St. Juste
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- Joined
- Apr 26, 2016
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- Location
- Barra da Tijuca
- Supports
- St. Mirren
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42696675
With an average of 11,436 fans attending SPFL top flight matches this represents 0.21% of the population - a huge 0.07% above second place Norway. This is despite having a number of larger teams, such as St. Mirren and Dundee United, in the second tier whilst smaller clubs like Ross County (from a village) and Hamilton are in the top flight.
It's an exceptional achievement - and yet more proof football is more popular in Scotland than it is anywhere else in the world. Most astonishingly, this has been the case consistently for the past 150 years since football was invented - no country has yet came close to our fanaticism with the national game.
For reference England comes 11th in the list with 0.07%. Some allowance should be made from some grounds not being big enough - I guess with unlimited capacity they could reach 0.09%? Not doing too badly, really.
With an average of 11,436 fans attending SPFL top flight matches this represents 0.21% of the population - a huge 0.07% above second place Norway. This is despite having a number of larger teams, such as St. Mirren and Dundee United, in the second tier whilst smaller clubs like Ross County (from a village) and Hamilton are in the top flight.
It's an exceptional achievement - and yet more proof football is more popular in Scotland than it is anywhere else in the world. Most astonishingly, this has been the case consistently for the past 150 years since football was invented - no country has yet came close to our fanaticism with the national game.
For reference England comes 11th in the list with 0.07%. Some allowance should be made from some grounds not being big enough - I guess with unlimited capacity they could reach 0.09%? Not doing too badly, really.
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