When we moved to the UK we knew there would be a lot of cultural differences. The gap seems even wider when sports are concerned. The biggest sport here by far is football. But when a Brit uses that word, he isn’t thinking about helmets and shoulder pads. Every city worth its salt has its own football (soccer) team, and the fans go about wearing team hats, scarves, and jumpers (sweatshirts) even on non-game days. Basketball is considered a game for school girls. Picnickers on the Stray can often be seen playing cricket, which I’ve heard called “baseball for the unfit.” It’s played on an oval field with a flat-bladed bat. In the 2 1/2 years I’ve lived in England, I’ve seen only one bowling alley. But our little town has several lawn bowling clubs. We don’t see many fishermen in England, perhaps because the laws make this sport difficult.
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