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Is there anyone out there not interested in the football?

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Grandmabatty Fri 12-Jul-24 16:10:01

Not a great lover of watching sports of any kind. Football leaves me cold.

BlueSapphire Fri 12-Jul-24 15:55:41

Not at all interested in the football, or the tennis or cycling either.
May watch some of the Olympics, as that is more varied and I can pick and choose.
Apart from that, no sport will be watched in this house until the rugby season starts, and I shall actually be there to watch it live wielding my Northampton Saints season ticket - and we are the Champions!

Rekarie Fri 12-Jul-24 15:52:19

Love Wimbledon

Not a huge football fan but I've seen the last couple of England's matches. I think it's lovely to see people being happy . I've seen a lot of footage on social media with fabulous scenes of fans from all nations generally having great fun together. The Dutch fans have been amazing to watch. Brilliant clip of hundreds of folk clad in orange, singing Hey Jude to 4 English fans. Also a German police man, bearing a similarity to Gareth Southgate, gets serenaded by English fans.

It's just nice to see people having a good time. And try as they might. MSM hasn't been able to find a great deal of hooliganism.

Some may say it's over rated but it's clearly not to the clubs and fans. These young players earn upwards of 500 grand a week. I think Mbappe, the French player is on a million a week.

It's a huge world wide sport.

And fingers crossed for England

Greyduster Fri 12-Jul-24 15:51:38

Have no interest whatsoever in football except at the grass roots level my GS plays. Tennis has always left me cold - all that grunting and groaning. I like a bit of cricket, and golf.

ginny Fri 12-Jul-24 15:46:24

Today 15:36 Germanshepherdsmum

Aveline
Not interested in football, tennis or the Olympics. What joy this summer 😑

Three of us.

MissInterpreted Fri 12-Jul-24 15:40:12

It's a good job we don't all like the same things. I'm sure many of those who enjoy watching sports would find things like soap operas or romcoms extremely tedious. Plenty of other channels you can watch.

mae13 Fri 12-Jul-24 15:37:33

To say football is overrated is an understatement supreme.
Mind you, in the next life I'd quite like to come back as a football "Pundit" - there's scores of retired footballers (who were only ever mediocre in their heyday) lolling around in bad golfing sweaters, pontificating ad nauseam, saying things like "well it's a game of two halves" AND getting paid squillions!

Germanshepherdsmum Fri 12-Jul-24 15:36:21

Aveline

Not interested in football, tennis or the Olympics. What joy this summer 😑

That’s two of us then.

HettyBetty Fri 12-Jul-24 15:35:22

I agree with M0nica, sport is for doing, not watching. On the rare occasions I have seen football on the television it has looked tedious.

shysal Fri 12-Jul-24 15:34:06

I also have no interest. Fortunately I live alone so have managed to avoid all TV coverage of matches. I shall be glad when it is all over.

M0nica Fri 12-Jul-24 15:24:00

yes.yes,yes and yes again. I am not intersted in Wimbledon, te tour de France. cricket or the Olympics. I would rather go for a good long walk.

For me sport has always been something you do, not something you watch.

TerriBull Fri 12-Jul-24 15:22:01

Yes me! Although I float alone, an island surrounded by men, otherwise known as family members, who keep mistaking me for someone who gives a damn as to how the English football team are doing, I mean win or lose it ain't going to change my life, or theirs, Maybe it's because I perceive footballers to be massively overpaid for what they do!

I'm just bad, I admit it, I'll skulk off and write a 100 lines, "I must try to do my best to appreciate our national team, mea culpa!"

Just to be even handed I'm not keen on tennis either, and that being aired in the afternoon is responsible for me missing my daily fix of Escape to the Country. Have the BBC no shameshock

EkwaNimitee Fri 12-Jul-24 15:11:04

A football match has never been watched in my home. My DH loathed it even more than I do. Unfortunately, as England won and are in the final, I will be stuck with it this weekend as my boys will be here. When they have made the effort to visit from long distances to take me out for my birthday, I won’t deny them their pleasure. Won’t be in the same room though!

GrannyGravy13 Fri 12-Jul-24 15:10:42

I have grown up in and around football, all of our AC and GC will be watching as will DH.

I have been told not to watch as whenever I leave the room England have scored in this tournament 🤣⚽️

Grandmadinosaur Fri 12-Jul-24 15:07:09

I’m in the take it or leave it camp too.

Doodledog Fri 12-Jul-24 15:02:43

I couldn't care less. Obviously I'd be pleased if England wins, but I won't lose sleep otherwise. I'll be more pleased when it's all over (ho ho) and the TV schedules go back to normal.

Aveline Fri 12-Jul-24 15:02:26

Not interested in football, tennis or the Olympics. What joy this summer 😑

Sidelined Fri 12-Jul-24 14:58:35

Me grin

MissInterpreted Fri 12-Jul-24 14:57:44

Well, it'll soon be over...in the meantime, Viva Espana! grin wink

kittylester Fri 12-Jul-24 14:54:36

I can take it or leave it but with a DH, 4 children, 3 SiL, 1 DiL and 6 DGC into it.......grin

Anniebach Fri 12-Jul-24 14:54:29

Not interested

Germanshepherdsmum Fri 12-Jul-24 14:52:01

Not remotely interested in it, thankfully husband doesn’t want to watch it either.

Debbi58 Fri 12-Jul-24 14:41:08

I never watch it personally. Hubbie will watch if England are playing, but my niece's husband are, really into it

Newatthis Fri 12-Jul-24 14:35:08

I’m with you in this.

Dinahmo Fri 12-Jul-24 14:34:00

So much time taken up by football at the moment. I'm getting really fed up with it. I'm not interested in football but will be pleased if England win.