No, far from that, I used to live on a council estate (there’s nothing wrong with that) also I am not and never was a ‘council estate oik’. In short it was the ‘tribal’ fighting by so-called ‘supporters’ that prevented many from taking their families to watch football, plus now the way some so-called ‘fans’ cannot behave themselves, they have to make abusive comments etc. As usual it’s the minority spoiling it for the majority. It used to be a sport for goodness sake, whatever happened to sportsmanship! 
Perhaps, but why is it that, just after a woman footballer has taken a shot at goal from, say, just outside the penalty area, I have to wait for about half an hour for the ball to arrive at the goal?! 
Even worse when they take corners. I usually go out and do my shopping while the ball is flying through the air on its way to the six yard box. When I arrive home a couple of hours later, I switch the TV back on to see what’s happening in the six yard box after that same corner was taken!
Why do you watch it if you have such disdain for it? 
No, not that important as I doubt I have expressed that opinion more than half a dozen times in the last 50 years, I still dislike football though. My opinion is no less valid for that, neither is your’s when it is the exact opposite of mine. “Everybody to their own” as the saying goes! 
Eh? I don’t have a disdain for it. As I said, I don’t mind women’s football, but I think it would be much better if was faster.
I was just exaggerating and joking around in the passage you quoted! Thought that would have been obvious!
A tip…and I know it’s radical but bear with me….Don’t watch women’s football! ok?
I think non-contact draughts might be the game for you, or diving?
I’m trying to behave a bit more tactfully today, so I didn’t mention what was obvious to me about your comments.
And they upset you? :shock:
I’ve told you before, lighten up. You take things too seriously.
I honestly can’t imagine on what grounds you think I take you at all seriously.
Er, yeah, right! Curiouser and curiouser! 
:shock:
I am too. Never been a football fan anyway.
Well that ends the topic then. 
Can I have the last word? I’ve attended a total of 
6 professional matches in my life and thoroughly enjoyed maybe 1 of them (Wolves v Forest League Cup Final 1980 when Wolves won 1-0). I fell asleep watching Lazio play Sampdoria in Roma (took my ex FiL to watch a watch when they came to stay with us for a couple of weeks) and nearly froze to death watching Boca Juniors play River Plate in B. Aires when I was there on business.
Perhaps you should all watch Rugby, where the players don’t have their hair styled & put their mascara on before the match! 
Any links to that statement? Or was it you just joking?
Did George Berry play in that match, by any chance, Percy? He played for Wolves in the 1980s, and was the first black player to play in Division 1.
I haven’t a clue UkGC so I Googled and found the team sheet:
1 England Paul Bradshaw
2 England Geoff Palmer
3 England Derek Parkin
4 England Peter Daniel
5 England Emlyn Hughes (c)
6 Wales George Berry
7 England Kenny Hibbitt
8 Scotland Willie Carr
9 Scotland Andy Gray
10 England John Richards
11 England Mel Eves
Substitute:
12 England Colin Brazier
Manager:
England John Barnwell
Yes, he played in the match.
Could be, could be, although I’ve never seen or been involved in either. Without at least trying both I wouldn’t really know so cannot give a definite answer.
You load of spoilsports!
I don’t like football at at all, preferring Rugby Union but l have got caught up in the euphoria, the happiness and the achievement of England.
This isn’t all about football… this is about achievement, the fight to win and succeeding when so much has been against us.
I hope Gareth Southgate is knighted, he has really pulled England, the country out of the doldrums and given England some hope for the future.
I am so pleased for the young people and the old too, how they have been lifted by England’s success and celebration.
I will put a bottle of champagne in my fridge tonight in the hope that they win.
If they don’t, they did everything they could… to Bring It Home…