That sounds like a blast! I like soccer (my team is the Seattle Sounders), but I don’t know if I could survive going to a game. Too noisy and crowded for me.
I generally avoid crowded places but if I have an allocated seat and a definitive start and finish time I am usually fine. I go to football matches fairly regularly, occasionally to see the team I support, Spurs (it's usually the journey back after the match where I start to feel desperate to be alone) but more often my local team, who get a much smaller crowd and I can drive to pretty near the ground. Always a relief to get back in my car at the end though.
I fell out of love with football a little bit between 2010 and 2020 but my youngest son has developed the same obsession I had when I was his age and as a result I got my love of the game back.
Football matches in England are a much more pleasant experience now, than they were when I first started going properly in the 90's. People are much better behaved.
You do still get some unpleasant characters though, so I can see why that puts some people off. I just love the game, and tolerate all the other stuff around it. For example, the supposedly "hilarious" chants are mostly tedious. There's a YouTube video of supposedly funny ones, with a load of comments underneath about how great they are, whereas to be honest I find most operate at a pretty numbskull level of humour. Some are outright unpleasant.
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I used to support Coventry City [Sky Blues] when I was young. I loved being part of a huge crowd - not 'singled out' as I felt at school and home [very unhappy childhood]. Chanting took me out of myself and I felt thrilled as the sound echoed around the stadium. No, I didn't like the violence that sadly marred many matches in the 60's but making stadiums all seated had a positive effect.True, as I got older, I grew more sensitive to noise and now in my 70's I am a virtual hermit by choice. But do watch the clip of Scotland's amazing goals!
I just have a quite strict time limit on how long I can be in one before I want to get out!
Me too! When I went to 'aways' in the fan coaches, most of the lads were not 'nice' and there was brick throwing and a lot of fist fights. I much preferred home games where I could hide in the crowd and just enjoy the footie. I saw George Best at his peak - applauded by both sides, which was astonishing. I felt he wasted himself - so different from that slim youth with the ball seemingly stuck to his feet. I still watch the Lionesses, but only special matches. Being retired, I much prefer being alone - so I can live life as I wish!
I just have a quite strict time limit on how long I can be in one before I want to get out!
Me too! When I went to 'aways' in the fan coaches, most of the lads were not 'nice' and there was brick throwing and a lot of fist fights. I much preferred home games where I could hide in the crowd and just enjoy the footie. I saw George Best at his peak - applauded by both sides, which was astonishing. I felt he wasted himself - so different from that slim youth with the ball seemingly stuck to his feet. I still watch the Lionesses, but only special matches. Being retired, I much prefer being alone - so I can live life as I wish!
