have you ever cried because of football?

[exleper]

when keegan resigned from being newcastle manager in 1997, three days after my 10th birthday.

 

[kained&able]

nope i tend to just angry and want to hit things and feel all depressed and want to smoke lots.

I don't get crying over football or a sport yeah its fucking annoying but its not like your life is crashing round you or anything importent.


dave

 

[LDR]

Oh, and at rugby, it takes a man-sized effort to hold back the tears when the Welsh national anthem is being sung.

The singing can't be that bad. I thought the Welsh were known for their fine voices.

 

[editor]

The singing can't be that bad. I thought the Welsh were known for their fine voices.

Easy, son.

The sound of the Welsh singing at a rugby international is truly awe-inspiring.

 

[kained&able]

thier voices are bloody marvelous.


dave

 

[editor]

see now, i was on the other end of this spectrum that very day (and at the other end of the stadium too) and whilst i was gutted, couldn't lift my head etc etc, i dont think i shed a tear. does that make me any less passionate?

I wouldn't have cried if Cardiff had lost.

But seeing a team you'd been following through the toilets of the lower divisions for decades finally qualifying for the Championship in your home town in front of a massive crowd really was an emotional experience - especially if you're pre-"enhanced"

 

[passenger]

i might shed the odd tear of joy

 

[Cheesypoof]

Yes, I cried during the World Cup when Ireland made it to the quarter finals and packie bonner saved a penalty. Lots of Irish people did, it was a very emotional game and the best I have ever seen

 

[johnnymarrsbars]

i nearly cried in dispair when Vassell took that penalty on saturday


my dad could've done a better job.

 

[CyberRose]

Yes last time Sheff Utd got relegated I cried. Last game of the season and we were in a fairly similar position as we are now, above the relegation zone just needing a point when Everton win and Chelsea score against us in the last minute sending us down...

PS I love you Alex Ferguson!!

 

[chooch]

Last recorded football tears- Sammy McIlroy's equaliser in the 1979 cup final. Wiped away a minute or so later.

 

[Structaural]

Only when hit the face with one.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I'd probably cry if West Ham actually won something. I'm used to us being shit. Just immune to it... Same with England.

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

FA Cup final 1978, my first experience of Arsenal in with any sort of chance of winning a trophy, they're up against Ipswich, massive underdogs. Go to watch at the local social club and excited as fuck. Lots of huff and puff but no end result for the Arse.

Then, Roger Osborne scores in the 78th minute for the Tractors Boys. I was in floods, absolutely gutted that we were losing and quite clearly weren't capable of getting it back either.

 

[Mr Retro]

Easy, son.

The sound of the Welsh singing at a rugby international is truly awe-inspiring.

It's one of the top ten things to experience in sport. Seriously, it's worth the entrance fee alone. Except for recently when they have that fucking singer . It should just be the crowd.

Cried twice at Rugby. Once playing myself - more with relief I think. Once watching Ireland.

 

[spacemonkey]

I've never fully cried but I was pretty choked up when Wales lost to Romania and Russia and failed to qualify for a major tournament at the last hurdle.

 

[Maggot]

Nope never cried. I think the closest I came was when Argentina beat England in the 1998 World Cup. Was very upset cos England played so well. Followed by Palace losing the 1996 play-off final to a last minute Leicester goal.

 

[marksims68]

FA Cup final 1978, my first experience of Arsenal in with any sort of chance of winning a trophy, they're up against Ipswich, massive underdogs. Go to watch at the local social club and excited as fuck. Lots of huff and puff but no end result for the Arse.

Then, Roger Osborne scores in the 78th minute for the Tractors Boys. I was in floods, absolutely gutted that we were losing and quite clearly weren't capable of getting it back either.

Funnily enough, that was the first time I cried!!!

OSBOURNE ONE NIL!!!

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

Funnily enough, that was the first time I cried!!!

OSBOURNE ONE NIL!!!

As if that weren't bad enough (for me anyway), i found out afterwards that he had a cousin lived on our estate, so the teasing went on for a while.

Didn't they have to sub Osbourne straight away cos he got so overwhelmed and squashed in the celebrations?

 

[bendeus]

It's one of the top ten things to experience in sport. Seriously, it's worth the entrance fee alone. Except for recently when they have that fucking singer . It should just be the crowd.

Word! It's electrifying and, if there, I am guaranteed to blub. Even get a frisson when watching on the box.

Cried like a big, mimsy girl when Wales won the grandslam in 2005, proper happy sobbing

Never cried at football.

 

[steveo87]

Yes.
Liverpool have a trendency to turn me into a blubbering reck, especially if I've a drink or six.

 

[Hocus Eye.]

I come from Torquay. Crying doesn't help!

 

[The Pious Pawn]

yes

 

[Chorlton]

Seriously if you cry at football, drunk or otherwise, i think you might have bigger issues going on that might need looking at

 

[Rollem]

i love that 25 people have voted yes

 

[Chorlton]

i really do wish this had been made public


for some pointing and laughing i wanted to do

 

[Lord Camomile]

11 years old. First time i'd paid attention to the national team.

Same here, one and only time I've cried about football. Would frequently get a bit choked up when they showed it for a number of years after. Can just about handle it now.

 

[Maggot]

Seriously if you cry at football, drunk or otherwise, i think you might have bigger issues going on that might need looking at

What sort of issues? What's wrong with it?

 

[Bazza]

I cried when England went out of Italia 90 but I was 11...just numb guttedness has followed defeats ever since.

My brother (22) is always crying though. LFC fans will be pleased to hear that he broke down on the way to his bedroom after the penalty shoot-out last week! Muppet.

 

[marksims68]

As if that weren't bad enough (for me anyway), i found out afterwards that he had a cousin lived on our estate, so the teasing went on for a while.

Didn't they have to sub Osbourne straight away cos he got so overwhelmed and squashed in the celebrations?

Thats right, he only touched the ball five times in the whole match I think, whacks in the winner then faints. Mind you if you had Brian Talbot, Clive Woods and John Wark leaping all over you you'd faint as well!

Oh, and the last time I cried at a match, Anfield 2002 when Ipswich were relegated after losing 5-0, I was singing You'll Never Walk Alone with the Kop at the time.........

Yours in tears.

Mark.