because it is how long the season is and it depends when they start it. so if the season starts late than the season will got till winter
Though it can concievably be played year-round, Cricket has traditionally been a Spring/Summer sport, appearing once in the Summer Olympics in 1900.
Football is not the most popular sport in the UK, surprisingly it's fishing
winter
Football.
football
in the UK football (what Americans call soccer) is the most popular sport
winter
Football (soccer)
Football
winter in America in the Northern Hemisphere will be summer in Australia in the southern Hemisphere
Well at the moment in Australia it is 7.04am on Thursday the 3rd of June 2010 and WINTER here. So the UK will be at the peak of SUMMER on the 21st of June next.
For participating, it is angling. For watching, it is football.