Our latest survey had thrown up some interesting figures. It’s official; men spend more time talking about sport than sex – a whopping 52 minutes a day. 50 per cent of men actually rely on sports as a conversation starter.
While their tongues are busy wagging, a different type of match is going on in their heads. Guys claim to think about sex for 11 minutes out of every hour but have their mind on their favourite game for just seven minutes an hour.
Hook up with a sport crazed man and you could be missing out. Half would rather go to a football match than spend time with their partners.
In addition, 40 per cent of men claim to spend more time talking about sport to their friends than actually talking to their partner.
Football topped the polls as the most talked about sport, closely followed by rugby, then motorsports and cricket.
It doesn’t come as a surprise how much men talk about sport, but to put it above sex is a real shocker. Even though I love my sports, I’m not sure my wife would forgive me if I put it above spending time with her, although it goes without saying that all bets are off on cup final day!
10) In addition to England, St George is the Patron Saint of Portugal, Georgia, Genoa, Milan, Beirut, Malta, Ethiopia, Lithuania and Palestine (he got around!) 9) St George is also the Patron Saint of Syphilis, Leprosy and Herpes (he definitely got around!)
8) Even though St George fought Dragons, he didn't get a national holiday, unlike St Patrick in Ireland who merely chased a few snakes!
7) Shakespeare was born, and died, on St Georges Day (obviously not the same year)
6) In 1900 the first use of the word "Hill Billie" was on St Georges Day
5) Prior to being a Saint, George was apparently a Pork Salesman
4) April 23rd 2008 was the first time the St Georges Cross was flown over 10 Downing Street
3) The St Georges Cross became the national flag in the 16th century, before that it was a bowler hat, brolly and cask of ale!
2) During the last world cup 27% of adults bought a St Georges Cross
So, we are ready to launch! www.sportingfix.com, is a unique personalised fixtures service, which goes online this week. As a subscription based website it enables fans to get the fixtures and details for all of their favourite teams, covering all major worldwide sports.
You can download fixtures, which you can either print or automatically link to your electronic calendar. Subscribers receive all changes and updates as they are announced, which means you never miss a moment, wherever you are.
As we have been getting ready to launch, we have been talking to sports fans to get their opinions of their favourite teams, top managers and thoughts on their best-loved games.
In our poll of 3,000 football fans, the greatest sporting managers were revealed.
The managers that came out on top are truly legendary.However, as a life-long Forest fan I would have liked to see Old Big ‘Ed higher on the podium! We anticipated some renowned managers would figure in our poll, as they are fixed in football fans’ minds, but it was a close-run contest.
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson was hailed as the greatest football manager ever. The 67-year-old - whose team is one point clear at the top of the Premier League with a game in hand and still on course to win an historic quintuple - beat Sir Bobby Robson to claim the title.
Sir Alex has led the Old Trafford giants to ten league titles, eight domestic trophies, and two European Champions League successes since he took over the hot-seat in 1986.
Sir Bobby, 75, managed Ipswich, Newcastle, PSV, Barcelona, Porto and England boss before retiring and is currently battling lung cancer.
Sir Matt Busby, who was manager of Manchester United when the team was in a tragic plane crash that left 23 people dead, including seven players, came third.
Fourth place went to NottinghamForest legend Brian Clough followed by England's 1966 World Cup winning boss Sir Alf Ramsey.
Bill Shankly, who built the Liverpool dynasty, was voted in at number six while the 'Special One' Jose Mourinho was seventh.
The Portuguese became the highest-paid managers in English football after moving to Chelsea in 2004. But after falling out with owner Roman Abramovich, he left the club in 2007 and now bosses Internazionale in Milan.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger was eighth while former Liverpool manager Bob Paisley was at number nine, with another Newcastle favourite, Kevin Keegan, completing the top ten.
We know how much fanatical football fans live for the game, and their passion also extends to these world class team bosses.It would be interesting to see the results if we just polled the football managers.
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