5 things you like/hate about going to the football

[southern_sid]

Like

1. Getting nutted with my pals.
2. Being above the rest is quite nice.
3. Having a stadium (although i wish we had a massive terrace)
4. Beer in the ground
5. Some of the characters you meet

Hate

1. 90% of football fans.
2. Authority in any guise.
3. All seaters
4. Jester hats
5. Non hostile atmospheres


whats yours

 

[Munchkin]

Like

- pre match beer
- the only time I can sing and not feel a complete prick
- the halftime Amex pie
- celebrating with people around me who I haven't a clue who they are
- getting away from the missus for the afternoon

Hate

- Being told to sit down
- people that shout abuse at their own players
- The smelly twat next to me
- losing
- having to go home to the miss us.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Can genuinely only think of one apiece:

Like

1. The football

Hate

1. The queues

 

[jcdenton08]

Like

1. When the Albion win
2. Getting my girlfriend more and more into football with every match she goes to
3. Seeing other parts of the country on away days
4. Bovril on a cold Tuesday night in Northern Town
5. Some of the characters you meet

Dislike

1. Some of the characters you meet
2. Drunken idiots ruining the game for other people by randomly shouting/randomly swearing/causing fights/thinking they're hard for being gobby to stewards
3. As 2. but more extreme, hooligans from all clubs
4. How shit we are at singing Sussex by the Sea
5. When the Albion LOSE

 

[Razi]

Like

1. The awesome football on display
2. Albion winning
3. Having a proper stadium that is OURS.
4. Ale & Pies
5. A loud & fun atmosphere

Hate

1. 10% of football fans
2. People thinking they're above authority
3. People standing in my way
4. Those who go to football just to get drunk and lary
5. Those who incite trouble where it's not needed

 

[seagullondon]

Like

The atmosphere
The attractive football we play
The feeling you get when we score
Spending time with my brother and dad there
The BANTER

Hate

People with stupid opinions around me
at the football i find out my accumulators have usually lost
queing to buy a drink
queing to do a poo
queing to go home (not that i complain about this as it is necessary)

 

[Oscar]

Like
1. That matchday anticipation.
2. Big screen previews and "walkups".
3. The feeling of belonging and pride at being BHA.
4. That sense of release/relief when the Albion score.
5. Appreciating the team and stadium we have after the dark days.

Hate
1. People who moan (like the bloke next to me)
2. Long queues.
3. People who insist on standing when all around them sit.
4. Dodgy ref descisions
5. Fans who leave early/arrive late.

 

[stss30]

Like

The atmosphere
The football
The stadium

Hate
People implying that they're going to throw objects at former players
People trying to encourage others to run onto the pitch if we score against our rivals

 

[seagullwedgee]

Like

1. taking my 3 lads to sea the albion.
2. the anticipation (after a very long journey) of just going through the turnstiles.
3. seeing them go mental when we score, exactly as me and my bruv did 30 years ago when we were 16.
4. nailing a good song, not hurried, with the whole north stand in time together.
5. the first pint when we get home about 9.45pm.

Hate

1. Obvious plastics and JCLs (new fans are welcome, but should try to at least have a basic awareness of who we are).
2. Queues for bogs and beers.
3. Crossing London when gobby fans from other teams just want to fight.
4. Arsene Wenger.
5. The 12 hour day, just to get 95 minutes of footie.

 

[southern_sid]

Like

The atmosphere
The football
The stadium

Hate
People implying that they're going to throw objects at former players
People trying to encourage others to run onto the pitch if we score against our rivals

 

[Manx Shearwater]

Like

1. The build up
2. Pre match ales and pie
3. Explaining offside to my missus (every week) and why that wasn't actually a penalty, even though everyone is screaming that it is.

Dislike

1. The journey home and the queues and ridiculous bus routes we take to avoid them
2. The fans who spend all game inviting the away fans out for a fight and don't even watch the match - yeah, you're REALLY hard mate.
3. Dicks bar beer availability (Sorry luv, all we've got left is blue WKD in bottles, would you like one of those?)

 

[Durlston]

Like:

Drinking with mates.
Meeting new people at away matches.
A chance to shout out rude words to the referee/other teams or fans.
Winning money on matchday (paying for beers, travel, admission etc).
Chicken balti pies.

Dislike:

Getting up at 6am on a Saturday morning to go to somewhere like Carlisle or Bradford.
Being 'known' to most of the OB for wearing Stone Island, built like a brickshit house and having a shaved head.
Losing.
Train delays after a defeat.
Getting wet.

 

[southern_sid]

Like

1. The build up
2. Pre match ales and pie
3. Explaining offside to my missus (every week) and why that wasn't actually a penalty, even though everyone is screaming that it is.

Dislike

1. The journey home and the queues and ridiculous bus routes we take to avoid them
2. The fans who spend all game inviting the away fans out for a fight and don't even watch the match - yeah, you're REALLY hard mate.
3. Dicks bar beer availability (Sorry luv, all we've got left is blue WKD in bottles, would you like one of those?)

Only been on there once, thought i was at work, proper office like.

 

[Mendoza]

Like
Whole day out with mates drinking
Gullys Girls
That the players arent billy big nuts and you can talk to them/have photos etc
The Steak Pie
The new buzz about the club

Hate
Fans not being able sing a chant at any speed other than hyperspeed
Fans whinging about everything possible
That the city arent completely onboard with the football club (billboards, road signs)
Hoolie wannabe fans
Being asked for Liverpool tickets

 

[jcdenton08]

Oh yeah. That's another one. Fellow fans who either genuinely don't understand the rules despite watching football their entire lives or are incredibly biased to the point of sounding stupid whenever they speak. People who say 'the referee was shit' just because we fouled a lot/had a player rightly sent off.

 

[Wilko]

Lulz
* Meeting up with all your mates
* Rockin up and looking round some utter shithouse northern city
* Goals that go in off the crossbar/post
* Meeting fans from other clubs and having a chinwag
* When the fans sitting behind me bring a bag of percy Pigs and offer them round

Anti-Lulz
* Anti-authority people that go to the footie to shout at stewards, coppers etc
* People that stand outstretched arms scarecrow-like whilst looking at the opposing fans for 90 mins
* People that scream at the lino for an offside when our player WAS offside when the ball was kicked (learn the rule)
* When players stop a team taking a freekick or throw the ball away but do not get booked
* When the people behind me do not bring a bag of Percy pigs to the football

 

[NUFC1892]

Like:

- The fact it's acceptable to be starting on the drink at 6 in the morning.
- The various characters that you meet on your travels and some of the memorable moments that occur.
- Winning on derby day, just feels so f***ing good.
- Hearing Local Hero played over the tannoy at SJP as the lads run out of the tunnel.
- Winning away.

Dislike:

- Having a stupid kick off time every other f***ing week.
- This 'family' atmosphere that various clubs want to install into their ground, killing any decent atmosphere.
- Losing to the likes of Wigan Athletic when we have as many fans at THEIR ground as them do, very soul destroying.
- Visiting the likes of the DW Stadium.
- The way NUFC fans are portrayed by the media and fellow Football fans.

 

[jcdenton08]

- The way NUFC fans are portrayed by the media and fellow Football fans.

And themselves, surely?

 

[The_Real_SussexSeagull123]

Like:

- Pre match drinking
- Community / team Spirit
- Passion about the sport!
- Being Proud of how we play and results!
- Being a f***ing great Team!!

Dislike:

- Twatty fans always thinking theyre better than others for what ever reason
- Travelling .. long distance... for away games is a killer!
- The fact that its not on no where near enough!
- Football is becoming about money not the sport
- Loosing because we played bad. If we play good and loose then fair enough. But i hate it when we play shockingly bad for no reason.

 

[tonymgc]

Like

The fact that if you've had a shit week or problems in your life going to the football & getting lost in that 90 minutes takes it all away. You have a couple of drinks with your mates, A good singsong & swear at the ref & all your problems seem to evaporate.