Why Soccer Is Most Passionate Sport In World

[jjgold]

[SharkAA]

Looks like this thread will get into a Europe vs. USA battlefield.

[jjgold]

I would be scared to death attending a soccer game in the UK or Europe

[jayc88]

there is no reason to be scared,
only few games you should avoid to attend like fenrrbahce- gala, pana-olympiacos, if you r really scared lol
but i have to agree that passion in soccer is on a complete diffrrent level.
i sometimes have to laugh when i get home from a bundesliga game on sat and see these football crowds

[SharkAA]

Like jayc88 said-no reason to be afraid. Even if you see anything like this:

you shouldn't be afraid.

[Seto]

I would be scared to death attending a soccer game in the UK or Europe

You shouldn't be. I go to 60 games a year and never feel in any kind of danger.

[Mase of Base]

I would be scared to death attending a soccer game in the UK or Europe

It's all good, unless they're massive rivals and even then it's not what it used to be. If you're stupid enough to cruise around in eastern Europe, Turkey etc with away team supporters gear on derby night then you've got a few screws loose anyway.

[Bet10Heinekens]

They probably got only 1 team to root for in their city. Futbol still a boring sport to watch.

[easyliving]

Mostly Americans go to sporting events to get drunk and have a good time, Europeans go to support the team and are usually drunk by game time. Infact I don't think most countries even sell alcohol in sporting events

[jjgold]

Its just unreal

Whether we like it or not soccer is king all over the globe fan wise and gambling wise

[Seto]

It's all good, unless they're massive rivals and even then it's not what it used to be. If you're stupid enough to cruise around in eastern Europe, Turkey etc with away team supporters gear on derby night then you've got a few screws loose anyway.

Agreed.

I don't make trips to Eastern Europe, Turkey etc. Other euro aways are fine though, went to Schalke this year.

Away games in the UK are as safe as you can get, granted I've never been to Millwall.

[ChalkyDog]

Soccer is king because the world is shit at all other real sports, cricket aside.

[jjgold]

I would just cheer with home team regardless

[InTheDrink]

Soccer is king because the world is shit at all other real sports, cricket aside.

soccer is king because all it takes is a fukkin dead animal skin stuffed with leaves to play...cost of entry is about zero


as for fear...nfl crowds are quickly gaining on the soccer hooligans

[lakerboy]

soccer is king because all it takes is a fukkin dead animal skin stuffed with leaves to play...cost of entry is about zero


as for fear...nfl crowds are quickly gaining on the soccer hooligans

is basketball an expensive sport to enrol in?

[King Mayan]

Animals.

[pavyracer]

Soccer is king because the world is shit at all other real sports, cricket aside.

Off course they are shit in American Football and Baseball. They don't play it in Europe.

[jayc88]

Off course they are shit in American Football and Baseball. They don't play it in Europe.

pavy we have a football league in germany
avg attendance per game is between 500 -1500 though

[pavyracer]

pavy we have a football league in germany
avg attendance per game is between 500 -1500 though

Sure there is but it's not on the same level as NFL. What's the average salary of players?

[Chi_archie]

most of the real passionate fans, the kind that kill refs, players, and each other are 3rd world poor kinda people and dumb people.

they are passionate because they have nothing else.

many of us are passionate about our sports, but we also mostly have our families, bright futures, school, work, plenty of recreation and hobbies ect to also keep us happy.

these people got soccer, and dirt huts

[InTheDrink]

is basketball an expensive sport to enrol in?

more than soccer....but not really...and thats why its the next on the totem pole

its really not complicated is it?

[ridik01]

The video showed each sport being very emotional.
I prefer going to college games because of the history and traditions, you don't get that in the NFL.
Soccer is crazier and causes riots, if they tried that in the U.S.
-They would have tons of riot police shooting cans of tear gas and rubber bullets everywhere.

American football would be as crazy, but we have a thing called policemen with balls over here!

[ridik01]

Most of the riots in Soccer happen in countries that are:
1) Poor.
2) Going through political problems.
3) Have a horrible police force.

Try it in the US....you grab a policemen like some of those idiots in the videos, you'll be six feet under the next day!

[jayc88]

more than soccer....but not really...and thats why its the next on the totem pole

its really not complicated is it?

so thats why no one cares about football except americans?
you really think europeas chose soccer as their main sport bc they cant afford football eqipment ? lol

[brooks85]

the difference is USA fans do a lot more with a lot less attendance...

Funny when someone shows a video or some piece of info in support of their point and the video actually works against their argument.

[SharkAA]

][/B]most of the real passionate fans, the kind that kill refs, players, and each other are 3rd world poor kinda people and dumb people.

they are passionate because they have nothing else.

many of us are passionate about our sports, but we also mostly have our families, bright futures, school, work, plenty of recreation and hobbies ect to also keep us happy.

these people got soccer, and dirt huts

The real passionate fans, you are referring to, represent the minority of a fanbase of a certain soccer team. There are also passionate fans, who have families, school, work etc., which represent the majority of a fanbase.

[InTheDrink]

so thats why no one cares about football except americans?
you really think europeas chose soccer as their main sport bc they cant afford football eqipment ? lol

dont put words in my mouth

read the thread title...its the most global sport

its pretty indisputable really

[ridik01]

It's the global sport and I actually would like it to become more popular in the U.S., but do I love American football more than Soccer? Hell yeah!
It may sound crazy, but American football does have deeper and longer traditions than European football does!

^that's a fact

[pavyracer]

Out of every 500 games maybe one has a riot in soccer. When was the last time there was a riot in a Champions League game or a World Cup game or qualifier? They play 10,000 games a year in soccer compared to 250 in NFL yet everyone thinks every soccer game is a riot.

[ridik01]

Out of every 500 games maybe one has a riot in soccer. When was the last time there was a riot in a Champions League game or a World Cup game or qualifier? They play 10,000 games a year in soccer every year compared to 250 in NFL yet everyone thinks every soccer game is a riot.

I don't believe any games have riots, they just brought up the few countries that have riots at soccer games.

[InTheDrink]

Out of every 500 games maybe one has a riot in soccer. When was the last time there was a riot in a Champions League game or a World Cup game or qualifier? They play 10,000 games a year in soccer compared to 250 in NFL yet everyone thinks every soccer game is a riot.

well to be fair i cant say ive ever heard of an american football ref getting beheaded during a game lol

the most dangerous crowds in the us are parents at any pee wee game

[easyliving]

there is no reason to be scared,
only few games you should avoid to attend like fenrrbahce- gala, pana-olympiacos, if you r really scared lol
but i have to agree that passion in soccer is on a complete diffrrent level.
i sometimes have to laugh when i get home from a bundesliga game on sat and see these football crowds

galatasaray fenerbahce derby even the players are not safe

[easyliving]

Out of every 500 games maybe one has a riot in soccer. When was the last time there was a riot in a Champions League game or a World Cup game or qualifier? They play 10,000 games a year in soccer compared to 250 in NFL yet everyone thinks every soccer game is a riot.

those are major continental competitions fans and players know better than to riot in such games, however you hear fans getting stabbed/killed all the time across the world due to soccer rivalries

[jayc88]

galatasaray fenerbahce derby even the players are not safe

maybe you should read my post.
i would still have no problem attending a istanbul derby.

[InTheDrink]

so this is morbidly relevant...someone killed in the parking lot after the kc denver game

http://www.kctv5.com/story/24107400/homicide-reported-at-arrowhead-stadium-after-chiefs-broncos-game

anyone who thinks nfl is safer than soccer matches is fukkin delusional