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<blockquote data-quote="RoosTah" data-source="post: 631936" data-attributes="member: 12207"><p>Fascinating post Conrad. But it doesn't really surprise me, as that seems to be the dynamic in most soccer mad countries... </p><p></p><p>To some extent though, there is a little bit of that same attitude between Rugby League and Rugby Union in NSW and Qld in Australia (in the other states it's just all Australian Rules Football, with pockets of support for games like league, union and soccer). </p><p></p><p>In Sydney and Brisbane rugby league is the game the working class guys played, while union was mostly a private school game until union went pro (it's now got equal representation in public schools). So there used to be a bit of ****le between League and Union, but it's not much anymore - it's generally more toward soccer.</p><p></p><p>Growing up soccer was the most derided of the sports though - if you played it, it was because you were a ****, a wimp or a girl. Now there's less of that, because people used to cop it big time if they played soccer, they all have a massive chip on their shoulder about it and have become the most insufferable group of sports fans in the country.</p><p> </p><p>Funnily enough, when you said that soccer fans in Argentina hoped for the Pumas to lose I actually identified somewhat, as most League and Union fans I know actively hope the socceroos lose all their games, because here soccer is a sport for posers and ******s basically who think they're in a country like Argentina, but generally come from the middle class themselves. In a sense soccer in Australia is the game of choice for people who hate sport - it's like a protest vote.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RoosTah, post: 631936, member: 12207"] Fascinating post Conrad. But it doesn't really surprise me, as that seems to be the dynamic in most soccer mad countries... To some extent though, there is a little bit of that same attitude between Rugby League and Rugby Union in NSW and Qld in Australia (in the other states it's just all Australian Rules Football, with pockets of support for games like league, union and soccer). In Sydney and Brisbane rugby league is the game the working class guys played, while union was mostly a private school game until union went pro (it's now got equal representation in public schools). So there used to be a bit of ****le between League and Union, but it's not much anymore - it's generally more toward soccer. Growing up soccer was the most derided of the sports though - if you played it, it was because you were a ****, a wimp or a girl. Now there's less of that, because people used to cop it big time if they played soccer, they all have a massive chip on their shoulder about it and have become the most insufferable group of sports fans in the country. Funnily enough, when you said that soccer fans in Argentina hoped for the Pumas to lose I actually identified somewhat, as most League and Union fans I know actively hope the socceroos lose all their games, because here soccer is a sport for posers and ******s basically who think they're in a country like Argentina, but generally come from the middle class themselves. In a sense soccer in Australia is the game of choice for people who hate sport - it's like a protest vote. [/QUOTE]
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