Why is England so bad at sports the last thing they won was the union w/c and before that was soccer world cup

Question

They are c**p at tennis rugby leauge surfing but they won the soccer world cup a looong timr ago 38 years australia is a shade over two hundred yrs old and we won everything xcept football world cup pls explain you sport sufferers lol go aussie and geuss what you guys invented most sports lol.

Answer 1

You are going to be good at sports seeing as you are all decended from criminals and they are generally good at running. Why don't you just put your head down the dunny you stupid sheila!

Answer 2

We have better things to do, such as produce a rich cultural output of literature, music, historical research, archaeology, architecture etc as well as significant scientific pioneering.  Last great Australian novelist (Clive James doesn't count)?  Last great American poet (Ned Kelly, probably)?  Great Australian songwriter (I'll grant you Nick Cave but beyond that we struggle)?  Great Australian bands (The Go-Betweens and er.... that's it)?

Still, at least you provide us with a quality supply of bar staff.

Oh and why would we be any good at surfing?  Beyond a six mile strip of coast down in Cornwall where 99% of the population can't get at it, our coast is either perilously rocky, or washed by strips of water which are notoriously wave free (English Channel etc).

Answer 3

Well we arent that bad at sports but we as a nation are far too hung up on FOOTBALL!! To me this is the major reason why we have struggled to consistently provide more top level athletes is because everyone wants to be the next beckham or lampard. Unfortunately by the time most of these people realise that they should have tried something different its too late.

We are actually quite good at lots of different sports. Triathlon, cycling, rowing and many other obscure and non mainstream events. We have won countless medals at world and olympic level in these games but there is sych a small pool of talent, mainly due to kids wanting to play football, that once they are gone there is very few new talents coming through. Unfortunately we are also not blessed with australia's great weather!!

Answer 4

England is cold and rainy so we like to stay inside and play computers and eat crisps! Heehee!

Answer 5

i think you just answered it thats why they invent new sports so they can be the world campion unitl another counrty decides to play it and dominate them

Answer 6

They drink too much. for serious

Answer 7

we won the ashes time b4 last DOH, and also won Rider cup last 3 times, and probably the best at rowing and cycling- being such a small country we are doing very well!!

Answer 8

sorry i cant stop laughing enough to answer your question

Answer 9

We beat Australia in the ashes two years ago dimwit.

Answer 10

i think u will find we won the ashes the year before last and we are the worlds best at badminton.

Answer 11

I hate to put a damper on your crowing (actually, no I don't!), but England, and the UK, holds the world cups of many sports, some of which you Aussies don't even do! Alright, they may not be all that mainstream, but then we are not all soccer or cricket supporters in the UK!

If you would care to review the medals for the Olympic Games held in your country not so long ago, I think you will find that the UK won more medals than you did - always provided that you include ALL Olympians, that is, the Paralympians.

Beat that, Cobber!

Answer 12

But they also win the stuff we dont hear much about like Snooker, Lawn Bowls, Squash even Golf (Justin Rose) and other sports that Australia isnt that interested in and in some cases, there is more money invovled.

Snooker pays a lot more money than Cricket!

Answer 13

England is a small country supplying very little to the sporting industry. Their is also very little competition in school so kids grow up not competiting against each other to be the best they can possibly be. They arenn't pushed enough and sporting clubs cost a small fortune to join and when you do join you hope you live close by because sometimes it is so far out of the way to join.

Answer 14

Just look at our rowing medals at the olympics over the last 20 years,enough said.