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Subject:	Re: New newsgroup lugnet.sports for Football/Soccer
Newsgroups:	lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.sports
Date:	Fri, 4 Aug 2000 08:54:12 GMT
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"Kerry Raymond" <kerry@dstc.edu.au> wrote in message news:FyrArs.IA9@lugnet.com... > If this analysis is correct, it might account for why soccer did not have > the same popularity in Australia and USA, where there might have been more > room available for playing a wider variety of sports compared with the > densely populated urban areas in many parts of Europe. Hence, also, the popularity of cricket, a game which _definitely_ needs a lot of space to avoid the window-smashing deal. :) david drew

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		Re: New newsgroup lugnet.sports for Football/Soccer
I remember reading a history of soccer that attributed the popularity of the game to the fact that it could be played on any patch of waste ground or street without the risk of injury, unlike other sports which required the use of a proper playing (...) (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.sports)

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