The effects of negative fan chants from both own and against team supporters on professional football players

This study aimed to determine effects of negative cheering, which is made by rival and home team fans, on professional footballers. The study group consists of 226 professional footballers from 10 different teams from Turkey Spor Toto Super League season 2014-2015. This study aimed to find if negative cheer affects footballers or not. To investigate this subject, SLISBP (Scale on the Level of Influence of Supporter Booing on the Player) which was developed by Çepikkurt ve Erkuş in the year of 2004 has been used. Trustworthiness and validity of the scale has been tested. In order to test the trustworthiness of the scale, Cronbach Alpha Scores has been checked. Later, for the validity of the scale, it is tested by PCA (principal component analysis) and two factors determined. First one is effects by home fans and effects by rival team fans. These factor scores compared. Moreover, ages of footballers and the relationship between the professional sport life and getting affected by negative cheers examined and this relationship has investigated with correlation and regression analysis. Analysis made with the SPSS 22 package program. As results of study, the levels of effects of negative cheers from both side of fans has been determined. Especially, it has been seen that, players get more affected from the negative cheer of their own team fans. Also, positive relationship has been found between the ages of footballers and professional sport life and periods of getting affected by negative cheers. This relationship implies that the level of getting affected from negative cheers is inversely proportional to each other. Key Words: Football, Negative Cheers, Fan.