It’s hard to like football these days. Well, it’s impossible not to like. Once you are sucked in, it stays with you for life. The goals, the players, the crowds, it’s something that you can never forget about once you have invested your time in it.
But there’s a difference between loving something and wanting to love something. Quite simply, you just don’t Want to love football any more. Each day, it’s something horrifying and tediously new, embellished ridiculously by the media and exaggerated until the original incident is almost completely irrelevant. Diving, racism, Twitter, referees, elbows, fouls, arguments, rows, lies, allegations. A football match is no longer a pleasure to watch. Very few games evoke a pleasurable feeling, with the ability to relax, sit back and enjoy the sport on display almost non-existent.
In the modern game, what occurs is a far more tense affair,...
But there’s a difference between loving something and wanting to love something. Quite simply, you just don’t Want to love football any more. Each day, it’s something horrifying and tediously new, embellished ridiculously by the media and exaggerated until the original incident is almost completely irrelevant. Diving, racism, Twitter, referees, elbows, fouls, arguments, rows, lies, allegations. A football match is no longer a pleasure to watch. Very few games evoke a pleasurable feeling, with the ability to relax, sit back and enjoy the sport on display almost non-existent.
In the modern game, what occurs is a far more tense affair,...
- 10/14/2012
- by Matt Volpi
- Obsessed with Film
BBC football pundit Alan Hansen has issued an apology for twice using the term "coloured" on Match of the Day last night (December 21). Match of the Day host Gary Lineker asked Hansen for his thoughts about racism in British football following the news that England captain John Terry is to be charged with using racist language. Hansen said: "I think it's better, not only with the players but with the supporters. I think there's a lot of coloured players in all the teams, all the major teams, and there's a lot of coloured players that are probably the best in the Premier League. (more)...
- 12/22/2011
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
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