Football, not sex on UK fans mind every 12 minutes

Having sex, it seems, is not a priority in Britain, playing and thinking football is.

London, May 10 : Having sex, it seems, is not a priority in Britain, playing and thinking football is.

Football fans think of the game approximately once every 12 minutes, a survey involving 2,000 fans of Premiership clubs, has suggested.

The average football fan, according to The Times, thinks of football 80 times a day. Being a supporter, in other words, is a full-time preoccupation.

The time commitment does not match the incessant minutes men are said to spend thinking about sex, nor the time women are thought to spend pondering shoes.

The survey identified a hard core of fans, about seven per cent, who thought about football once every minute.

Previous scientific studies show football to be the most stimulating of spectator sports.

Richard Wiseman, a professor of psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, told The Times: "In a paper about unpredictability in sport, football came out on top in terms of being constantly unpredictable.

It's constantly jolting the brain with unpredictable events. A football game is a memorable event because it's constantly surprising."

Of all the supporters surveyed, Everton's were most preoccupied by other matters, turning to contemplate their team a mere 43 times a day.

The survey was sponsored by Virgin Money, as part of its Football Fans' Inflation Index, a study into the rising costs of attending matches.

ANI