Half of European football fans would seemingly prefer to watch important matches than have sex according to a straw poll sponsored by one of the backers of the upcoming Euro 2008 championships.

However, the results from individual countries vary.

The largest majority preferring to watch football to making love being 72 percent of Spanish supporters - surprising given the lack of success their national side has had - to 25 percent of Italy fans duly holding up their reputation as Latin lovers.

The poll also saw 60 percent of the
2 000 supporters polled declare that football was like a religion to them. - Sapa-AFP
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• This article was originally published on page 7 of Pretoria News on May 29, 2008