"You'll never walk alone"-how loyal are soccer fans to their clubs when they are struggling against relegation?

Journal of Sport Management

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 649-675

  Koenigstorfer, Joerg ^a   Groeppel Klein, Andrea ^a   Schmitt, Marco ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 78650272933     PISSN: 08884773     EISSN: 1543270X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsm.24.6.649     Document Type: Article

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