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    Quote Originally Posted by Davystayn View Post
    It is because the ruling elites of the day were into rugby and cricket, to a lesser extent rowing etc.

    Football exploded out of industrial working class areas in cities, it wasnt really played by the elites in the colonies - administrators, senior army officers etc, at the time,
    The white colonies weren't full of elites though, the two most popular football codes in Australia, Aussie Rules and Rugby League were never elite games.

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    Handball is a real sport and best sport of all time

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    Quote Originally Posted by Creoda View Post
    Relatively. The average Australian would be more knowledgeable and interested in the game than the average American, largely because recent European immigrants make up a much larger portion of the Australian population. Watching FA Cup Finals in Australia was always a bit of a tradition going back decades, it was for my parents and all their expat friends, even though they weren't football fans. Football/Soccer was on free-to-air TV since the 60s. FIFA video games have also been very popular among kids since the 90s.

    Australia has also produced arguably as many or more good players as the US, and an equally good national team, despite being a small fraction of their population. Nearly 2 million Australians play football/soccer out of a population of 25 million.
    the world cup is very popular in Australia!

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    Former English colonies are too much american influenced. If USA isn't good in something, they don't keep trying like losers, they just create their own version (american football) and play among themselves.

    The most traditional is exactly England, where it was invented btw, but time has proved they are also not good at playing it as well. Only 1 WC final (as host) and 1 Eurocup final (as host). It doesn't sounds me more traditional than Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, Belgium, Hungary, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Greece, Croatia, Switzerland.....

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    Association football is not equally popular in Britain either. The Welsh have always much preferred Rugby Union, and Rugby Union has traditionally been more popular in SW England I think, and also in parts of the Midlands (Rugby, for one!). Many towns in Lancashire/Yorkshire are considered Rugby League towns as well: Wigan, St Helens, Hull, Castleford, Bradford etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Creoda View Post
    Association football is not equally popular in Britain either. The Welsh have always much preferred Rugby Union, and Rugby Union has traditionally been more popular in SW England I think, and also in parts of the Midlands (Rugby, for one!). Many towns in Lancashire/Yorkshire are considered Rugby League towns as well: Wigan, St Helens, Hull, Castleford, Bradford etc.
    However, soccer is the most popular sport in the UK only if we count England, this is a bit old statistic but I don't think it's that different from today, you just have to see the statistics of the Premier League and its teams.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ruggery View Post
    However, soccer is the most popular sport in the UK only if we count England, this is a bit old statistic but I don't think it's that different from today, you just have to see the statistics of the Premier League and its teams.
    Obviously. But as you can see on the graph, if you combine Rugby football interest, it isn't that far behind Association football.

    I'm not a fan of Rugby of either type, but I prefer it to American Football at least. Aussie Rules is up there with Soccer as the two best football codes to play and watch for mine.

    The only American sport I don't mind is Baseball, largely for its history and culture, but I couldn't watch it. It's descended from the English game of Rounders, and the American equivalent of our Cricket in every way, another game with an interesting history.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Creoda View Post
    I'd be more impressed if they weren't covered head to toe in padding/helmets. It's also a really stupid game.
    Yeah sure so they die on the rink? You have to be really retarted mate.



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    Definitely a very fascinating topic to think about, how come football isn't very popular in so many countries in the world, especially since in Central Europe and Southern Europe is kinda like a national religion. Probably it is because of my cultural bias, but I really don't find any team sports as entertaining to watch as I do with football, maybe only handball and basketball can come nearby. Also it is the only sport in my surrounding of friends that almost everybody gathers up at big football tournaments and watches the games with big passion. No other sport even gathers a quarter of the passion here than football, at least not in my surrounding of friends, including women and men.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Charlemagne_ View Post
    Yeah sure so they die on the rink? You have to be really retarted mate.



    You belong to ballet.
    Who cares? It's a braindead game anyway.

    The excessive padding and helmets are pathetic. Afraid to get hurt. Even little girls in the past played without them.


    I know you're not Canadian anyway, given your poor comprehension of my earlier post and spelling.

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