England playing

June 10th, 2009

I am not normally a fan of football, I don’t really have much idea about it.  If you asked me which team I supported I would always say Mansfield Town as that is where I am from.  I have no idea of any of the player’s names on the team, I have only watched them play once, and I have no idea where they are in the table or which league they actually play in.

Even though I do not like football I will be watching England play tonight.  Watching England play is a lot more exciting, it’s a competition between countries so a bit of national pride surfaces.  I never used to watch football at all until my wife introduced me to watching the world cup in a pub.  Being in a pub changes the whole atmosphere.  At home I am not really interested I will most likely go do something else, but when you are in a bar you get caught up in the excitement from everyone else crowded around the TV.

There is also the fact that you are actually supporting England, if you support a team like Manchester United, you are not supporting Manchester, you are supporting a collection of players from around the world.  It gets better the lower down the leagues you go, a quick look at Mansfield town and I can at least see 1 or 2 players from the local area and the rest are from somewhere within the UK.

With England doing really well so far, winning all of their matched so far, I hope they manage to go far in the competition.  I would like to see England win.

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