Page 16 | Angry men about womens football

Ontobetterthings · 2025-07-27T17:03:02+00:00

I was listening to talk radio and there was a very angry man on ranting away about womens football. He was basically saying put it on a different channel. Noone wants to watch, even his wife agrees. He was out of breath he was that mad. I was quite taken aback. Far enough if you dont like it, dont watch. Why on earth he was this upset I dont know! Whats with this disgusting reaction! How weird!!

MasterBeth · 27/07/2025 22:13

cardibach · 27/07/2025 21:05

They do though. Streaming.
I’ve never said minor channels. I’ve said red button/iplayer. They do it for the Olympics. Glastonbury. Lots of things.

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At the Olympics and Glastonbury, there are more simultaneous events to broadcast than there are channels.

There’s only one football match at a time.

You do not know what you are talking about.

JHound · 27/07/2025 22:14

Northernparent68 · 27/07/2025 22:01

Is it anymore important than any other sport ? Why does women’s football get more publicity than other women’s sports

Same reason men’s football gets more publicity than other men’s sports.

TaupeLemur · 27/07/2025 22:15

BigDayForTheWomen · 27/07/2025 22:07

My DH has been avidly watching women's footie for about 18 months. Before that he found it uninteresting, but not any more because of how the game has improved over the last few years.
When women were unused to competing at this level, they obviously wouldn't play as well as men who have been learning and playing for generations. They are amazing now, and men who decline to see that are a sad example of die-hard misogeny.

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Sorry, but that absolute bullshit. The women’s game has been excellent for many,
many years. More money:
attention in the last few is elevating its ‘status’ in many people’s eyes but the number of
men who claim that now they can get ‘behind it’ because it’s ‘improved’ suddenly BOILs my piss. The reality is women and girls
have fought, scraped and earned their way to where we are .Thank you, kind sir, for allowing uojr approval… we are not worthy!
except we are. And have been. With or without your interest.
Annoying, we have to put up with this
benevolence from
men because we need the money and investment to keep growing.

placemats · 27/07/2025 22:16

Women are physically better at playing football. Tactics, check, endurance, check, best to feet, check. A game all the family can enjoy as a spectator sport. Check.

JHound · 27/07/2025 22:16

Arraminta · 27/07/2025 22:06

No, of course they wouldn't. The national women's Swiss team got trounced by just a local boys' under 15s team, for Heaven's sake.

Top Olympic female sprinters are still slower than the 16 year old youths sprinting for the England School Boys.

You cannot argue with basic physiology.

But, congratulations to the Lionesses.

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Do you have a source for the second one?

MasterBeth · 27/07/2025 22:16

FellowPatient · 27/07/2025 20:17

I can offer you some YouTube videos of Full matches if you're interested?

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Still waiting…

MasterBeth · 27/07/2025 22:17

placemats · 27/07/2025 22:16

Women are physically better at playing football. Tactics, check, endurance, check, best to feet, check. A game all the family can enjoy as a spectator sport. Check.

What?

EasternStandard · 27/07/2025 22:18

RantzNotBantz · 27/07/2025 22:12

You cannot argue with basic physiology.

Which is why sport is divided along sex lines.

And why sex, not gender, matters in sport.

Women’s Football is women’s football, to be judged against opposing women’s teams.

And celebrated for success against other women’s teams.

Not denigrated for being not the same as men.

Exactly. Why does it matter that a male sprinter will be faster etc it’s why we segregate the sexes in sports. For fairness.

Netcurtainnelly · 27/07/2025 22:20

Who cares what he thinks.

AutumnLover1989 · 27/07/2025 22:21

I'm seeing it all over Facebook as well 🤢

samthepigeon · 27/07/2025 22:22

Lanzarotelady · 27/07/2025 18:36

I don't know of any man who would choose to watch it, my husband and not one of his mates or his colleagues, would. Appreciate that they don't represent the whole of the males in the country etc.

Personally, would I watch it, no, I think its dire.

Really? I was watching it with a room full of women and men, and receiving messages about it from men as we were watching. I don't watch men's football, however...

samthepigeon · 27/07/2025 22:23

chachahide · 27/07/2025 18:39

The thing is, men’s football is just very different, they’re stronger and it’s very clinical. I enjoy men’s football but I also really enjoy women’s, I love the determination and dynamism of the women’s game.

To get really angry that it’s not as good, I just don’t get. You can’t compare the 2, and to do so is very reductionist.

I hope none of these men have daughters.

Leave us to it, men make millions from it, have dominated for years, who cares if us women want to play?

Also, they claim ‘no one cares’… ITV’s biggest audience this year was women’s football. Over 10 million.

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I wonder if he hates the women's matches at Wimbledon too? Frankly, there are more important things to get irate about, as I am sure you will agree.

LookingAtMyBhunas · 27/07/2025 22:24

I agree.

What gets me is if a male player plays shit (Kane in the last men's euros for example, absolutely dire, slipped when taking a corner ffs), it's just because they're a shit player. Dozens of male players have had absolutely dire games, missing penalties, open goals, being given red cards, trending on twitter to get him out, take him off etc, and they don't get their whole sex written off, it's them specifically as a player.

But when a woman is a bad player, or has a bad game, they suddenly represent their whole gender in the sport and all women's football is shit and it's evidence that they're just not as good as the men.

It's the same with women comedians (of which I used to be one). You have a good set and it was 'You're pretty funny for a woman', but have a bad one and it confirms women as a whole group, all 4 and a half billion of us, are just not funny. I've seen open mics where male comedians would be literally booed off stage, it was brutal. But no one held the up as a totem of their whole gender like I was, or like the Lionesses are.

If no ones seen this advert yet, it's absolutely brilliant:

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https://youtu.be/X_wLVRYHIS4?si=MdHvx69F5zN2aVD7

Zanatdy · 27/07/2025 22:25

They are just jealous the ladies actually win trophies. Yes it’s very different i’m sure to the men’s game, but if they don’t want to watch it, don’t. Doesn’t mean it needs to be on some lesser known channel. Plenty of people enjoyed it, and celebrating with the ladies.

YesterdaysFuture · 27/07/2025 22:26

Netcurtainnelly · 27/07/2025 22:20

Who cares what he thinks.

He got what he wanted because many people instead of watching and enjoying the match were on here going on about his opinion! And TalkSport too know how to wind people up by putting such a person on air.

samthepigeon · 27/07/2025 22:27

Hiptothisjive · 27/07/2025 21:38

Yeah no sorry thats just not true. My son when he played top level grassoots (who plays category 1 academy football) has played the very best women’s academies (think Chelsea, Arsenal etc) and the women were two years up. The boys creamed them. The women were fantastic athletes, technically capable and amazing footballers but it was the speed and physicality. No contest.

I love football both men’s and women’s and will watch both but no the women wouldnt have any chance. But that doesn’t make what the women do any less amazing. They are elite athletes and play like it. Well done to the Lionesses.

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There is a thought that men should play on a larger pitch and with bigger goals and that would be the equivalent of women playing on male-sized pitches. I would be interested to see how it may affect their game, as an experiment at least.

Arraminta · 27/07/2025 22:27

JHound · 27/07/2025 22:16

Do you have a source for the second one?

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Someone on here linked to it a few months ago, but I can't remember who, sorry.

LookingAtMyBhunas · 27/07/2025 22:30

Arraminta · 27/07/2025 22:06

No, of course they wouldn't. The national women's Swiss team got trounced by just a local boys' under 15s team, for Heaven's sake.

Top Olympic female sprinters are still slower than the 16 year old youths sprinting for the England School Boys.

You cannot argue with basic physiology.

But, congratulations to the Lionesses.

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I'm also waiting for your sources for this BTW. 🕒

Whatshesaid96 · 27/07/2025 22:30

Unexpectedlysinglemum · 27/07/2025 21:45

Good point I'll remember this one if needed!
I wish I'd seen women's football in tv growing up it might have made me sportier child

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I did and also played it. What is now the WSL was none professional and played at none league grounds. They used to give tickets away to us local girls teams to boost the numbers. You'd be lucky to get 300 people to watch Birmingham ladies. This was the time when Karen Carney was a teenager, she is now retired and presenting at the Euros. We used to play the development girls teams so your Birmingham, Villa, Coventry and Wolves and get thrashed 20-0 each week. However the sport was so small we had to put in a league with these technically gifted girls at under 14's and under 16's. This was early 2000's, its incredible seeing the growth in 20 years

Ooothatsagoodone · 27/07/2025 22:30

All those naughty girlie's winning all the trophies

bombastix · 27/07/2025 22:34

The viewing figures are good. That means money will follow. It’s great entertainment and basically that is what watching competitive sport is. If 10 million people choose to watch it, then that’s a lot of people. A few angry odd bods won’t make the difference

JHound · 27/07/2025 22:36

Arraminta · 27/07/2025 22:27

Someone on here linked to it a few months ago, but I can't remember who, sorry.

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Convenient.

UnctuousUnicorns · 27/07/2025 22:36

I don't follow football myself but my 83 year old dad happily watches women's football as much he watches any other sport, men or women's. He actually prefers to watches women's footie as it's free of the histrionics in men's, when a player gets a tiny bump and falls down mortally injured.

BigDayForTheWomen · 27/07/2025 22:37

TaupeLemur · 27/07/2025 22:15

Sorry, but that absolute bullshit. The women’s game has been excellent for many,
many years. More money:
attention in the last few is elevating its ‘status’ in many people’s eyes but the number of
men who claim that now they can get ‘behind it’ because it’s ‘improved’ suddenly BOILs my piss. The reality is women and girls
have fought, scraped and earned their way to where we are .Thank you, kind sir, for allowing uojr approval… we are not worthy!
except we are. And have been. With or without your interest.
Annoying, we have to put up with this
benevolence from
men because we need the money and investment to keep growing.

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OK, that is your view. I am seeing genuine enthusiasm from the men I know which was not there a few years ago. It isn't benevolence, it's a response to the way the women's game has developed due to their talent and hard work and also practice and coaching.
The same men have been avidly watching women's tennis since they were children.
We don't have to agree about this, but personally I'm very pleased.

Arraminta · 27/07/2025 22:38

LookingAtMyBhunas · 27/07/2025 22:30

I'm also waiting for your sources for this BTW. 🕒

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Sorry, didn't realise I was submitting a bibliography? Both examples have been discussed (and with links) recently on here.