Thursday, January 12, 2012
Waiting for a goal
I read about how the individuality of each person in a crowd at a football match in England pretty much disappears when the game begins. No matter what happens before or after the game, there is a certain herd mentality that takes over each person and they become a crowd. All that tension needs to be let out, and that could be a reason for the violence after the games.
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Matt---it would be helpful to your readers if you could give us some basic information, like how many soccer clubs there are in England, how often they play (what's their season? Do they have a match once a week, or several matches, like we can have 2-4 basketball games?), and how much good players earn.
ReplyDeleteThere are 4 tiers of English football each with about 20 teams. They play one game a week for the league, then there are different tournaments that certain teams play in, so they could have around two or three games on certain weeks. A good player could earn over several million pounds per year.
DeleteI am curious is this situation were it is almost more important to side with a group than with a team. Or does each team have there own group of people that represent them? Can just anyone join?
ReplyDeleteEach team has their supporters. The team is what the groups form around. And it seems as though you have to earn some trust in the groups.
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