Apropos a discussion somewhere on here recently about time wasting and other ‘tactics’, there’s an interesting analysis here that suggests, in an average PL game, the ball is not ‘in play’ for over 30 minutes!
So I guess a third of those exorbitant ticket prices are spent on watching nothing.
It may be even worse in the lower leagues.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61342349