The Gooner Forum

SCREAM AIM FIRE wrote:

RaM wrote:Champions League final is probably bigger too.

not where advertising is concerned, companys pay millions for a 30 second add space during the superbowl half time.

thats sums the yanks up

Yes, I'll be watching!!! - I do enjoy the superbowl.

Number 5 wrote:Another year has roled around to THE BIGGEST SPORTING EVENT IN THE WORLD.

Certainly not by viewing figures....

2008 Super Bowl seen by 97.5m viewers
It is the most-viewed Super Bowl ever, beating the 94m audience set in 1996, say analysts Nielsen Media.
The game's audience peaked at more than 105m during the contest's last phase
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7227794.stm

World Cup Final the Most Watched Sporting Event in 2006
According to Initiative Sports Futures, independent analysts with no ties to Fifa, the figure for the 2006 final was 260 million in the 54 key markets it surveyed, accounting for 90 per cent of the world's TV households.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foot ... 38302.html

dose any1 knoe where the biggest crowd in world sport was at this weekend?? nope, not in tampa, not even old trafford, but croke park last nite, were over 79,000 turned up 2 watch dublin v tyrone in the 1st rd of the nfl. not bad for an amatur sport , despite me disliking both teams imensley.

Are you all american or something? I can't believe how much the interest in this sport has gone up in the last couple of years

wave of mutilation wrote:Are you all american or something? I can't believe how much the interest in this sport has gone up in the last couple of years

No, I'm not American

I just enjoy top level sport, really.

Last night I stayed up to watch Federer v Nadal (yet I'm not Swiss or Spanish) - but thoroughly enjoyed that epic encounter, and I'm sure tonight will be interesting too... although, American football is very stop/start so a few beers help

Federer/Nadal was EPIC. Apart from Federer's collapse.

That was a bit disappointing but am very glad Nadal won.

How can the biggest sporting event in the world involve 2 teams from the same country

What a load of bollocks. Enjoy the advertising breaks.....

SteveO 35 wrote:How can the biggest sporting event in the world involve 2 teams from the same country

What a load of bollocks. Enjoy the advertising breaks.....

Exactly. And did you watch the 05 FAC final or the CL final last year/

I would guess yes.

SteveO 35 wrote:How can the biggest sporting event in the world involve 2 teams from the same country

What a load of bollocks. Enjoy the advertising breaks.....

Actually, it's on the BBC, so there will be no ad breaks

Anyway, it's only the biggest sporting event in the world in the same way that the World Series in Baseball is actually a world series (i.e. it's not).

Still, I'll be watching. Due to Arizona knocking out Philly, who knocked out the Giants (my team), I'll be supporting the Cardinals. However, I'd be lying if I said I cared a great deal. Hopefully it'll be a decent game and not become one sided too soon

A question

If you were born in Britain, have lived in Britain for most of your years and have no direct family links to the US......how the fuck can you have "a team" in NFL ??

I am a San Diego chargers fan, simply because I love the city of San Diego. I saw the Chargers vs Broncos last regular season game in San Diego and it was an incredible experience. Of course my favourite sport is football and my only sports-related love is Arsenal, and I used to dislike American Football (too many breaks in play, too hard to understand, stupid etc) but once you get to know the rules, and see the size of some of the players in the flesh you cant help but appreciate it. Last years superbowl was incredible.

And to Derry Gooner - As a chargers fan, i must say that Philip Rivers is a god Jay Cutler is a *word censored*

SteveO 35 wrote:A question

If you were born in Britain, have lived in Britain for most of your years and have no direct family links to the US......how the fuck can you have "a team" in NFL ??

I have lived in the US and have a girlfriend from the US.

I find it very odd how so many people on this forum get so touchy at the very mention of anything American!

tonysaunders wrote:

SteveO 35 wrote:A question

If you were born in Britain, have lived in Britain for most of your years and have no direct family links to the US......how the fuck can you have "a team" in NFL ??

I have lived in the US and have a girlfriend from the US.

I find it very odd how so many people on this forum get so touchy at the very mention of anything American!

It's not so much getting touchy at the mention of anything American, it's more touchy about people sprouting crap claiming that the World Series or Superbowl are the "biggest sporting events in the world". Well, trust me outside the US they are not !!

Can you honestly say its bigger than the World Cup or the Olympic Games - truly global events.

SteveO 35 wrote:

tonysaunders wrote:

SteveO 35 wrote:A question

If you were born in Britain, have lived in Britain for most of your years and have no direct family links to the US......how the fuck can you have "a team" in NFL ??

I have lived in the US and have a girlfriend from the US.

I find it very odd how so many people on this forum get so touchy at the very mention of anything American!

It's not so much getting touchy at the mention of anything American, it's more touchy about people sprouting crap claiming that the World Series or Superbowl are the "biggest sporting events in the world". Well, trust me outside the US they are not !!

Can you honestly say its bigger than the World Cup or the Olympic Games - truly global events.

No, nor would I. In fact, in one of my posts on here, I referred to the fact that it's only the biggest sporting event in the world in the same way that the world series is a worldwide event - it's not.

You should give it a watch. Who knows, you might even ending up enjoying it!

tonysaunders wrote:

SteveO 35 wrote:

tonysaunders wrote:

SteveO 35 wrote:A question

If you were born in Britain, have lived in Britain for most of your years and have no direct family links to the US......how the fuck can you have "a team" in NFL ??

I have lived in the US and have a girlfriend from the US.

I find it very odd how so many people on this forum get so touchy at the very mention of anything American!

It's not so much getting touchy at the mention of anything American, it's more touchy about people sprouting crap claiming that the World Series or Superbowl are the "biggest sporting events in the world". Well, trust me outside the US they are not !!

Can you honestly say its bigger than the World Cup or the Olympic Games - truly global events.

No, nor would I. In fact, in one of my posts on here, I referred to the fact that it's only the biggest sporting event in the world in the same way that the world series is a worldwide event - it's not.

You should give it a watch. Who knows, you might even ending up enjoying it!

Given the entertainment on display against West Ham and Everton I might take you up on it !