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[Misc] Towns/Cities You Have Seen The Most Sport In



North of Robertsbridge

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Sep 22, 2023
271
East Sussex
From living in San Fran, just the professional-level sports:
- Baseball (a lot)
- Gridiron football (at the ‘Stick)
- America’s cup trials
- Cycling (still have the US Postal t-shirt somewhere, from before they were found out)
- Rugby USA - England
and nearby
- ice hockey in San Jose
- Basketball in Berkeley
- more baseball and gridiron football in Oakland
- big wave surfing at Maverick’s, Half Moon Bay

I never went to footie (aka soccer) in the US
 




Badger

NOT the Honey Badger
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May 8, 2007
13,102
Toronto
In Toronto I've seen:
Baseball - Toronto Blue Jays many times
Ice Hockey - A Maple Leafs game and a couple of Marlies games (the lower league feeder team for the Leafs)
Football - A few Toronto FC games (MLS) and a York United game (CPL)
Lacrosse - Toronto Rock (they've now moved out of Toronto)
Rugby League - Toronto Wolfpack (English Championship!)
Running - I've watched the Toronto Waterfront Marathon lots of times, which always has a semi-decent professional line-up. I've taken part in the Half Marathon a few times too.
American Football - If watching the University of Toronto counts.

I could complete the set with basketball (Toronto Raptors) and Canadian Football (Toronto Argonauts) but I have no interest in either sport.
 




timbha

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Jul 5, 2003
10,506
Sussex
Brighton & Hove
Football, cricket, ice hockey, marathon (and half), greyhound racing (Ballyregan Bob), rugby (SA), basketball (Bears), NFL, athletics (ovett), tennis (henman), beach football (cantona), triathlon, swimming, hockey, horse racing, cycling (Tour de France), cycle racing (PP)………some only club standard

Need golf, darts, snooker, boxing, baseball +++
 


The Mole

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Feb 20, 2004
1,365
Bowdon actually , Cheshire
Altrincham - I have seen football, cricket (Cheshire played a NatWest Game at Bowdon), the tour of England cycling last year as well as seeing El Pres run in the manchester marathon there.
 




HeaviestTed

I’m eating
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Mar 23, 2023
2,124
Can we have more details of the rules, is it explicitly professional sports or does people playing basketball by the beach count?
 


Bodian

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May 3, 2012
14,250
Cumbria
No-one mentioned the Brighton B-52s at Withdean? So that will be two at the same venue.

And if you add in watching our school sports days there as well - that's three!
 


Mexican Seagull

Active member
Jan 16, 2013
244
Mexico City
In Toronto I've seen:
Baseball - Toronto Blue Jays many times
Ice Hockey - A Maple Leafs game and a couple of Marlies games (the lower league feeder team for the Leafs)
Football - A few Toronto FC games (MLS) and a York United game (CPL)
Lacrosse - Toronto Rock (they've now moved out of Toronto)
Rugby League - Toronto Wolfpack (English Championship!)
Running - I've watched the Toronto Waterfront Marathon lots of times, which always has a semi-decent professional line-up. I've taken part in the Half Marathon a few times too.
American Football - If watching the University of Toronto counts.

I could complete the set with basketball (Toronto Raptors) and Canadian Football (Toronto Argonauts) but I have no interest in either sport.
During nearly a year in Toronto back in the 80s: The Blue Jays (Baseball), Ice Hockey (Maple Leafs) Football (World Cup qualifier between Canada & Costa Rica).

Copenhagen: Football, Handball, Trotting, Professional Boxing & Badminton

Mexico City: Football (National team & My old favourites Necaxa (before they moved to Hotwater!!), Baseball and Formula 1.

Brighton: Football, Baseball (Brighton Jets), I think I also saw the Harlem Globe Trotters as a kid as well as the Brighton Tigers (Ice Hockey)
 




Scappa

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Jul 5, 2017
1,584
Wellington:
Men's and women's domestic and international cricket, hockey, Rugby - Union and League - and football; triathlon, sailing, rowing, volleyball, road and track cycling.
 


Seagull over Canaryland

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Feb 8, 2011
3,557
Norfolk
Hmm. After a bit of thought and prompts from other responses I surprised myself at just how many competitive sports Brighton & Hove have hosted & I managed to watch, over the years:
Football
Rugby
Cricket
Greyhound racing
Athletics (Withdean)
Cross-country running
Cycling - road (TdF) and track (Preston Park)
Motor sport - Brighton Speed Trials (oops nearly forgot: Motor cross)
American football (Withdean)
Sailing
Hockey
Squash
Tennis
Volleyball
Horse racing
Diving (when Palace were in town)
 


Comrade Sam

Comrade Sam
Jan 31, 2013
1,920
Walthamstow
Apart from football, I've only ever seen other sports under duress - school sports days, as a child in Shoreham and Steyning, as a parent in Walthamstow and as a Teacher in Leyton. I genuinely have no interest in any sport but football.
 




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