I just don’t get all the fuss about stupid football

[BumbleFlump]

So I’m sitting in bed about go to sleep and all I can hear outside is cheering, horns beeping people shouting etc because England are through to the final. It means nothing to me. Just a massive money spinning industry.

Am I honestly the only person who doesn’t give a flying fig about it all? I actually feel sorry for the sheeple who are using it to bring excitement to their otherwise quite boring lives.

Sure I will be totally flamed for this, but I honestly wish it would just all go away.

Also, as a side note, it’s the Euros but wonder how many England supporters actually voted for Brexit 🤔 Or is that actually why people are so invested in it?

@FrangipaniDeLaSqueegeeMop

It's so boring when people do the whole "what is football? What is a game?".

Leoni Liars!

Isn't it just

All the pretence of ignorance to make themselves feel superior when actually they just look stupid

OP do you let your own children participate in sport or is it just football that you hate? Do you hate the Olympics for example and see people following or being interested in that as sheeple too?

Don't understand how anyone can't be moved seeing something like this: twitter.com/remmiewilliams/status/1412931506847236096?s=20

Must have a heart of stone.

I’m half French and my Dad always backs France in tournaments so I usually tend to follow them rather than England despite being born and raised here. I don’t really care much for football though but I fully appreciate why people are so excited right now and I personally think it’s a nice boost after the past 18 months.

I get there some people don't like football. And. I get that it must be annoying if you're trying to sleep and being kept awake by people celebrating something you don't care about. But to be so blissfully ignorant about a major sporting event and the significance of an England win .... scary that we allow people with so little awareness to vote.

@hayley037 aw that brought a tear to my eye it did

@douliket I also heard that England have never,in fact won the euros so people around the works are making a mockery of the English fans singing "it's coming home" because it never was at your home in the first place.

This makes no sense. They're saying 'it's coming home' not 'it's coming^^ home again'. What a weird argument

You're not unreasonable to not be interested.

You are unreasonable to call it stupid just because you're not interested in it.

You are unreasonable to use the word 'sheeple', which, ironically, is a kind of mindless conformance to a mistaken idea of non-conformance.

You are unreasonable to assume that anyone interested in the football has an otherwise boring life. Just as it would be unreasonable of me to assume that your lack of interest in football, and your contempt for those that are interested, is the expression of some deeper and unresolved personality issue that you really ought to get seen to. Neither of us have enough evidence to go on, do we?

And lastly, I think it's quite unreasonable to get so uptight about having to share the planet with other people. I mean, I get it. Sometimes I feel the same way. Though we may disagree about the people we'd rather not share the planet with.

@hayley037

OP do you let your own children participate in sport or is it just football that you hate? Do you hate the Olympics for example and see people following or being interested in that as sheeple too?

Don't understand how anyone can't be moved seeing something like this: twitter.com/remmiewilliams/status/1412931506847236096?s=20

Must have a heart of stone.

Oh fuck, that made me cry. Her face!

You know what I can’t stand, it’s people acting woke and thinking that they are the only people that can see the big picture of the world.

You were angrily posting on Mumsnet - they were drinking, celebrating and having a great time with friends.

I know where I’d rather be!

It's football, the game, widely said to have been invented her, that is coming home not specifically from this tournament, you ninny.

@douliket I also heard that England have never,in fact won the euros so people around the works are making a mockery of the English fans singing "it's coming home" because it never was at your home in the first place.

The 'it' in question isn't the Euro Cup. It's football itself - the game, the concept. And it's coming home because the game was invented here, and has spread across the world.

There's a bit of a clue in the lyric.

"Football's coming home."

I mean, quite difficult to see how they could have made that plainer.

'Acting woke'. How can someone write that without cringing.

@midsomermurderess

'Acting woke'. How can someone write that without cringing.

I don't understand how people using the word woke even expect to be taken seriously.

I don't really care for football tbh. I can see how this is significant though and it's nice to see people happy even if it's not something I particularly care about. I'm happy for the team, for other people and everyone involved.

I don't have a limit on how much good news I welcome in life, there's always room for more...so I will join in. ☺️

If that makes me a sheeple...sounds good to me 🤷🏼‍♀️

I want to throw all the OPs like this in a massive bin and slam the lid on.

Such snobbery around football.

Prince William seemed pretty happy to be there though.

Dont know how true it is but just read that somewhere in the region of 27 million watched the match. So I guess its safe to say plenty of people were interested

I'm with you OP, I can't stand it.

@RockingMyFiftiesNot

I get there some people don't like football. And. I get that it must be annoying if you're trying to sleep and being kept awake by people celebrating something you don't care about. But to be so blissfully ignorant about a major sporting event and the significance of an England win .... scary that we allow people with so little awareness to vote.

The "significance of an England win" is everything that's wrong with it!

If it could just be seen as sport, that would be great. I was as pleased as the next person when the GB team did well in the medals table at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. Same with the GB swimming team at this year's European swimming championship.

But football is another beast entirely. It takes over, it's very hard to avoid, things are cancelled so people can watch it, and it's treated like a substitute battle in a war. That's at national level, at club level you get nasty tribalism like between Rangers and Celtics and at grassroots level you get the "win at all costs" mentality and lack of inclusiveness.

It's all completely over the top. I much prefer athletics (which has its own problems with drugs and the shoes, but generally is a much nicer sport to be involved with).

I also heard that England have never,in fact won the euros so people around the works are making a mockery of the English fans singing "it's coming home" because it never was at your home in the first place

And that proves my point "mockery". It's SPORT! Why would you "mock" anyone. Anyway, those people don't understand it comes from the song written for the 1996 tournament.

It's coming home!🦁🦁🦁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️❤

I agree with you 100%. I'm in Italy so we had the same noise the night before until well after midnight, no respect for people sleeping, fireworks scaring pets. The fans drove around town round peeping their horns. My DH hates it too thank goodness!

I'm not really interested in football either, but I liked listening to the cheering last night.

Some people just hate to see other people enjoying themselves. You sound absolutely joyless tbh and I feel sorry for your friends and family