Not giving a sh1t about football

FinnLizzy

I don't give a sh1t about football, never have, never will, don't really care about what happened in Italia 90, don't refer to an English football team as 'we', and don't care about GAA either.

Unfortunately, my apathy has cost me a good few childhood friends (neighbours) since they all seemed to only talk about it/play it (they also had serious soccer mums). I wasn't, and when I made friends with people who could talk about other sports/music, I stopped hanging around with the football fans.

Not caring about football also makes me a pariah for small talk with older people/culchies.

Anyone else not like football? And has that caused you problems ?

(Oh yeah, and 'If you don't care about football, why did you start a thread?' type comments are annoying and don't benefit anyone. )

ShamoBuc

On your own On your own On your own

RichieC

weirdo

Couldn't give a crap myself.. Nothing worse than being confronted with the standard chit chat and having to just cut them down and say you know nothing about it. Even my students here try and talk to me about the Premier League and I couldn't care less.

Fantasy Football on the other hand is brilliant.

Temptamperu

I hate the ****, you go to the pub and they talk about this as if its important or worse theres a game on and your only allowed talk if its about the game.
I loved playing as a kid and remember liking it at Italia 90 but its just not important so i cant stand it.
I too hate this "we" business for some county in england bollox too.

JohnMarston

Did you see that ludicrous display last night?

Kiera

Just "come out" OP and have it done with :P

im invisible

Thing about Arsenal is, they always try to walk it in...

Naomi00

Why do some people who don't like football make such a big deal about it?

I don't watch football either, I watch rugby, but I don't make threads about all the things I don't like. There's loads of things people aren't interested in, but for some reason people who don't like sport seem to think that's so important. If you don't like something, who cares?

John Doe1

I used to be really into football from the ages of 9-14 but grew out of it an on to more cerebral things like music an books. Each to their own an all that

Princess Peach

Don't ask me, I'm just a girl.

*giggles*

FinnLizzy

Temptamperu wrote: »

I hate the ****, you go to the pub and they talk about this as if its important or worse theres a game on and your only allowed talk if its about the game.
I loved playing as a kid and remember liking it at Italia 90 but its just not important so i cant stand it.
I too hate this "we" business for some county in england bollox too.

Playing it is alright, it's a straightforward game.

But the whole 'we' mentality is retarded if: you're supporting a team in a country you're not from and none of the players/owner are from the place.

I was at a funeral in Roscommon once and some old fella (with the best intentions) starts the small talk with "What team do you play for?". I was only 13, but couldn't understand why he'd ask me that before asking me if I liked football or played for a team.

laoch na mona

your wrong about the culchies
I'm a culchie and the only sport i do is taekwon do

biko

I don't "not like" soccer, I'm just not interested.

A_Danger

that F**kin prick Thierry Henry..

Pherekydes

I love football. It helps when your team is the reigning champs.

Go Packers! :pac:

FinnLizzy

Naomi00 wrote: »

Why do some people who don't like football make such a big deal about it?

I don't watch football either, I watch rugby, but I don't make threads about all the things I don't like. There's loads of things people aren't interested in, but for some reason people who don't like sport seem to think that's so important. If you don't like something, who cares?

Read the VERY last line of the OP. And I'm not forming a lynch mob against football fans. I'm saying that people who don't like football (growing up) can't find common ground with a majority that obsess over it (ie. Other kids).

ejmaztec

FinnLizzy wrote: »

Anyone else not like football? Yes


And has that caused you problems ? No

"Here we go, here we go, here we goooooooooooooooooooooooo"

"You fat bastard, you fat bastard, you ate all the pies."

:pac:

laoch na mona

i used to watch as a kid and i stopped fully i recently got into the league of ireland on a small scale

Oranage2

Steve Gerrard, Gerrard,
he shoots from 40 yards,
he kisses the badge on his chest,
he hands in a transfer request,
Steve Gerrard, Gerrard.

FinnLizzy

Pherekydes wrote: »

I love football. It helps when your team is the reigning champs.

Go Packers! :pac:

I'm from Sligo and the Rovers just won some match, it inspired this thread .

Davey Devil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=337qtKCkic4

L.Jenkins

Not a sport for me. Can't stand the number of people each week asking me if I watched the match.

Dotrel

What was Wenger thinking sending Walcott on so early?

laoch na mona

FinnLizzy wrote: »

I'm from Sligo and the Rovers just won some match, it inspired this thread .

i was happy out when rovers won mon the culchies

RichieC

John Doe1 wrote: »

I used to be really into football from the ages of 9-14 but grew out of it an on to more cerebral things like music an books. Each to their own an all that

You can't like sports and music an[sic] books at the same time?

stovelid

The humiliating memory of being picked last for football in PE (and the teacher having to force a team to accept you ) should have abated somewhat by now in fairness.

FinnLizzy

RichieC wrote: »

You can't like sports and music an[sic] books at the same time?

If you don't like football and listen to music with guitars in it, you're a weird gothic f*ggot.... that was the impression I got.

shedweller

I don't follow football either and it does make for interesting non-conversations in the canteen! But the lads i work with are cool with it and joke about it. Sometimes i chip in with some results if i hear them on the car radio. Always good for a laugh as they know i couldn't give a toss either way! They can talk about other things too, which is more than some lads. Jaysus, you'd get nothing out of some them if it didn't have the words "premiership" and "league" in it!!

And the "we" thing gets me. Some lads even need to be given a wide berth after "they" lose the night before. Genuinely upset about it too!:pac:

It wouldn't mind only some lads say "jaysus you're always on about that sh1t" when i talk about some space shuttle stuff or planes or something. And then they go back to rabbitting on about football????

I think it's best to stay away from those types as much as possible!

cocoshovel

I dont really like football but its sometimes a good craic to play it with friends. Also I like it during the world cup. Every other soccer event is boring.

Omackeral

Football, or sport, for that matter is usually an ice-breaker among most males. Its easy for water cooler talk in work by just asking ''did ya see the match last night?''

I'm a massive fan of football but I'm also well able to converse with people on a wide range of subjects. Unfortunately, alot of these soccer fans aren't considerate/ articulate enough to allow a chat sway in another direction.

Just wondering, for all the people (lads especially) who are not into football, do you get worked up at all when the national side do well in major competitions eg Italia 90, USA 94 and Japan/South Korea 02?

* Oh and +1 on the whole 'we' factor when referring to English teams, really makes me cringe so much to hear two Dubs call each other dirty Mancs or Scouse scum. Shudderville!

Mr. Rager

That IT Crowd episode was just made for this thread

galwayrush

Kiera wrote: »

Just "come out" OP and have it done with :P

OP's clearly off side ...:pac::pac:

ejmaztec

stovelid wrote: »

The humiliating memory of being picked last for football in PE (and the teacher having to force a team to accept you ) should have abated somewhat by now in fairness.

Did you mean mast-abated?


snigger snigger

FinnLizzy

stovelid wrote: »

The humiliating memory of being picked last for football in PE (and the teacher having to force a team to accept you ) should have abated somewhat by now in fairness.

I was a pretty decent footballer compared to my class in school. Football fans can be out of shape as well. Ever go into a pub during the World Cup?

earpiece

FinnLizzy...... your brave, will you be my friend?

shedweller

Omackeral wrote: »

Just wondering, for all the people (lads especially) who are not into football, do you get worked up at all when the national side do well in major competitions eg Italia 90, USA 94 and Japan/South Korea 02?

I'd watch a few Irish games alright but i wouldn't be going out of my way to watch them.

pragmatic1

Dont like football or gaa either. Only like sports where people are battering the crap out of eachother and golf. People who go on and on about football are usually boring bastards I've found.

Killer Pigeon

Football is for quaaares.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftlfPb0gyxI

FinnLizzy

fjsanchez wrote: »

That IT Crowd episode was just made for this thread

Did you see that ludicrous display last naite?

El Weirdo

pragmatic1 wrote: »

People who go on and on about football are usually boring bastards I've found.

As is anyone that goes on and on about a single subject. It's not exclusive to football fans.

wolf moon

FinnLizzy wrote: »

Anyone else not like football? And has that caused you problems ?

I initially thought I hate it, but eventually I realised that it's not hatred, I just don't give a flying fcuk.

Some may think I am not 100% sane but:

1. I don't fap to the screen looking at number of muscular men kicking/throwing a round item to each other,
2. I don't cancel all plans I or my OH could have made just because there is a match on the telly,
3. I don't say "WE won again!!!" like one of those football fans with disturbed identity (THEY couldn't win, as they are miserable, fat and sitting in front of the TV drinking another can), fit enough to see their own mickey in the mirror...

I do things myself and get excited of what I achieve.
I'm happy.
My OH is happy.
Everyone's happy.

So no, no problems whatsoever.

The_Thing

The only time I'll ever watch a football match will be when there is landmines buried on the pitch.

VolvoMan

I find most people who talk non-stop about football are usually uncultured gob****es.

Cill Dara Abu

FinnLizzy wrote: »

Did you see that ludicrous display last naite?

Post #7

Cill Dara Abu

VolvoMan wrote: »

I find most people who talk non-stop about football are usually uncultured gob****es.

As apposed to talking about cars non-stop?:rolleyes:

FloatingVoter

Football bores are just the same as anyone else with a one track mind. Idiots who have to tell you they saw the latest Mongolian claptrap with french subtitles down the IFI are as boring as the people who tell you who captained Scunthorpe when they hammered Leeds back in '71.
If you like the game, watch it. If not, read a book or talk to a girl. Preferably shag their girl. They won't notice - he shoots...you score.

Fishooks12

OP should have just written:

"I don't like football.....whinge whinge whinge.........let's all have a big football bashing time together and no-one better dare say this is a stupid thread"

If you don't like it don't watch it, if your friends don't like you because you don't play it maybe get better/like-minded ones

pragmatic1

El Weirdo wrote: »

As is anyone that goes on and on about a single subject. It's not exclusive to football fans.

No its not exclusive to football fans but I've encountered this with them more than any other group.

Pilotdude5

I've always thought that the GAA and soccer have had a detrimental affect on sport in this Country, i.e. lads playing it because there fathers want them to Instead of a sport they might like. I managed to avoid it by going rowing (training twice a day, 6 days a week! :mad:) but I still got the "You obviously dont like sports if ya didnt see the game last night" :rolleyes:

wandatowell

laoch na mona wrote: »

I'm a culchie and the only sport i do is taekwon do

Thats not really a sport and if it is then its a fairly ****e sport.

Is Darts a sport???