Football isn't a TV Show

[davieG]

What is it for you.

 

[davieG]

All of that but...

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Seeing players do things with the ball that I can only dream of.

Seeing the intricate team work and passing

Seeing the commitment of the players.

Sitting with my Son and discussing the finer points of the game.

Looking at each other in amazement at how Kante just won that ball back and how Mahrez managed to control the ball and move - I miss these two.

[OhYesNdidi]

Wondering to myself why Kasper has just chipped the ball over the Ricardo's head and out of play for the 10th time that half. 

[Spudulike]

It's the noise and the passion of like minded people all around me all with the same desire and ambition. It's the celebrating goals with those you don't know but see every match. We're all on the same side and we're all mates (30,000 mates). Love it. 

[Voll Blau]

6 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

It's the noise and the passion of like minded people all around me all with the same desire and ambition. It's the celebrating goals with those you don't know but see every match. We're all on the same side and we're all mates (30,000 mates). Love it. 

VAR has sadly ruined that for me now. It's always in the back of my fvcking mind even when I'm trying to enjoy a moment of spontaneous joy. 

[Clever Fox]

23 minutes ago, davieG said:

What is it for you.

 

Ah Davie, You forgot the Pies, One of my favorites.

 

I also miss the Chat on the way on the ground and the Banter after the games.

 

So much to look forward to again soon hopefully.

[Nalis]

Walking to the stadium as the pockets of fans slowly turning into droves with the adrenaline slowly drips in during the process.

[RoboFox]

I always think that just because people are unable, or unwilling to attend matches it doesn't mean that they should be considered less of a supporter. The only way many people are able to consume the matches is via the TV and I don't think we should be disparaging about that. 

 

Sure, I love all that stuff and I'm very reminiscent about it right back to attending Filbert Street with my dad in the mid-90s. I was a ST holder until I moved to London in 2009. Since then I probably manage to get to a handful of games a season, even less so since we won the title as it's so difficult to get tickets.

 

It's just life, man. Football is a different experience for everyone. 

[davieG]

Just now, RoboFox said:

I always think that just because people are unable, or unwilling to attend matches it doesn't mean that they should be considered less of a supporter. The only way many people are able to consume the matches is via the TV and I don't think we should be disparaging about that. 

 

Sure, I love all that stuff and I'm very reminiscent about it right back to attending Filbert Street with my dad in the mid-90s. I was a ST holder until I moved to London in 2009. Since then I probably manage to get to a handful of games a season, even less so since we won the title as it's so difficult to get tickets.

 

It's just life, man. Football is a different experience for everyone. 

I don't think it was meant to disparage those watching TV rather than to say TV is not what it's all about which is championed by Sky & BT

[TrentFox]

It’s the excitement coursing through the veins as you wake up on match day, knowing you’re going to be there. 

[urban fox]

For various reasons, (mainly work, family and living away) despite being there for almost every home game back in the Filbo days, i have only ever been to one game at the KP (sheff utd 4-2 under Levine) and that was because i was actually working at the ground that day. I have however either watched every game on TV if possible (including some dodgy streams) or listened on the radio whenever in broadcast range. Whilst i do miss actually being there, i am still every bit as passionate about, and proud to be a supporter of, my club as i ever was. All the years of working in London being felt sorry for or mocked by all the spurs/arsenal/WHU/Chelsea fans etc for openly displaying my allegiance and finally the respect for being a true fan in 2016 and since, has never made me waver.

Even though i cannot attend games i still get that buzz of excitement on matchday and am counting down the hours until kick off. Beer in fridge - Check, Shirt and lucky socks - check, Tablet to follow the FT match thread - Errrr, skip that or put away any sharp object -check. Remote control batteries- check. Good to go. Then follows a nervous day waiting. Win lose or draw though i know i have in some way followed my true self.

[Nalis]

1 hour ago, RoboFox said:

I always think that just because people are unable, or unwilling to attend matches it doesn't mean that they should be considered less of a supporter. The only way many people are able to consume the matches is via the TV and I don't think we should be disparaging about that. 

 

Sure, I love all that stuff and I'm very reminiscent about it right back to attending Filbert Street with my dad in the mid-90s. I was a ST holder until I moved to London in 2009. Since then I probably manage to get to a handful of games a season, even less so since we won the title as it's so difficult to get tickets.

 

It's just life, man. Football is a different experience for everyone. 

Ha same. 

 

I'm so selfish in saying this but part of me is glad tickets are restricted for the final as I probably would have gutted in trying and failing to get tickets, by official means or otherwise.

[Vestan Pance]

It's the passion 30,000 people chanting "come on Leicester" at every corner, even though the chances of us scoring from a corner are about the same as my hair growing back.

[nabb7]

The walk to the chippy with my dad, from the same parking spot every time. The stop-start drive home with the reaction on the radio. I miss it so much, the first time we emerge from the concourse into the ground for the first time will an emotional moment

[Vacamion]

 

Due to my missionary work in a third world country  I hardly ever get to games and I am, by necessity, an armchair fan.

 

I don't mind people extolling the virtues of "being there" but lay off people who can't.

 

 

[Gamble92]

4 hours ago, Spudulike said:

It's the noise and the passion of like minded people all around me all with the same desire and ambition. It's the celebrating goals with those you don't know but see every match. We're all on the same side and we're all mates (30,000 mates). Love it. 

Mates? You sat in the West Stand?

[davieG]

1 hour ago, Vacamion said:

 

Due to my missionary work in a third world country  I hardly ever get to games and I am, by necessity, an armchair fan.

 

I don't mind people extolling the virtues of "being there" but lay off people who can't.

 

 

I don't think the OP precludes armchair fans from saying what they like about games sure there's an emphasis on saying it's not just about TV but it wasn't intended to belittle TV watchers after all that's the way the vast majority of away games are watched and seemingly a lot of home games.

 

I'm sure plenty of people have routines they stick to when watching at home.

[bovril]

This has been said a million times by people much more eloquent than me, but I think ultimately it's the shared experience. Being part of thousands of other people's hope, joy and disappointment. 

 

Specifically supporting Leicester means for me a sense of humility and gratitude. I realise that sounds like 'small club mentality' but I'm pleased we don't see ourselves as anything special, even though our recent history has probably been the most special of any club in Europe. 

 

There's also the connection to family. Seeing my niece getting into Leicester is a joy. 

Edited 21 April 2021 by bovril

[LC/FC]

17 minutes ago, bovril said:

There's also the connection to family. Seeing my niece getting into Leicester is a joy. 

This!

 

Whether they end up with the bug or not, I absolutely love getting my 2 kids Leicester City kits and seeing them wear them. Just adds another layer of connection by having a common interest.

 

And maybe one day they'll ask me about the O'Neill years, the Pearson years, Our title Victory etc like many here reminisce about the Bloomfield or Wallace eras... and old Dad here will just getting misty eyed and roses tinted about it all.

 

[foxsake]

True Spectacle. Tribal + Familial. Generational folklore. Sheer poetry.

 

One of my favourite things about the phenomenon of soccer is this odd dichotomy: the way it crosses borders to unite people of all nations and backgrounds into one tribe. It's borderless and welcoming but simultaneously tribal to the death!

[King of Gipsy Lane]

I love going or live games cos Every time I go I stand in the family end and dream of the day we are swoped with The Kop 

[Jimothy]

How ever you support a team, if you can be there or if you can't, it's about the passion you feel for the team, about joy and despair you get with every result. Most of all it about the dream, the dream that your team could achieve anything. That why people go to games home and away, it why people all over Britain pay £100s to watch their teams on sky and bt, or search the Web for streams to see every game. It's why people put up with Ian Stringer on the radio for 2 hours every weekend. It's why people on China, Australia and the USA get up at stupid o'clock to watch games. We watch our teams however we can and regardless of the final result of the season, be it success or failure, titles or relegation, trophy win or out in the first round, whether you sign a superstar or sell your best player, we all dust ourselves off and go again the next season with same hopes and dreams.

[Jimbo]

17 hours ago, davieG said:

What is it for you.

 

I do fully agree with this but..........

 

We can never forget that we're lucky. I've had my season ticket for a quarter of a decade, I'm lucky that I get to experience this.

I've had no financial troubles, no family or work commitments. 

 

I get the sentiment of it, but without tv coverage and the money it had brought in, we wouldn't be where we are now. Without tv football would be lost to millions of people. Take the world cup for example, I've never been to one, doesn't mean I don't get into it.

 

[shailen]

In all fairness, I don't think anyone can argue that Sky and the Premier league has had a positive impact on the globalisation of English football which is now accessible almost anywhere in the world. Whilst it doesn't compare to the thrill of actually being in the stadium, it's made our league the best in the world and we have the best players too. 

[Vestan Pance]

On 21/04/2021 at 19:42, Vestan Pance said:

It's the passion 30,000 people chanting "come on Leicester" at every corner, even though the chances of us scoring from a corner are about the same as my hair growing back.

A funny thing, I've noticed a few new follicles today.