The following article is about students going to a game (free I 'spose), to watch Brighton take on Millwall. This is part of the course and a field trip.
 
Now how times have changed, Football matches eh... what happened to the blue john caverns?
 
Also rightly or wrongly there is stereotyping in this report...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/11288240/When-did-football-fans-become-a-scientific-experiment-for-school-pupils.html

 

Thoughts....

cant say i see the problem, tho i got bored of reading the article.

i did get the impression it was not really a study but opinions coming off one.

All clubs do it, though I would hate to go see Millwall.

Just thinking about it I see many Vinny Jones look-a-likes, I blame @tonyhateley