Am I the only person on the Forum that is utterly fed up of hearing about the World Cup?

Im definately not fed up with the World Cup mate, In fact it's just starting to get to the tasty part!..........

But I wont knock ya because it's each to their own at the end of the day.....Remember though it aint on every day no more so you do get breaks in between matches.......and theres not much longer to go so.....just bite your tongue and get on with it!

COME ON ENGLAND!

You are not alone, I would not mind if they just played & got on with it - but its rammed down our throats at every verse end!

Bless your cotton socks! Only 2 weeks to go, dont worry! :)

Am I the only person on the Forum that is utterly fed up of hearing about the World Cup?

No but fed up of the Italians, Portuguese and Terry Henry diving about like they have been shot anytime someone comes within 2 feet of 'em.

Always thought of Henry as a decent player, lost all respect for him yesterday.

Regards CB
UTB and Come on England

its even better now i can watch womens tennis in between footie.
what a life eh!!

Am I the only person on the Forum that is utterly fed up of hearing about the World Cup?
Certainly not,
there are hundreds of people who are sick to the back teeth of it.

We get football pushed down our throats 12 months every year these days, and if like me you try your best to avoid it, then all you ever see is the drinking and bad behaviour which goes hand in hand with it.

It is overhyped, overegged, overlong, and overboring.

It is overhyped, overegged, overlong, and overboring.


In your opinion!

In your opinion!
You forgot one Scott ... and 'over here' on the TV!!!

Its not though- its the most popular sport in the world- more people watched englands last match on tv than watched diana's funeral so i wouldn't say it was being rammed down your throats, the major broadcasters are just showing what the people what to watch!!!

There are plenty of other channels to watch, just turn over.

If you don't like football:

Don't read the threads about football on Sheffield Forum

Change the channel if football is on tv

Don't go in football pubs


It's really simple.

Certainly not,
there are hundreds of people who are sick to the back teeth of it.

We get football pushed down our throats 12 months every year these days, and if like me you try your best to avoid it, then all you ever see is the drinking and bad behaviour which goes hand in hand with it.

It is overhyped, overegged, overlong, and overboring.

If you don't like it, don't watch it / read about it.

I personally can't stand big brother (which probably has just as much air time as football does at the moment). So I ignore it.

I'm enjoying the world cup and loving the football. So are loads of others.
If others are enjoying big brother, then great. Live and let live.

And you have a couple of days off now so stop whinging.:hihi:

Its not though- its the most popular sport in the world- more people watched englands last match on tv than watched diana's funeral so i wouldn't say it was being rammed down your throats, the major broadcasters are just showing what the people what to watch!!!

There are plenty of other channels to watch, just turn over.
Lady Diana's funeral and a football match, are you taking medication???
All I am saying is, just have a dedicated channel on Sky and show it 24-hrs a day if you want.

If you don't like it, don't watch it / read about it.

I personally can't stand big brother (which probably has just as much air time as football does at the moment). So I ignore it.

I'm enjoying the world cup and loving the football. So are loads of others.
If others are enjoying big brother, then great. Live and let live.
I would have thought that Big Brother would appeal the same mindless audience as football supporters. Nah nah, nah!!!!!

I'm sorry love but you are missing the point,
I don't watch it or read about it,

Ancient Gypo I would love to go into a pub that isn't a football pub,
BUT IT IS RAMMED SO FAR DOWN ALL OF OUR THROATS THAT EVERY BLOOMING PUB HAS TV ON IN EVERY ROOM AND ALL THE STAFF WEARING TACKY ENGLAND SHIRTS. EVEN SOBER AND SENSIBLE RADIO STATIONS INSIST ON REPORTING THE FOOTBALL SCORES TO LISTENERS WHO ARE NOT INTERESTED BECAUSE IF THEY WERE THEY WOULD BE WATCHING IT ON THE TV or following the game on one of several football radio stations.

Do you people understand, we are not allowed to ignore this football competition. Next year there will be qualifiers for the Euro 2008 and we will not be allowed to ignore that, etc..
It is every single year. Give us a break from it. :rant:

no mate- i can assure you that more people watched the england vs paraguay than watched diana's funeral- that was official viewing figures.

And you say 'we' have a dedicated football channel on sky- well i don't have sky and i can't afford to pay for it- so what do i do if its on sky?

It needs to be on free national tv im afraid.

I would have thought that Big Brother would appeal the same mindless audience as football supporters. Nah nah, nah!!!!!


well i personally abhor BB, i dont want any soaps which take up the majority of terrestrial tv. so give me some football. i pay a license fee as well.

Lady Diana's funeral and a football match, are you taking medication???
All I am saying is, just have a dedicated channel on Sky and show it 24-hrs a day if you want.

A channel showing Diana's funeral 24 hrs a day?

That's appealing to quite a narrow audience don't you think?

If you don't like football:

Don't read the threads about football on Sheffield Forum

Change the channel if football is on tv

Don't go in football pubs


It's really simple.
1) I have never read a thread about it
2) I don't have a tv
3) see my last post.

I'm sorry love but you are missing the point,
I don't watch it or read about it,

Ancient Gypo I would love to go into a pub that isn't a football pub,
BUT IT IS RAMMED SO FAR DOWN ALL OF OUR THROATS THAT EVERY BLOOMING PUB HAS TV ON IN EVERY ROOM AND ALL THE STAFF WEARING TACKY ENGLAND SHIRTS. EVEN SOBER AND SENSIBLE RADIO STATIONS INSIST ON REPORTING THE FOOTBALL SCORES TO LISTENERS WHO ARE NOT INTERESTED BECAUSE IF THEY WERE THEY WOULD BE WATCHING IT ON THE TV.

Do you people understand, we are not allowed to ignore this football competition. Next year there will be qualifiers for the Euro 2008 and we will not be allowed to ignore that, etc..
It is every single year. Give us a break from it. :rant:
so you obviously havn't seen the pubs that are advertised as football free then?? the wig and pen in town for one.

I wish you would all just stop complaining and accept the fact it will be like this until a week on sunday.

I'm sorry love but you are missing the point,
I don't watch it or read about it,

Ancient Gypo I would love to go into a pub that isn't a football pub,
BUT IT IS RAMMED SO FAR DOWN ALL OF OUR THROATS THAT EVERY BLOOMING PUB HAS TV ON IN EVERY ROOM AND ALL THE STAFF WEARING TACKY ENGLAND SHIRTS. EVEN SOBER AND SENSIBLE RADIO STATIONS INSIST ON REPORTING THE FOOTBALL SCORES TO LISTENERS WHO ARE NOT INTERESTED BECAUSE IF THEY WERE THEY WOULD BE WATCHING IT ON THE TV or following the game on one of several football radio stations.

Do you people understand, we are not allowed to ignore this football competition. Next year there will be qualifiers for the Euro 2008 and we will not be allowed to ignore that, etc..
It is every single year. Give us a break from it. :rant:


we could say that about everything really - do i want to hear news about some far off country having a landslide, no but i have to listen to it 'cos it's allegedly news.neither do i want to hear about who's marrying or sh**ging who but i have to put up with that crap.on tv, radio, news .

no mate- i can assure you that more people watched the england vs paraguay than watched diana's funeral- that was official viewing figures.

And you say 'we' have a dedicated football channel on sky- well i don't have sky and i can't afford to pay for it- so what do i do if its on sky?

It needs to be on free national tv im afraid.

OK Scott, free terestrial, thats fine. I've no objection to that! Who on earth came up with the statistic about Diana's funeral and a football match. Its like saying more people watched Zebrugge disaster on TV than England playing Cricket against the west indies. The comparison is ubiquitous.
I must say I agree with Muddy Coffee. I think the marketing in soccer has got out of hand and the flock follow on!

Actually- it was reported that because it was the highest amount of people ever to have watched tv at once- beating the funeral.

I'm sorry love but you are missing the point,
I don't watch it or read about it,

Ancient Gypo I would love to go into a pub that isn't a football pub,
BUT IT IS RAMMED SO FAR DOWN ALL OF OUR THROATS THAT EVERY BLOOMING PUB HAS TV ON IN EVERY ROOM AND ALL THE STAFF WEARING TACKY ENGLAND SHIRTS. EVEN SOBER AND SENSIBLE RADIO STATIONS INSIST ON REPORTING THE FOOTBALL SCORES TO LISTENERS WHO ARE NOT INTERESTED BECAUSE IF THEY WERE THEY WOULD BE WATCHING IT ON THE TV or following the game on one of several football radio stations.

Do you people understand, we are not allowed to ignore this football competition. Next year there will be qualifiers for the Euro 2008 and we will not be allowed to ignore that, etc..
It is every single year. Give us a break from it. :rant:

That's why I gave Big Brother as an example. it's actually quite hard to cut yourself off from it. The same with X-factor or other mass-market TV drivel.
I dedicate myself to avoiding it, but still end up knowing a fair bit about the shows. For this reason i sympathise, it just seeps into you through all the information channels we are constantly exposed to. However, I can also offer two bits of advice:

1) If you work hard, you can avoid it. i know VERY little about this BB and I'm proud of that. (There are lots of pubs that don't show the footie, listen to Radio 2 / 4 or put a tape on in your car).
2) Let others enjoy it. It'll be over in 2 weeks anyway.

Actually- it was reported that because it was the highest amount of people ever to have watched tv at once- beating the funeral.
OK Scott, shall we draw a line under this comparison?? What are your thoughts on the dedicated channels on terrestrial. Maybe one for Cricket, Soccer, Motor Racing, Rugby. The reason I say Sky is that there is bandwith there cope with it. Probably should say FreeView as everywhere will be digital around this area in the next couple of years. That then frees up areas where people want to view light entertainment. Its rather selfish to take up one of five terrestrial channels for soccer

OK Scott, shall we draw a line under this comparison?? What are your thoughts on the dedicated channels on terrestrial. Maybe one for Cricket, Soccer, Motor Racing, Rugby. The reason I say Sky is that there is bandwith there cope with it. Probably should say FreeView as everywhere will be digital around this area in the next couple of years. That then frees up areas where people want to view light entertainment. Its rather selfish to take up one of five terrestrial channels for soccer


i really do think its selfish not to want to share 5 channels.
1 shows footie that means you get 4 to choose from,if footie is on the ITV stations it means i'm getting less value for money from the BBC than those not watching football.
seriously if MOTD wasn't on BBC i would have no need for the channels.
now thats unfair & selfish.

But who should control this 'sports channel'??

The bbc don't show enough sport to run a dedicated channel and ITV couldn't share with them because of the advertising that they use.


Your saying that there taking over one of the channels just for this then i must beg to differ- they show 2 matches a day- lasting approx 2 and a half hours - so thats 5 hours a da- hardly taking it over!!!

so you obviously havn't seen the pubs that are advertised as football free then?? the wig and pen in town for one.

Certainly havent seen or heard of a pub which is football free.
But thanks for that I might venture down on saturday.


I wish you would all just stop complaining and accept the fact it will be like this until a week on sunday.
Right then,
this is the second thread where people wish to complain about the blanket coverage of football where football fans have ruined it by making stupid observations like "you don't have to watch it", "its only once a year" etc..

What we are complaining about and wishing to discuss is where can we go where we don't have to be inconvenienced with people shouting at football matches and wearing football shirts and wanting to talk to us about football all the time.

1) If you work hard, you can avoid it. i know VERY little about this BB and I'm proud of that. (There are lots of pubs that don't show the footie, listen to Radio 2 / 4 or put a tape on in your car).
2) Let others enjoy it. It'll be over in 2 weeks anyway.

Right can you make a list of pubs which don't have TVs and don't have flags and football all the time.
I have not seen a single one yet.
But apparently the Wig and Pen is the first one..

try the lockkepper in worksop, they are having ann summers, tupperware parties etc when the england games are being shown.
& no tv 'cos some little ****e nicked it last week.

try the lockkepper in worksop, they are having ann summers, tupperware parties etc when the england games are being shown.
& no tv 'cos some little ****e nicked it last week.
Top stuff Willman, like it!!

What we are complaining about and wishing to discuss is where can we go where we don't have to be inconvenienced with people shouting at football matches and wearing football shirts and wanting to talk to us about football all the time.

eh? How does somebody wearing a football shirt 'inconvenience' you?

Relax. The fact is that vast amounts of people DO want to see the football. It wouldn't have such a high profile were that not the case.

Right because I don't want to talk about the ins and outs of football just avaiding, it I have started a thread about just that. And which pubs to go to avoid it. Nothing more.

Here (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=122462)

eh? How does somebody wearing a football shirt 'inconvenience' you?

Relax. The fact is that vast amounts of people DO want to see the football. It wouldn't have such a high profile were that not the case.
Its got such a high profile because of the marketing men. Its just that your average football supporter is too stupid to see that. As for wearing the football shirt, why does it bring out the moronic side of people? Thats probably why Weatherspoons won't allow them in their pubs?? Na, nah, nah, Vindaloo etc. Need I say more!!

i think you'll find that the morons who cause trouble wearing a football shirt are the same morons who cause trouble when there is no football. The are just morons. please don't tar all football fans with the same brush.
However i can perfectly well understand how you may be sick of the world cup/football in general. I generally stay away from pubs showing the football as the atmosphere can fluctuate between very good and very bad and gives the morons an excuse to cause aggro.

Its got such a high profile because of the marketing men. Its just that your average football supporter is too stupid to see that. As for wearing the football shirt, why does it bring out the moronic side of people? Thats probably why Weatherspoons won't allow them in their pubs?? Na, nah, nah, Vindaloo etc. Need I say more!!

Ah now we're getting to it. It's not so much the football, it's your ridiculous snobbish branding of people who like it as stupid or moronic that's the problem. Afraid I can't help you with that one!

i think you'll find that the morons who cause trouble wearing a football shirt are the same morons who cause trouble when there is no football. The are just morons. please don't tar all football fans with the same brush.
However i can perfectly well understand how you may be sick of the world cup/football in general. I generally stay away from pubs showing the football as the atmosphere can fluctuate between very good and very bad and gives the morons an excuse to cause aggro.
Well said MaccDave, balanced comment!!

Its got such a high profile because of the marketing men. Its just that your average football supporter is too stupid to see that. As for wearing the football shirt, why does it bring out the moronic side of people? Thats probably why Weatherspoons won't allow them in their pubs?? Na, nah, nah, Vindaloo etc. Need I say more!!

1. The World Cup has been reasonably popular, and certainly broadcast live on TV, for a few decades now, well before the marketing men attempted to ruin football.

2. But the "average football fan" (if there is such a thing) doesn't let the marketing men ruin football. They just carry on as they always did, watching football, and getting annoyed when people that know nothing about pretend to be interested.

3. The Nobel prize winning philosopher and writer Albert Camus, who played as a goalkeeper in his younger years, was certainly a fan of football. Not sure if he was "average" or not. But who is?

www.camus-society.com/camus-football.htm

e.g., "Camus was once asked by his friend Charles Poncet which he preferred, football or the theatre - Camus is said to have replied 'Football, without hesitation.' "

4. Morons behave like morons because they are morons, not because of football. Or lager for that matter.

There must be other advantages to the football being on, for non-footie fans.

How about easy, traffic free-driving, or short shopping queues when the England mathces are being played? You could get your supermarket shop done in half the time.

There must be other advantages to the football being on, for non-footie fans.

How about easy, traffic free-driving, or short shopping queues when the England mathces are being played? You could get your supermarket shop done in half the time.
I often go to the supermarket, DIY store or gym when an England football match is on, and it is surprising how many people are in there. It is much less busy I agree but there are still plenty of customers of all ages and both sexes. Proving the point that the actual number of people interested is far less than people believe and certainly half of what the hype would have us believe

In addition I really enjoy these occasions, shopping with my fellow footbal haters, there is often a knowing smile to be detected, and definitely a cerebal aire to the procedings as if the average IQ of the building has shot up quite sharply.

Funny thing is you still see afew people walking about in the england football shirts, in no hurry I might add. Obviously they have been forced to wear such a garment and have no interest in the proceedings.

Whats wrong with Supporting your county and haveing abit of fun i think its good with the world cup on brings people together and you get a good will feeling across the county if we do well

Whats wrong with Supporting your county and haveing abit of fun i think its good with the world cup on brings people together and you get a good will feeling across the county if we do well
You are obviously missing the whole point of this thread aren't you.

In addition I really enjoy these occasions, shopping with my fellow footbal haters, there is often a knowing smile to be detected, and definitely a cerebal aire to the procedings as if the average IQ of the building has shot up quite sharply.


What a stupid and ill-thoughtout comment to make. I thought you usually put forward a well balanced argument until you typed that.

as if your more intelligent if you don't watch football.

What a stupid and ill-thoughtout comment to make. I thought you usually put forward a well balanced argument until you typed that.

as if your more intelligent if you don't watch football.

oooh they don't like it up 'em, these fuzzy wuzzies

How very shallow of you, I didn't say that at all ScottF.

I was referring to the smugness that people like myself feel when we walk about making a statement, doing things while we are actively not watching or caring about an england football match and knowing that other people out and about feel similar to some extent.

It is like being in an exclusive club.

How very shallow of you, I didn't say that at all ScottF.


as if the average IQ of the building has shot up quite sharply.

hhmmmmm???

OK, some people are fed up with the football, I can understand that. What I can't understand is why people start numerous amounts of threads about the topic that they so despise and continue to talk about it!

Strange!

I often go to the supermarket, DIY store or gym when an England football match is on, and it is surprising how many people are in there. It is much less busy I agree but there are still plenty of customers of all ages and both sexes. Proving the point that the actual number of people interested is far less than people believe and certainly half of what the hype would have us believe

In addition I really enjoy these occasions, shopping with my fellow footbal haters, there is often a knowing smile to be detected, and definitely a cerebal aire to the procedings as if the average IQ of the building has shot up quite sharply.

Funny thing is you still see afew people walking about in the england football shirts, in no hurry I might add. Obviously they have been forced to wear such a garment and have no interest in the proceedings.


surely if you dont have a tv, occurrence of a football match won't bother you. so why not go about your usual life - the one without a tv. it's not as though you're missing anything else is it.

I'm sorry love but you are missing the point,
I don't watch it or read about it,

Ancient Gypo I would love to go into a pub that isn't a football pub,
BUT IT IS RAMMED SO FAR DOWN ALL OF OUR THROATS THAT EVERY BLOOMING PUB HAS TV ON IN EVERY ROOM AND ALL THE STAFF WEARING TACKY ENGLAND SHIRTS. EVEN SOBER AND SENSIBLE RADIO STATIONS INSIST ON REPORTING THE FOOTBALL SCORES TO LISTENERS WHO ARE NOT INTERESTED BECAUSE IF THEY WERE THEY WOULD BE WATCHING IT ON THE TV or following the game on one of several football radio stations.

Do you people understand, we are not allowed to ignore this football competition. Next year there will be qualifiers for the Euro 2008 and we will not be allowed to ignore that, etc..
It is every single year. Give us a break from it. :rant:

What absolute twaddle. Coverage on the radio? Turn it off or put a cd on. Don't like it in the pubs? Don't go to the football pubs/pubs with screens.

And yes, there are countless bars without televisions in and around the city centre.

If you don't like it, don't watch it / read about it.

I personally can't stand big brother (which probably has just as much air time as football does at the moment). So I ignore it.

I'm enjoying the world cup and loving the football. So are loads of others.
If others are enjoying big brother, then great. Live and let live.

You are dead right there.
Why do people, who don't like football always seem to moan about it instead of doing something else?
I cannot abide stuff like Big Brother, but I don't watch it, talk, nor moan about; it except just now!