Soccer v Cricket

[Falchoon]

Soccer is the sleeping giant
Cricket is the national sport
which is bigger in this country?

Neither get anyone to go to the top league in this country.
The crowds come out to both for serious international games.
Registered players? who has more?
Junior players? who has more?
Which is watched more on TV?

 

[happy_in_hell]

Originally posted by Falchoon
Soccer is the sleeping giant
Cricket is the national sport
which is bigger in this country?

Neither get anyone to go to the top league in this country.

How do you mean - we are the world leaders in Test cricket (is that right?) whilst in Soccer.......
it never gets the exposure it 'deserves' (written so noone would kill me cos i reckon Aus Soccer sucks)

 

[daicos4ever]

Originally posted by Falchoon

Neither get anyone to go to the top league in this country.
The crowds come out to both for serious international games.
Registered players? who has more?
Junior players? who has more?
Which is watched more on TV?

You make some very valid points there, which tips the scales 'soccer's' way.

However, cricket is part of the Aussie psyche. It's culture. I don't like cricket much but I still go to the boxing day test. I think that's the same for many others. Cricket is pretty much our national identity.

 

[Destructive]

Cricket hands down. Soccer in this country is a joke.

 

[Ripper]

Originally posted by Falchoon
Soccer is the sleeping giant

they've been saying that for the last 50 years.

Cricket would be be 10 times more popular than boring-ball in Australia.

 

[Slax]

Soccer has more junior players than any other sport in this country. That does include Aussie Rules too. Cricket probably has more active participants over 21 though.