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28.08.2003, Population Poll

The Chelsea Club and Roman Abramovich

DO YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU HEARD SOMETHING, OR IS THIS THE FIRST TIME YOU HAVE HEARD THAT RUSSIAN BUSINESSMAN ROMAN ABRAMOVICH BOUGHT THE BRITISH FOOTBALL CLUB CHELSEA?



Groups (%)	100	22	20	20	47	13	27	31	39	46	54	33	28	39	19	36	33	12	30	38	23	12	18	37	27	25	9	16	21	10	13	5	100	44	56	32	30	38
I know	35	37	30	42	31	32	41	35	32	48	25	38	42	29	19	32	37	66	24	34	53	51	45	30	22	44	42	34	27	29	27	51	67	79	58	59	69	72
I've heard something about it	19	22	20	21	21	20	20	19	18	19	19	17	19	20	17	19	21	15	20	17	17	15	19	18	22	19	17	17	21	11	20	26	13	12	14	13	15	12
this is the first time I've heard about it	43	39	45	36	46	43	37	43	46	32	53	44	37	47	56	47	41	19	53	46	29	32	34	48	52	35	38	47	48	55	51	16	18	8	26	26	15	15
hard to answer	3	2	4	1	2	4	2	3	3	2	4	1	2	5	8	3	1	0	3	4	1	1	2	3	4	2	2	2	3	6	2	7	2	1	2	2	1	2

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE ACQUISITION OF CHELSEA BY ROMAN ABRAMOVICH - POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE?



Groups (%)	100	22	20	20	47	13	27	31	39	46	54	33	28	39	19	36	33	12	30	38	23	12	18	37	27	25	9	16	21	10	13	5	100	44	56	32	30	38
positive	19	20	9	29	21	5	26	19	15	23	16	31	23	6	6	21	22	26	18	15	23	30	23	16	16	18	21	21	22	14	19	13	21	26	17	40	19	6
negative	39	40	56	37	35	57	33	38	46	45	35	24	40	52	38	38	40	43	36	41	44	37	41	40	36	42	33	37	39	36	37	61	50	52	49	33	46	68
hard to answer	41	39	35	34	44	38	41	43	39	32	49	45	36	42	55	40	38	31	46	43	33	33	36	44	48	39	46	42	39	50	45	26	29	22	35	27	35	26

HAVE YOU BECOME MORE INTERESTED, LESS INTERESTED OR AS INTERESTED AS BEFORE IN THE CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB AFTER IT WAS BOUGHT BY ROMAN ABRAMOVICH?



Groups (%)	100	22	20	20	47	13	27	31	39	46	54	33	28	39	19	36	33	12	30	38	23	12	18	37	27	25	9	16	21	10	13	5	100	44	56	32	30	38
more interested	5	5	4	4	4	5	6	4	3	7	3	7	5	2	0	7	4	6	2	5	5	3	4	6	3	6	4	5	3	8	3	3	7	12	3	13	5	4
as interested as before	71	71	66	74	72	67	77	73	67	72	70	74	74	66	62	66	78	78	71	66	78	87	82	64	62	72	79	73	76	70	65	39	83	81	85	81	83	85
less interested	5	6	8	7	4	9	3	3	8	6	4	3	4	7	4	5	6	5	6	6	3	2	2	6	9	3	2	6	2	3	3	41	2	2	2	1	3	2
hard to answer	19	18	22	15	19	19	14	19	22	15	23	15	16	25	33	22	11	11	20	23	14	8	13	24	26	19	15	16	18	19	30	17	7	4	10	5	9	8

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN A CHELSEA FAN?



Groups (%)	100	22	20	20	47	13	27	31	39	46	54	33	28	39	19	36	33	12	30	38	23	12	18	37	27	25	9	16	21	10	13	5	100	44	56	32	30	38
yes	2	3	0	3	2	1	3	2	2	4	0	3	3	1	1	2	3	2	2	1	4	7	2	2	1	2	3	0	4	2	2	2	2	4	1	2	4	1
no	92	93	87	95	92	88	93	92	92	91	93	94	92	89	86	93	93	96	91	91	93	90	92	90	95	96	96	92	89	86	90	92	94	93	94	95	91	95
hard to answer	6	4	12	2	6	12	4	7	6	5	7	3	4	10	13	5	4	2	7	8	3	3	6	8	4	2	2	8	7	11	8	7	4	3	5	3	5	4

AND WILL YOU SUPPORT CHELSEA NOW, OR NOT?



Groups (%)	100	22	20	20	47	13	27	31	39	46	54	33	28	39	19	36	33	12	30	38	23	12	18	37	27	25	9	16	21	10	13	5	100	44	56	32	30	38
yes	5	7	3	6	5	3	8	4	4	8	3	7	6	3	2	7	6	5	5	5	6	9	5	5	3	6	5	4	5	10	4	1	6	11	3	10	7	3
no	86	87	85	86	86	90	85	87	87	85	87	85	86	86	83	85	87	90	85	86	87	85	89	82	90	89	92	89	84	69	86	92	89	85	92	86	86	93
hard to answer	9	5	12	7	9	7	7	9	9	7	10	8	8	10	15	8	7	5	10	9	7	6	7	13	7	5	3	7	11	21	11	7	5	5	5	5	6	4

DID YOU HEAR ABOUT ROMAN ABRAMOVICH BEFORE HIS ACQUISITION OF THE CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB?



Groups (%)	100	22	20	20	47	13	27	31	39	46	54	33	28	39	19	36	33	12	30	38	23	12	18	37	27	25	9	16	21	10	13	5	100	44	56	32	30	38
yes	52	51	51	61	50	51	57	51	50	60	45	52	59	47	31	51	56	76	39	50	70	60	66	49	37	61	60	46	37	44	55	80	77	85	71	74	83	76
no	42	45	40	36	45	41	40	44	44	36	48	45	38	44	57	45	40	21	54	43	28	36	27	44	58	36	35	49	55	46	40	15	20	14	25	24	16	20
hard to answer	5	4	8	3	6	8	4	5	6	4	7	3	3	9	12	4	4	3	6	7	2	4	7	7	4	3	4	6	7	10	5	5	2	1	3	2	1	4

AND HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT ROMAN ABRAMOVICH - POSITIVE, NEGATIVE OR INDIFFERENT?



Groups (%)	100	22	20	20	47	13	27	31	39	46	54	33	28	39	19	36	33	12	30	38	23	12	18	37	27	25	9	16	21	10	13	5	100	44	56	32	30	38
I know nothing about him	11	11	9	9	13	11	10	11	12	9	13	10	10	13	13	13	10	8	17	10	6	6	12	13	13	10	9	8	12	22	13	8	3	1	5	3	2	4
positive	7	8	3	8	7	2	10	5	5	9	4	10	8	2	2	7	8	9	5	6	10	10	8	7	3	6	6	9	6	8	4	9	8	7	8	10	11	3
indifferent	47	47	35	54	49	33	57	48	40	44	50	59	47	37	46	49	47	43	48	43	49	47	46	42	53	50	50	46	54	31	51	19	51	49	52	67	49	38
negative	28	26	44	23	23	45	19	28	34	32	24	15	29	38	26	25	29	37	23	32	31	29	28	29	24	29	29	29	19	24	26	63	34	39	30	14	32	52
hard to answer	7	8	8	6	8	8	6	8	8	5	9	5	6	10	13	7	6	4	7	9	4	7	7	8	7	6	5	8	9	15	6	2	5	3	6	6	5	3

Nation-wide surveys conducted in 100 residencies in 44 regions, territories and republics. Household interviews August 23-24 2003. A sample size of 1500 respondents. Additional polls of the Moscow population, with a sample of 600 respondents.

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