Modern football is rubbish

[thearchdandy]

Never by any clued up match going supporter.

There aren't many of those at Old Trafford this season, believe me. Japanese tourists and Southern twats who tap people on the shoulder and tell them to be quiet on the other hand...

 

[STFC]

is it really possible to just turn up at WH and buy a ticket without all the registration nonsense. I tend to go to Charlton on days when I want to watch footie because it's the only vaguely local one I know of that doesn't want to know my inside leg measurement.

Oh, I don't know about that. I was on about Swindon when I said I can buy a ticket for most games just before kick off. I go to West Ham occasionally using someone else's season ticket if they can't go, but I don't support them.

Against sides like Hull there might be a small number of tickets available on the day, I don't know.

 

[chieftain]

Southern twats

Nothern cunt

 

[editor]

The sound of modern football in action:

"Manchester United had a record first quarter driven by our commercial operation, which continues to experience extremely strong global revenue growth in new media and mobile, retail merchandising and sponsorship," said Ed Woodward, executive vice-chairman.

Revenue from its commercial operations increased 24.3% to £43m, driven by 10 new sponsorship deals entered into during the quarter, including those with General Motors and sports betting company Bwin.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20327870

 

[discokermit]

aaah, it was so much better when you got treated like an animal by the club.

 

[twistedAM]

The sound of modern football in action:

Can we change the thread title to Capitalism is Rubbish?

 

[editor]

aaah, it was so much better when you got treated like an animal by the club.

I'm sure there's a brilliant and hugely relevant point in there. Somewhere.

 

[discokermit]

there is. it's not even well hidden. you'd have to be a bit of a thicko not to understand.

 

[Onket]

Some clubs do still treat supporters like animals, especially away supporters, and so do the police.

 

[discokermit]

at least we're not penned in anymore though.

 

[editor]

there is. it's not even well hidden. you'd have to be a bit of a thicko not to understand.

So you think fans get treated better overall since the game all went uber-corporate? Is that the point you're trying to make here?

 

[editor]

at least we're not penned in anymore though.

What are you on about? Fans still get penned in.

 

[discokermit]

nah, you're right. let's go back to the days of wooden stands where they couldn't be arsed to clean the rubbish up from underneath. one womans toilet (not block but one individual toilet) on a terrace of ten thousand, men pissing everywhere because the facilities were inadequate, pie/bovril/tea or fuck off, open terraces cos they couldn't even be arsed to put a roof over our heads but they could be bothered to put railings up like a cage. yeh, lets go back to that, that was ace.

 

[Ax^]

Have to agree the moment they stopped you being able to pick up and run with the ball and renamed tries as goals the whole thing turned into a complete shit sandwich

 

[editor]

nah, you're right. let's go back to the days of wooden stands where they couldn't be arsed to clean the rubbish up from underneath. one womans toilet (not block but one individual toilet) on a terrace of ten thousand, men pissing everywhere because the facilities were inadequate, pie/bovril/tea or fuck off, open terraces cos they couldn't even be arsed to put a roof over our heads but they could be bothered to put railings up like a cage. yeh, lets go back to that, that was ace.

So you prefer modern football then?

You know the expensive version that ensures that a lot of people are priced out of seeing their team? What team do you support by the way? I'm intrigued to know the names of the roofless grounds you visited where there were "men pissing everywhere."

 

[Ax^]

Millwall would be my guess

 

[discokermit]

in some ways i prefer it, in others i don't. in some ways it's better, in others worse. there was no golden age to hark back to.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Have to agree the moment they stopped you being able to pick up and run with the ball and renamed tries as goals the whole thing turned into a complete shit sandwich

 

[editor]

Millwall would be my guess

Millwall have played in a rather comfortable, all seated, all-covered stadium with plenty of facilities for nearly two decades now so it can't be them.

 

[discokermit]

Millwall have played in a rather comfortable, all seated, all-covered stadium with plenty of facilities for nearly two decades now

good old modern football.

 

[editor]

in some ways i prefer it, in others i don't. in some ways it's better, in others worse. there was no golden age to hark back to.

No one is suggesting there was a 'golden age.'

You still haven't told me what team you support, by the way. I'm keen to learn the names of these roofless grounds with cages made of railings you visited where there were "men pissing everywhere."

 

[discokermit]

like i dance to your tune.

 

[editor]

like i dance to your tune.

When you reach the stage where you can't even say the name of the team you support, that's when the pwnage is 100% complete. What an arse you've just made of yourself!

 

[discokermit]

When you reach the stage where you can't even say the name of the team you support, that's when the pwnage is 100% complete. What an arse you've just made of yourself!

you fool. i won't tell you who i support a, cos your a dick b, cos it'll wind you up.

who i support is no secret as i'm sure most regulars to the footy forum will know.

 

[Ax^]

like i dance to your tune.

What a cunt

 

[discokermit]

What a cunt

still smarting eh?

 

[editor]

who i support is no secret as i'm sure most regulars to the footy forum will know.

So you're ashamed to admit to the name of your own club because you know it will unravel your daft claims earlier. What a 'fan' you are!

Perfect pwange.

 

[discokermit]

So you're ashamed to admit to the name of your own club because you know it will unravel your daft claims earlier. What a 'fan' you are!

Perfect pwange.

eh? i've told you why i'm not telling you. cos you're a dick.

my team unravels no claims. neither do clubs i travelled away to.

do you deny the poor facilities of almost all clubs in the eighties, you fool? why do you think most of them have been rebuilt?

did hillsborough never happen?

did bradford never happen?

 

[Lord Camomile]

Maybe it's just British footy that's rubbish. Same scenario in Germany:

• Go to ticket office 24 hours before game
• See if any tickets left
• If so, purchase ticket...approx £10
• Go see game in ultra modern, clean, well designed stadium with some of the nicest/funniest fans you'll ever meet.

I would say the same of Spain except the last point isn't the same - they're usually older stadiums but just as amazing and tickets cost about £20 instead.

My bezzie mate and I are going to try and get to a German league match this season. She studied German at uni so she'll be doing the sprechening of die Deutsche mit Fritz, and I'll be taking care of the cartoon xenophobia.

Blinding

 

[editor]

did hillsborough never happen?

did bradford never happen?

You really haven't the slightest clue what you're babbling on about. Hillsborough was caused by police incompetence not 'men pissing everywhere', bovril in the cafe, the lack of women's loos or the supposed absence of a roof.

I suggest you shut your mouth before you dig yourself in any deeper with your stupidity.