A completely different type of supporter Dubs, Football fans roots
are more working class, the followers are more tribal, different types of passion flows in football.
Posted By: lovely old job on June 16th 2016 at 10:19:23
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- Overall I suppose my question is, why do Cricket and Rugby fans who are allowed to drink.. (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Jun 16, 10:12:49
- There is a mob mentality with football which you don;t get with other sports and yesterday (Other Sports) - Jim, Jun 16, 11:47:39
- Different culture (n/m) (Other Sports) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jun 16, 11:30:48
- They do but media don't highlight it so much... (n/m) (Other Sports) - Larry Hagman, Jun 16, 11:25:37
- You often hear "every club still has a few dickheads"... (Other Sports) - bird table, Jun 16, 10:47:10
- Basically (n/m) (Other Sports) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jun 16, 11:30:38
- maybe those sports aren't big enough in this country/in this continent (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 16, 10:38:48
- Definitely in India,serious trouble at that.and Auss in the past,mind you some of that was (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 16, 10:56:55
- A completely different type of supporter Dubs, Football fans roots (Other Sports) - lovely old job, Jun 16, 10:19:23
- Yes,good point tbf. (n/m) (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 16, 10:48:19
- That used to be the case for sure,i don't think it is now though,the tribal thing still (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 16, 10:29:55
- Yes Proth that's why I said the roots were working class, I agree football attracts (Other Sports) - lovely old job, Jun 16, 10:35:36
- disagree that it's due to the 'class' of fans (Other Sports) - CWC, Jun 16, 10:23:54
- Blaming class is lazy, it's saying further up the greasy pole you have a better moral comp (Other Sports) - harry boulders, Jun 16, 10:53:13
- Kingsholme is an example I've used in the past. (Other Sports) - avenging canary, Jun 16, 10:30:51
- Kingsholm even... (n/m) (Other Sports) - avenging canary, Jun 16, 10:32:15
- Rugby League has started to have exactly these problems it's just not (Other Sports) - lovely old job, Jun 16, 10:26:41
- I Think... (Other Sports) - Martin Peters, Jun 16, 10:18:51
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