Thread: Soccer

But the English like football, not that we're exactly great at it, we still go on about 1966...

And cricket, some people like cricket, and THAT is a boring sport, and also another sport in which England lose at....

Nope, I think sport popularity in England has more to do with whether you can get drunk at the event or not...

Well the popularity of a sport in a country will also depend on the climate which they are in and the facilities that exist, in order to play a particular sport.

Ofcourse there are more reasons. Also take the media in account. In the Netherlands, playing darts wasn't just more than an activity you did in the cafe. But when Van Barneveld won the Embassy, the media got triggered. In the papers there was news on the Embassy and the TV showed games live. And darts got popular.

In this example, results in the sport and attention of the media are the keys to popularity of the sport. When the football season begins in about a few months, almost every evening there is football on TV. National competition or European cups. When there is no football on TV and competitions have finished, the popularity of football is a little decreasing. The world cup is not as popular here as when our team had been there.

But the English like football, not that we're exactly great at it, we still go on about 1966...

Well, English football is very popular in the Netherlands. Clubs like Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal. There's even a TV program dedicated to English football. Most people know of English clubs. Perhaps it's also because some players of us are playing in the Premier League and have good results there.

And cricket, some people like cricket, and THAT is a boring sport, and also another sport in which England lose at....

Yes, but as you said: some people.