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Originally Posted by demonrail666
How big is football/soccer in Australia? I'm assuming it's behind rugby and cricket but is it bigger than Aussie rules?
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Nah, Australian football is much more popular. They used to play the old National Soccer League in winter, until they realised that they weren't getting anywhere. So we've played in summer since the 80s.
For plenty of people, the only time that it gets noticed is during the World Cup. That said, a fair few kids my age keep up with the Champions League and similar.
Until the late 90s, when the national team (the Socceroos, because of course) started being 'good', the joke was that the only people who played it were shielas, wogs, and poofters. But now plenty of juniors play it (I think it's actually the most popular sport in Tasmania, based on players).