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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Football American Football link hereCatchy Slogan said:'American football'? don't you mean if he just said soccer? And since when has America never had riots to do with sports?Nieroshai said:
Also I'm curious as to which sports have cookoffs and den parties. I'm being quite sincere with this. I really would like to know.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailgate_party Cookoffs
and by den party I mean a party with snacks and stuff held in the living room. And no, I do NOT hear about American Football riots on a regular basis, and a superbowl riot would make headlines as an outrageous and terrible break from the norm. Whereas international football seems to escalate fans to a destructive rage on a regular basis. Hell, the Vancouver riot was such an oddity it made headlines, and that's Canadian hockey!
Haha, best joke I've heard in a decade, thank you for that.Gargant said:
And all the city fans (at least the ones that can't even half-fill your 50,000 seat stadium) are from Stockport. We could do this all day lads.SckizoBoy said:
If you've had an intense sport this long then why don't you put it on the telly instead of American Football? I'd love to see you guys play an intense sport, that'd be great.Nieroshai said:
Oh brilliant, we love being called Brits and British because we don't have our own national identities.Fappy said:
EDIT: Sorry Fappy, I just realised I've responded to two of your posts in a row in a rather critical fashion. I'm not picking a fight, just a coincidence. My apologies anyway, how are you?
My stadium?! My stadium is a twenty-five thousand seater in west London! Anyway, I find it amusing that Man City's home pitch will now be called 'Etihad Stadium'... (ick)NeuroticDogDad said:
This is the first time I've seen anyone call football footsies. Maybe the humour has worn off for you, but that's so goddamn silly.The Gatherer said:
Also, tacking on "no offense" to an inflammatory comment just makes you seem like a prick.
Should've responded to this a while ago.Nieroshai said:
*ahem* While your assessment of the two football systems and their respective fanbases may seem correct, there is context to consider, as well as the size of the fanbases. American football only really receives widespread coverage in two countries: America & Japan; most (if not all) other leagues are amateur and receive little, if any, media exposure. However, association football has leagues in 208 countries, the vast majority of which are professional, hence the probability of partisan/nationalistic behaviour is much higher. And there is the national rivalry (England v Scotland/Germany/France, Germany v France/Holland, Argentina v Brazil etc.) which would make any potential trouble even worse. I don't recall a match ever occurring (even an exhibition match) between all-star NFL/X-L teams, though I may be wrong.
By nation, trouble at football matches is as common as trouble at AF matches (or indeed any sport, if the whole world is considered), hell these days there's more trouble in Scotland than in England (and on pitch rather than off). Before you debate this point, note that the football season over here is a lot longer, starting in August and ending in May (rather than September-January), and depending on where you are (Spain/Italy) a trouble free season is a bloody miracle. Also, the fixture list is much longer (up to sixty matches a season), as most top-tier teams will compete in at least four competitions (league, league cup, national association cup, continental championship), whereas in AF, there's just the one major trophy to play for, hence the pressure from the fans to achieve something diminishes as the season goes on. Moreover, in all (except the MLS, perhaps unsurprisingly) professional leagues, there is a system of promotion/relegation which can make particularly vehement fans easy to rile towards the end of the season. With the NFL, this isn't the case, you guys can just go 'what players do you think we'll get for next season, y'know, when we try again'. When a Premier League team gets kicked out, they have to start that 46 (perhaps 49) game struggle to get back. And if football fans had 'den parties' at every match, yeesh, we'd be morbidly obese rather than the overweight that we already are.
Don't quote me, but comparatively, the least violent fanbase is rugby's (though I know the NRL has a bit of trouble each season)... I think.
Besides, if you want to disparage a sport for its violent fans: Aussie rules football *prepares flame shield* /jk
Slightly off-topic, I find it amusing that the first recorded incident of sporting hooliganism was in an England tour of Australia... in CRICKET!! Cricket... the British epitome of civilised sportsmanship *hrk*
I love my soccer and video games. However making this thread, there might be debates between fans of different teams(Arsenal-Tottenham, Madrid-Barca(my team), Manchester United and City, etc).
I'm wondering, what league do you prefer to watch and favourite teams?
Mine are La Liga, Premiership, then Serie A and my teams are Barca(yet strangely enough, I respect Madrid and will cheer for them as long as it's not against us), Arsenal and Milan.
I'm wondering, what league do you prefer to watch and favourite teams?
Mine are La Liga, Premiership, then Serie A and my teams are Barca(yet strangely enough, I respect Madrid and will cheer for them as long as it's not against us), Arsenal and Milan.
Games are played by A LOT of people. Male, female, sports nuts, car nuts, punks, emos...
I wish you people would get this into your heads. Games are not only played by geeks or nerds.
I wish you people would get this into your heads. Games are not only played by geeks or nerds.
Yes, and I don't hear about riots for football very often this side of the pond either. The last riot I ever heard about was a few years ago.Nieroshai said:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Football American Football link hereCatchy Slogan said:'American football'? don't you mean if he just said soccer? And since when has America never had riots to do with sports?Nieroshai said:
Also I'm curious as to which sports have cookoffs and den parties. I'm being quite sincere with this. I really would like to know.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailgate_party Cookoffs
and by den party I mean a party with snacks and stuff held in the living room. And no, I do NOT hear about American Football riots on a regular basis, and a superbowl riot would make headlines as an outrageous and terrible break from the norm. Whereas international football seems to escalate fans to a destructive rage on a regular basis. Hell, the Vancouver riot was such an oddity it made headlines, and that's Canadian hockey!
And the OP isn't talking about American Football. He's talking about Soccer, which in the UK is reffered to as Football or 'footy' which is why your original post confused me slightly.
Also, there are lots of pubs who host barbeques, give free food when hosting Live Football shows. I know tonnes of people who host parties and invite people round to watch the footy. It's quite a common thing in Britain to have 'footy nights' with your mates.
I'm not denying that we don't have our fair share of pricks who ruin it for everyone else once in a while. It's not perfect, but this happens with almost every sport.
You've probably already said, but what team to you support?The Gatherer said:
Also yup, I doubt we're as rare as people think we are haha ^_^.
I myself am a Spurs fan. Next season should be a craker if we actually bloody buy someone...
If you're Spanish, you'd better keep your mouth shut about such behaviour! Oh, and by Milan, AC?EricL said:
Actually, now you mention it, there are plenty of English (North London Derby, Manchester Derby, Man U/Liverpool, Tyne & Wear Derby), Spanish (El Clasico, Madrid Derby), Italian (Milan Derby), German (Bayern Munchen/Schalke 04) and even Scottish (Old Firmy Derby), but I've never really heard of any longstanding French domestic rivalries... *shrug*
Oh yeah, I guess you're relieved Modric isn't going anywhere... and what's happened with Woodgate (sorry if stupid question)?BlueberryMUNCH said:
EDIT: Oh shit... Nasri's going to Man City...
I live in New Zealand so I get Rugby Union, Rugby League, and Rugby Sevens. In ascending order of awesomeness and descending order of common-ness.
Sometimes we get a match or two of Australian Roules, but American Football is somewhat rare over here.
Sometimes we get a match or two of Australian Roules, but American Football is somewhat rare over here.
A City fan!!!Gargant said:
Awesome.
I'm pretty damn excited for the start of the season, just mildly anxious over the whole Tevez scenario which is continuing to annoy me, he's just a pain in the ass off the pitch.
You guys were great in the latter part of the season. From talks of relegation to biting at Spurs' heels by the end of the season. Nice oneThe Artificially Prolonged said:
As well as being a City fan as my Dad is Manchester born and bred, and has supported them since birth practically, I support my local League 2 team Shrewsbury Town. Were contenders fro promotion last season, but yet again got beaten back in play-offs. Hopefully this season we'll make it all the way
Yeah and Arsenal have the Emirates Stadium, Bolton have the Reebok, Stoke the Britannia etc. Sponsors doing that sorta thing isn't new...SckizoBoy said:
As far as City fans being from Manchester and Utd. fans being from elsewhere goes, who gives a fuck. Truth of the matter is that both clubs have fans from Manchester. Yes Utd. have a massive amount of foreign fans and fans from other parts of the UK as they're a damn successful club and attract support from people whose local clubs are not as good.
Although City are going the same way now, lots idiots who have no idea about the history of the club. Go on the Clubs FB page and its full of Arab kids asking retarded questions or other people whinging about how the new away shirt is an AC Milan copy and stuff like that. Very annoying.
/rant
Yeah, ain't that true... though 'Eltihad' just doesn't have a nice ring to it, whereas 'City of Manchester Stadium' (while drab sounding to foreigners) just smacks of gravitas and Englishness (which I prefer, incidentally). Hell, my club's home ground is called 'Craven Cottage' and I love it!Wadders said:Yeah and Arsenal have the Emirates Stadium, Bolton have the Reebok, Stoke the Britannia etc. Sponsors doing that sorta thing isn't new...
As far as City fans being from Manchester and Utd. fans being from elsewhere goes, who gives a fuck. Truth of the matter is that both clubs have fans from Manchester. Yes Utd. have a massive amount of foreign fans and fans from other parts of the UK as they're a damn successful club and attract support from people whose local clubs are not as good.
Although City are going the same way now, lots idiots who have no idea about the history of the club. Go on the Clubs FB page and its full of Arab kids asking retarded questions or other people whinging about how the new away shirt is an AC Milan copy and stuff like that. Very annoying.
/rant
Anyway, I sorta wished we could get a stronger squad in, though most of our managers have been able to eke a lot out of a shoe string budget, long season and small squad. Why did you leave us Roy?! *sob* (still!)
And long gone are the days when you supported your local club because you knew the players and drank with them at the pub after matches. Unfortunately, I'm too young (by two generations, probably) to recall such days...