http://www.thisisthis.org/2005/04/21/we-won/ Scattered values and the chance of philosophy. May contain funny. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:49:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 http://www.thisisthis.org/2005/04/21/we-won/#comment-1313 Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:36:38 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2005/04/21/we-won/#comment-1313 [...] I remember being in a marketplace in Gambia a few years back and Senegal were playing someone. Many of the traders had come across from there there there were people crouching around radios dotted around the market. Or when my Australian friend Adam celebrated Tim Cahill’s goal against Japan, I was happy for him, because I like to see emerging nations do well in global sport, but also because I knew he has a connection with millions of people also cheering even though it was on the other side of the world where it was the middle of the night. Also, Tim Cahill plays for Everton, which I support and my dad supports and that’s where are family are from, and you can read more about that attachment if you like and what it means to be a fan. [...] […] I remember being in a marketplace in Gambia a few years back and Senegal were playing someone. Many of the traders had come across from there there there were people crouching around radios dotted around the market. Or when my Australian friend Adam celebrated Tim Cahill’s goal against Japan, I was happy for him, because I like to see emerging nations do well in global sport, but also because I knew he has a connection with millions of people also cheering even though it was on the other side of the world where it was the middle of the night. Also, Tim Cahill plays for Everton, which I support and my dad supports and that’s where are family are from, and you can read more about that attachment if you like and what it means to be a fan. […]

]]> http://www.thisisthis.org/2005/04/21/we-won/#comment-48 Thu, 21 Apr 2005 20:08:00 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2005/04/21/we-won/#comment-48 I completely understand. I'm as passionate about Fulham - it runs in my blood and has done so for many generations of my family. Relegation gives me more sleepless nights than any other worries do. And I'm a girl so I'm 'allowed' to cry, but some games me and all the men around me are crying or nearly so. Desperation. Who said it's a game for thugs, if its the only place men are socially allowed to show emotion? I completely understand. I’m as passionate about Fulham - it runs in my blood and has done so for many generations of my family. Relegation gives me more sleepless nights than any other worries do. And I’m a girl so I’m ‘allowed’ to cry, but some games me and all the men around me are crying or nearly so. Desperation. Who said it’s a game for thugs, if its the only place men are socially allowed to show emotion?

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