I guess that's my point though. It's not those fans that are forcing it down our throats is it? It's the high price to attend a match combined with the over-exposure on TV and reliance on Corporate sponsorship thats moved it away from the working class, not people with selfie sticks and iPads.
I definitely agree that football has lost part of it's tribal soul and football has become a more sanitised, touristy spectator sport and whilst I find the lack of fan camerarderie, I think it's also the case that fans have changed. Going to the football is now a "nice day out", rather than the...
I don't really know why all of this bothers people so much.
- Half and half scarves: Don't like them? Don't buy them.
- Selfie sticks: Only person it impacts is the person in the selfie.
- Filming on the iPad: Again, only perosn missing out is the person with the iPad.
As for the photo, I...