It starts from being a player, the sheer emotion and amusement you can get getting things right hits very different. And the best thing about football might be that this amusement is transferred from the personal player level to a greater audience level, sometimes it is enhanced I’d say. So, for the just the joy of the game is interesting. And also the fact that your head matters more than your legs in a game played by legs is fun. When you can SEE the game, man oh man.

Darwin Nunez

Growing up it was one of the few things my family and both my parents enjoyed all together. To watch our national team play. When the team was crushing it in the continental cup I was captivated because it was the performance I wanted to see from a national team. I went all in at that moment.

Referring to the sport, I like it. I like the teams, team crests and identity and the fact football is a continuous game. No constant commercial breaks or waiting for something to happen like in the NFL or MLB.

It’s the world’s game.

Could have been any other thing, but it’s not. It’s this particular game with its history and enormous depth.

The simplicity.

More specifically, the fact that that simplicity allows for worldwide popularity and creativity.

I used to play football and volleyball for years, I was in junior national team, but unfortunetely my body gave up, so I can only watch now

At this point its different to what it was 10-15 years ago.

Now that the guys I grew up idolizing are retired or collecting their last bag, I no longer have the same sentimental value to these new players. Not saying they are bad, just not as invested. Obviously as you grow priorities change. I have always been into football history, looking up past players, teams, leagues and competition is also fun because it helps you put into perspective how great players of the past were.

I guess nowadays, I still watch but I can view the game objectively without any real bias.

Dortmund somehow bottling the bundesliga EVERY DAMN YEAR!

The value of a single goal. I know people may think it’s boring for that reason but there are few other sports I can think of where this is the case. To score a goal is a special feeling.

Roy Keane. The rest is just annoying money-spinning guff

To steal from a norwegian commentator - the beauty of football is the unpredictability. Within those 90 minutes a game lasts everything can happen. You never know. You might be going to a mid-season game on a rainy day in Stoke, everything set for a dull evening but then both teams performs as if it was a Champions League final, someone pulls out something spectacular and you have witnessed something you will remember for a long time.

And it stretches beyond single games also. I am a norwegian, been a supporter of Bodo/Glimt since 1993. It was almost 30 years of hurt and disappointment, several relegations and almost bankruptcy. Then slowly the club started becoming good, won their first league title in 2020 and won their third this year. That they managed to become the biggest club in Norway was totally unbelievable as late as 2016.

The fact that anybody with a ball can play the sport. It’s simplicity, the way it brings people together beyond boundaries, religions, wealth divide, culture and race is what makes this beautiful game interesting to me. The fact that even the Word Champions have to go through the gruesome task of qualifying for the next world cup makes it more democratic

The communal aspect of how the game is played. There are only 11 players on the field so everyone has to share a bit of the work. Especially in modern teams, defenders and goalies are expected to help start attacks and attackers are expected to track back and defend. I love how the game allows for players of all different shapes, size, and abilities to find their niche and succeed

Because its played everywhere, I love the variety of skills, the endless possibilities in strategy and combination of styles, the beauty of a perfect link up, the power of a great shot, the magical dribbling…

The way it’s just 22+1 men playing around with balls