I enjoy going of course, but there’s clearly sacrifice involved in going to all our games. Missed social engagements, planning things with your family around fixtures, obviously the expense, using holiday days from work on occasion, all holidays being booked around the fixture list. Being a dedicated match goer means putting a lot of things as second best, and for the majority of the time since I’ve been going, without much reward.
You'll probably be in the first 11 mate.
1986 called and wants its joke back!!
But you make those decisions, to miss things with friends and family, spend money and use holiday days/book holidays around games (all of which I am familiar with) because you want to right? I only ask because I am very interested not least because of my own position; which is that I've relatively recently had my first child, and whilst I hope in time that he will want to come with me to games, if I have a choice of spending time with him or going to a game (particularly involving a schlepp up the M6 or somewhere) I would choose him pretty much every time (except maybe for a cup final!). My point being that it makes me conscious that I spend all this time and money on football out of choice, not because I feel like I have to - and your comment about sacrifice got me wondering
My son was born nearly 3 years ago and since then I have struggled to go week in week out - it wasn't money as such but the family time lost - Covid has enabled me to defer my ST last season and again this season but before that it was a big toss up of wanting to go to the game but also wanting to be with my family.But you make those decisions, to miss things with friends and family, spend money and use holiday days/book holidays around games (all of which I am familiar with) because you want to right? I only ask because I am very interested not least because of my own position; which is that I've relatively recently had my first child, and whilst I hope in time that he will want to come with me to games, if I have a choice of spending time with him or going to a game (particularly involving a schlepp up the M6 or somewhere) I would choose him pretty much every time (except maybe for a cup final!). My point being that it makes me conscious that I spend all this time and money on football out of choice, not because I feel like I have to - and your comment about sacrifice got me wondering
Yes I do make this decision because I want to, and no I know I don’t have to do it, there is no gun to my head, but equally the club has meaning to me (and I imagine this resonates) beyond being a form of entertainment. It’s a relationship, a largely one sided, often abusive, largely unsatisfying relationship...But you make those decisions, to miss things with friends and family, spend money and use holiday days/book holidays around games (all of which I am familiar with) because you want to right? I only ask because I am very interested not least because of my own position; which is that I've relatively recently had my first child, and whilst I hope in time that he will want to come with me to games, if I have a choice of spending time with him or going to a game (particularly involving a schlepp up the M6 or somewhere) I would choose him pretty much every time (except maybe for a cup final!). My point being that it makes me conscious that I spend all this time and money on football out of choice, not because I feel like I have to - and your comment about sacrifice got me wondering
True that. I still think it is ridiculous considering the day and time. Not 100% the clubs fault,I just think a gesture would have gone down well at the moment.
Whatever you want, I could buy a season ticket for DC United but I rather travel 3500 miles to see my Spurs.
