So, why do guys luv football (or any sports for that matter)?
Well, because it’s our nature? LOL. Actually there are quite a number of female friends of mine who luv to watch football. Some of them even support the club that i’ve been supporting since 1990 – Manchester United. Erm….some of them started watching football (or Manchester United) because of …..David Beckham.
Mmm, i m not sure about other people but for myself, i started watcing football since 1989, influenced by my dad. He’s a MU fan and at that time, i was in primary 1. He always asked me to sit down with him to watch the game. At that time, i was thinking “what is so nice bout football? one ball, chase here and there like idiots” and i fell asleep within 5-10 minutes.
1 year later, i started to enjoy the “idiotic” game more. And in 2000, i became a die-hard MU fan. 2004, i started to watch every single MU game including those at 3am on weekdays. 
It’s nice to see the team you support win things…and see the youngsters becoming successful, the newcomers blending well and showing you a bag of tricks….. and most importantly, is to watch and enjoy the game with my family and friends. 
Believe me, when you watch skillful players dribbling and doing crossover…it’s entertaining. Of course, it’s never fun to watch a bunch of idiots (all 10 of them, excluding the goalkeeper of course) chasing after every single ball from 1 end to the other end (i donno why…but the word Malaysia suddenly springs to my mind). If a team doesn’t play entertaining football, even a football fan like me will fall asleep.
So, there you are – excitement (esp when the team you support is losing…but too much of this is bad for your heart..so..it’s better to have the team winning 
) entertainment (skills), family (my dad’s influence) and friends/colleagues (can talk more esp wif fellow MU fans). Some of you might say $$$….but it doesn’t apply for me because i don’t bet. Not when the thing you’re trying to bet on is a round thing. Hahahah.
So fellow football fans, be it guys or gals…do share with us why do you luv football?
15 comments
Comments feed for this article
August 17, 2007 at 2:21 am
jamy
Man has 2 balls, that is the simple answer to the simple questions.
August 17, 2007 at 9:04 am
cirnelle
Well, I still can’t identify with football (the Hubby’s into golf, urgh! and F1). Now, Formula 1, I dig. I watch it because I love the way a skillful driver can use his supposedly lesser car to overtake one laden with technology. I watch it because they show the races in amazing circuits and cities around the world. I watch it because the Hubby-die-hard-McLaren-fan tells me about its history, its legends and the technical meanings behind tyres, aerodynamics and car design. And of course, I watch it for the cute drivers.
August 17, 2007 at 9:36 am
cirnelle
I also watch it because I’m curious about the amount of ‘work’ it really takes to earn an obscene amount of money.
August 17, 2007 at 10:50 am
Alvin
jamy,
er…what bout female who luvs football? =_=
cirnelle,
i luv tennis, badminton (the only OK thing for malaysia besides squash), and football. tennis because i used to play tennis a lot
and got sharapova. hahaha. ahem. fedex!
anyway, it’s the same lo. sometimes, those “lesser” football club will cause some major upset against the big boys like Chelsea or MU. Imagine, the cost of 1 player in Chelsea = the cost of > 80% of the players in the “lesser” team. I always support the underdogs (unless they play against MU).
Donno, for me, i find it interesting to watch football. haha. but this season, somehow i don reli have the football fever yet. last season, i will shout my heart out if my team scores. hahaha. and yea, i was alone in the living room at 3am.
August 17, 2007 at 10:57 am
jamy
Don’t have answer for that one, he he he.
August 17, 2007 at 2:13 pm
cirnelle
Yes, I agree. Fedex is cool – stealth and devastating.
August 17, 2007 at 9:36 pm
Alvin
cirnelle…u talking bout the tennis player rite?
jamy…AHEM *cough*
August 17, 2007 at 10:45 pm
Anthony North
Football, eh. Warfare without the bloodshed. Tribalism without the politics. Role models without the Prima Donnas … okay, that last one might not apply any more.
August 18, 2007 at 5:13 pm
bellajournal
Hi Alvin!!! I don’t watch football but somehow, I get the feeling you are talking about soccer?
I actually enjoy watching Nascar with my husband and kids. We are big Jeff Gordon fans.
Football is ok but I don’t know all of the rules and that frustrates me some. So, I’m not a big fan but it sounds like you really enjoy it and that’s GREAT for you!
Do you have football parties? That is fun when someone has a gathering at their house for a game….
Take care!
August 18, 2007 at 5:41 pm
Alvin
Anthony, thanks for visiting my blog
Hmm…football surely is one very complicated + complex game
That’s why i like to watch (i’m a poor footballer though).
Bella, in Malaysia, the football is soccer. American Football is sort of like rugby to us.
Hmm, and we don really follow Nascar racing here (but i think i’ve heard of Jeff Gordon before). We do follow F1. 
Yeap, once in a while, i’ll ask few frens to come over to hv some beer + watch football
It’s cool ! The atmosphere is much better than watching the game by myself !
August 19, 2007 at 3:46 pm
bellajournal
Very cool, thank you for the explanation! Have fun watching your soccer, errr, football!
August 19, 2007 at 6:21 pm
Bill Ou Yang
It’s the same like why most of the woman love shopping…
Anyway, watching football is my weekend prioritised activity which I don’t foresee myself missing the Red Devil games.
Long live, Manchester United….
August 19, 2007 at 8:18 pm
Alvin
bella,
no problem! hahaha. enjoy ur nascar racing too
bill,
the season gonna starts to b very interesting tonite
August 20, 2007 at 8:10 pm
seaqueen00
Hmmm..I’m a supporter of MU so I guess it’s actually really getting to know it through some addictive friends you’ll get hooked somehow. It helps to have a brother who’s addicted to watching matches too.
August 20, 2007 at 11:00 pm
Alvin
hahha, my father is MU fan, i am MU fan…now my sis also MU fan. but her bf is a chelsea fan
gosh, MU is not doing very well now