Football, “the beautiful game”. My opinions are pretty one sided on football, so this is mainly just a rant. But then what is a blog for if not for ranting? From a small age I was a Manchester united fan, I even visited old Trafford, but my heart wasn’t really in it. I must have only watched two or three games on the television. But that is the genius of football. Football is such a part of society that if a boy (or tomboy) doesn’t like football….. Well. I don’t want to repeat some of the endings I have hearted for that sentence. The real reason I had become a Manchester united fan was because dad was, and my friends were, and living in Warrington you had to know weather you supported Manchester united or Liverpool. So what geography dictated (Warrington is in the middle of Manchester and Liverpool) I played out in primary school. I was the perfect example of conformity and social identity theory. As I grew older and more able to make my own opinions on things, I had a good hard look at football and decided it was all a load of rubbish. This was a breakthrough that enabled me to look upon football and supporters from the outside and see how truly ridiculous it is. Which brings me on to my opinions now…
On the one hand, there is an element of skill to playing football, and an awful lot of co-ordination is needed. Football has a way of giving people an easy group to belong to. It gives people something to do, I suppose.
On the other hand, ugly amounts of money are paid to arrogant men to shepherd a ball round a field for 90 minutes. After that everyone cares about everything they do at any hour of the day and they keep getting caught doing naughty things with people they shouldn’t be doing them with. Many peoples life revolves around a game and they think about nothing much else. Football also makes really dull conversation unless you are into it. Football generally appeals to people who think they are right, which causes lots of pointless arguments and football also comes hand in hand with a drinking culture, which leads to fights. People spend a lot of money just to have the latest football gear to be up to date and fashionable and every penny possible is squeezed out of the brand of a club. None of these things have ever been proved to be true but I will say them anyway, it’s my blog. 
I could go on, but I am running out of time.
My final word on this issue is that instead of football, everyone should follow professional chess.
