British Sports Fans - The Most Devoted in the World
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by user Alex Holowczak
I think that British Sports Fans are brilliant. Here is a list of lengths they are prepared to go to:-
- During the FIFA World Cup, they always filled >75% of the stadiums that England were playing in.
- During The Ashes (cricket) in Australia, there was a vociferous English contingent.
- During European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, there are vociferous British fans, you can hear a bigger cheer when their athletes are announced (albeit they are poor).
- During Open Golf Championship or other British golf events, there are no cries of "Get in the Hole!!" when a player tees off on a par five...
- All Premiership Grounds are often full on matchdays.
- All Rugby Grounds are full on matchdays (albeit they are smaller, but dates normally clash with Football games).
- Whenever a national team plays in any sport, there is always a capacity crowd.
- In games that require crowd silence when appropriate, that is given.
- Thousands of fans went to the Olympics in 2004 in Greece.
- When England won the Rugby World Cup and Ashes, there were open top bus rides lined with millions on the streets. When the Rugby World Cup Team returned, there were thousands there to greet the plane.
There is no way that, e.g. there will be as big a US crowd at the K Club in September for the Ryder Cup as there was two years ago. Also, I cannot imagine a vast US crowd turning up to watch the US Davis Cup Team play, or watch their basketball team play. 200,000 people went to Silverstone to see the British Grand Prix in 2005. 100,000 went to Donington Park to see the British MotoGP, and 80,000 went to Brands Hatch to see the two rounds of the World Superbike Championship - all capacity crowds. Also, one amazing statistic, more people attended Great Britain's last home Ice Hockey game, than the Canadian equivalent.
So that is why I believe British Fans to be the best in the world. Anyone disagree?
Date
Fri 08/11/06, 5:17 am EST
