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Non football fans liking the World Cup.
victor mel
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I can see how it's a good thing how major tournaments can bring communities and countries together. However what annoys me is the people that can't stand football normally suddenly become interested. Fine but be honest about it not all pretentious and sounding like you are an expert. It's like as it's teams around the world its okay and classy but English football that's just trashy. I've noticed this already at a work training day where 2 middle class guys were discussing the football and various countries. Ordinary they hate football.
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BUT - when it comes to the world cup I love it. I support England all the way, shout at the ref and pretend to understand the rules when I don't have a clue.
It's not about liking or not. It's suddenly becoming an expert because it's a world cup which is seen as having an intellectual side by some so it's okay to show an interest.
I know what you mean. My missus doesn't give a toss during the season. Actively avoids it even, but come WC time she's always telling me the bloody rules and isn't such and such a good player!
Same here. There's just something about the spectacle of the World Cup that draws me, a non-football fan most of the time, into a whirlwind of patriotic fervour. And I'm not normally that patriotic either. It's weird the effect it has on me.
I can't wait to join my mates down the pub on Saturday to cheer England on in their first game.
It only happens every four years. If it happened every year I'd hate it just as much as regular football.
That being said I probably won't even watch it...
Britain?! There is no Britain in the World Cup - it's not the Olympics you know! ;-)
Check out the British values thread for more people confusing English with British BTW.
"Oh, I support this team, you've probably never heard of them..."
Regular football fans talk about 'part-time fans' as though there were such a thing as a professional full-time fan - as though skill and dedication was needed to support football.
They feel contempt for part-timers posing as experts - but they fail to realise that they themselves are only posing as experts. Talking about something endlessly doesn't make you an expert.
The "middle-class prawn sandwich brigade" are particularly despised - as though things were better in the good old days when only young working class men with a penchant for violence went to matches.
Edit: nearly forgot - never bother with football normally, but supporting England all the way.
With regards to the OP, I have an aunt who hates football in general, and can't stand it when my uncle sits in the living room, watching a match and completely ignoring her (her words, but then again he ignores everyone when Arsenal are playing!). Yet when the World Cup rolls around, she tries to watch every England match and gets upset when they inevitably lose.
I don't follow rugby but I always watch the rugby world cup..
I don't follow water polo, cycling or volleyball (and many other sports) but I got interested in them during the Olympics.
Many people don't watch tennis for 50 weeks of the year but then become addicted to it during Wimbledon.