About this episode
Which food do you associate with your favourite sport?
Pie and chips at an English football match, biriyanis at the cricket in Pakistan or grilling meat in the parking lot outside an American football game – there are some tasty traditions which go hand-in-hand with sport across the world.
Ruth Alexander hears how a traditional rice dish can bring two rival nations together over a game of cricket, and how a disappointing sausage roll before a football game led one man on a country-wide quest for better food for fans.
Over a pile of warming chips on a frosty night in South Manchester, Ruth discovers how getting the food right off the pitch might help a team’s fortune improve on the pitch.
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Presenter: Ruth Alexander
Producer: Hannah Bewley
Additional reporting: Ben Derico
(Image: a box of chips with gravy and curry sauce held beside a football pitch. Credit: BBC)
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