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  • @SoGal_YT
    @SoGal_YT  3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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    • @farhaan8260
      @farhaan8260 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      React to
      -"The end is near" And
      Sergio Ramos- the gladiator

    • @steved6092
      @steved6092 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi ... did the original video say how much the stadium cost ? ... Amazing feat of engineering tho' ... also Richard Hammond seems to be morphing into a really bad version of ' Tony Stark ' !

    • @cornelius8617
      @cornelius8617 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@farhaan8260 most definitely

    • @cornelius8617
      @cornelius8617 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You still think football doesn't have too much tactics? You will continue to believe that, until you check out the channel I suggested to learn about tactics. It's called "TIFO football".
      A good example from their channel would be "positional play"

    • @lalitthapa101
      @lalitthapa101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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      The most beautiful video everything everything that happened this year & last year.
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  • @ftumschk
    @ftumschk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    A "pitch" comes from the verb "to pitch", which means "To put something in a fixed or definite place or position", and the noun "pitch" means "A portion of ground selected or allotted [...] for residence, business or any occupation"... in this context, for the occupation of a sporting game. (All definitions from the Oxford English Dictionary.) A "sales pitch" was once literally a piece of ground where a trader would set up and sell their wares.

    • @maximushaughton2404
      @maximushaughton2404 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I did read somewhere that pitch comes from cricket, as when football started they used cricket pitches. In cricket the term pitch comes from pitching the stumps in to the ground. Tottenham were a cricket team that played football in the winter months to keep the players fit.

    • @neilgriffiths6427
      @neilgriffiths6427 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A field is where you keep sheep, cattle, and corn. A pitch is where you've put something. Like a tent. Er...sorry, what was the question?

    • @chrislawley6801
      @chrislawley6801 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@neilgriffiths6427 That is what I was thinking : )

    • @bitTorrenter
      @bitTorrenter 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      "to pitch up"

    • @williamwilkes9873
      @williamwilkes9873 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Baseball is of English origin..,......,.balls, l guess.........

  • @DabbaRanx
    @DabbaRanx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Tottenham played their home fixtures at Wembley for a couple of years and I attended all but 2 games during that spell. A huge difference between the two stadiums is the atmosphere it cultivates. The approach to Wembley is really special and you feel excitement building, but once you get inside it's quite soulless. The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is quite the opposite - smacked in the middle of Tottenham, walking down a rather unassuming High Street to get there - but inside it really holds its own as one of the more impressive and atmospheric stadiums in Europe.... But only when Tottenham are winning, which hasn't happened much since they moved there 😂

    • @our_illumination949
      @our_illumination949 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Since? _its been a while since Tottenham have won something, unfortunately_ ... 😔
      But at least the team has gotten really close on multiple occasions. Tottenham did Pochettino very dirty.

  • @ftumschk
    @ftumschk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    6:15 The club is named after Harry "Hotspur", nickname of Sir Henry Percy, a famous knight in the 100 Years' War. He was called "Hotspur" due to his speed and agility on horseback... he rode horses so fast, it was as if he had "hot spurs".
    9:46 "Soccer" is originally a British term - an abbreviation of "asSOCiation football". I don't know if it's a generational thing, but the term was certainly widely used in the UK when I grew up, when there were various "Soccer" magazines on sale, and there were UK TV shows that used the name ("Soccer Night", "Soccer Sunday" etc) even as late as the 2000s.

    • @shoutinghorse
      @shoutinghorse 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The football club came from the cricket club which was called the Hotspur Cricket Club, it was the cricket club that was named after Harry Hotspur who reputedly owned land around the area that is now Northumberland Park, the original site of the cricket club.
      The term Soccer is indeed an English word deriving from Association. it is known as Oxford 'er slang which came from Oxford university, possibly even Rugby school before that, around the 1870's it was used to differentiate Association football from Rugby football IE: Soccer and Rugger. Before 'Soccer' became fashionable association football was often referred to as 'footer'

    • @neilgriffiths6427
      @neilgriffiths6427 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shoutinghorse We call it "footie." Because, you know - you use your feet to play it.

    • @SirToby1076
      @SirToby1076 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I thought he was called Hotspur because he was quick to anger :-)

    • @tonyjefferson3502
      @tonyjefferson3502 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shoutinghorse makes sense as he was from Northumberland

    • @shoutinghorse
      @shoutinghorse 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tonyjefferson3502 I would imagine it's the reason it was named Northumberland Park. Just a guess, after all nearby Bruce Grove was named after Robert the Bruce.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Grove

  • @michaelcartwright1260
    @michaelcartwright1260 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    The new EPL season is starting soon SoGal. You should definitely pick a team to follow! :)

    • @oheneboateng7577
      @oheneboateng7577 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Chelsea

    • @MrSammotube
      @MrSammotube 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Spurs obviously - always drama and at least a nice stadium!

    • @joshvandewaardt6106
      @joshvandewaardt6106 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Manchester united ofcourse

    • @blackrozzz181
      @blackrozzz181 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Chelsea sogal keep the blue flag fly high 💙💙🦁🦁

    • @coniston3106
      @coniston3106 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What about no team? I support a team that isn't in the PL. But I still like watching the matches.

  • @finnmerchant6405
    @finnmerchant6405 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The 2 closest Football stadiums in the uk are Dundee and Dundee United, that have a distance of only 350 yards away, so the players at matches get changed at their own stadiums then walk to the other one to play.

  • @Glund117
    @Glund117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Think he's calling it soccer as the video is directed at Americans. American 'football' is not popular at all outside of London in the UK, in London any sport will get its stadium filled

    • @vaudevillian7
      @vaudevillian7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I mean it’s more that people travel to London for the games because they hold them there with it being a major international city, but there’s fans all around the country, in our NFL teams supporters club we have people in literally every part of the U.K. (and Ireland), the biggest concentration is probably in the Midlands

    • @TrashskillsRS
      @TrashskillsRS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The NFL games is also mostly done for marketing reasons.

    • @favely2069
      @favely2069 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He’s Australian they call it soccer

    • @danielleeskelton
      @danielleeskelton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@favely2069 No he isn't. He's from Solihull.

    • @Glund117
      @Glund117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@favely2069 he's English

  • @rjhurst
    @rjhurst 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    There is no such team as ‘Tottenham Hotspurs’. There should never be an ‘s’ after the word Hotspur. There is only One Hotspur. We are Tottenham Hotspur. Although our nickname is the ‘Spurs’!

    • @andyjamess
      @andyjamess 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      COYS

    • @nedeast6845
      @nedeast6845 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      At least you are originally from North London, unlike some other teams

    • @andyjamess
      @andyjamess 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@nedeast6845 I can't even to begin to think who you are meaning of. Then again that might have been the Wool which has been pulled over my eyes. ;) lol

  • @seivad74
    @seivad74 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The Cockrel is a fighting Cockrel and the name Spurs relates to the sharp dagger-like spurs strapped to its ankles. The name Hotspur relates to Harry Hotspur (Sir Henry Percy)
    20 May 1364 - 21 July 1403 the nickname was given to him by the Scots as a tribute to his speed in advance and readiness to attack.
    The Club acknowledges Henry Percy, whose descendants owned land in the neighbourhood of the club's first ground in the Tottenham Marshes.

  • @jpgale
    @jpgale 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Soccer is originally an English term. There are many codes of football including rugby football, American football, association football. Association football is what is known as football to differentiate from other forms association was shortened to soccer, this was done a long time ago. Now if I remember my team history, the name hotspur and the nickname spurs are not related. Hotspur came from a knight called Harry hotspur, the nickname Spurs came from the logo, which is a fighting cockerel standing on and old fashioned soccer ball. A fighting cockerel wears spurs. Women do attend and in greater numbers, so do kids but it is traditionally male on a Saturday afternoon.

  • @alansmith1989
    @alansmith1989 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    At one time (Late 1930s) `Hampden Park` stadium in Scotland had a capacity of about 167.000. Later-because of safety concerns, it was reduced to about 135.000. It holds the attendance record in the history of the `European Cup` for the Celtic v Leeds semi-final (2nd leg) in 1970.

    • @pauldocmusic2411
      @pauldocmusic2411 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Holds all the attendance records outside of the Maracana stadium. In the 30s it had 2 attendances of over 160,000 in the space of a week . One for Scotland v England , the other for Celtic v Aberdeen in Scottish Cup final .

    • @alansmithee8831
      @alansmithee8831 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Alan Smith. Nice to see your comments. My friend who I had commented about previously liking Prince Philip and playing chess against AJP Taylor went to a Scotland v England match when up there on an engineering project early 70s, but was careful not to speak or react for England.

    • @jonmurray2350
      @jonmurray2350 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There was a great film about Scotland v England in 1937 at Hampden Park I saw recently on youtube. An FA historian stated it was registered then to hold nearly 185,000 at the time. There were 149,414 tickets sold, but he estimated that the 185,000 may have been reached via the custom of bunking in.

    • @alansmith1989
      @alansmith1989 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jonmurray2350 All before the `Health and Safety` rules we have today.

  • @timdyer5326
    @timdyer5326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thanks for a look at Spurs stadium. You are neutral and just appreciating it. Thanks for sharing.

  • @galoglaich3281
    @galoglaich3281 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    A lot of stadiums in the UK and Ireland have a mixture of artificial and natural grass ie artificial fibres mixed with grass

    • @zukispur5493
      @zukispur5493 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mixed in with the roots of the grass

  • @mattinfullvision9598
    @mattinfullvision9598 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    As a Tottenham supporter I'm pleased you did this one

    • @noahrussell2043
      @noahrussell2043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The SoGal subscriber spurs supporters group is certainly a niche crossover I’m happy to be a part of!

    • @mattinfullvision9598
      @mattinfullvision9598 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@noahrussell2043 I reckon we could be the founding members of that one

  • @michael_177
    @michael_177 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Richard Hammond's BIG is an incredible series

  • @darrenfearon4288
    @darrenfearon4288 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Football is our national game.,a lot of families goes to games.

  • @oscarsusan3834
    @oscarsusan3834 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Gotta love the old school TH logo -iconic.

  • @robbie.j7639
    @robbie.j7639 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    No inch is wasted in this Stadium, at least they didn't need to waste any space with finding somewhere to put their trophies.

    • @SpeccyHorace
      @SpeccyHorace 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That doesn't really work when they've got something like the 6th most trophies of any English club.

  • @andyykmeryiddothomsen7411
    @andyykmeryiddothomsen7411 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    COME ON YOU SPURS!!!

  • @mattinfullvision9598
    @mattinfullvision9598 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Football used to be seen as the working man's game! It was very much seen as a game for the working man. Thankfully it's more inclusive now but sadly it has lost it's working class element with billionaire owners and high player wages

    • @mattinfullvision9598
      @mattinfullvision9598 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Haniff Azman What are you on about? You sound utterly ridiculous!

    • @roymontgomery3189
      @roymontgomery3189 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Haniff Azman Do you realize that when you say Football, most people in the world and on TH-cam think you are talking about football (your soccer) and not about American football. Yes, you call it Football but most of the world call it NFL or American Football.

  • @rosshunter9792
    @rosshunter9792 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Tottenham have a 10 year deal with the NFL to show 2 games a season and are positioning themselves for a possible future London franchise in the NFL

    • @dlboss77
      @dlboss77 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      London franchise? That's ridiculous. Never happening.

    • @rosshunter9792
      @rosshunter9792 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dlboss77 it’s not as ridiculous as you think. Personally I have little interest in the sport but to say it’s impossible is a bit silly. They let teams move around all the time

    • @zukispur5493
      @zukispur5493 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dlboss77 it is/will be happening

  • @MarcioNSantos
    @MarcioNSantos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    From a Brazilian point of view is very weird to see American football anywhere outside of the USA. Especially in England. It sounds disrespectful for the land of football and rugby. Hahaha

    • @galoglaich3281
      @galoglaich3281 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      MarcioNSantos Rugby and soccer is trying to expand its sport into the US ,so its only American football that is trying to expand its reach internationally.Aussie rules is doing it and so is my country ireland with our national sports hurling and gaelic football everyone wants there chosen sport played by more people.

    • @MarcioNSantos
      @MarcioNSantos 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@galoglaich3281 Sure. I understand that.

  • @jpgale
    @jpgale 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The mixed pitch system was designed with the nfl in mind, the nfl even invested a little in the stadium. However the artificial pitch serves another purpose, concerts and other events don’t damage the grass.

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Apart from a couple of sold-out games, as a London attendee of Sports since 1962 I really can not see The NFL taking off as it's so hyped but full of stoppages/adverts and we do not like Corporate or too commercialized Sport. Can't see many going on a regular basis.

  • @andrewclayton4181
    @andrewclayton4181 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Narrator is Richard Hammond. He was one of the three presenters of the V. Popular BBC TV car show Top Gear. He's good.
    The ONLY top football match I've seen was at Tottenham''s White Hart Lane stadium. But that was the old one back in 1972. ( they drew with Manchester United - no goals. Boring)
    The crowd are traditionally young men. Often fuelled on drink, which is why aggression has often been associated with the game. I'd say it's 90% young men, though efforts to broaden the appeal are made.
    Pitch for the playing area. Field can be used as a term at an amateur level. Always called the Park up in Scotland.
    When Tottenham had a club record out in the 70s, it was sung by The Cockerell Chorus. ( Nice one Cyril)
    I had a conducted tour around Wolverhampton Wanderers ground once. It was surprisingly interesting. Though not as high tech as this place just shown. You can see from these buildings the amount of money sloshing around at the top level.

  • @victordevonshire807
    @victordevonshire807 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My sister and niece are season ticket holders at Spurs ie Tottenham Hotspur. Whole family are Spurs supporters.

  • @maximushaughton2404
    @maximushaughton2404 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The picture you said about the lack of female, well that was the bar, women tend not to go the bar at football matches. I'd say that there are about 30-35% women at football matches.
    It's the 7th biggest in the UK, 4th in London.
    Wembley Stadium 90,000
    Twickenham Stadium 82,000 (Ruby)
    Old Trafford 75,731 Manchester
    Millennium Stadium 74,500 Cardiff
    Murrayfield Stadium 67,144 Edinburgh
    London Stadium 66,000 the Olympics stadium now home to West Ham.

  • @Rob_Infinity3
    @Rob_Infinity3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That video (as you may know) is from a series called "Richard Hammond's Big". All great episodes. But one that stood out was when he went to visit the Volkswagen factory in Germany. I'd love to see you react to that!
    If not, I'd highly recommend you watch on your own time anyway.

  • @XXPIXX1980XX
    @XXPIXX1980XX 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Much more spectacular when you are there in person 👍🏻

  • @AncientBriton1948
    @AncientBriton1948 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Throughout the EPL and EFL all pitches must be natural grass, the only exception is a Desso surface which is 95% natural growing through a fine mesh which prevents divots being dug from the surface thus preventing the pitch being trashed. The downside is that in the closed season the surface has to be scrapped to remove natural soil deposits burying the Desso mesh which only has a 10year life span anyway.

  • @OSRS_Emperor
    @OSRS_Emperor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    12:17 Just say American football and real football
    Edit: 14:40 you can't bring beer into the stands in the UK, don't know how it is in the US though but it might be a factor

  • @bushchat28d
    @bushchat28d 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Whilst there is a reasonable % of women going to Premier League games these days, the bulk of all crowds are, as you say, men. However, if you go to somewhere like Barcelona you will find its much more of a family affair and the % of women is about 45-50%. A key difference between Spain and England however is that apart from the top 2-3 sides in Spain almost no fans travel away to watch their teams - this in turn means the potential for crowd troubles are virtually non-existant and everyone is far more relaxed as a consequence - hence the family atmosphere. When I went (from the UK) to see Barcelona for the first time, Barcelona scored and the crowd went mental - but then the opposition equalised... you could have heard a pin drop! I asked a Barca fan sitting next to me why there was no cheering for the goal from the away fans.. were they too scared? He simply said... "what away fans"! Nice video on a remarkable stadium by the way! :-)

  • @randomkiliinterviews9453
    @randomkiliinterviews9453 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Usually the atmosphere in small stadiums is better than in big stadiums. Big clubs have high ticket prices and the people getting in today are usually 35 plus and have a lot of money. It's counterintuitive but in Germany Union Berlin or Leeds in England have amazing atmosphere.

  • @flogjam
    @flogjam 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In UK Football, you aren't allowed to take you beer back to your seat, so that might skew the comparison. The trick is having a load before the game or chucking a pint or two down your neck at half time while navigating queues and the need to go to the loo. Also, the "drinkers" tend to head to the bar after 43 mins and 30 seconds! (lol) - it's a process !!

    • @jw3505
      @jw3505 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The best trick is asking for a spare cup for your coffee, stick the beer in it and you’re good to go

  • @charlieeaton1252
    @charlieeaton1252 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ay my club thanks for reacting to it #COYS btw it’s Hotspur

  • @MrSammotube
    @MrSammotube 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    FYI for capacity, this stadium is the second biggest in the Premier League. Old Trafford (Manchester United) is the biggest, although quite old - having been to both, Old Trafford was lacking in food facilities for sure! I appreciate that it is easy to improve these things when you build a new stadium.

  • @shoutinghorse
    @shoutinghorse 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    It's Tottenham Hotspur. One S. Their nickname is The Spurs. With two S's.

    • @KevMS84
      @KevMS84 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Nickname would simply be 'Spurs', no 'The' needed.

  • @farhaan8260
    @farhaan8260 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Biggest stadiums
    Santiago bernaneu (real Madrid) - Spain
    Camp nou (barca) - Spain
    Wembley Stadium
    Signal iduna park ( bvb) - germany

    • @nichemphill8321
      @nichemphill8321 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The problem is bigger is not better. Both Camp Nou and Santiago Bernabeu are both are in need of redevelopment. Though there are plans and it all comes down to MONEY, which REAL & BARCELONA have been spending like there is no tomorrow. And that leads to why those 2 clubs and JUVENTUS were and are still intent on the highly controversial, chaotic and dangerous ESL (European Super League) That appeared to launch, then collapse in the space of 48 hours earlier this year. They are determined to resurrect it .

    • @slackmack
      @slackmack 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I attended BvB - THFC in a pre-season warm-up match. Great game marred only by a handful of idiots unable to handle their German beer. Tottenham won 1-1 🤣

    • @galoglaich3281
      @galoglaich3281 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      D6012 They are also big non football stadiums
      Twickenham 82000(rugby)
      Stade de france 81000 (rugby/football)
      Croke park 82300 ( gaelic football and hurling)

    • @TheHesK9
      @TheHesK9 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nou camp and wembley are both bigger than the bernabeu

  • @RyanCogar
    @RyanCogar 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    For Comparison to 5:44, similar information from The Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. (The home of Welsh international rugby, formerly known as "The Millennium Stadium" capacity approx. 74,000)
    In each of the stadium's bars, so-called "joy machines" can pour 12 pints in less than 20 seconds. During a Wales versus France match, 63,000 fans drank 77,184 pints of beer, almost double the 44,000 pints drunk by a similar number of fans at a game at Twickenham (Home of English Rugby).

  • @jasonfernee2401
    @jasonfernee2401 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for reviewing my football team's stadium. I am a season ticket holder and i have been to all major football stadiums in Europe and without bias this is the best stadium in every way. One thing... the name is Tottenham Hotspur and not Tottenham Hotspurs.... Spurs is the nickname. Keep up the good work.

  • @TheArgieH
    @TheArgieH 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bicycle wheels were not the only wheels that needed "tuning". In the days when motor bikes and sports cars had spoked wheels "tuning" the wheel to balance out stresses was a skilled job, especially important if the wheel was going to be used at speed. I think back in the day a (musical) tuning fork was used. Probably there's a technology fix these days.

  • @andyr5967
    @andyr5967 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    They used to host NFL games at the old stadium from time to time, also on the same pitch. The sport is growing and the idea was to corner that part of the market. As a side I’ve been on the roof and touched the cockerel; the stadium is stunning and bigger than it seems.

    • @mattinfullvision9598
      @mattinfullvision9598 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      White Hart Lane never hosted NFL but there certainly were NFL games played at Wembley when Spurs played there for a while if that's what you mean

    • @andyr5967
      @andyr5967 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mattinfullvision9598 London Monarchs, English NFL team in the mid 90s?

  • @GenialHarryGrout
    @GenialHarryGrout 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    There is a stadium in Arnhem Netherlands that not only has a retractable roof but also a retractable pitch. The capacity of Wembley is 90.000 next biggest is Twickenham Stadium, used for Rugby, with a capacity of 82,000. For reference, the London Olympic stadium usually holds between 60,000 and 66,00 for sporting events and up to 80,000 for concerts

    • @DarrenLamb-on3py
      @DarrenLamb-on3py ปีที่แล้ว

      Also old trafford is high 70s,000. Close to 80,000 and Evertons new stadium will be a sight to behold. We stuck with shitty old stadiums in Britain while European clubs built better ones, then as they say the smart money went on last and we started building the best stadiums in europe. As for Real Madrid since jude went there I've seen a few matches and the atmosphere is terrible. I expected much more from so many fans. But spanish games dont compare to German, Dutch or English games for passion and atmosphere

  • @elprup2011
    @elprup2011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Come On You Spurs!

  • @fraolgudeta2877
    @fraolgudeta2877 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    biggest stadiums in uk
    Wembley stadium (london)
    twickenham stadium (london)
    oldtrafford stadium(manchester)
    cardiff millineum (wales)
    murrayfield (edinbrough)
    london stadium (london)
    tottenham hotspur stadium(london)
    celtic park (glasgow)
    emirates stadium (london)
    etihad stadium (manchester)

  • @ottovonmaybach
    @ottovonmaybach 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The bird is a cockerell. The Hotspur part of our name comes from Harry Hotspur, son of the Earl of Northumberland, written about by William Shakespeare. The family owned alot of land in the area where Spurs are located.

  • @jeffappleton7112
    @jeffappleton7112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's called a pitch because it is a prepared surface. A field is more typically just open ground or pasture.

  • @leonsamuel6165
    @leonsamuel6165 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good to see you learning more about football and the stadiums 😂 great content 👍

  • @grahamcanny686
    @grahamcanny686 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Simply put the pitch term is used as a section of spaces used to play the game. In grass roots sports a field can have 10-15 pitches with games being played on them all.

  • @joshsheffsagain4662
    @joshsheffsagain4662 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rotherham United, a small town near me did it well. When the financial crash struck in 2008, they took benefit of the reduced costs and built themselves a huge premier League style stadium for a fraction of the cost, and also moved it close to the town centre.
    It's now one of the town's best assets. For a small former mining town, they did well in that regard.

    • @BlameThande
      @BlameThande 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      My favourite part about this is it's called New York Stadium (I pass it on the train) because the bit of land it was built on was called "New York" centuries before the city in America existed. I bet that must confuse a few sponsors!

    • @joshsheffsagain4662
      @joshsheffsagain4662 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BlameThande I'd heard, whether it's true or not, is that it's called New York because on that site, was a steel works which made the steel for the new York fire hydrants and also which went into the Hudson bridge!

    • @TheHesK9
      @TheHesK9 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Huge? 12,000 capacity isn't huge lol

  • @Bowleskov
    @Bowleskov 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    About the Beer, by FA rules Alcohol may not be consumed within sight of a football match so it is only served before the game and during half time. These rules do not apply to other sports in the UK as both Rugby and Cricket spectators are allowed to consume alcohol whilst the match is in progress. I assume therefore more would be consumed during a NFL game.

  • @dovidell
    @dovidell 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tottenham Hotspur football club were originally an offshoot of the Hotspur Cricket club which was founded in 1880

  • @bentoomey15
    @bentoomey15 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    To differentiate between the two footballs, you can use Association Football for soccer. In fact, "soccer" is short for "association football" (the "-er" ending was a common slang thing in the late 1800's, it's called the "Oxford -er").

  • @pjmoseley243
    @pjmoseley243 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    both terms " SOCCER and FOOTBALL" have always been used to describe the game of Football since I was a kid and before. soccer became more common when Football was introduced into the USA, they did not want it confused with American Football, we would also call it " FOOTY" or sometime is you have a smaller team of 5 on each side, it will be referred to 5 a Side but we know it means football, 5 a side footy game.

  • @tofgamman
    @tofgamman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Hotspur part is reference to Harry the Hotspur, a knight from years back

  • @kevingunning7569
    @kevingunning7569 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Historically in the UK, Football was the preserve of the working-classes. Traditionally, men would attend the game while the women remained at home. Things are changing of course, but it is definitely an historical throwback. See ya

    • @handsolo1209
      @handsolo1209 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Historically football in the UK was the preserve of posh public schoolboys and "gentlemen". It was not for the riff raff at all. After the universal adoption of the Sheffield rules many cricket clubs started to play football as a winter sport to keep fit for the cricket season. After that, many factories and industrial places started clubs for their workers and many churches started teams to try and keep local men from falling in to gang violence. The original posh teams either rejected the Sheffield rules and remained under the old rules which became modern Rugby Union or they stayed strictly amateur and had no wish to play in the new League systems. You will of course be aware of the early history of the FA Cup (created for the posh boys to have a trophy to play for) being dominated by ex-public schoolboy teams like Old Etonians, Wanderers, Royal Engineers (Officers only), etc.

  • @kevinbarr2095
    @kevinbarr2095 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I don't like Spurs as an Arsenal fan but they basically looked at everything we did wrong with the Emirates and did it better.

    • @timdyer5326
      @timdyer5326 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Respect to an Arsenal fan from a Spurs fan for that. Pity about the tough seasons we had. Hope for better in 2021/2. Good luck.

    • @kevinbarr2095
      @kevinbarr2095 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@timdyer5326 Well I don't hope for better for Spurs and I'm sure you don't hope for better for us but yes other than that I agree

    • @timdyer5326
      @timdyer5326 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kevinbarr2095 I hope for a better season for us both mate. 👍. Good luck 🤠

    • @kevinbarr2095
      @kevinbarr2095 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@timdyer5326 Fair enough, I'm sure you understand I won't be wishing Tottenham any luck 🤣

    • @timdyer5326
      @timdyer5326 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kevinbarr2095 Yes mate. Understand. Christmas truce over. We will be yelling at each other come north London derby day. It's the way of things 😀. It's one of the things we live for. Keep well mate. 👍.

  • @davidrowlands441
    @davidrowlands441 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I learned a lot watching this. The stadium is fantastic but the game seems to be leaving its roots. Still is a fantastic stadium and good post. Thanks sal.

  • @DimitarBerbatov11
    @DimitarBerbatov11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You see majority of men in football stadiums because for us that is really really serious unlike your sports that I’m definitely are just entertainment. For us is entertainment but mostly is life. It’s like going to war. You don’t send women to war.

  • @tazzz1783
    @tazzz1783 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I still cant wrap my head around the term American Football...FOOT BALL, they play with hands, its HAND BALL...football is football all around the world and its literaly played like its named.

  • @long-timesci-fienthusiast9626
    @long-timesci-fienthusiast9626 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi SoGal, I think, it`s fair to say that Football in England was a working man`s sport originally. It was then a relatively cheap form of entertainment for men to escape their humdrum working life. Father`s often took their Son`s along from an early age at least to Home games. Though, Women & children were more likely to attend matches during holiday periods such as Easter.
    Things changed when it became more about the money, obviously businesses/Clubs looked at ways to encourage the family to attend. But, this had a serious setback during the football hooligan period, which put off other family members from attending. Generally speaking, I think family viewing has been returning, but the cost factor still plays a major part.
    Our stadiums used to have much bigger capacities before they were converted to all-seater stadiums. Matches such as Cup finals at the Old Wembley stadium, used to involve 100k + crowds as seen on old Pathe News footage or photographs from the 50`s/60`s.

  • @wonhung
    @wonhung 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the reasons, apart from social ones, is violence. In the early days of football it was not unusual for someone to die and later in the 1970s & 1980s there were groups of "fans" called "firms" that would carry offensive weapons and start mass fights with fans from opposing teams resulting major riots & people seriously injured & sometimes killed. These "firms" would often invade the pitch and go after players of opposing teams.
    The reult was that most stadiums changed to seating only thus quelling the worst of the violence and it has become more family friendly since, but every now and again violence will flair up, but nowhere near as bad as it was during the 70s & 80s when even the police would get a good bashing. Sometimes it was a real blood bath.
    When I worked in TV back in the 90s I helped on a documentry about the Grid Iron teams in London like The Monarchs so American football has been played in London for at least 40 years. Not sure about the rest of Britain as I have no interest in the sport so didn't investigate further as I was only editing it.

  • @colinstanley4608
    @colinstanley4608 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    London Stadiums: Wembley 90K(National Stadium), Tottenham 63K, Arsenal 61K, West Ham United 60K(The 2012 Olympic stadium), Chelsea 42K...Outside London: Manchester United 76K, Manchester City 53K, Liverpool 54K, Everton 39K, Newcastle 53K, Aston Villa 43K....Are the largest stadiums in the English Premier League.

    • @davidfuters7152
      @davidfuters7152 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They all healed more before we where given a seat , I used to stand on a terrace on the Stretford end , now I stand on the Stretford end in front of my seat

  • @alanking9199
    @alanking9199 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    For a different football stadium, Forest Green Rovers (EFL2) is building a wooden stadium, in line with the clubs eco credentials, ie Vegan only food, renewable energy to power everything, they also had the first Mobot to mow the grass, they are the greenest football club in the world,

  • @tofgamman
    @tofgamman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It is mostly men who go to games Most teams especially the larger teams have family areas so you might find more kids and women in there but you do get children and women in other area as well.

  • @raymondporter2094
    @raymondporter2094 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you pick Middlesbrough ("The Boro") from The Championship, you will have a few highs, lots of lows, and many days/matches when you'll wonder whether you could have spent your afternoon/evening doing something more productive. Still, if it's in the blood, love for Boro cannot be denied.

  • @andrewsparsholtt5338
    @andrewsparsholtt5338 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Men & women support Tottenham Hotspur, and child, the Golden Rooster, ( Cockerel) also Nick name is Spurs, My Name is Andy Sparsholtt from Edmonton North London England.

  • @RawFootLettace
    @RawFootLettace 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Originally named Hotspur Football Club, the club was formed on 5 September 1882 by a group of schoolboys led by Bobby Buckle. They were members of the Hotspur Cricket Club and the football club was formed to play sports during the winter months.[9] A year later the boys sought help with the club from John Ripsher, the Bible class teacher at All Hallows Church, who became the first president of the club and its treasurer. Ripsher helped and supported the boys through the club's formative years, reorganised and found premises for the club.[10][11][12] In April 1884 the club was renamed "Tottenham Hotspur Football Club" to avoid confusion with another London club named Hotspur, whose post had been mistakenly delivered to North London.[13][14] Nicknames for the club include "Spurs" and "the Lilywhites".[15]

  • @matthewdearsley123
    @matthewdearsley123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Sorry, you are ignorant when it comes to stats. Football has a crazy amount of stats. It's just not pause/break/play/ repeat..... there are a huge amount of stats in football. But due to it being free-flowing the stats are usually reserved for post-match rather than during the game (mostly). PL clubs literally have teams of analysts. Pundits also show a lot of stats... if you play fantasy football, again, lots of stats.

    • @mattinfullvision9598
      @mattinfullvision9598 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well she is new to it all for goodness sake, what do you expect her to be some kind of statistician already? She's learning and will pick up on stuff like that? Your comment was really too harsh there

    • @matthewdearsley123
      @matthewdearsley123 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mattinfullvision9598 the word 'ignorant' might be considered 'harsh' but it is a word that has a factual meaning. I wasn't trying to be offensive.

    • @mattinfullvision9598
      @mattinfullvision9598 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@matthewdearsley123 The word ignorant suggests not only a lack of understanding but an unwillingness to learn and gain more understanding of said topic which her attempting to learn clearly shows she is not ignorant. Your intention is completely irrelevant here, intended or not your comment was very rude

    • @matthewdearsley123
      @matthewdearsley123 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mattinfullvision9598 that is one usage of the word. I simply meant the more widely accepted literary version.
      lacking in knowledge, there was no implied 'not willing to learn'.
      Perhaps I should've phrased it better but i meant no offense. I realise it has negative social connotations even though it shouldn't. I am highly ignorant myself in many regards about many things.
      www.dictionary.com/browse/ignorant

    • @mattinfullvision9598
      @mattinfullvision9598 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@matthewdearsley123 Yes I thi3a better phrasing choice would've been good. Not to worry, happen s to us all unfortunately

  • @westheking12
    @westheking12 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the best Stadiums in the world

  • @pauly741
    @pauly741 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    They have a brewery and bakery inside the stadium , they can pour about 10'000 pints a minute

  • @BigmanDogs
    @BigmanDogs 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Many football pitches has started to introduce a hybrid turf that is a mix of real and fake grass.

  • @pedrocor46
    @pedrocor46 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's easy to differentiate:
    One of them is played almost exclusively with player's feet, so should be called FOOTBALL.
    Other consists in players handling the ball with their hands 95% of the time, it's nonsense considering to put the word FOOT in the name

  • @raydawson2767
    @raydawson2767 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    A field is a natural landscape,where a pitch is created by levelling ground and using rollers and compactors to level it,the bird is cockerel,and Hotspur is named after the the person who created the club,also the land used to be owned by Harry Hotspur,a British duke.
    Spurs stadium is the second biggest stadium in the league,capacity about 62,500 roughly after Manchester United at 76,000,but there stadium is is very old and outdated.

  • @kevinshort3943
    @kevinshort3943 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Most things are "Big!" compared to the Hamster.
    I'm also quite surprised he didn't find a way to crash it :).
    Hardly anyone cares about NFL.
    Probably everyone who cares will be in the stadium.
    I'm quite surprised that Baseball isn't more popular, because it's supposed to be in the spirit of Cricket.
    If you like "Pyro", react to Lewes fireworks :)

  • @markwilliamson2864
    @markwilliamson2864 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The new THFC stadium is technologically extremely impressive, I wonder if it has sound deadening features in the away end?

    • @zahrans
      @zahrans 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not sure about that but one things for certain. No where in the stadium is there a trophy cabinet.

    • @daneelolivaw602
      @daneelolivaw602 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@zahrans
      Do you write comedy scripts for a living?. Only you aint very good, So far Spurs have won 25 Major trophies, with three of them coming in European competition's, they were also the first English or British club to win any European competition, and the only non league team to win the F.A. Cup.

    • @parklane8315
      @parklane8315 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zahrans I suggest you look again !

  • @tofgamman
    @tofgamman 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Automated grass cutter are popular in different places around Britain

  • @jk844100
    @jk844100 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    A short origin of the Logo and the team name:
    “Since the 1921 FA Cup Final the Tottenham Hotspur crest has featured a cockerel. Harry Hotspur, after whom the club is named, was said to have been given the nickname Hotspur as he dug in his spurs to make his horse go faster as he charged in battles, and spurs are also associated with fighting cocks.”

  • @leeadler8401
    @leeadler8401 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Because that is what we call football....and you guys have what we call 'American Football'

  • @Captally
    @Captally 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As an ancient I remember when football was very children friendly. My 10th. birthday present was attendance at the Mathews Cup Final - Blackpool 4 ; Bolton Wanderers 3. Women weren't very interested in football but it wasn't unusual to see kids passed over the heads of the crowd down to the front so they could see. Of course, this was before foul mouth yobs and chavs took over the stands and Prima Donnas the playing.

    • @kevinbarr2095
      @kevinbarr2095 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember when I used to go to Highbury and take a rolled up newspaper with me, the queue for the toilets weren't worth the wait, you'd end up missing half the match and then the toilets themselves were no pretty sight. We used to do it into a rolled up newspaper instead

  • @Bowdon
    @Bowdon 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Football is traditionally a working mans sport i.e. were men would get out of the house and be around other men to drink alcohol and watch a game. But in more recent years there as been a push to promote it as a family game.

  • @InquisitiveBaldMan
    @InquisitiveBaldMan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm gonna hazard a guess at this one.... but in the UK when football first became big, it was as a winter sport for people who played cricket in the summer. Aston villa for example were a cricket team in Aston who started a football team quite close to the start of a national football competition. A Cricket pitch would have a Pavilion or Villa hence the name. I'm going to assume they played on their cricket pitch....where you would obviously pitch the ball. (It has a couple of meanings in cricket, neither of which are exactly the same as baseball). So I'm assuming calling it a pitch just carried over from the field in cricket.

    • @mattinfullvision9598
      @mattinfullvision9598 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Similarly Tottenham was founded by a group of cricketing schoolboys who wanted a spot to play in winter

  • @mathewcaldwell2945
    @mathewcaldwell2945 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    He's calling it soccer, because the show is targeting an American audience to show off British products.

    • @aidanjanemcintosh6919
      @aidanjanemcintosh6919 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      what are you talking about, Hammond's clearly an american

  • @charlieeaton1252
    @charlieeaton1252 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It’s a cockroll it’s called the golden crockroll the person that shot the cockroll used to play for spurs it’s Paul gasgoinge (Gazza) and it’s real grass

  • @jasonfernee2401
    @jasonfernee2401 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hammond uses the term soccer because the programme was designed to sell it to the American market. The stadium is large by modern standards... Tottenham's older stadium going way back when had a record attendance of 75,038 All standing fans.

  • @teedoification
    @teedoification 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (or White Hart Lane) is arguably the best football stadium in the world currently.
    In terms of capacity in England, Wembley is number one at 90,0000, then you've got Old Trafford in Manchester (home of Manchester United) which is 72,000, then Spurs come third overall (second in London). After that you've got the Olympic stadium (West Ham United) and the Emirates (Arsenal) both in London and both 60,000 (the latter just a couple of miles down the road from Tottenham, and their arch rivals), though Celtic Park up in Glasgow (home of errr Celtic) is slightly bigger at 60,500. And if you're counting rugby, Twickenham (home of England rugby team in southwest London, nearish Wimbledon) comes second at 80,000.

    • @zukispur5493
      @zukispur5493 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don't forget our training complex at Hotspur way. We're simply years a head

  • @timarnold8267
    @timarnold8267 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm not a huge fan of football, either British or American. I'm a motorsport fan (and instructor/driver coach and competitor). Surely one of the largest stadiums in the world has to be the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with 257,325 seats and up to 400,000 total capacity including standing room. I think the highest ever attendance was 350,000. In fact if you look up the top 100 highest sporting attendances, the Indianapolis 500 is No.1 with 350K, and motor racing events feature in the list more than any other sport, especially at the top of the list. Of course, they're not all stadiums, but a lot are, especially at the oval tracks in the USA.

  • @dominicsimpson7582
    @dominicsimpson7582 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I live down the road from it. It's pretty massive.

  • @sparxxcy8951
    @sparxxcy8951 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    As you have mentioned Tottenham a couple of times and follow Marina - it would be Great for you to follow 'Spurs'! COYS!... Nice to see another video of yours, Especially about our football club!

  • @presstoeject
    @presstoeject 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was bought up in Tottenham and used to be able to see the floodlights from my front garden. The new stadium is amazing but the rest of the area continues to be rundown. Much like the Olympics, the promised regeneration for the community never really happens for Londoners.

    • @peterlangbridge4286
      @peterlangbridge4286 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I grew up in Tottenham too, just round the corner from Bruce Grove station. I agree with you about the general area. It seems at odds with the stadium somehow.

  • @sickening31
    @sickening31 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    From what I saw there is missing info about hierarchy and diversity between national football and club football. The highest in hierarchy is FIFA that takes care of most general rules and organization of the major tournaments: Most prestigious one is World Cup and major tournament is every 4 years with best teams qualified from their region phase. This is tournament of national football teams. So is mix of best players of that nation that can be played for club in other country.You have regional organization in one of the earliest videos such as UEFA, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL etc. Each of that organization has got quotas how many teams can go for final tournament - UEFA has most as has many countries and best results - that’s even answer on your question why some countries were part of different association not where they should be by geographical location - easier access to go on final tournament. Qualification for World Cup is mostly in period of 2 years before final tournament. There are second tier major tournaments for the regional associations so you were watching UEFA EURO. Alongside was going on Copa America that is major tournament of South American football association. These tournaments are in the other 2 years of cycle to FIFA World Cup. So national teams playing for 2 years qualification for their regional title and other 2 for World Cup title.
    Other part is club football. Each country has own league system where clubs trying to win one of the highest titles. For club can play players from other countries to make best team as possible. There is couple of competition for each country. Mostly is league, cup tournament, sometimes battle between league champion and cup champion etc. Best teams from top leagues of each country can qualify for spots in their regional competition, same as cup winners. UEFA has 3 club tournaments UEFA Champions league, UEFA Europa league and Europa Conference League. Competing in these can club boost capital as there is valuable prizes not just for winning but achieving some stage. Each country has spots guaranteed per previous years success of clubs in that competition and probably some of coefficient from national team performance on major tournaments for couple years back. Usually there is even tournament of regional champions FIFA Club World Cup. That’s why it is possible to win even 5 trophies for a club in one season (as Barcelona did) - League champion, Cup champion, Winer of the battle between league and cup champion, Champions League champion, Club world cup champion. Also Messi plays for FC Barcelona as club and also for Argentina as his country

  • @ianprince1698
    @ianprince1698 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    perhaps the word pitch comes when the game is played on a large playing field, several pitches can be marked to in the same field so all the games can be played separately. many amateur games are played on a Sunday morning

  • @omarsabih
    @omarsabih 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Check out "You never walk alone" sung by Liverpool fans.

  • @MrSammotube
    @MrSammotube 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The stadium was a bargain at £1billion (possibly the most expensive in the world?) - the best part is that the brewery underground allows the bars within to serv 10,000 pints of beer per minute!

    • @neilboulton9813
      @neilboulton9813 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Mr Sammutube I think you need to check out most of the new NFL stadiums cost including the Cowboys, Raiders and the shared Rams/Chargers if you think this was expensive. They do not have a retractable pitch and needed to demolish the old stadium and compulsory purchases the land and businesses where the new stadium stands. It also has to be paid for by the club, unlike saddling all the local taxpayers to pay for it for decades to basically bribe the particular NFL team to relocate to their city.

  • @AgentLynch616
    @AgentLynch616 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wembley is the biggest football stadium in England followed by Manchester United’s old Trafford stadium. Tottenham’s stadium is the 3rd biggest but the most modern. Tottenham spent a few seasons playing at Wembley whilst their stadium was under construction and I went to many games there. It doesn’t have the same class as tottenham stadium. And Old Trafford is at the end of its life. It needs demolishing.

  • @colinturner4158
    @colinturner4158 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It’s our cockerel taken from our old stadium and put on top of our new stadium

  • @philipr1567
    @philipr1567 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why "soccer"? As far as I am aware, in the UK the term "soccer" was coined by public school toffs as an abbreviation to differentiate it from Rugby football ("rugger"). NOTE - in the UK "public schools" are selective and expensive - in the USA these would be called "private schools" - are you confused yet? :) :)
    There are different types of football including :
    Football ("soccer" - a contraction of Football Association - the organisation founded in 1863 to standardise rules and govern the game)
    Rugby football ( or "rugger" - there are two main codes - Rugby Union and Rugby League)
    American football
    Australian rules football.
    In the UK "football" is the game played under FA rules. In the USA this is called "soccer"
    In the USA "football" is the game played on a gridiron field. In the UK this is called "American football"

  • @tofgamman
    @tofgamman 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Back in the day QPR and Luton had the original artificial ground but players were getting super rubber burns. Now the English league have said no to fully artificial ground in the top 4 divisions. Some of the non league teams make alot of their money renting their pitch out local teams so artificial pitches are used by quite a few teams

  • @GeotheScot
    @GeotheScot 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Though USA has several large capacity stadiums, how many USA cities have more than 1 football stadium in that City, my city of Glasgow in Scotland has 5 football teams, 3 stadiums with over 50,000 capacities, cities like London, Manchester, Sheffield, Liverpool, ++ all have more than 1 large stadium

  • @roymontgomery3189
    @roymontgomery3189 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Twickenham Rugby Stadium in London holds up to 82,000 fans.

  • @pjmoseley243
    @pjmoseley243 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think the reason why women and children are represented less in UK football matches is traditional but slowly it is changing. back in the past traditionally people in this Island had different roles. In our industrial past men would go to football matches on the weekend after a week working in shipyards, steelworks, coalmines, etc women would traditionally run the home. Men would tend to drink in excess and use language that would normally be used in the company of men, slowly after the world wars things began to change in fits and starts. Also there was a prejudice against women doing things that were the domain of men. but things take a long time to change in this Island lol. I think exposure to what happens in the USA slowly changes things in the UK.