World Cup 2026

[GrannyMac]

I'm not a football fan, but I thought a thread would be inevitable.😉

So, as Scotland has played their first match, and won, I thought I'd start one.  Scotland 1 - Haiti 0. Well done the Jocks! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Alex]

NO SCOTLAND NO PARTY        Well done to Scotland.

[muddy]

Our first match is Croatia .
They are quite good .

[Mups]

They said on the news the other night,  that it is proven that when big football matches are on,  domestic violence goes up by 30%.

To my knowledge,  people don't change because of Golf, Tennis, Cricket etc,  so why does football make  so many men turn into juveniles and maniacs?  

[muddy]

Spain and Cape Verde a draw .
Great result for Cape Verde 
Spain are the favourites .

[Alex]

They said on the news the other night,  that it is proven that when big football matches are on,  domestic violence goes up by 30%.

To my knowledge,  people don't change because of Golf, Tennis, Cricket etc,  so why does football make  so many men turn into juveniles and maniacs?   

Wife beaters will be wife beaters whether they're cricket fans or football fans !

[klondike]

To my knowledge,  people don't change because of Golf, Tennis, Cricket etc,  so why does football make  so many men turn into juveniles and maniacs? 

The supermarkets aren't stacking tins of beer and lager in every available space when Wimbledon is on are they?

[muddy]

Maybe they are for the folks who can't afford champers and strawberries ? 

[Mups]

Another thing that bugs me is, its not only the match they show is it.  
 It's the 3 hrs nattering  about it beforehand,  then the 3 more hours re-hashing it again afterwards.

(I'll shut up now,  don't want to spoil other people's enjoyment just because I can't stand it). 

[Alex]

Maybe you can't stand it because you don't understand it Mups ?  I was the same when I was young but married to a footballer so I had no choice.  I went from being a football hater to a season ticket at Anfield !  (not mine a borrowed one)

[Mups]

Maybe you can't stand it because you don't understand it Mups ?  I was the same when I was young but married to a footballer so I had no choice.  I went from being a football hater to a season ticket at Anfield !  (not mine a borrowed one)

Nah,  I was married to a football fanatic once, Alex.  Football for breakfast, dinner and tea.   
He would go every Saturday down to Spurs to watch them,  then come home and watch the same flippin' match on telly all over again.    
That was my Saturdays done for,  and my Saturday night telly too.   
 He followed Spurs all his life.

[Alex]

That explains it then, even I wouldn't watch Spurs