Footballers are right tarts!!
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'Swimming is England’s most popular sport, followed by athletics, cycling and football.
Over 2.9 million people were swimming once a week in 2012/13, making it the top sport by a significant margin.
The number of people taking part in athletics weekly has risen from 1.4 million in 2005-06 to over 2 million today.
The number of weekly cyclists is also over 2 million, while football is part of the weekly routine for over 1.8 million people.
Other sports becoming more popular – though from a lower base – include boxing and table tennis.'
http://www.sportengland.org/research/who-plays-spo...
Over 2.9 million people were swimming once a week in 2012/13, making it the top sport by a significant margin.
The number of people taking part in athletics weekly has risen from 1.4 million in 2005-06 to over 2 million today.
The number of weekly cyclists is also over 2 million, while football is part of the weekly routine for over 1.8 million people.
Other sports becoming more popular – though from a lower base – include boxing and table tennis.'
http://www.sportengland.org/research/who-plays-spo...
goldblum said:
'Swimming is England’s most popular sport, followed by athletics, cycling and football.
Over 2.9 million people were swimming once a week in 2012/13, making it the top sport by a significant margin.
The number of people taking part in athletics weekly has risen from 1.4 million in 2005-06 to over 2 million today.
The number of weekly cyclists is also over 2 million, while football is part of the weekly routine for over 1.8 million people.
Other sports becoming more popular – though from a lower base – include boxing and table tennis.'
http://www.sportengland.org/research/who-plays-spo...
That all depends on your definition of sport. Competitive swimming is most certainly a sport but just going up & down a pool? So what is a sport, should we include say darts & snooker? Over 2.9 million people were swimming once a week in 2012/13, making it the top sport by a significant margin.
The number of people taking part in athletics weekly has risen from 1.4 million in 2005-06 to over 2 million today.
The number of weekly cyclists is also over 2 million, while football is part of the weekly routine for over 1.8 million people.
Other sports becoming more popular – though from a lower base – include boxing and table tennis.'
http://www.sportengland.org/research/who-plays-spo...
bad company said:
That all depends on your definition of sport. Competitive swimming is most certainly a sport but just going up & down a pool? So what is a sport, should we include say darts & snooker?
Given it appears to be 'played at least once a week' then I think xbox is the most popular sport in the uk. Closely followed by playstationI mean what a load of old nonsense to quite some over inflated figures from a body who needs to justify keeping their funding!!
The fact is unavoidable, football is more 'popular' than any other sports here in the uk
eltax91 said:
bad company said:
That all depends on your definition of sport. Competitive swimming is most certainly a sport but just going up & down a pool? So what is a sport, should we include say darts & snooker?
Given it appears to be 'played at least once a week' then I think xbox is the most popular sport in the uk. Closely followed by playstationI mean what a load of old nonsense to quite some over inflated figures from a body who needs to justify keeping their funding!!
The fact is unavoidable, football is more 'popular' than any other sports here in the uk
bad company said:
goldblum said:
'Swimming is England’s most popular sport, followed by athletics, cycling and football.
Over 2.9 million people were swimming once a week in 2012/13, making it the top sport by a significant margin.
The number of people taking part in athletics weekly has risen from 1.4 million in 2005-06 to over 2 million today.
The number of weekly cyclists is also over 2 million, while football is part of the weekly routine for over 1.8 million people.
Other sports becoming more popular – though from a lower base – include boxing and table tennis.'
http://www.sportengland.org/research/who-plays-spo...
That all depends on your definition of sport. Competitive swimming is most certainly a sport but just going up & down a pool? So what is a sport, should we include say darts & snooker? Over 2.9 million people were swimming once a week in 2012/13, making it the top sport by a significant margin.
The number of people taking part in athletics weekly has risen from 1.4 million in 2005-06 to over 2 million today.
The number of weekly cyclists is also over 2 million, while football is part of the weekly routine for over 1.8 million people.
Other sports becoming more popular – though from a lower base – include boxing and table tennis.'
http://www.sportengland.org/research/who-plays-spo...
Another way of looking at popularity is to look at the make up of a commercial sports radio station like TalkSport. which receives its income from advertisers who generally know what people want to listen to.
There's an hour of fishing on Sunday mornings a couple of hours of Rugby on Sunday nights, 5 minutes of racing every morning and cricket doesn't have a special show but receives fairly regular mentions, especially during test matches.
Although other sports are mentioned there are no special shows for swimming, athletics, martial arts etc.
The rest is football.
There's an hour of fishing on Sunday mornings a couple of hours of Rugby on Sunday nights, 5 minutes of racing every morning and cricket doesn't have a special show but receives fairly regular mentions, especially during test matches.
Although other sports are mentioned there are no special shows for swimming, athletics, martial arts etc.
The rest is football.
stuartmmcfc said:
Another way of looking at popularity is to look at the make up of a commercial sports radio station like TalkSport. which receives its income from advertisers who generally know what people want to listen to.
There's an hour of fishing on Sunday mornings a couple of hours of Rugby on Sunday nights, 5 minutes of racing every morning and cricket doesn't have a special show but receives fairly regular mentions, especially during test matches.
Although other sports are mentioned there are no special shows for swimming, athletics, martial arts etc.
The rest is football.
Sounds like they got it about right. There's an hour of fishing on Sunday mornings a couple of hours of Rugby on Sunday nights, 5 minutes of racing every morning and cricket doesn't have a special show but receives fairly regular mentions, especially during test matches.
Although other sports are mentioned there are no special shows for swimming, athletics, martial arts etc.
The rest is football.
bad company said:
xRIEx said:
A sport is a competitive physical activity, so darts and snooker are sports; swimming for exercise/leisure isn't.
Mrs BC and I scuba dive which is referred to as a sport but definitely not competitive.Alternatively, by your definition swimming for leisure is also a sport, and thus according to the figures, the most popular sport in the UK.
xRIEx said:
bad company said:
xRIEx said:
A sport is a competitive physical activity, so darts and snooker are sports; swimming for exercise/leisure isn't.
Mrs BC and I scuba dive which is referred to as a sport but definitely not competitive.Alternatively, by your definition swimming for leisure is also a sport, and thus according to the figures, the most popular sport in the UK.
My point is that scuba diving for example is referred to and often defined as a sport. See paragraph 3 here - http://scuba.about.com/od/whatisscubadiving/a/Abou...
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