Comments on: The Golden Decade of Sport in the UK http://soccerlens.com/the-golden-decade-of-sport-in-the-uk/32744/ Football News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:17:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Polly http://soccerlens.com/the-golden-decade-of-sport-in-the-uk/32744/#comment-118703 Polly Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:44:32 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/?p=32744#comment-118703 Couldn't agree more, Clare. Certain sports (especially women's sports and in particular, women's football) are in dire need of exposure and support. To succeed as a sporting nation, there needs to be backing right through from schools/grassroots up to olympic/world cup level. Couldn’t agree more, Clare.
Certain sports (especially women’s sports and in particular, women’s football) are in dire need of exposure and support. To succeed as a sporting nation, there needs to be backing right through from schools/grassroots up to olympic/world cup level.

]]> By: Clare http://soccerlens.com/the-golden-decade-of-sport-in-the-uk/32744/#comment-118644 Clare Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:52:50 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/?p=32744#comment-118644 This is music to my ears! Sport can only get better and hopefully niche sports such as womens football will get more exposure that it deservedly needs?! This is music to my ears! Sport can only get better and hopefully niche sports such as womens football will get more exposure that it deservedly needs?!

]]> By: Matt http://soccerlens.com/the-golden-decade-of-sport-in-the-uk/32744/#comment-118571 Matt Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:29:11 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/?p=32744#comment-118571 @chris - I would have to disagree with your comments. Yes we have under achieved in some sports over the years (most notably football) but in general we are a highly successful sporting nation especially when considering our population and resources when compared to the powerhouses of the US, Russia and China. A few examples off the top of my head: *Beijing olympics - 4th overall *Fina World Champs (just finished) - 3rd overall *Rugby World Cups - Finalists 3 times in last 5 comps and winner in 2003 (compare to someone like NZ-we have a far superior record) ..and so on. Half the problem is the negative attitude in this country towards sport and success as demonstrated by Chris. @chris – I would have to disagree with your comments. Yes we have under achieved in some sports over the years (most notably football) but in general we are a highly successful sporting nation especially when considering our population and resources when compared to the powerhouses of the US, Russia and China. A few examples off the top of my head:

*Beijing olympics – 4th overall

*Fina World Champs (just finished) – 3rd overall

*Rugby World Cups – Finalists 3 times in last 5 comps and winner in 2003 (compare to someone like NZ-we have a far superior record)

..and so on. Half the problem is the negative attitude in this country towards sport and success as demonstrated by Chris.

]]> By: chris http://soccerlens.com/the-golden-decade-of-sport-in-the-uk/32744/#comment-118555 chris Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:53:42 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/?p=32744#comment-118555 let's face it: england's still pretty rubbish at everything... let's see if an englishman or an england team can win something on the international stage. then you can say british sport is on the up. let’s face it: england’s still pretty rubbish at everything… let’s see if an englishman or an england team can win something on the international stage. then you can say british sport is on the up.

]]> By: twilight http://soccerlens.com/the-golden-decade-of-sport-in-the-uk/32744/#comment-118543 twilight Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:05:23 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/?p=32744#comment-118543 you really think blatter and platini would support an england bid. you really think blatter and platini would support an england bid.

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