"It was clear the new fans were more affluent," says John Williams, director of the Sir Norman Chester Centre for Football Research at the University of Leicester.

“很显然新一代球迷的构成更加多样化，”莱斯特大学诺曼·切斯特爵士足球研究中心的主管约翰·威廉姆斯说。

The Stirling, Chester and Liverpool university researchers took photos of the men and women in more than 100 couples.

斯特灵大学、切斯特大学和利物浦大学的研究者们对100多对情侣夫妇拍了照片，并分别对每一个人的长相进行了评分。