In the world of football, what makes you CRINGE?

[Ernest]

Spanish managers

 

[WATFORD zero]

'Fans' of teams on telly in pubs who know F all about their team, players, history etc etc and the go apeshit when they score

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

Clapping when the away attendance is announced.

 

[Brighton_Rose]

When one of your players skys a pen

 

[Brighton_Rose]

Oscar's interviews after the game

 

[The Large One]

Players celebrating being awarded a penalty.

 

[ExmouthExile]

Commentators who keep calling the Italian top division "Serie R"

 

[jonny.rainbow]

Fans counting out loud the amount of seconds the opposing goalkeeper is holding the ball for.

It's pointless because that rule is down to the ref's discretion and is rarely, if ever, enforced.

 

[The Large One]

Commentators who keep calling the Italian top division "Serie R"

Not sure why that's cringeworthy.

 

[WhingForPresident]

Andy Townsend, Michael Owen, Niall Quinn etc

 

[red star portslade]

Ticket prices.
Diving and all round shit-house acts on the pitch.
That little pedestal thing the ball is on before a Prem match and the refs picks it up. What a load of ****ing spunk that idea is.
Handshakes at the start.
Players wearing gloves.

 

[Eric Potts]

The peerless HMHB have a take on this.

 

[clippedgull]

Minutes silence/applause exception being for real heroes like fallen servicemen.

Fans Zone

Clapping away fans

Richie Reynolds

 

[Triggaaar]

I'm not 100% sure what a CRINGE actually is, but this picture certainly makes me do at least one, if not more...

I think the picture makes it look worse than it was. It seemed quite funny at the time.

Football rarely makes me cringe. I have to think back to when Ian Wright said "I love little people, they make me laugh".

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Naff goal celebrations

 

[albion534]

When a player rolls around screaming in pain, and when he realises nobody cares, gets up

When a player waves an imaginary card....

 

[Notters]

"XXXX is shithole, I want to go home..." BEFORE the match.

It was mildly amusing once at Stoke after we got stuffed 3-0, but the moment you get there...?

Indeed, let's drive for 6 hours then go straight home again without watching the match.

Not quite as cringeworthy as people from, say, Burnley singing it in Brighton though!

 

[Simster]

Brighton fans at Millwall singing "we hate Palace more than you"

Brighton fans at Millwall getting all gobby in cowards way and then piping down quickly when they open the gates for the home fans.

 

[Biscuit]

Surrounding the ref.

Diving.

Kissing the badge. (Only exception being real club legends like OGH/Mayo etc - unless you're a one club man, don't kiss the badge)

 

[Hillian1]

"XXXX is shithole, I want to go home..." BEFORE the match.

It was mildly amusing once at Stoke after we got stuffed 3-0, but the moment you get there...?

Stoke actually sang:

"We want to stay here, Stokes a shithole, we want to stay here". when they played Valencia a few years ago.