1_barry_conlon
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Read Desmond Morris's book The Soccer Tribe.
There's a lot explained in there.
There's a lot explained in there.
100% this.1_barry_conlon said:Read Desmond Morris's book The Soccer Tribe.
There's a lot explained in there.
manclad said:100% this.1_barry_conlon said:Read Desmond Morris's book The Soccer Tribe.
There's a lot explained in there.
I've mentioned this book in the past but got very little response to my post.
Apart from the tribalism that Desmond Morris talks about,the other main point he makes is that football has become a way of expressing our suppressed hunting instinct.
Modern Homo Sapiens has existed for 100,000 years and apart from the last few hundred years (post industrial revolution)hunting was a major role in mankinds existence.
As civilization and city live took hold,hunting became more of a pastime than a way of life.
Then field sports were replaced by arena sports,but they still involved killing- gladatorial games etc.and these were followed in later times by bull fighting etc.
Eventually,society wanted to end the blood letting and modern arena sports were invented,with football leading the way in the crowded Victorian cities.
Morris says that the team work required to be a successful football team is reminiscent of the team work that was required by early hunters to make a kill and thus survive,and that scoring a goal is the modern equivalent of a kill,with everbody happy and cheering when either occurs.
So just remember,the next time you celebrate a goal scored by Mario/Edin/Sergio you are really doing exactly what our ancestors did for thousands of years when they had a good hunt.
The Pink Panther said:manclad said:100% this.1_barry_conlon said:Read Desmond Morris's book The Soccer Tribe.
There's a lot explained in there.
I've mentioned this book in the past but got very little response to my post.
Apart from the tribalism that Desmond Morris talks about,the other main point he makes is that football has become a way of expressing our suppressed hunting instinct.
Modern Homo Sapiens has existed for 100,000 years and apart from the last few hundred years (post industrial revolution)hunting was a major role in mankinds existence.
As civilization and city live took hold,hunting became more of a pastime than a way of life.
Then field sports were replaced by arena sports,but they still involved killing- gladatorial games etc.and these were followed in later times by bull fighting etc.
Eventually,society wanted to end the blood letting and modern arena sports were invented,with football leading the way in the crowded Victorian cities.
Morris says that the team work required to be a successful football team is reminiscent of the team work that was required by early hunters to make a kill and thus survive,and that scoring a goal is the modern equivalent of a kill,with everbody happy and cheering when either occurs.
So just remember,the next time you celebrate a goal scored by Mario/Edin/Sergio you are really doing exactly what our ancestors did for thousands of years when they had a good hunt.
But a few years ago when Pearce was in charge, we played Scunthorpe in the FA Cup 3rd round at home.
I took my then nine year old, sat in my normal seat and was surrounded by non seasoncard holders.
There was one lad, probably around 18 years old, sat two rows behind us and as soon as Scunthorpe scored and took the lead, he went absolutely mental.
"Fucking **** Pearce. You fucking twat. See that Pearce, you fucking wanker. Fucking shit. Fucking resign" .....you get the picture
When Fowler equalised, this idiot didn't celebrate, he sat there like we'd lost. Fowler scored a second and this lad got up and left
So to say we celebrate like hunters when our team scores, isn't correct. This lad was more happy for us to starve
Remember in Crocodile Dundee when Mick asked the black chauffeur if he was "Tribal"st. blue said:I had a mate in college, he was a maori from New Zealand.
He said he'd never experienced anywhere in the world as tribal as the UK.