This thread is about the sport actually played with your feet. For various sports confusingly named "football" which are actually played with your hands, see gridiron football.
After watching one of the most nerve-wracking matches for a long time I figured this was the perfect place to share about my ever-strengthening relation to the game.
The match in question was Arsenal 1-0 Liverpool and the experience showed me how much I've come to care for the game, and my team Arsenal in particular. It hasn't always always been so and when I was younger (I'm 20 now) I thought caring strongly about competitive sports was rather silly.
But I picked a few teams to support as a boy should, so apart from Arsenal I guess I can call Barcelona (nice playing style, had a friend from there) "my" team. I'm not so sure why I picked Arsenal, maybe because Freddie Ljungberg played there, maybe because of something else. Still it has become the only team in any sport that I actually care about.
Only a few years I didn't even know they were in the Champions League final (in 2006) but after some time playing World of Warcraft with Manchester United-supporting guildmates I took interest in English (and European) football. Now it's something that can ruin a whole evening after a loss, but the exhilaration after winning big games makes it worth it.
Sadly I missed the time of Arsenal's Invincibles and most of this powerful football, but I'm hoping that the new generation of players can live up to that as soon as possible.
I'm sure there's others with the same kind of relation to the game here, so I figured a thread to discuss club football in general would be nice.
To begin with: Do you think Chelsea are still truly out of reach for Arsenal after losing at Everton tonight? Or will Manchester United defy their debt and Ronaldo-lessness and win a 4th consecutive title?