Anybody else dislike football.

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Imtoooldforallthis · 04/05/2024 11:36

I know iabu so please don't tell me so. But I'm struggling with my husbands love of watching football. I know its really popular but I just hate the mob mentality around watching it. I'm also a bit envious that he has this passion and that he can literally talk to anyone anywhere. We are currently abroad and there is a big match on that is shown in most bars, we have arranged to meet his friends and it will be all about the football, even the wives don't seem to mind it. I feel very out of it. Does anyone else feel the same?

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thevegetablesoup · 06/05/2024 20:27

@Aphrodite89 yes excellent point and more evidence of the inherent classism and snobbery of the football haters.

To the people looking down their noses at football: Google a picture of Bromley fans celebrating their club joining the EFL this weekend and ask yourself, when was the last time you had THAT much fun? 🤩

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ShowOfHands · 04/05/2024 18:29

It's is true re the cost of football for policing and other public services. It's disproportionate.

I saw some of the women's game a year or so ago by chance and was surprised that it was a fast-paced, fair, mildly entertaining event. So far from the men's game which I've tried to appreciate but have ended up loathing.

It's tribalism and because it's corrupted by disgusting amounts of money, it's almost irredeemable. You can't hero worship mortals, deify them almost, invest billions of pounds in a culture and it not end up in the state it is. Any sport I do watch, the hook is always the skill, the humanity, the joy. Football I can't watch, literally or figuratively, without seeing the violence, the entitlement and waste.

Football isn't just a sport, it's a snake eating itself and the domestic violence, misogyny, corruption and exclusivity mean I can't have anything to do with it. I deliberately chose a DH who had no interest either.

Premier League football is a huge contributor to the economy and the tax base. Policing costs are a drop in the ocean compared to 40%, or whatever, of the wages of the the grossly overpaid Premier League footballers into the exchequer.

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