England Fans Top The League Of ‘Football-Mad’ Nations
While Fabio will be plotting England’s path to World Cup success, the English supporters arrive in South Africa with the accolade of being the most passionate supporters in football. England beat off stern competition from the likes of Brazil to top the poll and Capello will undoubtedly be hoping that it is a good omen ahead of the summer.
Heineken conducted a full survey assessing how much football was watched and debated by football fans around the World and the study showed England up top. An average of 2hrs 22mins of football watched every given weekend; a staggering 3hrs and 21mins of time is used to debate about games and gossips with friends and colleagues, while a further 3hrs and 51mins is dedicated to simply reading about the game. That is nearly 10 hours of every given week devoted to the beautiful game – quite a commitment and more than your normal working day.
The research was carried out in 15 different countries and over 5,000 people (age ranged between 25-40) were used in order to conduct the survey, which saw England finish victorious. The results threw up a few surprises – no more so than Germany finishing 11th and the supposed passionate Dutch supporters coming in bottom in 15th place.
Country
Talking about football
Watching football
Reading about football
England
3hr 21 min
2hr 22 min
3hr 51 min
Thailand
3hr 2 min
2hr 15 min
3hr 2 min
Brazil
3hr 20 min
2hr 10 min
3hr 19 min
Ireland
3hr 6 min
2hr 11 min
3hr 9 min
Mexico
3hr 8 min
2hr 1 min
2hr 38 min
Spain
2hr 43 min
2hr 7 min
2hr 40 min
Italy
2hr 55 min
1hr 58 min
2hr 15 min
China
2hr 34 min
1hr 53 min
2hr 32 min
Scotland
2hr 41 min
1hr 52 min
2hr 32 min
South Africa
2hr 41 min
1hr 56 min
2hr 31 min
Germany
2hr 40 min
2hr 3 min
2hr 16 min
Wales
2hr 20 min
1hr 53 min
2hr 35 min
France
2hr 14 min
1hr 47 min
2hr 18 min
Russia
2hr 22 min
1hr 52 min
1hr 31 min
Holland
1hr 56 min
1hr 32 min
1hr 31 min
[Research was conducted by One Poll May 2010 amongst 5,300 male adults]