Popularity
A 2003 MORI poll found:
| Sport | TV Viewing | Participating | Interested In |
|---|---|---|---|
| Association football | 46% | 10% | 45% |
| Rugby Union | 21% | NA | 27% |
| Tennis | 18% | 3% | 23% |
| Cricket | 18% | 2% | 19% |
| Athletics | 18% | 2% | 21% |
| Snooker | 17% | 5% | 24% |
| Motor racing | 16% | NA | 20% |
| Rugby League | 12% | NA | 15% |
| Boxing | 11% | NA | 14% |
| Golf | 11% | 6% | 16% |
| Darts | 9% | 3% | NA |
| Swimming | NA | 9% | NA |
| Gym | NA | 12% | 17% |
| Badminton | NA | 3% | NA |
| Squash | NA | 3% | NA |
| Watersport | NA | 2% | NA |
| Skiing | NA | 1% | NA |
Read more about this topic: Sport In The United Kingdom
Famous quotes containing the word popularity:
“The popularity of that baby-faced boy, who possessed not even the elements of a good actor, was a hallucination in the public mind, and a disgrace to our theatrical history.”
—Thomas Campbell (1777–1844)
“A large part of the popularity and persuasiveness of psychology comes from its being a sublimated spiritualism: a secular, ostensibly scientific way of affirming the primacy of “spirit” over matter.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)
“A more problematic example is the parallel between the increasingly abstract and insubstantial picture of the physical universe which modern physics has given us and the popularity of abstract and non-representational forms of art and poetry. In each case the representation of reality is increasingly removed from the picture which is immediately presented to us by our senses.”
—Harvey Brooks (b. 1915)