What is it about Football that gets us all going ??

Asa · 18th August 2011, 02:14 PM

I was working late last night and decided to have a quick look at newsnow to read a few articles about this weekends game. In the end I had to stand up and walk around the office to try and calm my nerves and the butterflies in my stomach.

Anyway, I was telling my wife (no pics) on the way home and she couldn't understand what I was on about and thought I was going insane. The daft thing is, I couldn't explain the reason for it either.

Why on earth do we get so wound up about football, and in particular, them scruffs up the road?

tommysparkles · 18th August 2011, 02:15 PM

Because it's fucking class.

Because they're fucking dicks.

End of thread.

Asa · 18th August 2011, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tommysparkles

Because it's fucking class.

Because they're fucking dicks.

End of thread.

Champion - Thanks for clearing things up bud.

Andy Reids Love Chil · 18th August 2011, 02:16 PM

It's in the blood.

For all the shite over god knows how many years, we always end up having that one moment, a cup win or a big win against our rivals that makes up for all we've put up with. Football is more than just a game, it's a part of your life.

Snoodles · 18th August 2011, 02:17 PM

It's a tribal thing. SAFC is our 'tribe' and NUFC is the rival. Way it's been since the dawn of man.

Also, they're a set of cock-sucking little piss-wipes.

tommysparkles · 18th August 2011, 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Asa

Champion - Thanks for clearing things up bud.

No bother mate

Sunderland Surfer · 18th August 2011, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snoodles

It's a tribal thing. SAFC is our 'tribe' and NUFC is the rival. Way it's been since the dawn of man.

Also, they're a set of cock-sucking little piss-wipes.

That is the thing about Football for me. People who support a team when they have never lived in an area are weird - I just couldn't support anyone else.

As for the Mags.....Sky Boys generation who deny they were ever anything other than the nations second team piss me off. The older Mags who remember when they had never been any good for 40 odd years are generally OK, but not this week.

Snoodles · 18th August 2011, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sunderland Surfer

That is the thing about Football for me. People who support a team when they have never lived in an area are weird - I just couldn't support anyone else.

As for the Mags.....Sky Boys generation who deny they were ever anything other than the nations second team piss me off. The older Mags who remember when they had never been any good for 40 odd years are generally OK, but not this week.

TBH I can understand feeling a connection to a place without ever having been there - I'm from Sunderland and have always supported The Lads - but I also like Baseball and I started to follow the Chicago Cubs long before I ever saw a game at Wrigley Field.

People who support a team just because they're successful are a waste of space though.

Sunderland Surfer · 18th August 2011, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snoodles

TBH I can understand feeling a connection to a place without ever having been there - I'm from Sunderland and have always supported The Lads - but I also like Baseball and I started to follow the Chicago Cubs long before I ever saw a game at Wrigley Field.

People who support a team just because they're successful are a waste of space though.

I get what you mean, but do you feel the same way about Chicago Cubs as you do about Sunderland? Since moving over here I started following the Brisbane Broncos Rugby League team. I want them to win and am happy when they do, but the extremity of emotions is nowhere near how I feel when the lads win or lose.

Andy Reids Love Chil · 18th August 2011, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sunderland Surfer

That is the thing about Football for me. People who support a team when they have never lived in an area are weird - I just couldn't support anyone else.

As for the Mags.....Sky Boys generation who deny they were ever anything other than the nations second team piss me off. The older Mags who remember when they had never been any good for 40 odd years are generally OK, but not this week.

I'm from County Durham (Sunderland were the original CD club

) but have never lived within, I think it's about 35 miles, of the home of Sunderland AFC yet I still feel an affection for the place, having grown up going to the area every week. It's weird.