Poor skill levels, rising taxes, bureaucratic planning controls and chronic overregulation are high on the list of culprits.

Low crosses may also result from poor skill, where players do not have the ability to kick a ball with the correct conventions.

The research also suggested that those with poor skills and confidence could improve both through practice.

Those who have emotional prediction are more likely to be company directors, while those with poor skills are usually the kind of people no-one speaks to at parties.

They expect those with poor skills to take about 40 hours to reach the standard.