Arsenal 5-0 Aston Villa - All Goals & Highlights 01/02/2015

[Serena Williams]

[Huge]

Who gives a shit? 22 morons kicking a pigs bladder round a field while

10,000 morons watch.

[Dave Liquorice]

[Dave Liquorice]

10,000 that's *very* low, attendance for this one was 59,958.

If people are happy to pay to see footy on the telly I'll happily keep providing the coverage ... So I have some interest but not much in the clubs other than who is coming up and who is going down, that has an impact on my income.

[Huge]

Was it? Imagine my indifference. I have no idea how many people might go to a football match. I've never seen one, beginning to end. I shall go to my grave perfectly happy never to have seen one beginning to end.

I can see why that might pique one's interest.

[Dave Liquorice]

According to the BBC Sport match report page, yes. B-)

60k is for the big clubs, some stadiums don't hold that many. If attendances start to drop below about 40k for a Premier League club it means the home support is walking away from a losing club.

What suprises me is that people are prepared to pay so much money to sit and get cold. Dad and two kids with pie x 1, chips x 3, drinks x

3, will be between £60 and £100. Season ticket is at least £500 if

not £600 for the smaller clubs. I'm also surprised at the number of them about 3 hours before the kick off (haven't they got homes to have lunch in) and the number that, having paid enough money to buy a weeks groceries, leave before the final whistle.

I been at hundreds of matches (around about 40/season and this has been regular work for over 10 years...) but I don't think I have ever actually watched one begining to end.

[Syd Rumpo]

You're not alone in this. I'm often surprised just how many people feel the same.

Football wrecks lives. BIL knows nothing else and cares about nothing else - fair enough, he's an adult - but his grandsons (fortunately he has only daughters) are going the same way. Knackered knees by the time you're 40, expensive season tickets and subscription TV. Sun reader. What a waste.

Cheers

[Huge]

... I cared I'd have read that. :o)

Glad it provides you with a living. Otherwise I wouldn't care less if footy disappeared tomorrow.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

In the '70s, I did a whole season on attachment to BBC OBs. Mainly the Match of Today unit. Averaged two matches a week and included the Cup Final. Pretty well all seen from the main camera position under the grandstand roof.

Only thing that made it bearable was the money. ;-)

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Think I could honestly say that about all sport as on TV.

I enjoy watching club or classic car motor racing for real - but F1 on TV or real leaves me cold.

[ARW]

10000? Oakwell dreams of that many.

[ARW]

Where do you stand on snooker, darts or golf?

[Dave Liquorice]

I also do the occasional U21's or U16's. The TV crew of 30 or so can be 10% of the "crowd" ...