The research found that the ritual of trekking to football grounds is comparable with Neolithic man making the journey to Stonehenge for feasts (file photo).
‘Sacred locality was seemingly as important to our ancestors as it is to football fans today,’ said research fellow at King’s College London Dr Matt Butler, ‘where the sense of place, the stadium, is indelibly linked to the sometimes profoundly emotional memories of matches.’.
Football fans keep coming back for more in order to get that dopamine hit when their team scores, a study has found (file photo).
The ritual of trekking to football grounds is comparable with Neolithic man making the long journey to Stonehenge for winter feasts.
Why football will always be a hit with fans - and how die-hard supports could be just like Neolithic men traipsing to Stonehenge...
