Dee fans’ discontent laid bare in survey

An overwhelming majority of respondents to a new survey of Dundee fans are unhappy with the way the club is being run, with a large number indicating they will not buy a season ticket for the new campaign.

The poll – conducted by the group of supporters who wrote an open letter in March calling for change at Dens Park – asked fans a number of questions relating to the running of the club.

Five hundred responses were collected in 48 hours over the weekend.

Courier Sport has been told 339 respondents (67.8%) were season ticket holders in the campaign just finished while, of the remainder, 14% said they have owned a season ticket in the past five years, but no longer do so.

Just under a third (147) said they intend to buy a season ticket after the club’s relegation to the Championship.

A similar number (152) remain undecided, but 40% of respondents (200) said they have already decided not to shell out for the coming campaign.

Of those surveyed, a clear majority of 414 (82.8%) said they were either unsatisfied or very unsatisfied with the running of the club, while only 22 (4.4%) said they were satisfied or very satisfied.

Courier Sport understands price/value for money, standard and frequency of managerial appointments, quality of football and concerns over the running of the club were the most frequently cited factors influencing respondents’ season ticket decisions.

The survey also polled fans on Dundee’s proposed move to a new stadium and the club’s response to March’s original open letter.

A majority (57.6%) backed the proposed move to Camperdown but almost as many (56.3%) don’t believe it will ever happen.

A total of 26 people (5.2%) were either satisfied or very satisfied with the club’s response to the original letter, while 349 (69.6%) were unsatisfied or very unsatisfied. Dundee FC did not wish to comment.