Sports you've seen live

[Asha]

Ok, I'm interested to know all the sports that you've been to see live, and where. Obviously we're talking about a certain professional standard. Watching a kids game in the park doesn't really count.

 

So, for me:

 

- Football (obviously) - in the English leagues, in Sweden and in Poland.

 

- Formula 1 - just at Silverstone so far but I'm hoping to make it to a different race in Europe this summer.

 

- Snooker - I spent a lot of time at the Welsh Open over the last two years it was in Newport.

 

- Basketball - Ok, so it's definitely not a top level match but I have seen a Polish 2nd division game which was pretty cool. Basketball really isn't my thing but it was a decent little outing.

 

- Ice Hockey - I've seen an ice hockey match in the Czech Republic. Ocelaři are actually a ****ing awesome team and they've been tearing up the Czech league this year.

 

...and I'm going to my first handball match on Saturday.

 

Perhaps it's interesting that I've never seen a rugby or cricket match live despite living in Leicester for so long. I've never really had the desire to go to either but I will eventually make it to both someday. 

 

If there's been a similar thread recently then hopefully mods can delete that.

 

[Bert]

Football.

Rugby.

Cricket.

Horse racing.

Greyhounds.

Snooker.

Swimming.

American Football.

Golf.

[kingcarr21]

Football and snail racing

[Craig]

Football

Cricket (all forms)

American football

Basketball

Horse/greyhound racing

F1

Baseball

NASCAR

Cycling

Swimming

Marathon

Various track/field

Half-time relay

[Soar Fox]

Football.

Cricket.

Horse Racing.

Greyhounds.

Boxing.

Moto Gp.

Shocking that I've never saw a live rugby game. Also hopefully will go and watch a couple of speedways this year.

[Aus Fox]

Football all over England, euro 04 Australia holland

Cricket MCG

AFL. MCG Eithiad stadium

tennis Aus open

Formula one Melbourne

Horse racing Melbourne cup, leicester, Newcastle

Ice Hockey

NFL America

Bull fighting Portugal

Greyhounds all over England

Boxing

Snooker wembley arena

[Alf Bentley]

Football: England, Scotland, France, Spain, Portugal; Euro 88; World Cup 2006

Cricket: Kent regular in youth; tests at Lords, Oval & Adelaide

Horse racing: Leicester

Greyhounds: Catford

Gaelic football: county match

 

....and that's it, I think. Never even been to a rugby match.

 

These days, I follow little sport apart from football. If I had more time, I'd get back into cricket. If I had more time & more money, I'd like to get into horse racing.

Gaelic football seems like a good game, though I don't have a proper appreciation of the tactics, strategies, player movement etc.

[Guest MattP]

Football.
Rugby.
Cricket.

Tennis.

Boxing.

Hockey
Horse Racing.

Point to Point.

Hunting.

Dressage.

Show Jumping.
Greyhounds.

Cycling.
Snooker.
Aussie Rules.
American Football.
Baseball.

Rodeo.

[Xen]

Football (city and England)

Rugby (Tigers)

Basketball (Riders)

Masters football (does this count?)

Cricket (Trent bridge)

American football (At Welford Road, was a charity match)

[ScouseFox]

Football (city and non league)
Horse Racing (leicester, chester & haydock)
Rugby Union (Tigers)
Rugby League (St Helens)
Tennis
Hockey
Golf (The Open)
Cricket (Lancashire)

Basketball too (Riders) 


Main ones I'm missing are the darts and a decent boxing bout. Then obviously things within sports like Cheltenham/National, an Ashes test, a World Cup etc.

[Beliall]

Football

touring cars

 

quite bad for a "sports fan"

[goose2010]

Football - Britain, Spain, Thailand (Leicester vs Everton),

Rugby Union - Leicester, Northampton

Rugby League - Old Trafford

Ice Hockley - Coventry, Toronto

American Football - Wembley, New York

Baseball - Toronto

Horse Racing - All over the UK

Grey Hound - All over the Midlands

Cricket - The Ashes Old Trafford and Leicestershire

Tennis - Wimbledon for the Olympics and the championships

 

 

Does the beer pong world championships count?! saw that in Vegas was amazing

[Guest Electric Yetis]

Football - City & England

Rugby Union - Tigers (Twickenham)

Aussie Rules - Richmond Tigers (MCG & Colonial Stadium - called something else now I think)

Rugby League - Melbourne Storm

Darts - Premier League

Cricket - County & England

Greyhounds - Peterborough & Nottingham

[kingfox]

Football - All Leicester matches, plus England U21's when they played at the KP.

Cricket - Leicestershire matches.

Rugby - Leicester v Bath at the KP, that was quality tbf.

Snooker - Been going to the Crucible since 2009.

[Mike the Metal Ed]

Football (top seven levels of the English league system)

Cricket (Leics vs Hants, Northants, Australians)

NHL (Canadiens vs Leafs at the Bell Centre)

MLB (Braves vs Phillies at Turner Field)

British Superbikes at Mallory once or twice

Pro Wrestling if you want to count it, both WWE and independents.

[Brizzle Fox]

Football (top 5 divs in England and Wembley internationals/millenium stadium play offs)

Rugby (tigers and bristol )

Cricket (grace road bristol Edgbaston and trent bridge )

Horse racing (all over England wales and hong kong)

Baseball (Chicago and philly )

Palio (sienna. Does this count? )

[Amin]

Football - Mostly Leicester and Bradford games but have also seen a couple of Brazil and Leeds games.

Formula 1 - 2014 Belgian GP

BTCC - 2014 Donington Sunday

Autogp - 2013 Donington Sunday

Cycling - 2014 Tour de France, Stage 3 in London

[RonnieTodger]

Football - Obvious
Speedway - Coventry Bees, Leicester Lions, World Cup, Grand Prixs
Rugby Union - Tigers

Touring Cars - British Championship

Darts - Premier League

Formula 3

 

Still can't believe I've never been to the Horses or Cricket, despite taking a keen interest in England.

 

Football.
Cricket.
Horse Racing.
Greyhounds.
Boxing.
Moto Gp.

Shocking that I've never saw a live rugby game. Also hopefully will go and watch a couple of speedways this year.

 

 

I wouldn't recommend Leicester unless you were that bothered about the result mate. Crowds are good compared to a lot of the country, but the track is notoriously bad, making for very boring races.

[zak_lcfc]

Football - Leicester mainly

Rugby - Tigers/england

Basketball - Riders/NBA

Horse racing

Greyhounds

Darts

Snooker

Cricket

Ice Hockey

Tennis

And my favourite:

Women's beach volleyball in Rio

[Donut]

Football- Of course, many times in may levels

 

Cricket- Across many all levels, domestic and international.

 

Golf- Majors, plus European Tour events like Wales Open, British Masters (now defunct), Scottish Open, Nordea Masters, Portugal Masters

 

Racing- F1 at Silverstone and Old Hockenheim, Moto GP Silverstone, World Superbikes Donnington Park,

 

Darts- Nottingham Premier League Darts

 

Snooker- Crucible World Championships, Ebdon v King, Hamilton v Hendry

 

NFL- Jacksonville Jaguars v San Francisco 49ers, Wembley

 

Rugby Union & Rugby League- Didnt like either to be honest

 

Tennis- One year at Wimbledon that it rained very heavily when i was there, saw about 3 sets of tennis all day, Pat Rafter and Andy Roddick were main attractions.

 

Horse Racing- Leicester Racecourse. Never done a big festival like Cheltenham though

 

Greyhounds- Nottingham. Very random for betting on.

[CosbehFox]

Tennis - Nottingham Open

Basketball - Riders

Cricket - Leics CCC

Horse Racing - Leicester Racecourse

Football - all over

Rugby Union - Tigers

Rugby League - Bulls v Broncos at Welford Rd

Ice Hockey - Nottingham Panthers

Truck Racing - one bank Holiday at Donington Pk

Speedway - all over

 

Considered going Badminton recently at the NIA. Would really like to see velodrome Cycling. 

[Trav Le Bleu]

Football - City and also Oadby Town

Rugby Union - Tigers

County Cricket - Leics

Basketball - Planters/Walkers/Riders

American Football - Panthers (Leicester, not Carolina)

Saloon car racing - at Mallory Park

Stock car racing - at Coventry speedway

Banger racing - in a field in Cornwall

Cycling - Tour De France (when they went through Canterbury several years ago)

 

Football.
Rugby.
Cricket.

Tennis.

Boxing.

Hockey
Horse Racing.

Point to Point.

Hunting.

Dressage.

Show Jumping.
Greyhounds.

Cycling.
Snooker.
Aussie Rules.
American Football.
Baseball.

Rodeo.

 

NOT

 

A

 

SPORT!

 

 

(Just thought I'd get in before Oz Leicester )

[Webbo]

Football 

Rugby

Horse racing

Greyhound racing 

Speedway.

[whoareyaaa]

Football obviously

Rugby once and never again!

F1 a few times

Moto GP twice

Wrestling if you can class that as a sport.

Boxing once

[Fez of Mahrez]

Murderball