ABSTRACT
Sports geography or the geography of sports is often regarded as the study of spatial variations in the pursuit of various sports and the impact that sporting activities have on the landscape (Johnston, 2000a). John Bale (2003, p. 2), the most prolific writer on sports geography, has chastised geographers for neglecting the study of sport arguing, ‘sport – like geography – is a spatial science’ and warrants much greater interest and further research (see also Bale and Vertinsky, 2004). However, sports geography remains quite narrowly conceived with an especially strong focus on changing patterns of sporting activities ( Johnston, 2000a).
