Football (Soccer)

I love it, but also hate it in equal measures.

The highs, more regularly the lows, but regardless of which, the passion it provides cannot be found anywhere else for me.

The greatest sport in the world; my opinion granted, but no one will convince me otherwise.

For anyone that cares, Leeds United are my team, hence the regular lows! Without these though, we would never truly appreciate the moments of high that will live in the memories forever.

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Burnley123 · 41-45, M

Indeed. The pain makes the pleasure actually matter.

Fans of the superclubs will never understand but success only really really matters after you've stuck with the team through thick and thin.

In 1987 Burnley had to win its last game to stay in the football league. They had been terrible all reason and were last placed in the fourth division and home against a Leyton Orient team who were challenging for the playoffs. The game was do or die because the club was also in a financial mess. As founder members of the football league, the football tradition means a great deal to the town of my birth.

The Leyton Orient players were used to playing in front of 4,000 in placid atmospheres. For this game, 20,000 people turned up and made it a raucous atmosphere. The Orient players were intimidated (as was the ref). Burnley won 2-1 and stayed in the football league.

So. Years later to be in the Premiership, this really matters.

DS980 · 41-45, M

@Burnley123 100% agree. I like Burnley, a proper, honest, working mans club. Like they all should be. The EPL is purely about the money, which is why clubs strive to be there, however to me, the further down the ladder you go, the more real it becomes, and more enjoyable in many ways.