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. If you would like to get in touch with the show, please email: thefoodchain@bbc.co.uk 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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This is the J Davidson Stadium for this evening's National League cup fixture between Altium and Stoke City.
On a cold, wintry night in the northwest of England, Altringham Football Club are hosting Stoke City under 21s.
We're not here for the football, though.
We're here for the food.
I must say, that looks good.
What is it?
It's very, very good.
It's meat, potato pie, chips and I think it's a chicken makani sauce.
It's very, very nice.
This is the Food Chain from the BBC World Service with me, Ruth Alexander.
And this week we're looking at the business, culture and future of food at sports stadiums around the world.
And you're washing it down with a pint of lager.
Yeah, lovely.
So you're obviously here for the football big time, but how important is the food offer as well?
To be honest, it's one of them where I'm probably going to eat it either way.
I go to away games quite a lot with Alti and to be honest, I'll probably have whatever's on offer.
When I come here, I always come in the fan zone because of this.