American Reacts to That Mitchell and Webb Look - Football

American Reacts to That Mitchell and Webb Look - Football
In this video I react to the Football sketch from the show That Mitchell and Webb Look. I think most folks can relate to either side of the conversation in this depending on whether your the football fan or the non football fan.
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[@edgarlee2802]

If your team wins its, "WE played brilliantly" and if your team loses its, "THEY were rubbish."

[@patrickholt2270]

That's how teamwork works.

[@marvinc9994]

EXACTLY the same in Politics - and the dumb voters who think THEY can make a difference !

[@1993joeking]

There’s quite a lot of people who aren’t football or even sports fans in the UK

[@susanhughs1031]

People Who Don't Like Soccer,/ Football Well I'm Sorry BUT That's Their Own Fault, ,!!!! I Was In My Late Teens In The 1970's And Highbury, Was To Far Away, And At Least Four Out Of Five Saturdays I Was Working, BUT We'd See Some Football Fan's Going Through Paddington Station, !!!! The Last Time I Went To Arsenal Game Was In 1979' Against West Ham, Two Arsenal Fan's We're Killed On The Escalators At King's Cross Station By West Ham Hooligans, Arsenal Won 5, 0, I Left The Ground Five Minutes Before The End, So I Could Get Back, !!!!!!!!!, Safety,!!!!!!!!, I Was Very Inconspicuously Dressed,!!! Kept Me Head Down, !!!!!, I Hope All Of You Are Safe At Football Grounds, Although Most Of The Holligans Are Now Goon,!!!!!!,. I Hope You Mr Symems At Electric Beard Reaction Channel Can Read This Post, I Wish You Well Healthy 👍🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, My Own Countries Sport," ( Like Religion,") Rugby Union,!!!! If You Could EVER Get To To CYRMU 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 And See A Rugby Union Match Especially Against The English,! !!!!!!!! Good Luck To You Keep Safe And Well Healthy 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿,.

[@MrsMillwall]

Yes weirdos!

[@DavidUKesb]

Boxing and cricket for me. Football is wank these days.

[@MatthewLenton]

There are people who watch rugby instead (for some strange reason)

[@annalieff-saxby568]

Never watched a football (aka soccer) game, or a boxing match for that matter, in all my 71 years, but I like village cricket, rugger, judo and flat-racing.

[@ironduke3376]

Mitchell & Webb are not only very funny in what they do, they’re very clever and intelligent in how they do it. Highly underrated.

[@24magiccarrot]

I don't think they are under-rated as much as the cast went on to do other things before the show could really gain traction, they only made 24 episodes.

[@lauz-im3ov]

Plenty of people in the UK don't like football. There's also lots of fairly casual fans who might also feel represented by "I'm not that into it"... people who might watch the final of a major tournament, or be vaguely interested when a match has a surprising result (like, very high scoring, or a top club gets beaten by a minnow) but will rarely if ever go out of their way to get football content. I love football. I also love Mitchell and Webb 😊

[@tommy5675]

David Mitchell has amazing Angry Logic and he wields it masterfully

[@tonygriffin_]

Mitchell and Webb are always funny. Literally every sketch is great. They also had a 9 season series called Peep Show, which is worth checking out as it too is excellent.

[@iamdb1990]

I love Mitchell and Webb for this kind of stuff, it's relatable from the "I hate football" side of things, same with The IT Crowd

[@lynette.]

Good call.

[@stuartdunn8269]

@@lynette. 9th 88f88

[@kettilkroh3987]

I think one of the funniest parts of this sketch which often gets missed is David's character starts his working day by grabbing a bottle of Scotch and having a big drink

[@palgameruk8996]

I used to work in a pub where this same guy used to come in wearing the opposite shirt to the local lot and was the first to jump into any punch up, funny part was he'd never seen a match in his life but his old man had been a lifelong supporter of the local team and his son never missed an opportunity to bash his team and it's fans cos the old git died before he got the chance to deck him properly... I swear on my life that went on for years until someone convinced him to forgive his father, at which point he was given all his dads old footy shirts going back to 1938 and he sold them for a fortune... but he swore the money had no part in his forgiveness (personally I think it had a whole heck of a lot to do with it... not to mention all the pints helped rosy his memory somewhat ;) )

[@liamspence4334]

Always guaranteed a brilliant video with Alan keep up the good work bro let's gets this guy tonat least 100,000 subs

[@seijika46]

They did a brilliant sketch called 'WATCH THE FOOTBALL!' which had an epic take on the absurd advertising you get for sports channels and the apparent level of obsession expected.

[@iainprendergast8311]

Glad you’re doing the Mitchel and Webb stuff

[@mattitbens]

David Mitchell trying not to speak in his naturally posh accent 😂. Still funny. And his wife is a massively talented poker player

[@stevenrees6015]

I'm in the UK and I can't stand football. How people can take it so seriously is beyond me.

[@2old4gamez]

22 millionaires kicking a bag of wind for 90 minutes while being shouted at by a couple of million referees :D

[@2old4gamez]

@Christopher Horner Do you hear that 'whooshing' sound? That's the joke going over your head.

[@theaces3697]

@Christopher Horner i would say football is full of overpaid people kicking a ball of air around, rugby is different its way more physical and demanding, a rugby bloke gets taken and hes fine, a footballer gets lightly tapped and is on the floor rolling around screaming footballers should be paid the smaller amount that rugby players gets, and rugby players should be given way more also you cant really call them the boring anti football types, thats like me saying oh the drunk overweight hooligan football fans (although in my area that does seem to be the only ones who are into football)

[@jurgenklopp64yearsand79]

@@theaces3697 They’re paid in relation to what they generate, if more people watched rugby they’d get paid more

[@stevendonovan7564]

@Christopher Horner Rugby fans tend to have a sense of superiority anyway because diving isn’t a thing in rugby. That tends to be the only argument as well

[@frozengamer3030]

These guys are a great comedy duo.

[@cutthr0atjake]

I'm from the uk, but I'm not a football fan. The only sport I like is Rugby League. :-)

[@g.e.889]

I'm from Australia. I love both football and rugby league. Go Parramatta 😁

[@ddaddy1775]

Check out their scene "OK....Not This". You'll be in stiches!

[@markriley5863]

I must admit I say we and us when talking about my football team (Wolverhampton Wanderers) it is a familial thing. Your football team gets in to your blood.

[@tripledistilled2822]

As long as everybody recognises my part in saving all those people from that towering inferno I don't mind.

[@patrickmcgough2416]

My brother overheard someone at the game saying “I always stay to the end, mainly so that I can boo them off”

[@TheProdigy1982]

Your laugh and your channel is a perfect marriage.. it was meant to be.👊🏻

[@jonnytheboilerguy8458]

Another brilliant Mitchell and Webb sketch. But Why Liverpool? Lol it’s hilarious and also pretty factually correct! Something all the bigger teams I won’t mention also have to deal with!! Lol it’s like adding wood to the fire for the local lesser globally commercially viable rivals! As though we should be sorry our teams have appeal to football fans around the world and somehow that makes our teams some form of sellouts!

[@forbesy8249]

it's football as its kicked with your feet and not thrown with your hands 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kevinbowers4876]

In the uk the crowd at football is often called the twelfth man…

[@Ashamanic]

There is a sort of “we” for people who were at a game, as it is generally accepted that the spectators can at least play a role.

[@MrsMillwall]

The crowd is known as the twelfth man, you have seen how we can affect at match.

[@donkfail1]

As a non fan of team sports, this has always been my fav TMaWL-bit. You probably get too many, but other great Mitchell & Webb stuff: Are we the Baddies - kzbin.info/www/bejne/np-Uh6uXgqqdiLc The Death Ray - kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnnKlp2JeK2Fn5o - Why is war so easy to make fun of? Bronze Orientation - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKrYZahpi7-Ml7M - How come I'm usually a chipper when this happens? The Quiz Broadcast - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGPQpWOZi96Ka8U - Not as funny when in lockdown... Gift Shop Sketch - kzbin.info/www/bejne/bX6ppZ9ojb2hi8U - Explains perfectly why I stopped watching TV broadcasts 15 years ago.

[@spencebnew]

The whole we thing was killed for me when the super league was mooted. It made me finally realise how unimportant I am to the club. Now my we is Gloucester Rugby, not a premier league football club. Just the rugby club ten minutes from my house by bus.

[@stephenhumphrey7935]

Good video, I like the way you correlated it.

[@Melisandrei]

They did another sketch on Football which you should check out also! Very very good!

[@wesleyrodgers886]

Been to a football match once. It was cold. It was raining. It was boring. Never again.

[@philford1730]

I have heard another way of describing sports fandom as essentially rooting for laundry, ie you root for the human who happens to wear the laundry you root for

[@rusrad74]

Another non football fan here, I prefer golf! I also like this channel xD

[@22patch22]

That's hilarious. I used to watch Mitchell and Webb and I hadn't seen it before

[@Codex7777]

You should check out their other football one, about sports channels hyping their football coverage. :)

[@MrMann0123]

And Mr Webb is on Strictly right now whilst Mr Mitchell is married to the incredible gorgeous and intelligent Victoria Coren. And there are plenty of us non sport fans

[@ljdmanxfella5793]

A lot of people in the UK and the US are often shocked to learn that over the last 10 years, the total number of soccer team season ticket holders, i.e. across the whole of the UK has never risen *above 300,000 each year.* In contrast, in the 10 years between 1960 and 1969, the total number of season ticket holders across the whole of the UK never fell *below 9,000,000 each year.* The main reason for this massive downturn in numbers is the perceived greed by the clubs and their directors, and the often extortionate cost of season tickets in general. Soccer used to be a working-class sport for working-class men who were paid working-class wages. Not any more! For the 2019/2020 season, Arsenal were the worst offenders, charging their fans £2,013 ($2,738). And don't forget, that only gets you entry to home games, none of the away games. The 2nd worst offenders for bleeding their fans dry were Spurs at £1,895 ($2,578). Then Chelsea at £1,250 ($1,700), Man United at £950 ($1,292), Man City £900 ($1,225) and Liverpool charging £869 ($1,182). Meanwhile, Covid or no Covid through the 2021/22 season, Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to earn a *basic salary* from Manchester United of £996,000 ($1,354,000) *per week,* plus endorsements and sponsorship deals worth an *additional* £790,000 ($1,075,000) *per week.* That's £92,872,000 ($126,305,920) *per year!!!*

[@lmcgregoruk]

Probably a lot more people watch soccer on TV now than in the 60's though, I mean a Sky Sports(or whatever Premier League games are on) probably costs quite a bit. Also in 1958, the MAXIMUM weekly wage for a footballer was £20, which got scrapped in 1961.

[@spankflaps1365]

Banter between Darren (Liverpool fan) and John (Man U fan) I heard at work: Darren: When I was at John’s house I used the bathroom. There was a Man United towel, so I didn’t wash my hands. John: That’s funny, because I also have Liverpool FC toilet roll, and I use it all the time.

[@philipr1567]

That reminds me of the old chant: "Arsenal. Arsenal, you're not fit to wipe my Arsenal"

[@damianleah6744]

Great reaction too 🤣🤣

[@richardcook9794]

This sums up most Fans

[@itsonlyme9938]

I am from the UK not a football fan my self but to some its a religion some even scream at the TV if some player misses a goal.

[@groundhoglife]

I live not far from Liverpool and I don’t follow football, I’ve always followed motorsports. My older brother used to take me to watch motorcycle races while a lot of my friends went to the match. Since then I’ve followed the Isle of Man TT and other races including F1.

[@lordcharfield4529]

Do you engage in any other stereotypical Scouse behaviour like petty theft, burglary, mugging and/or dole scrounging? I don’t mean to be rude Dave……just asking 👍🏼

[@groundhoglife]

@@lordcharfield4529 😆 I’m not a scouser I’m what the scousers call a woolly back as I’m from the Wirral.

[@lordcharfield4529]

@@groundhoglife I thought you might say something like that but I didn’t know there was a name for it 😆 - It’s similar to “you’re not a Cockney unless you’re born within the sound of the Bow Bells” kind of situation! Thanks for explaining. BTW, You could still get some good money for those F1 tyres, although they’re probably a b1tch to sell! 😉

[@groundhoglife]

@@lordcharfield4529 lmfao 🤣

[@stingersplash]

We aren't part of the team but we are part of the club.

[@franktriggs]

Classic Mitchell and Webb sketch. I'm also from England, and never watch football unless WE are winning in the world cup lol. P.S. Would you mind if I share your reaction here on one of my live streams?

[@petrahall7031]

Love your reactions. Please react to “My Name Is Ackle Ackinckacker!” with Michael McIntyre. :)

[@coot1925]

I've had the same conversation with people at work. I asked them if they use plastic or metal studs (cleats) in their boots & whether they are knackered after chasing the ball around for 90 minutes. I don't really find football (that's the game where you kick the ball with your foot) very exciting. 22 blokes chasing a bag of air about. I prefer motor sports.

[@bujin1977]

Yes, there are people here who aren't interested in football (soccer). Such as me. Couldn't care less about it.

[@CaptainCalculus]

He's kidding of course...everyone in the UK has a football team

[@jonnytheboilerguy8458]

Alan if ye like Mitchell and Webb please give “the surprising adventures of sir digby chicken ceaser” sketches a reaction It’s amazing and I’d love to see if it goes down as well as it does here

[@markkelly9621]

I love football. I think it is fine to use "we" and "us" so long as you do it when the team is doing badly as well as when they are doing well (or should I say when WE are doing well).

[@PatriciaKelly-gz7vg]

E.B please watch “Football Pundits Fall Out” by Armstrong and Miller it’s absolutely hilarious.

[@AncientHermit]

I seem to be having a Margo Leadbetter moment. (q.v.)

[@glo0115]

I will watch some international competitions intentionally and if it's on at someone's house or a pub, I'll watch. But generally I root for the underdogs but indifferent to the result. My dad used to take me to forest games as a kid in the 80/90s (Inc Hillsborough and Wembley twice) but I was never into it as much as he or my brother are. Was always more fun to play with my mates at and after school, than follow religiously.

[@bernardthedisappointedowl6938]

Good Lord football and virtually all team sport is mind numbingly tedious - couldn't agree with David's character more, ^oo^

[@everythinggamingnow]

im british and ironically, much like david mitchells characters, my family are big spurs (tottenham) fans, watch every game, get emotional in close games and whatnot, yet i couldnt care less. I'll go along and watch a game with em for fun because its nice to see them enjoy it, but i'm not a fan of football at all. If i had to say what team i "support" it would only be in a jokey way, i would say i support rotherham united since i used to watch a kids show called chucklevision and they loved rotherham, infact i think they where made honorary members of the club or something

[@annother3350]

up until the 90s if a guy admitted he wasnt into football he'd generally be regarded as a wimp or possible homosexual

[@TheEclecticBeard]

Not a very nice way of looking at someone. It was the same way around where I live though. If you didn't pull for a college or professional team you were looked down on by a lot of folks.

[@bikeanddogtripsvirtualcycling]

was that David Mitchell, the comedian who supposedly lives in a castle with a moat ? you should listen to some of his rants on the panel show, "would i lie to you"

[@nottmjas]

As much as I love cricket and rugby, I don't define my life as a supporter of the clubs I'm a member of. They're only irrelevant pastimes at the end of the day.

[@milanondrak5564]

I must be an alien, I'm not a fan of football. I don't even watch the world cup. I love Rugby though and watch every match I can.

[@supermariomaker2glitchhunt329]

We’re all massive football fans in my family. 1 of my sons & myself are reds (Liverpool) hubby & my other 2 sons are bitters (Everton). Unfortunately for me, we live the back of Goodison (Everton’s ground) 😩.

[@maxinehayes7721]

I'm a City fan (Bristol City) and have a season ticket, sometimes go to away games too. I do love it, even though we are generally rubbish. I'm not particularly interested in the Premier League, it's far too over hyped for me. I've found that people who do actually go to games are generally interested in the ground and it's history, the nearest pub and what food they sell (usually pies), all makes for a good away day!

[@susanbusby5779]

I'm not a fan of football .This is really what it's like at work . Some days I want to scream . Peace

[@januzzell8631]

Nope - not a fan - never have been! More a rugby person

[@bujin1977]

Yup. This is me too. And a lot of people who go under the banner of the Ddraig Goch! 😁

[@antonyevans9772]

Nice profile pic! I actually prefer footie but I do love rugby.

[@elaineshakeshaft2830]

Love football❤

[@andyp5899]

Has anyone recommended for you to react to Fascinating Aida?

[@souldreamer9056]

I lived in the Uk for 10 years. I don’t enjoy watching football (or any sports), and I can attest that there are: 1. British people who don’t like football, like me. 2. British people who enjoy football only during important events like the World Cup or cup finals. They may or may not have a favourite team. 3. British who are casual football fans. They are fans of a team, and occasionally glance at the league tables, but they don’t watch every game. 4. British people who are full-blown “football is my religion”-type football fans.

[@pauljackson2409]

I assume that you put the categories in declining order of intelligence.

[@souldreamer9056]

@@pauljackson2409 ha ha. Good one. Yes indeed.

[@lextex3280]

I'm one of the few who isn't interested in football. Apart from having to sit through a few games with my son when he was younger (never taking any interest though) The last game I fully watched was in about 1986. Lol. 😂.

[@W0rdsandMus1c]

That recent! 1966 me, and I never had the desire to watch again 🤣

[@lextex3280]

@@W0rdsandMus1c 66 was just before I was born. Lol. 😂. 86 was when I left home, 😂.

[@W0rdsandMus1c]

@@lextex3280 Not because of football I hope 🤣

[@lextex3280]

@@W0rdsandMus1c I wish it was. Lol. 😂.

[@lottie2525]

LOADS of people in the UK don't give a shit about football. It's utterly tedious, as is most sport.

[@ennesshay5040]

Even better is ''Mitchell & Webb - Watch the Football'' kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6bWqoJtf5ecpK8 (it's a BBC clip, though. So..?)

[@keithcharman4133]

Check out numberwang and they also did a sketch where they’re nazis and realise they’re the “bad guys”. Great clip.

[@annedunne4526]

There are millions of us who would be happy if football was never invented

[@davidrenton]

i went to the closest School next to the Highbury Arsenal stadium, everyone in the school inc teachers supported Arsenal of course, me couldn't stand football at all, which makes it funny is they had a Raffle for a Signed Arsenal football at the time, of course I win it much to the displeasure of everyone else

[@davidrowlands441]

I liked the wit. 👍

[@firefox5926]

3:50 unless your tea,m loses in which case all that we drys up real fast ... and suddenly it becomes they ... they should have dont this he should have done that ..

[@geordieboy8945]

Is it just me, at times it looked like he [Mitchell] was looking at script prompts?

[@deadcatthinks6725]

There's plenty of us here that don't/won't watch millionaires falling over blades of grass...give me rugby any day.

[@petervenkman69]

I am of the opinion that "True football fans" support teams that typically do badly. As I couldn't give a toss about football, there is a joke with my friends that I support whichever team was top of the league the previous year. (Unless it is Man Utd, even I wouldn't stoop to supporting them, so then it would be 2nd place)

[@ian757]

Actually, although it’s not entirely true there’s a bit of a class division in England regarding football and rugby. The stereotype is that people who follow football are mostly from the working class and that rugby supporters are from the middle and upper-middle classes who all play it at their schools. Of course, many rugby supporters are working class people as well and many middle class and upper middle class love their football but generally you’d find that the make up of a rugby crowd is very different to that of a football crowd.

[@philipr1567]

Rugby Union is more of a middle class school game than football, but Rugby League is a northern working class game.

[@ian757]

@@philipr1567 That's absolutely right. mea culpa for not mentioning that distinction! We played Union at my school and being a soft Southern Jessy I didn't even think about League which was very remiss of me. Apologies!

[@philipr1567]

@@ian757 As a "southern softie" myself, I didn't discover Rugby League until it started being covered on TV. My school offered a choice of "soccer" or "rugger" - I decided to try rugby (union) until I discovered I was even worse at it than football.

[@deadcatthinks6725]

A big difference between football and rugby supporters is Rugby supporters are allowed to mix together at games, some football games require the fans to be separated.

[@ian757]

@@deadcatthinks6725 That’s right. The nearest you come to any kind of aggro might be at Northampton but when that’s more banter really. Neath was pretty intimidating to play whilst at University. Their players were definitely out to be physical and the crowd was baying! 😎

[@markshaw270]

Nope not all of us. I hate football, but I would be happy if England won the world Cup. But that's a whole other story 🤣

[@j0hnf_uk]

Tribalism is a thing. Feeling that you're part of something that you're not personally involved in, but feel some kind of affiliation due to a sense of belonging, whether it be geographical or whatever other attachment felt. It's true that not everyone is, 'into', football. I've got a passing interest in it, but am not as mad about it as some are. The international tournaments generate a bit more interest than usual, but other than that, I'm fairly passive. My local team not being the best there is, might have something to do with it, though..

[@kingstumble]

I have a very mild interest in football but I don't support any particular team. Other sports interest me a lot more.

[@marshgatelaneposse]

I must be spocks brother then

[@skasteve6528]

There are men who don't like football. They are often cricket fans, rugby fans, music fans (some people fall into more than one category), or those strange people you see at bus stops, muttering to themselves. I used to go to matches almost every week, but now, I'm more likely to be at a bus stop muttering to myself.

[@colinhughes916]

Love Your 💘 Videos Your the Best UK 🇬🇧

[@SuperSpatman]

I've got nothing against the game of football, but I can't stand the people that think it's even slightly important. I'll enjoy a game with some mates, but then they'll ruin it by going on about formations or fucking transfer windows or some other banal shite. The "we" crowd is very real and ridiculous.

[@helenwood8482]

Football baffles me and most of the rest of the female population of the UK. I love this!

[@allenwilliams1306]

I don't like Association Football. I never have. Even as a kid I never kicked a round ball around with other boys. I couldn't see the point of it then, and I don't now. I strongly resent the amount of media attention given to it because it is so very boring.

[@w00llee14]

Hate football, but love ice hockey! Only British sports league I care about is the EIHL :) Let's go Cardiff!

[@TheEclecticBeard]

Ice Hockey is one sport I know absolutely nothing about.

[@w00llee14]

@@TheEclecticBeard Haha, it’s all good! All I can say is watching it is worth the time. Even going to see it in person is worth the money.

[@gazriley624]

Liverpool have always been the biggest team in Britain

[@Topshaman-pk2rx]

I'm obviously an alien then as I live in the UK and have absolutely no interest in football.

[@leonbrooks2107]

A huge amount of people in the UK are not football (soccer fans) where I live on Wales your are called gay for enjoying football over rugby. 🤷‍♂️

[@himarkburdett9378]

Anytime you in the mood for a reaction on British history where's the Chelsea pensioners a well-known intuition here in the UK, I suggest a video called an introduction to the Royal Hospital Chelsea

[@pauljackson2409]

I'm a Brit and I hate soccer for that very reason: the idiotic tribalism of the fans. It ranges from the stupid but harmless 'I'm a 'proud' Liverpool supporter' (as if it was some kind of achievement), to mindless pitched battles between rival fans, causing actual bodily harm and even loss of life.

[@matspurs1629]

us Spurs fans get this alot

[@carlhartwell7978]

According to Statistica (from a survey of 6k people in 2020) 61% of adult females and 38% of adult men never watch premier league matches. This could mean that a proportion of those simply exclusively watch other leagues, but that has to be a small number. I think it's fair to say the vast majority of those are simply adults who just have no interest in football. 6% and 19% for regular viewing of matches respectively. So that's about half of UK adults who are interested in any way, and around 1 in 8 who watch the premier league regularly. So no, far from 'everyone' in the UK are even remotely interested in Football. There are of course always going to be a fair number of people (such as myself) who cheer on England when they play in a tournament, but I suspect, like me, they also wouldn't answer yes to the question _Are you a football fan?_ Because no conversation could really follow from that answer!

[@Thats_Mr_Random_Person_to_you]

I'm not a fan of football (soccer) don't watch other than big tournaments. I watch rugby, but even then only international tournaments.

[@mattsmedley.onehandedgamin9029]

Every single comment under here about NOT liking football deserves a thumbs up 👍

[@mattsmedley.onehandedgamin9029]

Yeah, I don't do football. Don't see the point, just give them a ball each and stop all of the arguments.

[@lizthompson9653]

Only football i watch are the euros and the world cup 😁

[@claratrevlyn5304]

You're fine calling it Soccer. It's an English word from the 19th century, routinely used in the UK until at least the 1980s, when for some reason it fell out of fashion. It comes from Oxford "er" slang, where words were truncated and "er" added to the end - like "rugger" for Rugby football, "brekker" for breakfast and "fiver" and "tenner" for five pound and ten pound banknotes.

[@stingersplash]

Still used by Sky Sports every Saturday too.