Women and football

[WaltonRed]

Why do they just not get it?

 

I've been in a foul mood with everyone since last night and rather than leave it alone, the missus has just been going on about a load of shite which I couldnt care less about.

 

ARGH!

[Faustus]

The best comment from a woman about football I've heard is a few years ago when we were in sixth form. Me and my mates were all talking about footy in the common room and one of my mates' birds was with us. You could tell that she was dying to talk and say something but knew fuck all about the subject so you could she was frustrated. Anyway, there was a brief pause and she piped up and said "hey, err... do you know who's a good football team?"

 

We all asked who and she turned round and said, "that errrm... err... errrm... that AC Madrid lot."

 

Fucking cracking shout that.

[Harry Squatter]

Some stupid fat bitch in work supports the Mancs and keeps telling us how great they are, we asked her why she supported them and she said "Because David Beckham played for them and hes the most handsome footballer of all time"

[RedKnight]

Women and football. Two of the greatest things ever invented but they don't go together.

[Cath]

*Opens thread*

*Looks around*

*Makes note to tackle this one later over a coffee*

*Closes thread*

[lfc4eva99]

I know about 5 who understand and love the game and are Reds....

 

maybe the only 5 on the planet though ;)

['Kaka]

Have to say mine is pretty clued up. She fucking hates the Mancs and Ronaldo for a start.

[RedinSweden]

Mrs RiS knows her stuff and considering she is a manc, does a good line in Ronaldo abuse.

[wiiksie]

Er indoors knows plenty about football. She's even been to the San Siro and the Berlin derby.

 

My sister in law knows plenty too, although that doesn't really count as she supports the mancs.

[dirty_sanchez]

My girlfriend always says stuff like "It's only a game" after we lose, which is probably in the top five worst things you can say to a bloke if their team has just lost.

[G Richards]

Many women don't care about the game and Mrs G is one of those. She will probably sit down for the final if we make it though, since she can appreciate the magnitude of that. But she does not understand why I attach such importance to it all.

 

That said, lots of women know the game well. I see Cath popped in earlier and might come back later. I hope this doesn't sound smarmy (thanks RiS for reminding me of this word in your thread) as it is difficult to say on a forum without it being misconstrued, but here goes: Cath clearly knows her football more than many on here. Just my humble opinion, like.

[Stouffer]

Mrs. Stouffer is a Carlisle fan, draw your own conclusions.

[wiiksie]

My girlfriend always says stuff like "It's only a game" after we lose, which is probably in the top five worst things you can say to a bloke if their team has just lost.

That's a criminal act in our house, but the wife wouldn't be that stupid to say 'its only a game'.

 

Can't think of anything worse though after your team loses, what are your other 4 DC??

[kopitegaz]

I know about 5 who understand and love the game and are Reds....

 

maybe the only 5 on the planet though ;)

 

As well as Cath (I think Cath knows her stuff, footywise. Others will disagree, of course), I know 3 like the 5 you have mentioned. Unless we know some of the same people, that makes 8.

[Karl_b]

Mrs. Stouffer is a Carlisle fan, draw your own conclusions.

 

You have my condolences.

 

My missus isn't too bad really, she isn't a huge fan but likes watching Liverpool and knows what she's talking about when it comes to us.

[dirty_sanchez]

That's a criminal act in our house, but the wife wouldn't be that stupid to say 'its only a game'.

 

Can't think of anything worse though after your team loses, what are your other 4 DC??

 

Well, football related and in no particular order:

 

"At least they tried"

"But it was a good goal"

"You can't win them all"

"There's no need to get so angry about it"

 

Or something along those lines.

[odris]

My nan tends to ring me when we score and after we win or lose, she seems to know quite lot about it but i think this has only come on recently as she NEVER used to talk about it, although when the semi was on Tuesday she would rather watch eastenders and listen to it on the radio at same time, baffling truly is, i love my nan.

[Bellflower]

My youngest, LFLD , is clued up. She sees the stuff I miss...................

[Randy Marsh]

Well, football related and in no particular order:

 

"At least they tried"

"But it was a good goal"

"You can't win them all"

"There's no need to get so angry about it"

 

Or something along those lines.

 

Or another womens favourite...

 

When you are shouting at the tele

 

"They cant here you y'know"

 

FUCK. OFF

[WaltonRed]

The cliche's only wind us up more so you'd think they'd learn.

 

The worst one has to be its only a game though!

[Cath]

Cheers G & Gaz. I do think women have a different perception of football than men. My generation of women didn't grow up playing football. A few of us tomboys might've had a kick around in the park but that's it. I think this gives us a lack of technical knowledge. I've watched games since 77 and I still don't comprehend how some of the footballers on here talk about the game. This is changing though as more women play football now.

 

Women don't get any peer pressure to be football fans. Men are supposed to know what's happening with certain teams. Woman who have that sort of knowledge are looked upon as social freaks. It's often so much easier to get into the "It's only a game" attitude. It's almost expected.

 

Woman have had a huge influence on the game. (Ref.) It was only the influence of a bunch of paranoid males, called the FA, that killed the women's game.

[nsmithie]

Me and my bird have had some memorable fights over football. it's about all we do fight about. Her family are all mancs and she's a manc sympathiser which pisses me off. Last night she said she like Rooney and I nearly planted her one. also she hates it when i'm buzzing after we win, for example after the arsenal game she was in a bitch of a mood when i got home! she's jealous of liverpool!!

[Ian Sea]

My girlfriend was talking about football the other night and she said her favourite (looking) player was "Fabrekash". She'd combined Fabregas with Mark Ramprakash! The ultimate dancing footballer.

[TG3]

My girlfriend is a big footy, to the extent that for my birthday two years ago she took my to Barcelona for three nights to coincide with the Barca-Atletico Madrid game which we attended and I got to see Torres first hand before he signed!

[Nunavut Patrick]

I missed out on the Bayern-Zenit game because my wife slipped down the stairs (the first step is full of ice from a faulty eavestrough) and then slid down the ice pack where the stairs end where she then careened into the '98 Jeep Cherokee. She had to take the day off because whe wrenched he back and bruised her shoulder in the fall.

 

Because I found this rather amusing she said there was no way I was watching fucking football unless I shovelled steps into the snow. She watched some soap opera- now what is the point of that?

 

What am I? A fucking Sherpa?

 

I haven't managed to slip all winter.