn’t be renewing season tickets this season and more than a third that they attended fewer matches than they used to, with cost the major factor. More than eighty percent wanted the opportunity to stand whilst watching a game, and 42% stated that they’d had to miss a game last season because it had been moved for TV.

With results like these it is perhaps unsurprising that a growing number of supporters are moving away from the professional game, particularly the Premier League, instead connecting with their local non-league side. In a series which will be posted Monday to Friday of next week, we will speak to some of those supporters, and find out what prompted the change in their supporting habits- and what keeps them dedicated to their Bostik League favourites.

It will feature:

• A former resident of the Kop who is now found at Champion Hill
• A former frequenter of the Chicken Run who now gets his kicks in Canvey
• A Gooner who has become a Rook
• An Eagle who now likes to keep things Casuals
• And a Devil who these days wears Angels wings

Check back here on Monday afternoon- and then every afternoon next week- to read their stories.