tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090630493567254158.post6701160387792634979..comments2024-01-27T08:41:18.230+00:00Comments on Notes From Retirement......................Where did the years go?: It's Not Very Nice Football Is It?John Brasseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15394601436027630960noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9090630493567254158.post-4493135421937740982011-01-24T17:41:53.516+00:002011-01-24T17:41:53.516+00:00For reasons I won't go in to here, last year I...For reasons I won't go in to here, last year I found myself in possession of a Wigan season ticket. I'm not a 'fan' of The Latics but I did go along for the season to lend my 'support'. Wigan football fans are a peculiar bunch anyway but I found that, after a few games, they were the most negative bunch of assembled peoples I'd ever sat with. Even when the team were playing well there was always something to moan at; from Jordi Gomez' performance, the prevalence of pink boots or something equally mundane to the more overt and commonly moronic attitudes towards footballers, women, any given minority. <br /><br />It occurred to me, not for the first time, that attending football for many people is a group whining session - apparently the only place left where individuals feel comfortable offering offensive, mindless and generally deluded opinions to a large group of fellow whiners. Keys and Gray have done exactly that but have made the mistake of choosing the studio, rather than the stadium, to perform their idiocy. <br /><br />This year I'm spending more time at my 'proper' local team; Crewe Alex. There are a fair amount of whiners there to. Will that stop me from going? I doubt it. After all, that would stop me from having the privilege of whining about the whiners.Sam Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05696602364349746693noreply@blogger.com