1 a sport that people go to watch: --
Swimming is a popular form of recreation but not a popular spectator sport.
Plainly, we cannot permit such scenes to recur if football is to survive as a spectator sport.
After soccer, we are the second biggest spectator sport in this country.
British racing is not only a leading spectator sport, but a major industry contributing massive amounts of revenue to our economy.
Today's order will also make an enormous difference to the greyhound industry which is, after all, the second largest spectator sport after football.
I do not find it too edifying or entertaining as a spectator sport.
A day at the races is a proper, old-fashioned day out in the open air with the added attraction of a superb spectator sport.
Government statistics show that greyhound racing is just ahead of horseracing, after football, as a spectator sport.
Football is our national spectator sport, and it is therefore essential to find a long-term, sustainable solution.
