Spitting is still very much a pastime of footballers still, but its not just because they have attitude lol, my Grandson plays football for his local team and teaches it, and he told me its because after footballers have been running for so long, they can actually be choked, and they need to clear their throat to get the air... many sportspeople do it, only you don't always see it.
In fact a lot of sportspersons are told not to drink energy drinks, but to swill them round their mouths and spit to give them the same effects.
Sorry, not much sleep so might not sound like I'm making much sense, but google it, my Grandson agreed with me when I told him its horrible to see people spitting, but he said there are two times its done, when they're playing sports, or because youngsters these days can't afford fags, so they are smoking more rollies and weed and the bits get stuck in their mouth, then it becomes a habit to constantly spit.
Gross. But can understand more the footballers doing it. x