• The first stage of the forum upgrades has now been completed but they remain in a degraded state and are still being worked on.
    Please read this thread for more details.
    New user registrations are currently disabled.

India Series on FTA?

Status
Not open for further replies.
The Rat said:
I go the cricket because of the cricket mind, but I like a drink n all situations, so it all adds to it.

I get what you are saying, but paying 80 quid a pop, plus when you add up the whole day, you have to really like England to do that

I've asked mates who might follow the scores, but have declined to go as its too big of a wedge for them for something they have a passing interest in
Click to expand...
This sums up me and my crowd very well. We all like a drink, we all get very merry, but when I've asked mates who will watch The Ashes etc on the Tele they'll say 80+ notes, plus fiver a pint puts them way off.

Couldn't see anyone attending a Test just for the piss up myself unless they had money to burn
 

I would say the best way to compare cricket these days compared to 40 years ago is what somebody on here said a couple of weeks ago. The story was they where in the Riverside park at Chester and Ben Stokes was there with his family and nobody knew who he was.
After the ashes in 1981 Ian Botham was probably the biggest sport star in this country only Kevin Keegan was as big as England captain.
 
Even at Old Trafford it was £13.something for two pints of Dark Fruits (I know I know but it was that or Fosters 🤮)
 
wayne entwhistle no9 said:
I would say the best way to compare cricket these days compared to 40 years ago is what somebody on here said a couple of weeks ago. The story was they where in the Riverside park at Chester and Ben Stokes was there with his family and nobody knew who he was.
After the ashes in 1981 Ian Botham was probably the biggest sport star in this country only Kevin Keegan was as big as England captain.
Click to expand...

that was me.

Yeah maybe, but he is a bit of a one off, what about others from that team? doubt they would.

North east is a bit different, as its so football dominated, I'm born like 5 minutes from the riverside, but very few of my friends from that area have any interest in cricket, partly as the school, which is a few minutes walk, never had any interest in it
 
The Rat said:
that was me.

Yeah maybe, but he is a bit of a one off, what about others from that team? doubt they would.

North east is a bit different, as its so football dominated, I'm born like 5 minutes from the riverside, but very few of my friends from that area have any interest in cricket, partly as the school, which is a few minutes walk, never had any interest in it
Click to expand...

I bet the equivalent year 40 years previous had much more interest though. That’s the key point, not that the England team can fill 25,000 grounds.

I think the NE is pretty into cricket generally btw, even if the proper hotbeds are Yorks and the South West. Compare the amount of state educated players we produce with the southern counties.
 
Silly Point said:
Yeah yeah nice try you southern softie ;)
Click to expand...
:lol:

It came out when I was in my late teens and became my drink of choice (I first had it on a bus to Swansea in 2013) but these days it's not something I'd go for - but I'd rather drink rats piss than Fosters!
 
The Rat said:
that was me.

Yeah maybe, but he is a bit of a one off, what about others from that team? doubt they would.

North east is a bit different, as its so football dominated, I'm born like 5 minutes from the riverside, but very few of my friends from that area have any interest in cricket, partly as the school, which is a few minutes walk, never had any interest in it
Click to expand...
I think you have just hit the nail on the head giving the example of your mates lack of any interest. I think there is a much bigger percentage of the general public have no interest in cricket at all now.
I don't know how old you are and I don't want to sound like a condescending old git but 40 years ago there was hardly any live football on TV apart from the FA cup final and the summer international tournaments. But each summer there was loads of live cricket not just the England matches but the John player league every Sunday and every other week there was a live county one day match from either the B&H cup or the Gillette/bat West cup. Also there was only 3 channels till channel 4 arrived so people watched the cricket even if they where not that interested because there was little else to watch.
Different times but the general public although not cricket mad where far more aware and informed about the game because of its exposure. Football was still a far bigger sport then but nothing like these days.
 
wayne entwhistle no9 said:
I think you have just hit the nail on the head giving the example of your mates lack of any interest. I think there is a much bigger percentage of the general public have no interest in cricket at all now.
I don't know how old you are and I don't want to sound like a condescending old git but 40 years ago there was hardly any live football on TV apart from the FA cup final and the summer international tournaments. But each summer there was loads of live cricket not just the England matches but the John player league every Sunday and every other week there was a live county one day match from either the B&H cup or the Gillette/bat West cup. Also there was only 3 channels till channel 4 arrived so people watched the cricket even if they where not that interested because there was little else to watch.
Different times but the general public although not cricket mad where far more aware and informed about the game because of its exposure. Football was still a far bigger sport then but nothing like these days.
Click to expand...
I can remember a canny few hanging around outside tv shops, watching the cricket back in the day. It’s the sheer volume of sports available now, no time day or night or part of the year it’s on , so has diluted interest
 
Ghfd said:
I can remember a canny few hanging around outside tv shops, watching the cricket back in the day. It’s the sheer volume of sports available now, no time day or night or part of the year it’s on , so has diluted interest
Click to expand...
The biggest problem summer sports have is football.

I never got into cricket until 05 but followed speedway as a summer sport - and still do.

These days, there's an international tournament every other year (I know its always been the case, but these days every single game is shown live, and it's become even bigger), and during the off years these pre season tournaments are shown, there's leagues from all over shown - the LOI which I follow, A League, K League etc, plus all the transfer stuff that gets hyped up.

So traditional summer sports like cricket really have to battle for air time against whichever big signing Manchester United make, or whoever England are playing.

Kids growing up have football all year around, and even in terms of participation there's now summer football leagues, summer coaching etc that most kids would pick over cricket.


IMO the game on a personal level is still immensely popular, but it has immense competition for attention that it never had a couple of decades ago
 
Last edited:
TheRey said:
The biggest problem summer sports have is football.

I never got into cricket until 05 but followed speedway as a summer sport - and still do.

These days, there's an international tournament every other year (I know its always been the case, but these days every single game is shown live, and it's become even bigger), and during the off years these pre season tournaments are shown, there's leagues from all over shown - the LOI which I follow, A League, K League etc, plus all the transfer stuff that gets hyped up.

So traditional summer sports like cricket really have to battle for air time against whichever big signing Manchester United make, or whoever England are playing.

Kids growing up have football all year around, and even in terms of participation there's now summer football leagues, summer coaching etc that most kids would pick over football.


IMO the game on a personal level is still immensely popular, but it has immense competition for attention that it never had a couple of decades ago
Click to expand...
Spot on. It will be interesting how this series is responded to. All the old cricket sweat fans will be watching but can it ignite interest from a new demographic.

I hope so
 
Ghfd said:
Spot on. It will be interesting how this series is responded to. All the old cricket sweat fans will be watching but can it ignite interest from a new demographic.

I hope so
Click to expand...
I really hope so.

I work at a pub, and quite a few of our staff really got hooked after Headingly and the WC Final last year, to the extent that quite a few of us would go over the local nets on days off. It used to just be me and my mate - we played for the same side before working together so were already into it - but we were having nearly a dozen others join us!

Hopefully we can avoid being absolutely tonked and it can ignite the interest of a younger generation the way 05 did for my generation
 
TheRey said:
The biggest problem summer sports have is football.

I never got into cricket until 05 but followed speedway as a summer sport - and still do.

These days, there's an international tournament every other year (I know its always been the case, but these days every single game is shown live, and it's become even bigger), and during the off years these pre season tournaments are shown, there's leagues from all over shown - the LOI which I follow, A League, K League etc, plus all the transfer stuff that gets hyped up.

So traditional summer sports like cricket really have to battle for air time against whichever big signing Manchester United make, or whoever England are playing.

Kids growing up have football all year around, and even in terms of participation there's now summer football leagues, summer coaching etc that most kids would pick over cricket.


IMO the game on a personal level is still immensely popular, but it has immense competition for attention that it never had a couple of decades ago
Click to expand...
Every single World Cup and euros game being shown live isn’t new at all
 
Ghfd said:
Spot on. It will be interesting how this series is responded to. All the old cricket sweat fans will be watching but can it ignite interest from a new demographic.

I hope so
Click to expand...
That may hinge on how well England do mind. Hopefully the uninitiated won’t think we’re shit because we’re not doing great on one of if not the toughest tour on the circuit
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top