Is football shit

[Reg Smeeton]

Shit in Reg's day used to exclusively come from rather nice eastern European birds..

Excuse me, I've still got my day. 

[woolster]

the Macari days were superb, but for me it has to be the Hoddle era, the football we played was IMO the best, We always seemed in control never flapped, Mickey Hazzard  was the dogs bollocks, I know its been dragged up many times , but  Birmingham away was a great day to be a town fan

[Posh Red]

In both the Macari & Hoddle eras the possibility of making it to the top flight was real for teams like us.

Now, Billionaire investment aside, there is no chance, in fact surviving in the Championship is getting to the point where it would be out of reach.

SO yes, football is now shit.

[DarloSTFC84]

Yes it is, and has been for a while.

[Only Me]

The first year with Ozzie at the helm was great, as he introduced good football to a team who were fit from the Macari days.

When the fitness went, unfortunately so did the football.

Sent from my SM-G935F

[inept and tiresome]

They were all great times, creating atmosphere that todays fans could only dream off.
I was lucky enough to watch a couple of seasons of Don Rogers at his best.
Todays mediocrity is underwhelming to say the least.
Special trains to Leeds, Wrexham and Carlisle still stick in my mind.

[4D]

Money has ruined the game imo.

[Bob's Orange]

Money has ruined the game imo.

He did ok at Luton I thought?

[4D]

 

[Arriba]

Football isn't shit. Far to much importance is placed on it though. I was guilty of doing that myself and in hindsight realise how stupid I was in doing so. It's a game for fucks sake. Nothing more.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey]

Scrabble's a game.

Football is theatre. STFC is the Rocky Horror Show.

[stfcinbmth]

Scrabble's a game.

Football is theatre. STFC is the Rocky Horror Show.

The Rocky Horror Show is good though. Matter of opinion I guess

[Flashheart]

The Rocky Horror Show is good though. Matter of opinion I guess

Wrong.

It's not a matter of opinion. It's a FACT!

[Honkytonk]

Jumpers for goalposts

[Ells]

Content woman

An excellent reply, fair play stuff is just so hard to read when it's just a wall of text!

Everything is shit though, right? By and large. War and terrorism, poverty, the economy, clowns. It's little things that take you away from how shit everything is that make life worth living, and that's what football is to me. It manages to be important whilst there are still more important things, nonsensical and yet hyper analysed, laughably predictable but still often intoxicating. It is shit, but in an embraceable way.. For a) it isn't life and death, b) the joy and agony is collectively shared and c) you can do it whilst drinking with your mates on a Saturday.

That said, I didn't encounter the pre-Sky days, the times when Town won things and you could get a season ticket for the cost of a biscuit. But then no one has punched me at a game (not really), or pissed on my shoes (definitely not.) I couldn't comment on how much romantification there is of that period, but I imagine there's some. If anything I just have to hope there is, to allow the fact that one of the best players my Dad's ever seen in the flesh is Bobby Charlton, and one of mine is Jermaine Defoe.