This week, the Vatican published statistics for the attendance of the faithful at audiences, the Angelus, and liturgical celebrations during the past year. 3,368,220 people participated in one or other of these events during the past year.Comparing this to the gate for football matches in the UK, the Pope has had far more people attending events than any of our Premiership teams. However, a better comparison might be to take the average "gate". Dividing 3,368,220 by 52 gives an average weekly attendance of 64,773. This is higher than any Premiership team except Manchester United which averaged 68,674 in the 2005-2006 season.
3 comments:
Maybe you should divide the papal total by the number of weeks in footy season to get a more accurate comparison. Also the total no. seeing Man United would be far less as much the same people see them weekly. On the other hand it is far cheaper to see the Pope than Man United, after deduction of travel costs.But then it is far safer to see the Pope,I have never seen crowd violence at a Papal audience; maybe football matches should also start with the sign of the cross and end with the Pater Noster in latin and a blessing! Perhaps on your next visit to Charlton....
regards, Ken
I must admit that after seeing the announcement of Pope Benedict's election, I had an irresistible urge to go round singing "Ole ole ole ole etc."
Yes but football's the NEW religion!
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