"Football Hurts" Men More Than Love This Valentine’s Day
A national survey conducted by Nuts TV found that 85% of men would dump their girls on Valentine’s Day to watch their favourite club play.
- 76% would rather lose their girlfriend than their club
- Poll shows that supporters in the North East and North West are most fanatical… with the magic of the FA Cup best captured in Wales
Girlfriends across the nation have their worst fears confirmed: a national survey of football supporters shows that men would put football before love on Valentine’s Day.
Read more shocking survey results after the jump…
The poll, by Football Fans Census and commissioned to celebrate the new football docu-drama Football Hurts will be premiering on Valentine’s Day on Nuts TV - has surveyed over 1,700 football fans. 51% of the fans surveyed are season ticket holders, across 125 teams including all clubs in the Premiership and Football League, and results show that:
- 76% would rather lose their girlfriend than their club
- 85% of men would choose to watch their club over a Valentine’s date
- 78% would rather score for their club in the cup final than score with their dream woman
- 44% admitted they would knowingly buy their girlfriend counterfeit goods as a present, but 82% would never buy a fake replica football kit for themselves
- Men will spend on average £80.85 watching their team away, but only £51.85 on a date
- 42% would find it more hurtful to watch their club get beaten by their arch rivals in the FA Cup Final than to find out their girlfriend has cheated on them with their best friend
- 42% would never go out with a girl who supports their arch rivals
Results show that fans from the North East, North West and the West Country are the most loyal to their clubs. A massive 89% from the North East would choose their club over their girlfriend if they had to lose one or the other. 89% of men from Yorkshire and Lancashire would leave their girlfriends at home on Valentine’s Day to watch their club and a massive 50% of men from the North East would never date a girl who supports their arch rivals. It seems that the magic of the FA Cup is captured in Wales more than anywhere else, as a whopping 85% of men from the valleys would rather score in the cup final for their club, than with their dream woman.
“These findings should come as no surprise when you consider the unyielding dedication, passion and commitment to football in this country; why else would it still be thought of as our national sport?” comments Joe Talbot, Director of Programming for Nuts TV, and commissioner of Football Hurts. “Having supported Arsenal since the age of 4, with the allegiance passed down to me from my Grandad through my Dad, I know that for many men feelings for your club are genetic and in your DNA - we’ll do everything in their power to maintain that tradition. Sorry girls, but you’re going to have to accept that for some men, football will always be the number one love of their lives – Valentine’s Day or not.”
The survey was conducted to mark the new football docu-drama Football Hurts – which premieres on Nuts TV at 10.00pm on Thursday 14th February and continues over 14 weeks. The pain, emotion and love involved in grassroots football will be fully celebrated, analysed and documented in the cutting edge football docu-drama on Nuts TV, which gives unlimited access to one of the UK’s greatest clubs – A.F.C Wimbledon.
The first season of Football Hurts focuses on every fan’s favourite second club: A.F.C Wimbledon, the club founded by the supporters of former club Wimbledon FC. Following their quest to regain their place at the summit of British football, Football Hurts is not only a fascinating insight into the workings of a club run by fans, but an in-depth analysis of the unswerving loyalty and fiercely protective relationship between the fans and the club they have sought so hard to defend.
Football Hurts is an exciting new commission to Nuts TV’s slate of men’s entertainment programming that covers the essential topics important to men: Cars, Comedy, Entertainment, Gadgets, Girls, Music and Sport.
Watch for the special premiere of Football Hurts on Nuts TV Valentine’s Day (February 14th, 2008 Guys) at 22:00. Check you TV provider for airing information.
Used with Permission from http://www.ideageneration.co.uk
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