Soccer.
That's it, really.
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Soccer.
That's it, really.
I've seen live horse racing :)
I've also obviously been to American football games, because I went to high school and college in the United States.
Go cats!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pike
None. Ever. That will maybe change at some point, I don't know!
Been to Old Trafford several times - the VIP section at that (I had a very rich friend).
That reminds me, when I was a kid we went on a school trip to London for a week, and during that time we had a fairly extensive tour of Wembley Stadium (the old one). I mean it was the works. We didn't watch any events though!
I've been to a few games over at the Lane in the past. I don't get much of a chance to go for them now as my mate whose brother loaned me his season ticket doesn't have a spare season pass going.
Going to watch a sport is my day out of choice. Even when it's a sport I'm not familiar with. There's nothing quite like going to a live game at the stadium - my first time walking out into the arena at Wembley was incredible. The overwhelming expansiveness of the whole occasion isn't something you can describe easily.
Football:
The Vetch Field, Liberty Stadium (Swansea)
Anfield (Liverpool)
The Hawthorns (West Bromwich Albion)
Villa Park (Aston Villa)
Emirates Stadium (Arsenal)
Cardiff City Stadium (Cardiff)
Millenium Stadium (Cardiff)
Wembley Stadium (London)
Prenton Park (Tranmere Rovers)
Madejski Stadium (Reading)
Rugby:
Millennium Stadium (lots of Wales games, found myself at the Heineken Cup final last summer)
Cardiff Arms Park (Cardiff Blues)
The Rec (Bath)
Cricket:
SWALEC Stadium (Glamorgan)
Old Trafford (Lancashire)
Will be going to Edgebaston in Birmingham for the Ashes test this summer
Hoping to see a match at the Kensington Oval in Barbados also this summer
Horse Racing:
Cheltenham Festival
Chepstow
Greyhound Racing:
Swindon
Ice Hockey:
Kolbenschmidt Arena
I'd love to go to a boxing match, as well as some motorsports events.
Oh, that reminds me, I've seen Muay Thai boxing live in Thailand. It was awesome!
Many baseball and football and basketball games. The most memorable was the 2012 ALDS where Oakland came back against Detroit in the 9th inning to win. Then they lost the next day...
I also went to Wrestlemania 2000 and we were in the nosebleeds but it was awesome.
Oh man, way too many to even count. I've seen all the major New York sports teams: baseball, football, basketball, hockey, some soccer though I say Liverpool play Man City this past summer and have seen Argentina-Brazil friendlies, been to the Belmont on race day for the Triple Crown, been to several US Open tennis finals including seeing Sampras and Federer win, which were both amazing.
As for live versus on TV:
Baseball: In person so much better. Better atmosphere and the game seems to move faster
Hockey: SO much better in person. Everything is just as intense
Football: TV is the best way. Unless you have perfect seats, it's hard to tell what's happening at various points and in your seats you don't have access to the dozens of camera angles.
Basketball: A split. Playoff basketball live is amazing, though I don't think I'll be seeing much of that for a while as the Knicks..... stink. Regular season games are like football, you miss the camera angles and replays.
Soccer: LIVE, LIVE, LIVE. The chants alone don't resonate unless you're there in its midst.
All others: Definitely live, for the atmosphere.
Take care all.
Here, have ALL of my jelly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Del Murder
Seen Football, Gaelic Football, Hurling, Rugby, Baseball, American Football and Horse Racing live. Top of my to do list is to see a top tennis match live.
NFL: I saw San Diego Chargers v Denver Broncos in the MNF game where Manning led them from about 21 points down or something. We were all decked out in Broncos gear at the Chargers Stadium and it was absolutely amazing. I also saw 49ers vs Bears with Shorty which was a much less interesting game, although there was a hilariously drunk lady sitting a few rows ahead of us which made the night very fun.
NBA: Lakers vs Jazz in the preseason (trout), Bulls v Celtics (went to the game in Chicago with my best friend who supports the Bulls and we beat their ass. I got yelled at to sit down many a time, it was great). Celtics v 76ers (with Bert, was a good night but the C's lost), Celtics v Jazz (had amazing seats and the Celtics won)
NCAA football: Notre Dame v BU (I loosely support Notre Dame and this was the year that they made the National Championship game with Te'o , so it was alright, but College Football is boring as hell unless the teams are evenly matched or you're really invested)
AFL: Too many to count, we were Dockers season ticket holders for about 4 years.
Cricket: been to a few ODI's, got very drunk.
A-League: Saw Perth Glory play, it was even worse than it seems on TV.
I see several MLB games every year, mostly REDS games. Go to some minor league games every once in a while. I've had plans to go to an NFL (Bengals, Cowboys) game twice, and college basketball games (all UK) multiple times and had the plans blow up in my face each time. I'm going to see the Wildcats in February (hopefully they'll still be unbeaten then) and I can't wait.
Totally spaced, I also saw Knicks vs someone and Brooklyn vs Milwaukee I think. The fact that I forgot both those games should tell you how memorable and amazing they were.