Things people do instead of watching the game

[FLAN]

At the Palade game a bloke behind me spent the last 10-15 mins having a blazing row with his (presumed ex) Mrs about who can and can’t go out

 

against Leeds a bloke in front was browsing Amazon for curtains. My son was behind him and said he’d had a message off his wife listing things to buy. He’d said do I have to do it now and she said yes. So he did 😂

[Aus Fox]

Read the messages of people in front of them.

Eavesdrop on peoples conversations around them. 

 

[FLAN]

Believe me the eavesdropping wasn’t avoidable. Full on shouting 

[FoyleFox]

A few years ago the 3 people in front of us spent most of the first game of the season looking at each others holiday photos. 

[SpacedX]

Scribble complete bollocks in notebooks.

[Unabomber]

Lady in front of me is always checking her steps on her phone They’re not going to change whilst sitting down at the game ffs.

[Pliskin]

[Winchesterfox]

A bloke in the same row as me leaves his seat after about ten minutes, again before half time, usually again in the middle of the second half, and then leaves a few minutes early.   It's been going on for years so I've got used to it, but it is a bit unusual. 

 

 

[ARM1968]

29 minutes ago, Line-X said:

Scribble complete bollocks in notebooks.

I AM a beautiful MAN?

 

has anyone ever seen what he writes?  

[Raj]

I went Barcelona  vs Villarreal  on Thursday at Nou Camp with my daughter.

A guy a few rows infront was watching the game on his phone.........

[Pliskin]

12 minutes ago, Winchesterfox said:

A bloke in the same row as me leaves his seat after about ten minutes, again before half time, usually again in the middle of the second half, and then leaves a few minutes early.   It's been going on for years so I've got used to it, but it is a bit unusual. 

 

 

There’s a chap near me who comes up late. And then at 35 minutes goes down to get a beer and a pie at half time. He comes back up usually at 60 minutes and then leaves early……. Every game. I don’t exaggerate when I say he probably doesn’t even see an hour of football. 
 

I mean people are creatures of habit but that’s just pathetic…..

[phoneticerror]

9 hours ago, FLAN said:

At the Palade game a bloke behind me spent the last 10-15 mins having a blazing row with his (presumed ex) Mrs about who can and can’t go out

 

against Leeds a bloke in front was browsing Amazon for curtains. My son was behind him and said he’d had a message off his wife listing things to buy. He’d said do I have to do it now and she said yes. So he did 😂

At Forest, there was a child sat next to me in a full kit (22-23 third kit), wearing noise cancelling headphones and watched Goosebumps on a phone for the entire match. Even when goals were being celebrated. 😂😂😂

 

”Fine mummy, I’ll go but do I have to wear the kit?”

[Nalis]

There are a crazy amount of 14-21 year olds who spent their time as a time on their phone checking other results

 I'm not talking about needing Southampton to lose to stay up, I'm on about matches  that have no bearing on their own team.

 

Shite like 'Utd are 2 nil down' 'Haalands on a hat trick' 'Everton are beating Brighton' but in a way that they dont care about the actual event but crace to be the first person to know and tell others.

 

Bit strange when watching a different match.

[phoneticerror]

3 minutes ago, Pliskin said:

There’s a chap near me who comes up late. And then at 35 minutes goes down to get a beer and a pie at half time. He comes back up usually at 60 minutes and then leaves early……. Every game. I don’t exaggerate when I say he probably doesn’t even see an hour of football. 
 

I mean people are creatures of habit but that’s just pathetic…..

Each to their own. I’ve never understood the early leavers beating traffic or the big sell in rushing to the bar before the first half is over. Sure queues are annoying, but I’d rather watch the whole match.

 

With that said, I’m a boring b@stard who doesn’t get pi55ed at the footie.

Edited 23 October 2022 by phoneticerror

[Wasyls Pec Deck]

There are people around me who turn up 10-15 mins late, go down on 35 mins (presumably for a beer), miss the start of turn second half and finally leave on 80-85 mins. They might nip to the bogs as well… 🤔 
 

Why bother and what are they doing?! Certainly not watching the bloody football! 

[phoneticerror]

3 minutes ago, Nalis said:

There are a crazy amount of 14-21 year olds who spent their time as a time on their phone checking other results

 I'm not talking about needing Southampton to lose to stay up, I'm on about matches  that have no bearing on their own team.

 

Shite like 'Utd are 2 nil down' 'Haalands on a hat trick' 'Everton are beating Brighton' but in a way that they dont care about the actual event but crace to be the first person to know and tell others.

 

Bit strange when watching a different match.

I’d love to know what network they’re on. I’ve tried EE, Three and O2 and I can never get a signal when the stadium is full.

[oxtonfox]

8 minutes ago, ARM1968 said:

I AM a beautiful MAN?

 

has anyone ever seen what he writes?  

No but I bet it’s a few excuses from his top 100 that he will use after the game e.g it was too hot, we need a refresh, we lacked intensity and fight, we have to defend better, we were tired… 

[Rusko187]

3 minutes ago, Pliskin said:

There’s a chap near me who comes up late. And then at 35 minutes goes down to get a beer and a pie at half time. He comes back up usually at 60 minutes and then leaves early……. Every game. I don’t exaggerate when I say he probably doesn’t even see an hour of football. 
 

I mean people are creatures of habit but that’s just pathetic…..

Hey man, I'm there for kick-off alright! Plus if you don't go down at 35 minutes, you ain't getting back up for second half!

[Nalis]

Just now, phoneticerror said:

I’d love to know what network they’re on. I’ve tried EE, Three and O2 and I can never get a signal when the stadium is full.

I've often thought the same thing. Not just our ground bit loads of others.

[phoneticerror]

Just now, Nalis said:

I've often thought the same thing. Not just our ground bit loads of others.

Literally everywhere in a big crowd because the usually signal strength (I’m sure there is a more technical term) is divided by thousands more than usual. Same at festivals etc.

 

Maybe Vodafone is the answer because it’s the only major carrier I haven’t tried.

[Nalis]

2 minutes ago, phoneticerror said:

Literally everywhere in a big crowd because the usually signal strength (I’m sure there is a more technical term) is divided by thousands more than usual. Same at festivals etc.

 

Maybe Vodafone is the answer because it’s the only major carrier I haven’t tried.

Very true

[Pliskin]

3 minutes ago, Rusko187 said:

Hey man, I'm there for kick-off alright! Plus if you don't go down at 35 minutes, you ain't getting back up for second half!

But the point of going to watch live football, is to watch the football. You wouldn’t go to the cinema, and spend an hour pissing around outside. 
 

I also don’t understand why people go and get so drunk that they can’t function either. Countless times I’ve seen blokes come up absolutely battered and either fall asleep or leave early because they’re far too drunk. 
 

Each to their own, but it’s an expensive day out, and I just find it really odd that people go and spend more time doing other things than watch the football…..

[Daggers]

2 minutes ago, Pliskin said:

I also don’t understand why people go and get so drunk that they can’t function either. Countless times I’ve seen blokes come up absolutely battered and either fall asleep or leave early because they’re far too drunk. 

That was the only enjoyable thing worth doing when we got relegated from the Championship. I spent two seasons very drunk.

[fazzyfox]

9 hours ago, FLAN said:

At the Palade game a bloke behind me spent the last 10-15 mins having a blazing row with his (presumed ex) Mrs about who can and can’t go out

 

against Leeds a bloke in front was browsing Amazon for curtains. My son was behind him and said he’d had a message off his wife listing things to buy. He’d said do I have to do it now and she said yes. So he did 😂

Ridiculous spending that much on a ticket just to sit and browse for curtains, I’d have told him to pull himself together. 

[Daggers]

Just now, fazzyfox said:

Ridiculous spending that much on a ticket just to sit and browse for curtains, I’d have told him to pull himself together. 

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