Is soccer in England bigger than cricket in India?

[ravi88]

i always compared the passion of fan following and wanted to know which is bigger

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hey nobody is replying have I assked something weird question

[cazza3]

Knowing very little about cricket its impossible to answer but I do know how huge football is in England. Take the Premiership alone. Its 20 clubs playing 38 matches each, totalling 380 matches from August to May which in TV rights alone is worth £3 billion. It is the most-watched football league in the world, broadcast in 212 territories to an audience of 643 million viewers. In the 2010–11 season  the average Premier League match attendance was the second highest of any professional football league behind the German Bundesliga , and stadium occupancy was 92.2% with an average of 35,000 at every match every weekend. And that's just the Premiership.

As for the whole passionate supporters just look at David Beckham. England's golden boy at the age of 23 until he got sent off at the 98 World Cup and England with out on penalties. Then came the Beckham backlash. I think it’s fair to say that the English media (and to some extent the English public) went a bit mental, and made Beckham the scapegoat for England’s World Cup exit. Tabloid newspapers had a field day and went out to end his career. One newspaper (can't remember which) published a David Beckham dartboard for fans to take their frustration out on.An effigy of Man Utd’s #7 was hanged outside a pub in London, and Beckham faced boos around Premier League grounds the following season.

[aMuse]

I would imagine cricket is bigger in India... There are far more people in india, so the following is far greater. People go nuts over cricket in India. It's like a religion.

[sketchy]

I pity the Indians if not - how can anyone get excited watching a bunch of guys standing around in a field for a couple of days?

[ravi88]

i don't like chanting English fans come to india and watch cricket it is more than 1000 decibels noise atmosphere I think only brazillian soccer fans can be compared to indian fans

[Cfctorres]

They're both huge. I'd say English fans are more passionate. The atmosphere at a football game is amazing.

[ravi88]

but have you seen an cricket match in india when sachin tendulkar walks out to bat even the dead becomes alive in india the people of india keep fast for their cricketing idols they sit in temples churches mosques does that passion is in england too

[Cfctorres]

That's for the star. Football fans go crazy for everyone. At a game it's 90 minutes of craziness (used to live in England) we obviously have different opinions so I don't want to start an argument

[ravi88]

man I don't like football its boring one ball and 22 crazy people yuck

[WeaponZero]

Also bear in mind England's culture isn't so deeply rooted in religion like India so people would not express it in the same way.