How much better is it to go to a football match compared to watching it on TV ?
What are the pro's and con's of each ?
I can actually get to watch it on TV whereas getting a ticket to go is damn near impossible?
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In case anyone reading this has never been to a top flight match then I'd like to point out that if you go to a game your tv experience will be enhanced because you will remember the intense feelings you had at the match while watching TV games.
( The same thing applies to watching porn.
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One very important advantage to watching at home rather than at the game - if White Hart Lane* is anything to go by- is the extra leg room.
I can't emphasise this enough.
*I presume the modern stadia have more legroom but I like to be able to slouch during the first half and stretch my legs.
Edit : HA.How could I have missed the other main advantage which follows on from this....the ability to stand at will!
( The same thing applies to watching porn.
) One very important advantage to watching at home rather than at the game - if White Hart Lane* is anything to go by- is the extra leg room.
I can't emphasise this enough.
*I presume the modern stadia have more legroom but I like to be able to slouch during the first half and stretch my legs.
Edit : HA.How could I have missed the other main advantage which follows on from this....the ability to stand at will!
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Please read my post in the second teams thread, nothing can replicate the feeling of seeing a live game
Original post by ltaylor1987
I can actually get to watch it on TV whereas getting a ticket to go is damn near impossible?
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For what club? There is no team that sells out every single home game.
1. depends on the seat - view - atmosphere
2. depends on the food, drinks available
cons
- chavs and mixing with undesirables but can be overcome with a box.
2. depends on the food, drinks available
cons
- chavs and mixing with undesirables but can be overcome with a box.
Major benefit is being surrounded by other fans, it's just a shared experience and going through the emotions of a fan together is special.Even through the atmosphere is usually pretty mild it's still nice. And then of course sometimes the atmosphere is just electric and your spine tingles. In terms of the game, you appreciate football much more in terms of what's happening off the ball and if you fancy you can just focus on a certain player for a few minutes.
Main benefit of watching at home is the ability to have a beer if you like. That's basically it aside from the £700 you save every year.
Main benefit of watching at home is the ability to have a beer if you like. That's basically it aside from the £700 you save every year.
Atmosphere and feeling at a match is great, but Arsenal tickets are so bloody hard to come by if you're a non or red member and they're the most expensive in the premier league, I think.
I like watching on TV, especially if in a pub or somewhere more public rather than in my own home.
I like watching on TV, especially if in a pub or somewhere more public rather than in my own home.
Original post by timexdelivers
What are the pro's and con's of each ?
Football TV
Pro
1) Can watch replays
2) Multitask
3) Room for tactical discussion
Con
1) Connection Disrupting
2) Girlfriend priorities
3) Prolong sitting
Fotball Statdium
Pro
1) Shahreholder's source of Income
2) An atmosphere of like-supported peers aka "Fans"
3) Probability of appearing on live television
Con
1) Rich gets richer. Poor gets pathetic
2) Lack of quality alternative options for food and beverages
3) Unwanted radiation of disgusting odour
The main benefit is the atmosphere. However, if you're an Arsenal fan, there's no benefit at all.
Original post by Zürich
Major benefit is being surrounded by other fans, it's just a shared experience and going through the emotions of a fan together is special.Even through the atmosphere is usually pretty mild it's still nice. And then of course sometimes the atmosphere is just electric and your spine tingles. In terms of the game, you appreciate football much more in terms of what's happening off the ball and if you fancy you can just focus on a certain player for a few minutes.
This is a great explanation of why actually being at the match is so much better than watching it on tv. For me there is little better than, say for example, enjoying the sheer jubilation of a crucial late goal in a big match being surrounded by fellow fans at a match, even at the non league club I support with less than 1000 people the atmosphere then can be fantastic and that's a feeling that can't be replicated watching the match in your living room (not that I would ever be able to watch my team at home lol).
Original post by Jasaron
The main benefit is the atmosphere. However, if you're an Arsenal fan, there's no benefit at all.
Yer. Wish the atmosphere was as good as at Old Trafford, Stamford Bridge, WHL or Anfield.
Those grounds are absolutely rocking.
Original post by Mackay
I very rarely watch a Liverpool game on my own on the TV. I'll have a few others with me rarely, but the majority of the time we head down the pub. Football should be enjoyed surrounded by others imho.
I HATE, HATE, HATE watching football with others, especially in places like pubs. Maybe its me but I find peoples constant nattering, whining, shouting, etc, etc, etc. I just prefer to watch a little more quietly so I can focus on what is actually happening on the pitch.
As for the question at hand the main benefit as far as I'm concerned of live vs TV is that you get a much, much better appreciation of both how much and where the space is and how much certain players (full backs especially) do off the ball, work that is normally out of the frame of the TV camera.
Original post by Makashima
Going to watch a match > TV : is only significantly better when you have those executive club packages, provided with top hospitality in suites rooms.
Starting from £1,995 per person! Leeeel
If you watch by TV, you can chill with a lot of friends together ^O^
Starting from £1,995 per person! Leeeel
If you watch by TV, you can chill with a lot of friends together ^O^
It is the opposite for me. Would rather watch at home than in the exec boxes where you can't make noise.
Telly gives you a better understanding of the game imo, replays in twenty camera angles in HD as opposed to seeing incidents once in real time.
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