The chart depicts the respective percentage of survey respondents that illustrated interest in particular sports in the UK over a period of 3 years commencing from 1995 to 2005.
At first glance, football was became more participated in than other sports. Football, swimming and rugby followed an upward trajectory between 1995 and 2005, meanwhile snooker , tennis and golf recorded the most significant decrease in this timeframe
On the one hand, football was the most dominated in categories. It initiated to 41% then increasing slightly through annual and peaking at 45% in 2005. Swimming, rugby also experienced a dramatic fluctuation. Meanwhile swimming initiated to a half of football in 1995, surging substantially to 29% in 2009. However, it fell behind in 2005. In contrast, rugby stood at 24% in 1995, it witnessed a sharp diminishment in 2000 and rebounded to 26% in 2005
On the other hand, snooker, tennis and golf witnessed a difference settle over years. Snooker was third- quarters of football in 1995, dwindling considerably by 9% in 2000 and surging steadily to 22% in 2005. Tennis was the only sport maintained a most level of 22% between 2000 and 2005. the proportion of golf stood at 25%, variating slightly over years
