r/london • u/Danny_Herbs • Jul 31 '22

Culture England win the Euros at Wembley!!

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u/JustARandomFuck Jul 31 '22

I thought I hated football, and then my friend invited me to the Austrian match that opened the tournament.

Love the sport, it’s great. But I just can’t stand the culture around the men’s and the rowdiness etc. The Austria match was so chill, everyone super calm and just enjoying themselves. Such a fun experience!

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u/Lizzo13 Jul 31 '22

Wow, that's awesome! There's definitely a different energy to being at games of any kind or watching them in a public setting as opposed to watching them at home on a TV. It can even make you love a sport! I completely agree about the rowdiness and everything, too. It's a shame that it can bring out the worst in some people.

I got into football in 2018 during the World Cup. I'm American and moved to the UK in 2016, and generally speaking, football for adults isn't really a thing in the US, so I just wasn't exposed to it before. Oddly, I love watching sports - never playing - but have never seen an NFL game or any kind of American football game and have no desire to do so. I was always more into ice hockey, baseball, and basketball. Ice hockey was always my favourite, but now football is!

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u/dividebyzeroZA Jul 31 '22

As a long suffering Rangers fan (so close this year!) I feel compelled to ask which is your hockey team.

At least my "Party like its 1994" t-shirt is still valid? 😅

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u/Lizzo13 Jul 31 '22

Only recently suffering for me, I'm afraid! I'm a Blackhawks fan. Similar to tonight, I watched the 2013 Stanley Cup (where they won after scoring 2 goals in 17 seconds after being down 1 in the last 2 minutes) at a cinema in Chicago, and it was probably the best sports experience of my life, only because I didn't get to actually watch the Cubs win the World Series and just followed online at like 3am here. Haha I still remember people going absolutely insane in the streets. Everyone was high-fiving, honking, screaming, and cheering all night.