have you ever cried because of football?

[Bonfirelight]

seriously, crying at football?

I cry often and i'm not at all ashamed to admit it, but over a football match? no.

 

[revol68]

oh my hero, you're so manly.....

lol, i'm about as manly hello kitty!

nah seriously, this isn't macho bluster, i'm not ashamed of crying and am not ashamed to say i've done so to many a film, it's about having some perspective, it's only fucking football and for all the theatrics, pomp and pamtomine at the end of the day it's just some men kicking a ball around.

 

[souljacker]

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.

Ha Ha

Only time I've come close to crying was Hillsborough and the Bradford fire.

 

[Chorlton]

When Raith Rovers beat us on penalties for the 1995 Coca Cola Cup Final. I was only 12 though, and was more concerned with the slagging I'd get at school for us being so shite

i was fucken raging that day.... thats probab the zenith of shitdom right there... even the barnes years were easy after that. I genuinely thought that was the end for celtic.... and it very nearly was...

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

Only time I've come close to crying was Hillsborough.

Don't think i cried watching those events unfurl, i simply felt deep anger at watching what was going on as i listened to some wanker initially criticising the fans, when it was clear as crystal that this wasn't crowd trouble but a crowd in trouble. Awful day.

 

[JTG]

lol, i'm about as manly hello kitty!

nah seriously, this isn't macho bluster, i'm not ashamed of crying and am not ashamed to say i've done so to many a film, it's about having some perspective, it's only fucking football and for all the theatrics, pomp and pamtomine at the end of the day it's just some men kicking a ball around.

Try actually following a team, your home town team, home and away for a couple of decades. Get to know the same faces who go all the time, the people you see every weekend all over the country. Develop a loyalty to each other, see them like family, laugh with them, celebrate, commiserate, hug each other, sing together.

Yes, it's only a game. But to you it's a game you watch on television and to me it's a game - and a team - that has shaped my life, given me life long friendships, formed my opinions on politics and society and given me far more joy and pain than just that which occurs over 90 minutes on the field.

So, yeah, I'll cry over it if I want to. I think it's worth it.

 

[Bazza]

Fantastic. What a tart!!

plus, they were always going to lose once it got to extra-time, and deserved nothing from the game.

Istanbul, 3-0 at half time, travelled right across the continent to see yer team getting absolutely murdered... fair enough to cry then... even more reason to those who left at HT.

Complete tart, I couldn't even argue otherwise to a Liverpool fan.

Similar to those who left at HT, I have a mate who missed two Manchester United matches in 8 years (he's Southern too!). Anyway, one of the games he missed was the 1999 Cup Final. He had his ticked nicked on his way in to the Nou Camp.... I'd like to think he cried.

 

[elliottwolf]

oh dear, what a shame, that really is heartbreaking.

 

[Error Gorilla]

Several times if I'm honest. Almost certainly when Donny went out of the league and we really thought it was over for good and definitely during the first game of a couple of season's later, when during the summer a couple of fellow supporters I knew well had died. Better to cry than bottle it up and then explode with a coronary a few years down the road.

 

[revol68]

Try actually following a team, your home town team, home and away for a couple of decades. Get to know the same faces who go all the time, the people you see every weekend all over the country. Develop a loyalty to each other, see them like family, laugh with them, celebrate, commiserate, hug each other, sing together.

Yes, it's only a game. But to you it's a game you watch on television and to me it's a game - and a team - that has shaped my life, given me life long friendships, formed my opinions on politics and society and given me far more joy and pain than just that which occurs over 90 minutes on the field.

So, yeah, I'll cry over it if I want to. I think it's worth it.

I followed my football team from the age of six to I was twelve or so and my dad followed (and managed their youth side) for years before that, but i have never seen him cry about them and neither did I, sure I felt shit but my dad brought me up to accept defeat like you accept victory and more importantly that there are far more important things in life than a football team.

 

[Final]

Twice. When I was 8 and Argentina knocked England out of Mexico '86, and again after Coventry beat Spurs in the '87 cup final.

 

[zoltan]

Wc 98 opening game in Paris when the national anthem was played and the entire place seemed filled with Scots for a few minutes . I did have about 10 pints and an Oza of hash swilling around in me at the time

 

[isvicthere?]

I've cried twice because of football. Once when England were knocked out by West Germany in the 1970 World Cup, and once when Southampton were relegated in 1974.