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PowerSpurs said:
I agree with most of that but public transport hasn't been a viable cheap option for football fans for many years. Most travel by coach I think.
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Coaches pick up and drop off near the the ground so that is an issue for those that still need to travel home.

I'm going to Aberdeen in a few weeks...by train it would have cost £200 by plane it was £50 ... completely stupid
 
littleDinosaurLuke said:
Sport in the UK (England especially) reflects the class system.
Rugby (Union) and cricket is played seriously only in private schools and the % of international players who have been privately educated reflects this. Football is played in state schools - although time and resources count against it when compared to the commitment private schools can give to their chosen sports. But rugger and cricket are the sports of Empire. They are predominantly played in countries which are former colonies; they remain by and large elitist.
We still have a King; we still have a landed gentry; we still have a feudal system to all intents and purposes.
This is the U.K. it won’t change. Nothing new revealed; nothing to see here.
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I agree with that. But the reason football is so popular world wide is both the beauty of the game is that you need almost no equipment...and you can play with two people at a pinch. So it is open to everyone to take part. But as in every other aspect of capitalist society...money is bound to win in the end.
 
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If there was any consistency in officiating this season then the foul on Willian is a red. End of.
The bar is probably too low now, but you can't start changing that level mid-season.
 
Left on the Shelf said:
If there was any consistency in officiating this season then the foul on Willian is a red. End of.
The bar is probably too low now, but you can't start changing that level mid-season.
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The other view is that it was Willian and he is fair game, the treacherous twst.
 
The RDBD said:
No.
Nemesis for him IMHO would be to suffer a financial loss
equivalent to whatever excess he earned over Spurs
during his Chelsky stint.
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The no is unnecessary. For the record, I don't actually wish physical harm to him or any other footballer.
 
Spurf said:
Whether you like it or not that is what it was. Interest from the middle classes only came in the PL era.
Football is not now as open to all as it had been. Money rules.

How many toff footballers can you name PS?

Your arguments are good but sometimes you enter fantasy land.
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Well there are lots with Double Barrelled names these days that was deemed posh in the past
 
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The Changing Man said:
Well there are lots with Double Barrelled names these days that was deemed posh in the past
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And now it either means posh or quite the opposite. Many are given the surnames of both unmarried parents. I don’t have a problem with that, but many do. Prejudice does exist around names - forenames too; you can’t deny that certain names, particularly those shared with figures in popular culture are going to limit life chances. Although the stats suggest that a double-barrelled name might get you a contract with Southampton
 
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