AMERICANS REACT Football Fans and Atmosphere: USA vs Europe
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Thank you for watching our reaction to "Football Fans and Atmosphere: USA vs Europe"!
This video provides a fascinating look at how football (soccer) fans differ in passion and atmosphere across the Atlantic. We saw some amazing displays of support and unique traditions from both sides. What are your thoughts on the differences and similarities between football fans in the USA and Europe?
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don't listen to the haters
You do great😊
If I drive from the North Cape to Lindesnes. Most southern part of Norway...it'd take 36 hrs just driving....
But no countries in Europe are that big/long.
I've driven from Tuscon Az, to BC, CA. in early February. We had 2 nights in Hotels. All we did was drive. Only stopped to sleep, eat, fill fuel etc.
I, long ago, Subscribed and really like you Guys and I enter my 8th decade this month. I have attended 1,777 matches from London though none of these clips are from England. Most fans stand all through the game in our*compulsory) All Seater Stadiums and the ans are, heavily, segregated even departure times. Many of these clips were fans watching their team AWAY from Jome in another Country like The German opening March in Belgium, the Swedes in London.The Greeks in England etc You are NOW ready for "World's Greatest Football Fans/Ultras:Europe" You will have your mind (and ears) blown:)
Hopefully i dont sound Hatefull, i live in america past decade and half. And first thing I notice, is society is suppressed they are constantly afraid. And ofcouse that gun violence might be problem why people are in edge. Basically all spaces are under surveillance and you are constantly observed. And in stadiums you cant even bring flares, it would be like terrorist threat for Americans. Other thing Americans are constantly on rush and they don't even create meaningful friendships. American never tell you truth, He say you have nice shirt instead of saying truth the you wouldn't want to wear it. They will never say you gained few extra pounds. And when they give promises they hope you forget that and if you don't forget they act like they forget. And I'm not saying is that good or bad but those are definitely major differences. AMerica is individualist society and they constantly seek advantages over others often expense of the others. This personally hardest for me to live America I don't have American friends. I have few friends from Italy and few various African countries, not not a person who has born and breed in america.
I advise you to watch, ultras way of life. So as to better understand what culture is like in Europe
in europe is like " hello what is your name "" and then goes " what team u support".
and remember no one change the team he supports
u support a team from age 5 to the end of life
THAT!!
Its also an easy icebreaker when you meet new people.. Because nearly everyone has a team they support, or at least know / feel sympathatic to
Your Teams are Franchises that move around all over the country, our teams are in the community they were started in over 100 years ago
Exactly, makes it hard to compare... I mean its more or less a religion "over here"
Had a guy telling me the following that i think is quite true/compareable
In USA = Business
in England = Lifestyle
Europe= Religion
ENGLISH teams? Arab money... Emirates...Etihad... Russian money.....
@@user-ju1qd3ok2g yea they are owners, but every major club is in the same city as they started! They dont take over a club and then move it to the other side of the country!
@@MarkEvans22that is correct. But the owners and some of the players used to be local. . .
@MarkEvans22 , I think the game is slowly maturing here in the US. In 2018, the MLS club in Columbus, Ohio was bought by a guy that wanted to move it to Austin, Texas. The supporters in Ohio exploded. The commissioner of MLS stepped in, convinced a pack of local millionaires in Columbus to buy the club, and told the (then) current owner that he'd award a franchise to Austin if dude would sell it to the locals. It worked. Club didn't move.
You're right about MLS being wedded to the US 'sports league model', though. These days, your city is not awarded a franchise without blueprints for a new multi-million dollar stadium in your pocket. IMO, that's the main reason we don't have promotion/relegation here. It's not just that there's not enough football (our 2nd tier league mostly plays at university pitches, there's no sense of belonging to the community)..it's also that these club owners haven't paid all that money to be relegated. We're 'a work in progress', I think. Maybe in another 50yrs?
You recognized it correctly. In Europe it is more intense because the crowd is part of a history that goes back thousands of years. Cities and regions used to fight each other on battlefields. The battlefield has been replaced by the football field, but the duty to defend the ancestral territory remains.
Perfect explanation. Also the historical origin of the hedonistically violent even murderous subculture within football culture in some countries, worst in places with the most recently ended civil wars involved between the fans' ancestors, e.g. Rangers vs Celtic.
In USA you go to SEE a show
In Europe you are a part of the show
should have far more upvotes
*That's why WE really don't need any pre-match "show" at the UEFA Champions League-Final.....that's just a crazy idea of the UEFA to gain more attention from overseas regions like North America. Real football club supporters and Ultras just need to hear the official UEFA Champions League Anthem and WE are hyped to the max.* 🎵⚽🔥
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"Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that." Bill Shankly 😎♥
Europe has a bigger land area (3,910,680 sq miles) than the U.S. (3,531,905 sq miles). But also Europe has 700 + mil. people vs. US 400+ mil. Thus Europe is more dense. In Europe we fought each other for thousands of years and all this fighting spirit is now seen into sports. In Europe not only football atmosphere is like that. You should check out basketball, ice hockey, handball also... In Europe sport clubs belongs to their community, and communities in Europe always fought each other...
@RazvanCostea1977 My point was the US is one Country while Europe is made up of 50 Countries
Does that 700 million include Russia and Turkey?
@@RNTV Америка је сад једна земља, иначе се састоји од 51 државе! Тако да и ви имате доста држава...
@@readsomebooks666 It includes the European part of Russia, which is around 110 million.
American fans are customers of the company that owns the club and provides entertainment services. European ultras think that they are actually the club, the players can leave after a few years - but for the ultras it is generational. The clubs in Europe are institutions and often have names related to their region's identity. The fans are territorial and they think that they defend their city or "castle." The ultras think it is their duty to intimidate the opponents. The European way is more aggressive, but it is also more "authentic".
The video was actually quite tame as far as Europe is concerned. You can check Top Ultras in Europe or Ultras - Our Way of Life. It can get much more extreme.
We are becoming "customers" too, most clubs are now foreign owned and might as well be franchises.
Bring back proper standing terraces and let people in with banners and flags like it used to be.
Funnily enough most american fans don't view themselves as customers. Especially in sports like hockey or football. The biggest difference that's often overlooked is just the fact that we have literal stands. The people in the seated areas aren't much more passionate than your average american fan. It makes a huge difference. I would bet, if you'd make an all standing arena in the us, the atmosphere would be mental as well.
@@MrVillamike *Not in Germany.* 🏟⚽🔥
@6:55 the stadium is build to bounce, to not break from the weight, just like a skyscraper swaying a little, to counter the wind...
I am a retired structural engineer and you are correct that stadiums are designed to allow for what is called impact loading from fans synchronised movements/jumps. Stands do move in the same way that tall buildings sway under wind loading.
The "come on Seattle" guy has the audacity to have a scarf that says ULTRAS on it.
to be fair, that video is more than 10 years old... let's cut them some slack.
@@raistormrs
How do you know?
The video they're using says uploaded 2 years ago.
@@DerEchteBold just google the come on Seattle guy... TH-cam doe not like links
@@raistormrs
Thanks!
Yeah, the links thing is a weird one here, sometimes they work and sometimes not, is there a rule to that?
@@DerEchteBold I think the uploader can set up if links are allowed and the channel where you post links can disable links as well and outside platform links won't work anyway and since it's a pain to try and figure out I don't link anymore.
In Europe or South America, A club, not a franchise, is in your blood from father to son.
react to "ultras our way of life" and "THE BEST ULTRAS VIDEO EVER (Ultras World 1M Special)" - see real football fans
Also pretty interesting:
"My FIRST GERMAN SOCCER GAME!! *INSANE*" by Conner Sullivan
First part one
th-cam.com/video/MOj8h5Ptfu8/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
After that the 1 million special.
one thing to remember is that football(the real kind, I mean, sorry!!) in the USA is relatively new, there isnt the tradition or the history that teams in the Uk or Europe have.. I imagine that in the US, you support a team because it's local, and its sort of the thing to do, whereas in the UK or Europe there's more than a century of history behind most teams, grandfathers passed that support and fanaticism down to their sons, and those sons passed it further on to THEIR sons, so that supporting "Your" team is part of your DNA..it's tribal, it's in your blood, and it always will be. my father began supporting our local team in 1926, when he passed away in 1992 I had his ashes scattered on the pitch at the stadium he loved. I started supporting my team(Portsmouth FC) in 1958, and I still attend every home game, 65 years later..it's tribal, it's intense and its very very different to the USA because football is not so traditional or deeply ingrained in the US psyche, Baseball and American football are your major sports, and I think that the American view of the sport is rather different to how the rest of the world sees it... as demonstrated by the differing displays of support shown in these clips......in the US, I imagine supporting football is what you DO, while in Europe and the UK, supporting your team is what you ARE.....for instance, when a local fan here in Portsmouth chants "I'm Portsmouth till I die" he MEANS it...........love your reactions too! keep up the great work!! Best wishes and regards from the sunny south coast
Also, 'soccer' in America has an academic approach to it, rather than a sport which has grown out of the tired blue collar neightborhoods. It was a sport for white University students primarily, while in Europe - and the rest of the world, it is the sport for the working classes, blue collar workers, and the poor.
Yes, it always blows my mind that an American "soccer" team can have 96 on their badge and it's referring to 1996, not 1896. I suppose it's the reverse for them. But it's quite possible in Europe to be a 3rd, 4th, 5th generation fan of the same team, and for the football team to be a big part of the town's pride and identity. And for most places that are like that, football will be the main sport with no close rival.
It helps being a one club city too and an island city PUP
UK is Europe. Just saying.
There is also the factor that here in Europe, OUR teams are not franchises. They will not just one day get bought up and moved to a different city
The fact you play music in the stadium is crazy
Mmh ? In europe there's music whenever there's a break 😅
In all fairness guys,here in Europe,we have a 140 year headstart on you so passion and deep deep history are a given everywhere over here.
There’s loads more crowd activity that would blow your mind,especially when the flares get going and it looks like the whole stadium is on fire!!
But for sheer passionate football madness,have a look at the Argentinian clubs fans,they are on another level entirely,but the whole world is passionate about the beautiful game.
Get on board.
This video didn't include any of the crazy pyro and firework stuff fans do in some countries (not so much my own, but Turkey and Greece for example) which shows a cultural difference in terms of safety regulations and enforcement, too.
guys the reason you dont get the same level of chants in america, is because your stands are mixed, fans from apposing teams sitting next to each other, that could not happen at a footbal match in europe, it would be a blood bath, so when you see the chants, and everythig else, its because its the same fans in that area, also there is more passion in europe towards your team, every town and city has a team, you dont choose your team, your born into that team, through good and bad times,
That made me laugh about the dialect, or accents lol, here in the UK, the accent can change a few streets away, every county has its traditions, slang, accents, even 10 mins from one place to another can be totaly different accent
Pish
Can drive 5min down the road and the local accent changes! The UK is a very unusual land and can surprise even those of us who were born here!
@@stevenmclaren2730 Why pish ? You obviously have no idea of what you are talking about !!
yeah i was thinking the same i am from germany we are smaller than texas and the north east west and south dont understanding each other then the people speak in they regional dialekt (often not even the same langaue like low-german in the north or serb in the east and then you compare this to a country so massiv like the usa there are almost no differnece in the culture between the states that matters....the differnze betwen washington to florida (how are the distance? 3000 km? sorryi dont no miles :D ) is so small compare to the differenz than you travel 100 km in europe
@@stevenmclaren2730 explain
This level of passion isn't just europe, it's the same in south America and i have seen similar passion in Africa.
In Europe this is Passion, War, the fans defending the colours of the teams... It's beginning outside the stadium, before, during and after the game
You have to remember that the rest of the world has been playing football for hundreds of years the fan base is enormous. in the US it is still young and not got the fans yet
just just to give you the passion, im from the UK, small island, if you count all the footbal teams, including juniors, there are over 7000 teams, just in the UK, not counting the european teams also
And you haven't won a world cup since 1966
first reaction of americans on this specific topic that I really enjoyed, you were so open and interested and tried to understand the culture behind it. Love it!
Hey guys, italian here🇮🇹...you can't compare Us and europe! In the Us football is considered a minor sport ...for us europeans it is almost a religion!
Very enjoyable and interesting thoughts from you guys, I think I'm gonna subscribe. I'm British and not a footie fan myself in the sense of following a team and watching it regularly, but I respect the artistry of the game well played and love how passionate the fans are and the community work many clubs do. I meditate and some of these fans are having a communal flow state, spiritual experience in my opinion, it is like a communal trance dance.
Let me tell you something. This year Euro 2024 will be in Germany from 14/6 to 14/7. It's going to be crazy. Air travel between different countries is quick, a few some hours. If booked in advance with low-cost airlines, they are super cheap. Teams only play every 4 days. Everyone already has the centenary of travel. Every 4 days they go from their country of origin to Germany and back. Stays are much more expensive
It's always a pleasure watching US Americans step out of their bubble! So satisfying to see, that you're willing to learn more about the world outside of 'murica! Keep it up you two beautiful people! US football scene is already evolving, which is really great - let's see where you are in 5/10 years.
Subs out!
Check out the Atherstone ball game if you want to know the history of football
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Naaa that stadium is buildt to bounce.
If it had been stiff it would break but they made it flexible instead.
"United Kingdom has been established long before America ....they rally....".But they said that exactly to PSG,exactly when was writen Paris on the screen.Go in Paris and tell them that they are british 😂😂😂😂😂
i'm sure thats how the 100 year war started😂😂
No bigger insult !
(To the British)
They're looking for war 😂
If you want to see early football that's still played today.
Atherstone ball game. They brought in a no killing rule... now it's only hurting people thats allowed... boooo 😢
❤ from Northeast England ❤️
As always , great content
Hey, the main difference is the length of soccer event (2 hrs) vs baseball, football or basketball events ( > 3 hrs) and soccer is continuous vs american sports that are paused.
Thanks ,I really enjoy hearing about these differences
for eindracht frankfurt the stands are design to do that and it is alot of fun being there and feeling it happing
U guys got love for the game and love for a player. We in europa have passion and dedication to one club for the rest of out lives no matter who plays there.u guys switch team to support just because of the love for a player.that is the big difference. And we got the hard core supporters who not have a say in the club but a influence to the club with the clubs listen to ❤
you can fly to many european countries, holland, france germany spain for around $40.00 each way. if you book flights only, or look for late deals and stuff,
a video you should check out if you have not, the channel tunnel, you travel europe from the UK in you car without getting out of your car through the tunnel that goes under the english channel, i have been on it 10 times, well 20 if you count each way
USA: "Let's grab a hot dog and have fun ^_^"
Europe: "TO WAR!"
Aye, of cousre Americans would fit right in if they came. All people do 😊❤
❤ from Northeast England ❤️
Just recently discovered your channel ,and love what you guys are doing .
Ps have you googled Jimmy Saville yet😂
Love the videos guys. I’ve watched your TT videos you might want to watch Guy Martin TT crash 2010 how we get out is a miracle from the old man in England UK.🇬🇧👍🙏
Foot ball is where the foot comes in contact with the foot for every play not once or twice in the game like in American/ Canadian " hand" ball where most of the time the hand is in contact with the ball.
im french good video for our supporter ....we have sometimes violence ;;;;listen the song of supporter of LENS in france
Passion is the game
Yes the scale of the US is massive but Im a Brit living in the Australia which is the 6th biggest country in the world very close behind the US and most people here have been to multiple countries around the world. I reckon the US is so full of (stuff) that most people in the US feel that they don’t need to go anywhere. Which the rest of the world find that unadventurous and odd because 95% of countries have people going out to see different countries. Where as most people don’t even have a passport in the US which is kinda mind boggling
Fun fact: all this is happening during the game and not the half-time show (besides the national anthems sang at the beginning of an international game)😉
And: this are still every day examples and not even the Ultras (especially from the Balkan) or Basketball games.
That fight and win dude looks so pleased with himself
i am so proud that Malmö ff made it into one video of this kind and it was even on a away match so FRAMÅT MALMÖ HEJA DI BLÅE FRAMÅT MALMÖ HEJAA DI BLÅE
As you like chants, please, watch 90 thousands Australians "You never walk alone" Liverpool FC song. Amazing.
the funny thing is that American tourists are known for being easily recognizable by their reckless conversation volume on trains, cafes and pedestrian streets in the city centers. Perhaps Europeans need a place where they can leave all consideration behind and shout out their joy of life.
if they are in the same division when you come over try a Millwall v West Ham game you will have wonderful memories!
I think you need to watch ajax fans singing 3 little birds. It will leave you shocked. My personal choice would be a busker in lyon singing for the fans the way they respond is amazing.
My country Wales has been inhabited for 29,000 years so there’s a lot of culture and passion we’ve picked up on the way it sounds bias but the Welsh really are some of the most passionate prideful people you’ll meet 🏴🏴
Am UK first time wat hen loved your channel see u soon not a football fan but UK passion is earth moving the atmosphere unreal but can be dangerous at times if u stand in wrong place wat hen it can scare u if u don't join in join in its life changing see u soon lo e UK marlee from Merseyside liverpool
Some of the Europe’s clubs is over 100 years old, so it’s generations that have been in the clubs. Young and old, we grow up in the club. The club is your family to, and the ultras is counted as a member in the team. It’s not only fans!
And to get a picture of a game here, imagine the Middle Ages when to countries went to war against each other’s, that is what it’s all about.
Thanks for the video. Maybe first thing to study is the size of Europe. I lived and worked in six different states both east and west coasts, north and south and visited almost every state during my 15 years there. Pls, come to "Europe". I think you would love it here.
04:45 this is my team, this is my city. COLOGNE 💪
And just to add to your point: my city was founded over 2000 years ago. Also we don't use any hit songs or "I believe that we will win" like wtf? We have our own songs, and rivalry between local clubs is INSANE. It's like preparing for war
Hey, I am from the Uk, but dont bother about the haters. We love you guys.
I, long ago, Subscribed and really like you Guys and I enter my 8th decade this month. I have attended 1,777 matches from London though none of these clips are from England. Most fans stand all through the game in our*compulsory) All Seater Stadiums and the ans are, heavily, segregated even departure times. Many of these clips were fans watching their team AWAY from Jome in another Country like The German opening March in Belgium, the Swedes in London.The Greeks in England etc You are NOW ready for "World's Greatest Football Fans/Ultras:Europe" You will have your mind (and ears) blown:)
Seattles N. Longbottom is the best. Even Dumbledore miss him.😂😂
Btw first eu-team bvb marches through the streets of belgium. BvB: we are coming.
Belgium: omfg not the germans again.😂😂😂
That is exactly who he looked like to me! So glad someone else sees it!
Is part of it the demographic of the audience. For example, here in Europe soccer tickets are still affordable for working class people to attend every game. Plus, even though you'll find families in the stadium, a majority of the chanting groups are male between say 15 - 35 with exceptions of course. Also, the stadium is very carefully segregated so away supporters are grouped in a small section of the stadium and there's no access to the home supporters areas.
On TV, US sports look like there's way more women and kids in the crowd and therefore that real aggressive energy that fuels the chanting perhaps is more diluted in the US stadium.
Many stereotypes have been mentioned here but it's difficult to get a point across online without resorting to stereotyping (for me at least).
I believe the Americans are getting there I saw one game where 5hey were chanting "its called soccer" made me smile
England V Us right? World cup
@@GGames826 I only saw a quick clip but logically that would make the most sense
Worth searching out Liverpool FC fans singing “you’ll never walk alone”.
It’s not the sport, it’s their team that they are connected with, passionate about. Greeks , Italians and Swedish and Germans probably the most energetic!
I do not know enough about American Sports culture so please do not take this the wrong way. You have eluded to a couple of things which I believe to be right. In essence I believe that the USA sports structure, your franchise model, cannot be compared to the deeply rooted tribalism in europe. The fact that an American Football team can be uprooted and play in a different City, for say economic reasons, is totally, TOTALLY unthinkable in Europe! From whichever city you come, you support your team. That is what most footabll supporters in Europe do. To even suggest that the club might be moved to a diffrent city?? You are starting world war 3 here. This strong connection between you and the club you support, is the foundation for all the passion which you've seen in this video clip. It can be absolutely emotional, a roller coaster. Actually, there is nothing like it really!
You guys need to react to eurpean ultras which are the hardcore fans! They are the biggest reason why on some games hundreds and sometimes up to thousands of riot police get dispatch to keep control over the situation, cause if the two groups of ultras would see each other total carnage would set in pretty fast. Also a reason why in some cases the fans of the different teams are fenced of from another inside the stadium and are not allowed to enter/leave the stadium at the same time.
the moving of stadion is intentional cuz it abzorbes more force and is because stronger
The question is, are your friends passionate about football or about a team. That's a huge difference in Europe. The team is the town or city, in some cases, growing around a football/soccer club.
Possibly makes a difference
Ooh u should watch Stephen Fry in America BBC 6 part series, where he goes to all the continental states in a London taxi
15:50 the cultural diversity of the UK is way bigger than the US
Check out Celtic ( parkhead stadium) , when they play a champion league match ..will blow your mind 😊.
Its pretty much like a simulated war..like the middle ages
city against city
war chants with your comrades..
If you go to a football match in the UK or Europe. The game is high speed, high intensity, non- stop for 90 mins. The whole stadium becomes like a pressure cooker. Whereas if you go to an American football game. The play only lasts a few seconds, then it stops for a minute. This happens over and over for 3 or 4 hours. So you spend most of the time eating & drinking or chatting. It just doesn't have the same momentum. Your heart isn't pounding so hard. So you don't sing/chant with the same vigour. It's all down to intensity.
You have to look at CBS Champions League, best TV show. And whatch Callegher at the Stadium in Dortmund!
Well Europe does have the jump on the US because Europe set up it's clubs and leagues in the 1880's-1900,and developed the game ever since.
This is the difference between a sport that has been embedded in to the culture for 100s of years and where it's a way of life. Where it's the centre point of its community. To a sport that is just now starting to get its spot light on it. That's the difference between Europe and America. In Europe, football/soocer is a way of life and has been for centuries where America is just now starting to get football in the mainstream.
About feeling free: That stadium where the stands are bouncing is in Germany, we are famous for being strict sticklers for rules. And we are, when it comes to building codes, instpections and engineering... BECAUSE after that's taken care of, we can let loose and go nuts and the stadium won't collapse on us.
I think you can generalize that attitude towards the whole culture and the different types of freedom we cherish. In the US, there are few regulations and the social fabric is very short term. Every stranger is possibly either your murderer or your next BFF, that limits what you feel free and safe to do.
I’m not a Liverpool fan,BUT, if you come to England to see a game,tale a tissue and listen their anthem”You’ll never walk alone” you’ll be amazed. Ps, love your reactions 👍
These games are especially true in a big European game such as the European Champions League. Where big clubs from England, France, Spain, Germany, Italy well all European countries visit each other to play. The Champions League is the biggest footballing event after the World Cup.
The first few clips of American fans could've easily been filmed in the UK as several fans here sing the same songs. The Seattle guy with a mic is an Internet legend.
Good video, but on the size of America thing, I’d been to 20 countries before I was 21 & I’m from Australia. Been to 70+ now and we are a 20hour flight from most places outside Asia.
Watch the beauty of football
We Europeans are fully behind our clubs. Football is a really big issue here and the fans, no matter which country they are from or which club they belong to, live for their team.
just a fact for you guys, there are 11 states that are bigger than the UK, texas arizona for example
You must go to your friend in Liverpool and attend a game at Anfield on a European night. There is nowhere better.
Send you love from Romania❤❤❤
For the UK, Europe and South America football is part of the DNA - the clubs were built from local clubs and whilst the stadiums may have been rebuilt they will still be in the same areas that they originated from. It is an almost tribal thing
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as a american explained to me once, to americans, going to a sports game is like going to a theatre, to europeans, it's like going to war. i find this to be the most accurate definition of the main difference.
edit: stadiums in europe are also different places as there is always a element of anarchy to it in europe, like the thing with banning people from a stadium with their pictures up and all, never going to happen in europe. sometimes, rarely but still, it happens that security tries to apprehend someone on the stance, which is a very stupid idea that only ends in violence. as long as the crowd is on there, they are one entity and not to be messed with.
Also the difference is the way Clubs are associated with their communities, most known example would be Barca as the symbol of hope for the catalonian independence, when people talk about not wanting politics in sports, they don't understand where clubs came from, there are clubs formed around industries by workers, take Schalke in germany, the old mining towns club still, to this day, has the "Glück auf" (luck up) motto of the miners hoping to come back from the mines safe still as the clubs motto as well even though there is no mining for a long time, it is still a part of the club. Celtic Glasgow was founded as a means to feed the poor, workplaces during the industrial revolution are quite often the beginning of a club, famous among those are the gunners, Arsenal london, founded at the royal arsenal in woolwich as a means to excercise in 1886, still carrying the cannon as a symbol and of course the name Arsenal. so when fans do feel a sense of ownership, it is rooted deep in the clubs history and hard to deal with, in germany it is even a rule called 50+1 that does not allow one entity to own more than 49% of a club, thus making majority ownership impossible.
The thing is with football (soccer) in the UK, the passion goes from the premiership all the way down to the local non league clubs
you have to realise that the football teams in Europe have been going for 100's of years so its bread into the fans from a young age through generations its fairly new in the states I see a lot of people mocking the use fans but at least they are trying and hopefully it will build to something similer to what we have here
Love your videos,i live in the UK,if i were to travel 40 miles down the road the accent would change,i think are more than 200 different accents here. America i have heard said is 52 different countries because it is so big, Hawaii is different to Alaska which is different to Texas,but are the same country
Gotta love the Icelandic "Thunderclap" ❤ 🏴
Especially when they beat English. That's was fantastic seeing England lose. And I'm English 😂
football quite literally is one of the things that could unite hundreds of thousands to even millions
The passion is related to identity. The teams in Europe and South America are very old, they have been building the sense of community for 80, 70 , 100 years. In the opposite , in the U.S. football is new. Wait 30 years and it will be different as it is today.
I understand what you are saying, but Argentina, where I am from, is also a very big country, and compared to Europe it is also very young, and yet the soccer public in Argentina is even more passionate than those in Europe. The same thing happens in Brazil. And that's without getting into what is a stadium recital in Argentina, what is totally crazy.
I leave you a sample video.
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You should get your mate to take you to a liverpool champions league home game because that ground has the best atmosphere in the UK
What i think makes the biggest difference is the rivalry between countries, provinces, cities and even neighborhoods. Because the distances are smaller between teams the supporters can easilly travel along to away games and help their team with chants. With how far teams are apart in the US an away game is a lonely afair. If the US would have every state have their own competition (minimal 18 teams) and the winners would compete with eachother on a national level after that you'd probably have a start from which the rivalries grow.
Downside to the rivalries in Europe are football hooligans who have entire brawls to "represent" their team. With how lax the US gun laws are compared to the EU i can see that turning into shootouts if US football hooligans meet.
How long is the actual play in a game of American football? From what I understand it would be the same as trying to watch a play in a theatre where all the actors suffer from a stutter. :)
I could drive into England in like 1.5 hours, Wales in 5, Northern Ireland in 3 and Southern Ireland in like 4.5 hours. Going to France Belgium Holland etc easy in an Afternoon by air. you can get to any European capital by air same day. Football fans would not blink to go from Scotland to Portugal, Germany, Spain, Croatia etc to follow their teams.