English Premier League – Norway’s National Sport

With the new Premier League season starting today, where better to be than Norway, the home of English football.

In a country where everything is ridiculously expensive (we’ve just had a chicken kebab for dinner that cost £8), the national sport of English football seems curiously subsidised.  The subscription for the Premier League TV package costs £19 per month, but this includes coverage of most matches over 3 channels.  Much of the pre-match build up and some of the commentary is even in English.  It’s quite unbelievable.

Anyway, we’re in the middle of watching Tottenham v Man City (how Spurs aren’t winning is a mystery), so I’m going to concentrate on that.