>Hold on a minute Richard. That's classic word twisting. > WHAT! me twist wrdos???
OK, so you were one of the lucky 1% who met their heroes on the bus, down the pub or in a panto - I'm dead jealous - I do mean that I'm not being sarcastic. However for the rest of us, there was virtually no connection - spesh those who were unlucky enough to live out side gods own county. There was Shoot magazine with the occasional picture and 10 questions article and that was it. Nowadays there is website, dozens of mags, facebook, twitter, Sky, BBC, ITV wall to wall coverage. There are club shops, stadium tours, there seem to be 10 or more mascots per match etc. So I would say the modern fan has a much greater access to their heroes than ever before - OK not to the extent of drinking whiskey with them, but that is never going to be a reasonable yardstick. I agree I feel the loses less than I did 40 years ago, but that is me, I've grown up and having lived life a bit understand that football doesn't matter a bit. There is little enough reasons to be happy in life, so its stupid to make ureself sad cos Clarke, Yeboah or Becchio missed a sitter or the ref didn't give a penalty. So all in all I think the change is in you more than the game. reference those pictures at the last match of the season on sky, scanning round the ground those in tears mainly are kids and young adults, the grown ups have already left to get the car out of the car park early or off down the pub cos they know it doesn't really matter, we'll still win lose and draw in the future, and getting upset doesn't matter a toss. ttfn Richard _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate
