Is Hockey Popular... Really?
Sabrina Romaguera
2025-05-30 19:14:54
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Efforts to broaden its audience through international matches and media deals are particularly relevant for the UK market; it can certainly profit the struggling economy at the moment through events and league games. Ice hockey combines speed and skill, providing high-paced action that captivates fans - most players reaching 20 miles per hour. Intense rivalries and unpredictable outcomes, including overtime situations and shootouts add to the excitement, making it an engaging sport for local communities and large-scale audiences. As UK’s sports fans seek new experiences, Ice hockey presents an appealing alternative to football.
Demarco Parisian
2025-05-22 00:47:25
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Based on the above, you might start thinking that field hockey is a popular sport in India, Pakistan, the Netherlands, Argentina, or Germany. However, the harsh truth is that in most of these countries, field hockey is not even among the first three of four most popular sports. Even in the UK, where field hockey has a long university tradition, it’s not among the most popular sports. While Germans do play field hockey – 89,000 registered players in 2022 – it’s still a drop in the ocean, if we know that almost 90 million people live in this country. The only exception here is the Netherlands. So, unlike their British across-the-sea neighbors, the Dutch take active part in field hockey games, playing it as a recreational sport for all ages, and as a professional national sport.
Raleigh Stoltenberg
2025-05-11 15:00:11
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That’s an exceptional attendance, but to put it in context, that’s more visitors than most League 1 football clubs and Premiership rugby clubs had last weekend, and almost as many as Centre Court at Wimbledon.
Ice hockey is, by far, the most popular indoor spectator sport in the country.
But there is a constant feeling that it’s a forgotten sport.
There is a bit of TV coverage on a well-hidden satellite channel, but you’d be hard pressed to find out how your local team got on last weekend without visiting their social media.
Irving Osinski
2025-05-11 13:12:20
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Again, this could be one to raise a few eyebrows but hockey is adored in India, where there is a population of nearly 1.5bn. The game originated in England in the 18th Century but it is now the Netherlands who are the dominant nation across men's and women's hockey.
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