# Fan Narrative

> Fan Narrative is a football fan social listening, alerting and insight tool for content creators, journalists, podcasters, YouTubers, and broadcasters. It's a five-tier ladder — Scout (real-time monitoring and alerts), ITK (everything in Scout plus full taxonomy, player and club monitoring), Hear We Go (everything in ITK plus fully analysed reports — talking points, content ideas and narratives), The Special One (everything in Hear We Go plus news trend alerts, custom report voice and hand-picked X/YouTube sources), and The Boardroom (bespoke fan research for organisations). We monitor fan conversations across Twitter/X, Reddit, YouTube, Instagram, Discord, BlueSky and forums. Plans start at £5/month.

## Tiers
- [Scout](https://fannarrative.com/scout): £5/month. Monitor 5 keywords of your choice with real-time alerts from Reddit's Premier League and football subreddits.
- [ITK](https://fannarrative.com/itk): £15/month. Everything in Scout, plus the full taxonomy (37 topics), every player and every club monitored automatically, browsable like a tree, plus 10 of your own keywords.
- [Hear We Go](https://fannarrative.com/hear-we-go): £49.99/month. Everything in ITK, plus fully analysed reports — talking points, content ideas, narratives — read straight from the data in your dashboard.
- [The Special One](https://fannarrative.com/the-special-one): £149.99/month. Everything in Hear We Go, plus news trend alerts pushed as fans start talking, a custom report voice (fan audience or boardroom), hand-picked X accounts and YouTube creators tracked for your keywords, 25 of your own keywords, and a weekly "state of your fanbase" digest.
- The Boardroom: custom pricing. Everything in The Special One, plus instant and comprehensive match reactions, in-depth fan research on any question, fanbase gauging and predictions, and evidence-grade sourced records. Built around your organisation — enquire via the site.
- Custom reports: a one-off commissioned report answering a single question, built from the fan conversation — a Snapshot from £149 or a designed Deep Dive from £499. Available to commission on Hear We Go and above (20% member rate on The Special One); The Boardroom includes 2 a month. We scope each brief and quote a fixed price before any payment.

## Product
- [Fan Sentiment Analysis for Football](https://fannarrative.com/fan-sentiment): What fan sentiment analysis is and how we do it — 28 emotion categories trained on real football language, tagged to the topic fans are actually discussing rather than a single positive/negative score. Also the index for our per-club fan sentiment pages, listed further down.
- [Social Listening Tools for Football](https://fannarrative.com/social-listening-tools): Multi-platform social listening built specifically for football content creators. Monitor fan conversations across Twitter, Reddit, YouTube and forums.
- [Football Sentiment Analysis Tool](https://fannarrative.com/sentiment-analysis-tool): 28-emotion sentiment analysis trained on football fan language. Topic-tagged sentiment showing what fans feel about specific subjects.
- [Social Media Sentiment Analysis for Football Coverage](https://fannarrative.com/social-media-sentiment-analysis): Automated fan research for broadcasters and journalists. Instant post-match reaction reports, pre-show intelligence, structured talking points.
- [Fan Engagement Platform](https://fannarrative.com/fan-engagement-platform): Passive social listening to understand fan sentiment without surveys. Fanbase gauging, narrative tracking, real fan filtering.

## Use Cases
- [Football Podcaster Tools](https://fannarrative.com/football-podcaster-tools): Pre-show briefs with talking points, fan narratives, selected posts, and ratings. Turn hours of Twitter scrolling into minutes of structured insight.
- [Football YouTube Content Ideas](https://fannarrative.com/football-youtube-content-ideas): Content ideas from real fan conversations. Trending topics, fan debates, and narratives forming before they peak.
- [Real Fan Opinions for TV and Radio](https://fannarrative.com/fan-opinions-on-tv): Whole-fanbase fan reaction for broadcast and radio desks, on deadline. Post-match reaction within minutes, pre-show talking-point briefs, and cleared quotable fan posts — instead of a studio vox-pop, a phone-in, a Twitter poll, or an app panel's ratings shown on screen as "the fans" when they represent only the fans who installed the app.
- [Fan Sentiment for Bookmakers](https://fannarrative.com/fan-sentiment-for-bookmakers): An early, structured read on the football fan conversation for bookmakers' trading, marketing and PR teams — team-news and injury threads as they spread across Reddit, X, YouTube and forums, topic-tagged attention by fixture, 28-emotion mood per club, and sentiment tracking on a betting brand or its sponsorships. Aggregate public conversation analysis only: not a betting product, tipping service or price feed, and it does not profile or target individuals.
- [What We Cover](https://fannarrative.com/coverage): The competitions, clubs and platforms Fan Narrative tracks, and how far back the data goes.
- [Fan-Based Sports Discussions](https://fannarrative.com/fan-based-sports-discussions): How football fans actually argue online, and what reading those conversations at scale reveals that a poll or a phone-in cannot.

## Positioning
- [Fan Empowerment](https://fannarrative.com/fan-empowerment): Fan empowerment means fans' existing words counting, not another app to download or survey to fill in. Fan Narrative reads the conversation fans already have — not a new social network, no sign-up wall — so every fan is heard, not just the vocal few.
- [Voices of the Many, Not the Select Few](https://fannarrative.com/voices-of-the-many): The case for representative fan opinion. Fan rating apps, phone-ins and polls all rely on self-selection and hear an engaged few. This already reaches broadcast: Fanalysis says its app-panel ratings are used by Sky Sports and The Athletic, so a figure captioned "fans" on screen can come from the few thousand who installed an app. Fan Narrative reads the whole conversation and reports views weighted by how widely they are actually held.

## Used By
Creators and fan media who take Fan Narrative's reports into their own shows, on air:
- James Lawrence Allcott (https://www.youtube.com/@JamesLawrenceAllcott) — Football YouTube channel
- The Ripple Effect Podcast (https://open.spotify.com/show/3oxaX20iph21oA25UrQLGb) — Football podcast
- The Fighting Cock (https://thefightingcock.co.uk/) — Tottenham Hotspur fan media

## Compare
- [Fan Narrative vs Fanalysis](https://fannarrative.com/compare/fan-narrative-vs-fanalysis): Fanalysis is a fan app where supporters rate players, managers and referees after downloading it. Fan Narrative reads the fan conversation already happening across Reddit, X, YouTube, Discord and forums. Fanalysis is better for formal per-player ratings and an owned fan community; Fan Narrative is better for whole-fanbase opinion on every topic with nothing to install.
- [Fanalysis Alternatives — and the Fan Narrative Difference](https://fannarrative.com/compare/fanalysis-alternatives): The approaches to capturing fan opinion ranked — conversation listening, app-based rating panels, official supporter surveys, general social listening tools, and manual monitoring — with where each fits.

## For Clubs / Regulation
- [Fan Engagement for Football Clubs](https://fannarrative.com/fan-engagement-for-clubs): Meaningful fan engagement is now a mandatory licence condition under the Football Governance Act 2025. A Fan Advisory Board is ~15 people; Fan Narrative gives a club a whole-fanbase read on the four statutory consultation areas (strategic direction, business priorities, ticket prices, heritage), tracked over time, as filing-ready evidence for the FAB and the Annual Fan Consultation Report. Club CTA opens an enquiry lightbox.
- [IFR Fan Engagement: The Independent Football Regulator's Rules, Explained](https://fannarrative.com/independent-football-regulator-fan-engagement): Plain-English explainer on IFR fan engagement — IFR stands for the Independent Football Regulator. Covers the Football Governance Act 2025, Fan Advisory Boards (FABs), the four mandatory consultation areas, the Annual Fan Consultation Report, the heritage majority-support rule, and the 2026–2028 licensing timeline. Covers the top five tiers of English men's football (~116 clubs).

## Pricing
- [Free Trial](https://fannarrative.com/free-trial): Sign in or create a free account for a free sample report built around your club or topic.
- Scout: £5/month — monitor 5 keywords, real-time Reddit alerts
- ITK: £15/month — full taxonomy, player & club monitoring, +10 keywords
- Hear We Go: £49.99/month — everything in ITK, plus analysed reports
- The Special One: £149.99/month — everything in Hear We Go, plus news trend alerts, custom report voice, hand-picked X/YouTube sources, +25 keywords
- The Boardroom: custom — bespoke fan research, match reactions and predictions for organisations

## Free to Read
- [The Team Talk](https://fannarrative.com/the-team-talk): A free daily football news digest, rebuilt every morning from the stories fans are actually reacting to, with a permanent page per day.

## Sister Product
- [Ruhndown](https://fannarrative.com/ruhndown): Ruhndown (https://www.ruhndown.com) is our sister product — an all-in-one writing and planning workspace for football creators. Running orders, live stats, social feed and fan intelligence in one place, built on Fan Narrative's fan intelligence. Free plan, then £20/month (Core), £49/month (Pro) and £149/month (Team).

## Full Content
- [Complete site content](https://fannarrative.com/llms-full.txt): every landing page's copy, keywords and full FAQ in one plain-text file, plus current pricing, competition coverage and the live club and newsletter pages.

## Company
- [Homepage](https://fannarrative.com): Voices of the many, not the select few. Fans are already saying what they think across Reddit, X, YouTube and forums — Fan Narrative finds that conversation and turns it into talking points, narratives and quotes you can use.
- [Privacy Policy](https://fannarrative.com/privacy-policy)
- [Terms of Service](https://fannarrative.com/terms-of-service)
- Contact: hello@fannarrative.com

## The Free Kick (free weekly Premier League newsletter)

The Free Kick is our free weekly Premier League roundup, published at https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick. Every issue is built from analysis of millions of real fan conversations rather than pundit opinion: talking points ranked by how hard fans argued about them, a team of the week picked on fan approval (fAr, 0-10), a manager of the week, and per-match pages with fan player ratings and supporter reaction.

- [Premier League 2026-27 Matchweek 3 recap](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw3): Matchweek 3 gave us a last-minute Manchester United collapse, a VAR meltdown at Brentford, and Tottenham still without a goal to their name. Liverpool scored twice in nine minutes and then apparently went home early. Ple
  - [Ipswich Town 0-2 Liverpool — fan player ratings and reaction](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw3/ipswich-town-vs-liverpool): Isak scores twice in nine minutes as Liverpool win at Ipswich. See how fans rated every player, including Palacios's standout display for the hosts.
  - [Newcastle United 2-2 AFC Bournemouth — fan player ratings and reaction](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw3/newcastle-united-vs-afc-bournemouth): Bournemouth twice let a lead slip before Jacob Ramsey's late sub goal salvaged a point at Newcastle. Fans rate the performances and dissect the collapse.
  - [Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur — fan player ratings and reaction](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw3/nottingham-forest-vs-tottenham-hotspur): A goalless draw at Forest leaves Tottenham still searching for a win. Fans rate Bentancur highly while Mathys Tel takes the brunt of the criticism.
  - [Manchester City 1-0 Coventry City — fan player ratings and reaction](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw3/manchester-city-vs-coventry-city): Haaland's goal is enough to see off Coventry, but fans are more focused on Phil Foden's struggles. See the full player ratings and reaction inside.
  - [Fulham 2-3 Crystal Palace — fan player ratings and reaction](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw3/fulham-vs-crystal-palace): Fulham had 25 shots to Palace's 10 and still lost 3-2. Fans rate Josh King highly and pile pressure on Arbeloa's system after a stunning stat gap.
  - [Brighton & Hove Albion 1-1 Leeds United — fan player ratings and reaction](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw3/brighton-hove-albion-vs-leeds-united): A disallowed Ao Tanaka goal dominates the fallout from this 1-1 draw. See fan ratings for both sides and the officiating storyline that followed.
  - [Brentford 1-1 Sunderland — fan player ratings and reaction](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw3/brentford-vs-sunderland): VAR dominated the headlines in this 1-1 draw, with two disallowed goals and a contested penalty. See how fans rated every player amid the chaos.
  - [Hull City 0-0 Aston Villa — fan player ratings and reaction](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw3/hull-city-vs-aston-villa): A goalless draw at Hull leaves Villa still without a win. Fans are increasingly focused on Emery's caution as the real story of the match.
  - [Everton 2-2 Manchester United — fan player ratings and reaction](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw3/everton-vs-manchester-united): United led late through Sesko before Maitland-Niles equalised in the sixth minute of stoppage time. Fans rate the players and dissect the collapse.
  - [Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea — fan player ratings and reaction](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw3/arsenal-vs-chelsea): Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1 in a match that sparked the week's biggest debate about Arsenal's attacking credentials. See fan ratings and the full talking points.
- [Premier League 2026-27 Matchweek 2 recap](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw2): Matchweek 2 gave us goals, chaos, and referees who apparently ruined everyone's Sunday. Manchester City strolled past Crystal Palace, Chelsea somehow survived a seven-goal thriller, and half the country is convinced the 
  - [Crystal Palace 1-4 Manchester City — fan player ratings and reaction](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw2/crystal-palace-vs-manchester-city): Crystal Palace fell 4-1 to Manchester City as Haaland scored twice. See how fans rated every player, including Tomiyasu's standout display.
  - [Liverpool 2-2 Nottingham Forest — fan player ratings and reaction](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw2/liverpool-vs-nottingham-forest): Liverpool drew 2-2 with Nottingham Forest in a game overshadowed by one contentious penalty. See fan ratings, reaction and the full breakdown.
  - [Coventry City 0-1 Hull City — fan player ratings and reaction](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw2/coventry-city-vs-hull-city): Coventry lost 1-0 to Hull despite dominating possession, sparking fresh questions over Frank Lampard. Full fan ratings and reaction inside.
  - [AFC Bournemouth 1-1 Everton — fan player ratings and reaction](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw2/afc-bournemouth-vs-everton): Bournemouth and Everton shared the points 1-1 in a game dominated by penalty controversy. See how fans rated every player on the pitch.
  - [Tottenham Hotspur 0-2 Newcastle United — fan player ratings and reaction](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw2/tottenham-hotspur-vs-newcastle-united): Newcastle beat Tottenham 2-0 as fans debated whether the win proves Eddie Howe had reached his ceiling. Full player ratings and reaction here.
  - [Sunderland 1-0 Fulham — fan player ratings and reaction](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw2/sunderland-vs-fulham): Sunderland edged Fulham 1-0 as fans turned on goalkeeper Bernd Leno. See the full ratings breakdown and reaction from both sets of supporters.
  - [Leeds United 1-1 Brentford — fan player ratings and reaction](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw2/leeds-united-vs-brentford): Leeds and Brentford drew 1-1 as questions grow over Igor Thiago's form. See how fans rated every player, including standout Mamadou Sangaré.
  - [Chelsea 4-3 Brighton & Hove Albion — fan player ratings and reaction](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw2/chelsea-vs-brighton-hove-albion): Chelsea beat Brighton 4-3 in a chaotic seven-goal thriller under Xabi Alonso. See how fans rated every player in a game that split opinion.
  - [Manchester United 5-2 Ipswich Town — fan player ratings and reaction](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw2/manchester-united-vs-ipswich-town): Manchester United thrashed Ipswich 5-2 with a Bruno Fernandes hat-trick, but fans still aren't fully convinced by Ruben Amorim's successor. Full ratings inside.
  - [Aston Villa 0-1 Arsenal — fan player ratings and reaction](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw2/aston-villa-vs-arsenal): Arsenal beat Aston Villa 1-0 through Bukayo Saka, but fan fury over Kai Havertz's continued selection dominates the reaction. Full ratings here.
- [Premier League 2026-27 Matchweek 1 recap](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw1): Opening weekend delivered exactly what you want from it: chaos, a red card inside 40 minutes, and two managers already fielding questions they didn't expect to face in August. Manchester United lost at Hull, Tottenham we
  - [Arsenal 3-0 Coventry City — fan player ratings and reaction](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw1/arsenal-vs-coventry-city): Arsenal cruised past Coventry 3-0 with goals from Havertz, Saka and Ødegaard. See how fans rated every player, including a standout display from Amenda.
  - [Hull City 2-0 Manchester United — fan player ratings and reaction](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw1/hull-city-vs-manchester-united): Hull City stunned Manchester United 2-0 with goals from Ajayi and Mendy. Fans rate the performances and react to a difficult start for Carrick's side.
  - [Nottingham Forest 0-1 Leeds United — fan player ratings and reaction](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw1/nottingham-forest-vs-leeds-united): Leeds United edged Nottingham Forest 1-0 thanks to a late Anton Stach goal. Fans discuss Forest's goalkeeper situation and rate every player.
  - [Ipswich Town 2-1 Sunderland — fan player ratings and reaction](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw1/ipswich-town-vs-sunderland): Ipswich Town beat Sunderland 2-1 with goals from Emersonn, Angulo and Clarke. Fans single out O'Nien's struggles in a tough afternoon for Sunderland.
  - [Everton 2-0 Crystal Palace — fan player ratings and reaction](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw1/everton-vs-crystal-palace): Everton beat Crystal Palace 2-0 with goals from Dewsbury-Hall and Barry. Fans focus on Ismaila Sarr's shock absence from the Palace squad.
  - [Brentford 3-0 Tottenham Hotspur — fan player ratings and reaction](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw1/brentford-vs-tottenham-hotspur): Brentford thrashed Tottenham 3-0 with goals from Lewis-Potter, Janelt and Kayode. Fans question Spurs' summer spending after a chastening defeat.
  - [Manchester City 2-1 AFC Bournemouth — fan player ratings and reaction](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw1/manchester-city-vs-afc-bournemouth): Manchester City edged past Bournemouth 2-1 in a game dominated by fan anger at Rico Lewis and Maresca's selection choices.
  - [Brighton & Hove Albion 4-0 Aston Villa — fan player ratings and reaction](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw1/brighton-hove-albion-vs-aston-villa): Brighton thrashed ten-man Aston Villa 4-0 after Gomes' red card. Fans rate the performances and discuss the ongoing Ollie Watkins saga.
  - [Newcastle United 2-2 Liverpool — fan player ratings and reaction](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw1/newcastle-united-vs-liverpool): Newcastle and Liverpool shared four goals in a 2-2 draw that reignited fan debate over Slot's tactics. See how every player was rated.
  - [Fulham 2-3 Chelsea — fan player ratings and reaction](https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league/26-27/mw1/fulham-vs-chelsea): Chelsea edged a five-goal thriller at Fulham 3-2. Fans discuss Enzo Fernández being booed by his own supporters and rate every player.

Archive of every issue: https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick
Competition hub: https://fannarrative.com/the-free-kick/premier-league
## Fan sentiment by club (free, updated every matchweek)

A page per Premier League club at https://fannarrative.com/fan-sentiment/{club}, showing how that club's own supporters feel this season — fan approval (fAr, 0-10) by topic, which topic draws the most criticism, who is under the most pressure, and how the mood has moved week to week. Sentiment is measured only from posts we identify as coming from that club's supporters, not from neutrals or rival fans.

Index of all clubs: https://fannarrative.com/fan-sentiment

- Tottenham Hotspur — fAr 3.6: https://fannarrative.com/fan-sentiment/tottenham-hotspur
- Fulham — fAr 3.6: https://fannarrative.com/fan-sentiment/fulham
- Manchester United — fAr 3.6: https://fannarrative.com/fan-sentiment/manchester-united
- Chelsea — fAr 4.0: https://fannarrative.com/fan-sentiment/chelsea
- Aston Villa — fAr 4.0: https://fannarrative.com/fan-sentiment/aston-villa
- Crystal Palace — fAr 4.1: https://fannarrative.com/fan-sentiment/crystal-palace
- Liverpool — fAr 4.2: https://fannarrative.com/fan-sentiment/liverpool
- AFC Bournemouth — fAr 4.2: https://fannarrative.com/fan-sentiment/afc-bournemouth
- Sunderland — fAr 4.3: https://fannarrative.com/fan-sentiment/sunderland
- Ipswich Town — fAr 4.3: https://fannarrative.com/fan-sentiment/ipswich-town
- Manchester City — fAr 4.4: https://fannarrative.com/fan-sentiment/manchester-city
- Brentford — fAr 4.5: https://fannarrative.com/fan-sentiment/brentford
- Coventry City — fAr 4.5: https://fannarrative.com/fan-sentiment/coventry-city
- Nottingham Forest — fAr 4.5: https://fannarrative.com/fan-sentiment/nottingham-forest
- Leeds United — fAr 4.6: https://fannarrative.com/fan-sentiment/leeds-united
- Everton — fAr 4.6: https://fannarrative.com/fan-sentiment/everton
- Hull City — fAr 4.6: https://fannarrative.com/fan-sentiment/hull-city
- Brighton & Hove Albion — fAr 4.6: https://fannarrative.com/fan-sentiment/brighton-hove-albion
- Arsenal — fAr 4.8: https://fannarrative.com/fan-sentiment/arsenal
- Newcastle United — fAr 4.8: https://fannarrative.com/fan-sentiment/newcastle-united