Anybody Here Like Football?

Anybody Here Like Football?

My casual impression is that our European posters all like football. Now, I know that not everybody in Europe likes football, but I do wonder how universally popular it is.

This comes from one who lost all interest in sports years ago. And who issues from a place where it's called soccer!

Football is by far the most popular sport in Europe.
Wonder if you knew that it can be very erotic too

Innoculous thread but haven't we been here before on football?

Originally posted by jbrothernew37:

My casual impression is that our European posters all like football. Now, I know that not everybody in Europe likes football, but I do wonder how universally popular it is.

Define like. I like it better than baseball and tennis.

Originally posted by jbrothernew37:

My casual impression is that our European posters all like football. Now, I know that not everybody in Europe likes football, but I do wonder how universally popular it is.

Too damn many of them do. Luckily I got out of Berlin ( and .de ) years before the world cup was inflicted on the city.

Originally posted by jbrothernew37:

This comes from one who lost all interest in sports years ago.

I never had any interest in watching sports.

Originally posted by Frenzie:

Originally posted by jbrothernew37:

My casual impression is that our European posters all like football. Now, I know that not everybody in Europe likes football, but I do wonder how universally popular it is.

Define like. I like it better than baseball and tennis.

That's kinda like saying "sure, it's marginally more entertaining than watching paint dry"

I like playing plenty of sports... There isn't much entertainment in seeing them played, for me. That said, there's something in the energy at a sporting event. I do like to go watch in person occasionally. I'm in it for the whole experience and not just the match when I do that tho. On television there is next to no interest for me. Not even the Superbowl (an american thing)... I watched the commercials online this last one and little else.

Played football and rugby - liked that a real man's game.

Define football ?: Do you mean that european game that has 11 men per side (Including 1 goal keeper each side), That run around kicking a modern day inflated animal bladder ?. Or do you mean that rather poor american excuse for a rip-off of rugby which has more breaks than a chimps tea party, And more padding and protection worn by it's participants than an actor playing a part in dynasty or dallas with incurable STD ?. Or do you actually mean Soccer ?.

Did I not mention Europe? Jeez!

Originally posted by Macallan:

That's kinda like saying "sure, marginally it's more entertaining than watching paint dry"

Right on.

Originally posted by Macallan:

I never had any interest in watching sports.

I wouldn't go as far as never, but pretty much.

I prefer to watch Boxing rather than to practice it, specially against those heavy weights.

Any sport is better than football, with the exception of Curling...

Originally posted by rjhowie:

Innoculous thread but haven't we been here before on football?

Apparently it didn't work. We've been re-infected.

Originally posted by Belfrager:

I prefer to watch Boxing rather than to practice it, specially against those heavy weights.

Any sport is better than football, with the exception of Curling...

And ping pong.

Yep you sure did mention Europe Jaybro. It is just that he was falling over himself to get a lambasting in. Mind you I have in the past sympathised with the description of a rugny spin-off (!). Maybe there is a Grand Rapids Syndrome? What have you been doing up there?

Have always been a fan of, and played, American football. Love the college game but despise the National Flag Football League (more commonly known as the NFL)

Began warming to International football in 2007 and by year's end was a fan. (Manchester United, ftw)
One regret for me while I lived in the UK was not being able to attend a game at Old Trafford or Anfield. (entirely too expensive)

Losing to City recently was pretty damn awful. I get the impression that pretty much all of the UK stood still leading up to that match?

Originally posted by Macallan:

That's kinda like saying "sure, it's marginally more entertaining than watching paint dry"

watching paint dry isn't always boring.

Originally posted by rjhowie:

Maybe there is a Grand Rapids Syndrome? What have you been doing up there?

Feeding squirrel's in the back yard...bread, shelled corn, sunflower seeds. That's pretty much the most exciting thing in Grand Rapids.
.....
"Up there?"
Aberdeen, Scotland is at 57° 8' 0" N.
Aberdeen street NE in Grand Rapids is at 42° 57' 47" N.
Hence it's "down there".

Well thedawgfan, England isn't the whole UK so many wouldn't be standing still up here. But understandable so not you fault as a temp as the English do have a bad habit of assuming such.

You do have to remember Jaybro that this being the mother country when it comes to geogphically placing you play second fiddle. Anyway you are much entitled to enjoy relaxing things now like feeding squirrels. Mind you in my suburb and the golf course across the road now sees the occasional fox.Poor things must be starving and they don't even live in the ex-Colonies......