The graph illustrates the number of people attending in top-level football matches in Italy, England and Germany within the period of 24 years, starting from 1980.
Overall, at the beginning of the period the average of attendance in football matches in England and Germany were the lower than Italy but showed significantly growth at the end of the period, despite Italy was the highest number of attendance at the beginning it witnessed a rapidly decrease at the end.
If we look at Germany it started at 25 thousand of people in 1980 and there was a noticeable decrease to 19 thousand over the next 6 years. After that, despite having decreased significantly Germany sharply rose to 33 thousand of people in the remaining period. Italy showed almost the same trend starting at 26 thousand of individuals and slightly decline to 23 over the next 6 years. However, it started growth during the period and showed the enormous increase to 34 thousand at the end of the period.
By contrast, England showed an opposite trend. Although it started with the highest attendance, at about 30 thousand people, the number increased slightly to 37 thousand in 1986 before declining significantly. Attendance then fell continuously, reaching approximately 25 thousand by the end of the period, making it the lowest among the three countries.
