I should add, this isn't just about the Albion, the question is meant as a 'football in general'.Yes as I know we have a future now.
Ask me a few years back and I'd have said no.
I should add, this isn't just about the Albion, the question is meant as a 'football in general'.
Absolutely not, no. All-seater has killed it for me. I still go because I love the Albion, and its still a chance to meet up regularly with my mates (some of whom I'd see once in a blue moon if it wasn't for meeting up at the games). But all spontenaity (sp?) has gone out of the game. You can't roll up to the ground on a whim any more, stand where you like, with who you like, or take someone along without planning it days or weeks in advance. Theres no atmosphere any more, no jumping around, no cameraderie.
Football is shit these days, and its going to die on its arse at this level, as there is a whole generation of disenfranchised kids who have never picked up the bug how us 30-somethings did 20-odd years ago by meeting up with mates on the terraces. Prices are ridiculous which means kids have to rely on adults taking them along. And sitting there with your dad is fine when you're younger, but when you reach your mid to late teens and want to go with all your mates - you can't.
Its rubbish now.
Absolutely not, no. All-seater has killed it for me. I still go because I love the Albion, and its still a chance to meet up regularly with my mates (some of whom I'd see once in a blue moon if it wasn't for meeting up at the games). But all spontenaity (sp?) has gone out of the game. You can't roll up to the ground on a whim any more, stand where you like, with who you like, or take someone along without planning it days or weeks in advance. Theres no atmosphere any more, no jumping around, no cameraderie.
Football is shit these days, and its going to die on its arse at this level, as there is a whole generation of disenfranchised kids who have never picked up the bug how us 30-somethings did 20-odd years ago by meeting up with mates on the terraces. Prices are ridiculous which means kids have to rely on adults taking them along. And sitting there with your dad is fine when you're younger, but when you reach your mid to late teens and want to go with all your mates - you can't.
Its rubbish now.
No, the prem has ruined football in this country.