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Former Crystal Palace owner Simon Jordan has perhaps surprisingly dismissed football as his favourite sport.
Jordan named his top five sports after a talkSPORT survey revealed the nation’s second favourite sport behind the beautiful game.
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The Dugout survey polled 5,000 talkSPORT listeners to determine which sport ranks behind football as the UK’s most beloved.
In a landslide victory, cricket took home more than a quarter of the votes with 26 per cent of listeners choosing it.
Cricket ranked ahead of boxing/mixed martial arts (11 per cent) and rugby union (10 per cent).
Meanwhile, football is only the second favourite sport for nine per cent of listeners. Jordan is part of that nine per cent, however.
Reacting to the results, he told talkSPORT: “I’m surprised it’s not boxing.”
This may come as no surprise, though, to listeners who know Jordan for his talkBOXING podcast, which is broadcast every week.
In addition, the boxing hour on White and Jordan every Thursday 12pm is also widely listened to.
“But I’m not surprised it’s cricket,” he continued on the subject of the Dugout results. “Because I’ve seen in the recent weeks we’ve been doing this a couple of times and a couple of times it’s come out of that way.”
Asked for his top five by co-host Ade Oladipo, Jordan explained: “If I were to put it in a ranking, it would be boxing first now.
“Boxing first, football, padel tennis, tennis, cricket.
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“I like most sports. I love athletics. I think sports are such a wonderful thing.
“It needs to be encouraged more in society. Young kids need to do more sport.”
Padel is one of the world’s fastest growing sports and, in addition to being enjoyed by Jordan, is also loved by names like Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and David Beckham. Former Chelsea captain John Terry told talkSPORT he is also a big fan of the sport.
What is the UK’s second favourite sport?
The Dugout survey asked talkSPORT listeners ‘what is your second favourite sport?’
Results revealed cricket as the top choice, whilst football was the most common answer amongst listeners aged between 18 and 30.
The majority of female responders chose cricket as their second favourite sport.
What is the nation’s second favourite sport?
Responses to The Dugout survey when asked ‘what is your second favourite sport?’
- Cricket – 26 per cent
- Boxing/MMA – 11 per cent
- Rugby Union – 10 per cent
- Football – 9 per cet
- Golf – 8 per cent
- Formula 1 – 7 per cent
- Other – 6 per cent
- Horse Racing – 5 per cent
- Tennis – 4 per cent
- Darts – 3 per cent
When asked if there were any particular athletes who made Dugout members love their second favourite sport, cricket fans listed Ben Stokes, Joe Root and Ian Botham.
Meanwhile, the responses varied depending on which region of the UK the listeners were based.
In Scotland, boxing is the second favourite sport according to the survey results.
talkSPORT listeners who want their say, can join The Dugout listener panel here.