Football, Domestic Violence and the Lightning Seeds
According to research conducted by Lancaster University, there is a positive correlation (not necessarily causality) between football and domestic abuse. The study focused on Lancashire (UK) analysing data from 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 World Cups. Results show that domestic violence rises by 38% when the England team loses and by 26% when the team wins. Incidents are 11% higher the day after the team played and reach a peak at the weekend the team exits the World Cup. When England plays a match, an average of 79.3 incidents are reported versus 58.2 when they are not playing (via).
I kept my fingers crossed last night. As all my "Italy substitutes" exited in the past weeks, I really would have loved to see England win. Thanks for your comments, Kenneth, Karen, and Derek!
ha, you're on time :-)
ReplyDeleteI'll duff my imaginary pet cats up today. No matter what the game's result. ;-)
ReplyDelete...and thanks for the link pack!
ReplyDeleteI kept my fingers crossed last night. As all my "Italy substitutes" exited in the past weeks, I really would have loved to see England win.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments, Kenneth, Karen, and Derek!