Revealed: how football takes pride of place over marriage for husbands

Revealed: how football takes pride of place over marriage for husbands
RAYMOND HAINEY

MEN are nearly twice as likely to walk away from a failing marriage as to abandon their struggling football team, research has revealed.

And the divorce rate would halve overnight if men showed the same commitment to their relationships as they did to their teams, according to a study by psychologist Dr Aric Sigman.

He found that around 94 per cent of men said they would never abandon their team, no matter how badly it performed, while 52 per cent would walk away from a relationship that was not working out.

Sixteen per cent admitted they would even go into debt to support their love of the beautiful game, according to the study, carried out for World Cup sponsors Duracell.

Dr Sigman, an associate fellow of the British Psychological Society, said: "If men showed the same fidelity, commitment, self-sacrifice and honesty towards their partners, the divorce rate would halve overnight."

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(1) Your team never runs off with a co-worker.

(2) Your team never nags you.

(3) Your team doesn't have a brother-in-law moocher.

(4) Your team never makes demands on you, (The grass needs mowing, etc)

(5) Your team never whines ,"You don't understand me!"

Add to the list as you see fit. I can think of dozens more right off the top of my head.