Post on 17-May-2015
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Sports and competition in Britain
The content
• A national passion• The social importance of sport• Cricket• Football• Rugby• Animals in sport• Other sports• Gambling• A little game
A national passion
• Their main form of entertainment
• Rarely the best at particular sports
< > One of the best in a much larger number of different sports
British individualism at work!
The social importance of sport
• Participation has legal recognition
• Duty of local authority: provide & maintain playing fields and other facilities
• Sports on television:every sportno matter the popularity
• Tradition as important as actual contest
Cricket
• Not the nation sport of Britain• England, small part of Wales: played at
top level• Symbolizes: slow and peaceful way of life• Eleven players• Test matches can last up to five days of
six hours each• Played at top level: Australia,
England,Pakistan… Borat&Crickets
Football
• Association football: full official name of ‘soccer’
• Seperates from:* rugby football* Australian football* American football
• Not only for working classFunnyFootballEnglishFootballTeam
• Appearance of Fanzines:magazines in informal style, published by fans
• Teams tend to be men-only: violent
• No worse anymore because of the accidents
Rugby• Two versions:• Rugby union and
rugby league• Rugby league:
traditional home is the working class of the north of England
• Rugby union: mainly for the middle classes.
Rugby
Animals in Sports• Hunting:
* foxhunting• Shooting:
* killing birds* shooting parties
• Fishing:* competetivly angling
• Race:* horse racing* Greyhound racing
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Other sports
• Preference for team games.
• Popular individual sports socializing is an important aspect:
tennis, golf,sailing and snooker.
Gambling
• Widespread: throughout all classes
• Gambling on:* horses* dogs* football pools
• What does it mean? ‘Who won the 2.30 at Chester?’
A little game
• On a sticky wicket
• Saved by the bell
• First past the post
• Win hands down
Cricket: in a difficult situation
Boxing: saved from a bad or dangerous situation by a sudden event
Horse- racing and riding: the winner
Sports in general: win hands down
Some famous venues
• Football Wembley
• Rugby Union Twickenham
• Horse- racing (flat) Ascot
• Cricket Lord’s
• Golf St.- Andrews
• Motor Racing Silverstone