Falling out with Football

[Lambert and Payne]

I'm 19 and bored with football! 3 or 4 years ago a signing like Given would have my pulse racing, now I'm feeling meh, and its not just that, the only games I really got excited about last season were Olbeyun and Blose, other than that I don't get as excited like I used to. All my money now goes to saving for my own car, going out with mates and on dates, I can't afford a st and I'm not really that bothered!
 The only thing I'm missing right now is something to shove on TV when I'm bored and the social side to Villa
Don't get me wrong I still want us to win every game and get dissapointed when we lose, but not so long back it would ruin my whole weekend
A lot of people say there losing touch because of the money and the amount of coverage it gets, I've never really known any different! Am I simply growing up? Or are more people my age going the same way?

[PeterWithesShin]

When I was 19 I thought we were going to win the league under SGT, so I was quite excited.

[LeeS]

It's not just people your age. I've given up my ST this year after 18 years. The players repulse me. I don't begrudge highly talented sportspeople from earning millions. But arrogant, lazy, mediocre, thick as pig shit twats simply don't deserve it. I just can't be bothered spending my time and money funding their excesses.

[PeterWithesShin]

I started to feel what you are feeling in the late 90s, when for me football really did start to stop being the game I fell in love in as a nipper in the mid 70s. I still love Villa but football as a whole, meh. For example, I haven't had Sky for a year now and don't miss live games at all, apart from Villa aways.

[richl]

Gave up 2 years ago, Cos of O'neill. The lads take the piss in the pub but if thats it i can cope

[hawkeye]

Alex its worse if you are old enough to remember what it was like to start a season with real optimism, what it was like when on many an occaision Villa Park was the best place to be in the whole world. When the footballing heros were real blokes who were proud to walk onto the pitch wearing the shirt, when you could not wait for the next game. When the anticipation of waiting for your team to come out on to the pitch was heart pumping adrenalin.

[Lambert and Payne]

Hawkeye, the sad thing is all of that (except the real men comments!) Was me. Every weekend I had my mind on our next game. Every season was a new start.
Now all I think about all week is going out with my mates to a club or something. Villa has taken a back seat for me. Doesn't feel the same more

[Slaphead]

Watching football is second to me, the main reason I go down is to drink with the lads and enjoy a day out.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

The big problem is, Villa are family. No matter what they do to you, they're still family. No matter how you pretend you don't care, you know you do.

We'll get it right. We always do.

[Villan For Life]

I started to feel what you are feeling in the late 90s, when for me football really did start to stop being the game I fell in love in as a nipper in the mid 70s. I still love Villa but football as a whole, meh. For example, I haven't had Sky for a year now and don't miss live games at all, apart from Villa aways.

Same here, although I've kept Sky for the cricket and rarely watch football.

I'm old enough to remember the golden period of 1980 - 1982. I still have those memories but it saddens me to think that I will never see Aston Villa achieve that level of success again.

[Salsa Party Animal]

I seem to prefer watching American football than football these days. I think Villa will be successful again, but it won't be for another decade.

[paul_e]

I've felt the same for a long time, Still try to watch Villa as much as possible and I like watching Barca on a boring saturday or sunday evening but that's it.  Generally Cricket and Rugby get much more attention, I can genuinely enjoy watching those regarldess of who's playing, in football watching the over-rated, overpaid knobs that play for most sides in the prem just sickens me, earn more in a week than the national average annual wage and can't even be arsed to put a shift in.

[darren woolley]

I will never fall out of love with football I'm in my forties and I'm still in love with it now as I was when I first got interested in football.

[spangley1812]

I will never fall out of love with football I'm in my forties and I'm still in love with it now as I was when I first got interested in football.

That applies to me as well.........I am soo bored during June, July when there are no games

[KRS]

The players repulse me. I don't begrudge highly talented sportspeople from earning millions. But arrogant, lazy, mediocre, thick as pig shit twats simply don't deserve it. I just can't be bothered spending my time and money funding their excesses.

This. I used to have a ST and travel away, but I've started to pick and choose my games over the last few seasons. There are unavoidable financial implications for attending, but if I'm not at the game, I'm either glued to the TV, radio or internet and still living every kick. I still consider myself to be a dedicated fan and supporter, but I simply cant justify spending so much money anymore subsidising the wages of these ridiculously overpaid footballers. Makes me feel sick that some of them earn as much in a week that the average man would in 4 years.