"British Soccer is Trendy"

[ChiTownSpurs]

The cringiest article you'll ever read
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/17/f...-popularity-in-new-york-creative-circles.html

“Any time I’m at a book party or reading, and soccer comes up in conversation, I find myself surrounded by young men in shabby-genteel, loosely fitting tweed jackets gushing over the Gunners,” Ms. Schaap said. “In such settings, being an Woolwich supporter is even more predictable than having an M.F.A. or a pair of horn-rimmed glasses.”

aulinhofacepalm::avbfacepalm:

 

[Fryer]

Why are the Liverpool 'fans' wearing pink???

 

[Andrei]

pink is the new red

 

[Belgian Spur]

what's this game called soccer they on about ? Why do people play it in pink , is it a bit like Hockey then ?

 

[Claud601]

is it wrong to want to punch that girl dead in her face? Must reek of plastic in that "pub". nauseating! No ones drinking ffs

 

[Park Lane James]

'The Spurs' aulinhofacepalm:

 

[Hegarz]

'The Spurs' aulinhofacepalm:

Always, and Tottingham Hotspurs is a common one too :chadliblow:

 

[HeroesAndVillains]

is it wrong to want to punch that girl dead in her face? Must reek of plastic in that "pub". nauseating! No ones drinking ffs

You can tell she has no idea what's going on.

 

[Claud601]

They have no clue. A bunch of hipster losers choosing to be fans just because they don’t like American sports. its a cultural wasteland

 

[Park Lane James]

You can tell she has no idea what's going on.

It's probably gone out for a throw-in and she's going fucking ballistic

 

[EighteenEightyTwo]

The boozer is called 'Banter'. :capouestare:

 

[Éperons]

football has literally millions of supporters in the US. If the author would bother going to Sunset Park, then it would be possible to see myriad bootleg shops selling fake Chicharito Man U shirts.

But since it's an NYT style piece, they have to find a bunch of obnoxious rich people who like anything for exactly the same reason: they're obnoxious rich people.

OTOH, you all are fools for clicking on a link that has "nytimes" and "fashion" in the url.

 

[pdxspur]

This is pretty awful which is par for the course in the NYTimes Fashion section. I still think the Guardian article on American fandom with this d-bag was worse though.

 

[Smoked Salmon]

is it wrong to want to punch that girl dead in her face? Must reek of plastic in that "pub". nauseating! No ones drinking ffs

Still, as a wise man once said, one up the bum, no harm done.

 

[Smoked Salmon]

This is pretty awful which is par for the course in the NYTimes Fashion section. I still think the Guardian article on American fandom with this d-bag was worse though.

Ironically he looks more of a fan that some of the plastic shite you see on that Woolwich Fan TV thing on YouTube.

 

[pdxspur]

Ironically he looks more of a fan that some of the plastic shite you see on that Woolwich Fan TV thing on YouTube.

True, but that doesn't take much now does it?

 

[ArcspacE]

"Tottenham Hotspur The Spurs have become a trendy choice for many young American Jews because of English supporters’ public embrace of the team’s long ties to London’s Jewish community. Famous fans: Kenneth Branagh, Jude Law."

 

[Sunglasses Ron]

I feel ill.

Bunch of shithouses.

Fuck off.

 

[Anthony Beale]

Why can't people leave football alone?

 

[Benjamin]

Fuck these assholes. Don't judge US fans based on this, the majority of these people probably hate sports in general.