Tickets for soccer are expensive and availability is limited for the larger clubs, but tickets are available to buy for some teams if you search hard enough.
You will find that Rugby is cheaper and more available. The three main clubs are:
Twickenham is where the England National Rugby Union side play. There are a number of international tests throughout the year as well as the 6-Nations Championship so there are plenty of opportunities to see the current World Champions meet head-to-head with the world’s best.
The England Rugby Union Home Page is: www.rfu.com.
Here are some good websites to search for sport tickets.
During the summer, Cricket is a very popular spectator sport. London has two of the sport’s most famous arenas, Lord’s and The Oval.
Middlesex CCC and Surrey CCC are the two county cricket sides based in London and you should find it easy to obtain tickets for matches. Also, there will be an international Test Series each year which is a fantastic day out.
If you fancy escaping London for an afternoon, Canterbury (home of Kent CCC) is just an hour away on the train and you can see first class cricket in the sleepy and relaxing surroundings of the Kent countryside. Alternatively, why not put on your summer suits, hats and dresses and head to one of the ‘society’ events – horse racing at Royal Ascot or rowing at The Henley Regatta.
Wimbledon is the most famous tennis competition in the world and is held in SW19 each June/July. Tickets for this event are extremely expensive and very hard to obtain but you can get in to see the ‘outer court’ matches each evening free of charge if you arrive after 5pm.
These are just a selection of the fantastic assortment of sporting events to watch in London. London is a year-round playground for the world’s greatest sportsmen and women and if playing rather than watching is your thing, you will find a competitive network of clubs in almost every conceivable sport in the capital. Beware, because of the crowded nature of the city, sports fields are at a premium and are invariably costly to hire.
Sport
in London is huge. You have a fantastic choice of sporting events held at
the widest selection of stadiums and arenas in any one city in the world.
Major events include soccer, rugby union, cricket, tennis, swimming, golf,
horse and greyhound racing, athletics, hockey and many more.
During those long British winter months you will discover that the two largest
sports in the UK are rugby union and soccer.
