Why football failed to catch on in certain countries

[COKTOE]

S.Peelman said:

COKTOE said:

Oh hellll yes, and it's not even close. A large number of people don't know how to skate, and of those, a vast majority are like a newborn doe when they try. Hockey is also, easily the most expensive sport to play among those listed. Especially playing the goalie. Then, there's the requirement for a rink and ice to go with it. A bit trickier to find than grass.

Ha. Not sure if serious, but that's obviously a different type of hockey than is being discussed in the thread. Even the blurb in the video mentions "Ice Hockey". It totally IS a fair point you've made though, in the sense that in most parts of the world that don't know, care much about, or have much to do with hockey, the the game depicted in the image you posted is as as much.....hockey as hockey. Not where I live. Where I live, the game played on ice, the seasonal, cost prohibitive, difficult to play sport is called hockey, and what you posted is called "Field Hockey'. Without exception. Well, close to it.

Last edited by COKTOE - on 24 July 2018