Explaining FOOTBALL ⚽️ to an American Football Fan! 🏈

[@lukessportsacademy]

Hey guys, let me address this here. In many of my livestream watch-alongs, viewers have commented that Tottenham have never won any trophies. While viewers have been immensely helpful in my journey, I should have done my own homework on this matter. However, knowing this new information further solidifies in my mind that the Spurs are like the Cowboys in the EPL. (Although United are probably a better equivalent)

[@fitah47]

Hold up did you just say united are equivalent to spurs

[@haruna2601]

@@fitah47 he meant to cowboys

[@fitah47]

@@haruna2601 he said spurs are like the cowboys and in the "brackets" he said united are a better equivalent 🤷 so....

[@jomorazero]

Luke, I think a cool video idea would be for you to get members of your community to represent a club (I'm an American Arsenal fan and would love to represent them), and you almost have like a speed dating style show where each representative gets to try and convince you to root for their team! I think it would be super funny for viewership and would get you directly listening to a member of each fan base. I mainly just don't want you settling on Spurs so easily with only months worth of knowledge about the sport 😂

[@ezekielduran4386]

@@fitah47 He meant how they finish year by year united is more closely related to cowboys than spurs are to cowboys. He considered the spurs a cowboys equivalent because they constantly disappoint their fans and get their hopes high every summer. He has never experienced a championship for his cowboys. Although they have won 5. 1st overall jan 1967 following 66 season. If he did he was too young to remember cowboys winning. Their most recent was in early/mid 90's. I'm a bit older I think and I like broncos. They won 97/98 their first and I was almost 5. Barely remember it though. So he doesn't remember cowboys winning ever why he thinks spurs are similar to his cowboys. But Man U like cowboys because long big history with no recent success. Hopefully that helps

[@datsj2152]

1 minute into the video and I just wanna point something out. The fact that football is a low-scoring game makes it so much more special and enjoying when your team scores. It feels earned. Especially a last minute winner.

[@dario1538]

Especially if there is a nice build up play or counter play

[@yohanespaskal9352]

@@dario1538 juve fans enjoyed last min penalty lmao

[@tars3249]

Jorginho vs Villa. Or should I say Martinez technically lol.

[@datsj2152]

@@tars3249 a hell of a game

[@deanthomson2713]

Exactly, that's what American's don't get lol

[@kian72olner]

Given that your knowledge of the sport is limited and Cory’s is non existent, I think you explained it very well. There was no major flaws in your explanation. Just little things that you’ll learn the longer you follow the sport. Like there is a mini play offs for the final promotion spot, but when you’ve been following the sport for what, 4 months, I wouldn’t expect you to know that.

[@vistiilmore7735]

Names i can recommend are Peter Drury, Martin Tyler.

[@nez6341]

The premier league doesnt have that. Different leagues have different formats. For example the swiss league have playoffs. The german have relegation in which the 3rd last and the 3rd in the second division play eachother in uefa champions league type game

[@MyHaytem]

To be honest, who follows 2nd division football?!

[@liamspencer9107]

@@MyHaytemevery club has fans bro

[@nez6341]

@@MyHaytem A lot. They dont have 20 to 30k avg attendances for a reason

[@dandychiggins7240]

Luke is gradually becoming Football Jesus in USA, I can picture him in a few years going around the country wearing a robe, enlightening people about relegation 😆❤️⚽️

[@lukessportsacademy]

Feels a bit blasphemous 😅

[@bobbobskin]

@@lukessportsacademy ah man

[@malizolenjabulohabana7020]

Can we at least say "the gospel of Luke"?

[@etme1000]

@@lukessportsacademy There are many ways to serve the Lord, brother. Doing your job well, in whichever situation you find yourself, is the first thing. And doing it in service of others. (The "little way" of Therese de Lisieux.)

[@yousuck6222]

The UK was playing organised soccer while Billy the Kid was running round

[@cristiangarcia1260]

One HUGE difference that is almost never mentioned is the fact that most football clubs, even some of the most successful and historic ones are not own by a single individual or a small group of rich guys and did not began as a business. Most started as the sports club of their communities or their cities a century ago co-owned by hundreds of neighbors who are also members and to this day can go and use the club's swimming pool. That's why they have strong ties to their cities and never ever move away.

[@Wickerrman]

Indeed, and moving is still very much frowned upon, see MK Dons for an example of how that just doesn't work in this country lol

[@zarzaparrilla67]

Real Madrid is an example, the club is owned by its 90000 (more or less) members

[@SatumangoTheGreat]

Not sure if that is true outside the UK, but that is pretty interesting.

[@Feyenoord-el8ip]

hence the passion

[@jorgeaugustocornetquintana3549]

Yes, it is also the case in South America. The clubs have membership and the owners are all the members. The presidents are the ones who change from time to time. @@SatumangoTheGreat

[@unhuevo2441]

I think that supporting a team is not something you choose but something you feel, so don't think much about it because one day you'll realise which is your team

[@deanc6664]

Agree with this, many of us are born into supporting a team, for those not of the local area, it can be a certain player that plays for the team that makes you the fan, but then you're a fan of the player rather than the team and when he moves on, you do too. I'd never recommend to jump onto an established winner like Arsenal, Man Utd, Man City or Liverpool because there's no journey that's going to attract you to the passion of the game. That said, you need to watch a lot more football to find a team, one who's style of play resonates with you, where the fans resonate with you. Though in my experience there are only a few areas where fans give off the ultra, our team means everything to us in England. It's mostly seen among teams in the north east regardless of division, and possible to find in other places - never really seen it among the 'big 6' clubs

[@iTa66]

​@@deanc6664 exactly. I support my home town team, even when they ended and a few years later they began with a different name and everything. Hopefully this year they will reach the first portuguese league. They're currently at the 2nd place. My 2nd favorite portuguese team is Benfica. I'm from Lisbon so, it was either Benfica or Sporting. Outside of Portugal I can't really explain the reason why I support a team over the others, but I know video games had a major impact. From England is Liverpool, from Germany is borussia Dortmund (because of the colours), from Spain is Sevilla FC (I love the city and its people), from Italy is Fiorentina (because of Rui Costa), etc

[@YellowSnowIsBadForYou194]

its like cats, You don't really adopt a cat as much as she is choosing You, it just kinda happens. And while I advocate local patriotism in soccer, I do not mind when someone supports club that is not local or even in the same country.

[@samuelpinder1215]

@@deanc6664 hartlepool and stockport have better fans than most prem teams

[@Turtlefast235]

I'm from Colombia, the rule of thumb is that you support the club from the town you were born, or grew up in, and you hate the club that's the closest geographically. Of course family allegiance is very strong too, so if your parents relocated to a different city from were their beloved team was, and you were born there, then most likely you'll end up supporting your parents team. Good explanation btw, keep spreading the football gospel!

[@lperea21]

One of the things that soccer/football fans from abroad find mind boggling about American sports: that a team in the USA can move from one city to another... 🤯. That's just unthinkable in club soccer.

[@jbarnes1544]

It has happened, the most famous was moving Wimbledon to Milton Keynes to become MK Dons in the early 2000s. They're quite a hated club for it as people saw it as the franchising of the club like in the USA. As Luke has seen from Welcome to Wrexham, the football club is as much a part of the community as anything else and to tear that away from people and to move it 60 miles away was sick.

[@PLF...]

@@jbarnes1544 It's not as much the club being part of the community, the club represents the city they play in by extension. Sure players now most often move to the town to play for the club, but the tradition is that the town competes with other towns - and here it just happens to be football as a proxy of any competition between the towns/areas/regions/countries. Moving away makes very little sense in that regard, since the fans are not tied to the organization per se. Also why most football clubs don't have nicknames - it's about the geography, there is no need to interject a character to give the team physical manifestation/substance, it's the other way around.

[@SWalkerTTU]

​@@PLF... That's a bit more like high school football in Texas. Here in the Permian Basin the two largest sports facilities are stadiums for high school football.

[@adrianpallis4568]

There was a swedish team called Cafe Opera. It started as a team for the employees on a Cafe in Stockholm called Cafe Opera, they started back in the absolutes lowest tier but they worked up until the 2nd tier, just below top pro league, stayed there a couple of seasons and went down again. Can you imagine a Cafe team do that.

[@actionalex3611]

Not a regular coffee shop though. More like a very old famous club/restaurant.

[@VillaFanDan92]

Love how passionate you are explaining this. I've never had that experience with football because there's no one in the UK who doesn't know what football is. Everyone has already decided whether they like it or not. But I have definitely had moments like that about other things, where you just hope you have the words to explain how much this new thing you've discovered now means to you.

[@GarkKahn]

It's like explaining to aliens the concept of breathing, you know how it is but it's hard to actually put an explanation into words

[@lofilipeta]

The loaning system is pretty much a way for top teams with good young players who would otherwise have few oportunities to play on their teams, to send their players to minor teams where they can play frequently and get experience and improve themselves. There are some conditions that can be negociated, but it is common that the team who gets the player pays for his salary and they have to field them a mininum number of games in the duration of the loan. So usually these young great players who would not play much on their teams, become the main players of smaller teams, but they can come back to their big team when the loan contract is over and be used there when they need him or he proves himself

[@MrZAP17]

The flipside are fringe players who are no longer considered good enough for the first team but can't easily be sold for whatever reason and might still be good enough elsewhere. If you can loan them out and get them off the wage books for a season it's better than just letting them rot in the reserves, and if you're lucky they might improve.

[@cazza09]

Only thing I would add to this, and it's just because there was mention in the video of loaning out for 3 or 4 games, is that the amount of time a player is loaned out for is usually 6 months or 1 year at a time. This is basically half a season or a full season. There are cases where it can be longer than a season, or very short term (emergency loans). But these are not the norm.

[@toribiogubert7729]

​@@cazza09 yes. Due to the transfer windows is not common to loan for less than 6 months. Unless some pretty dire cases like when Chapecoense's plane ceashed, so teams send them players or they wouldn't be abble to end the season.

[@stuartcarden1371]

My Team is Brighton and Hove Albion and back in the 90s they were one loss away from dropping out of the football league completely and going out of business. 30 years later, after all kinds of wandering in the wilderness, they are 7th in the Premier League, ahead of Liverpool and Chelsea - Promotion and relegation can be brutal but it also produces incredible stories like ours. #BHAFC

[@lasrocker1]

I've only been a on and off watcher of Football, but recently started to follow the results a tad bit more. And having spent a year in Brighton felt it only right to support them. Been keeping a side eye on them for the past couple of years and a tad bit more intently this year. So glad at how they've been doing. Truly hope they managed to finish at least in the Europa this year!

[@pumpkinconkers5049]

Brighton and Hove Albion are the best team there is from the bottom to the top congrats on making it to the Europa league

[@stuartcarden1371]

@@pumpkinconkers5049 thank you! It feels bizarre. I'm only just getting used to them being in the Premiership lol

[@pumpkinconkers5049]

@@stuartcarden1371 you and me both! haha it's amazing

[@xAndresxRojasx]

> "back in the 90s" > 30 years later SHUT UP NOOOOOOOOOOOOO Seriously though, seeing freaking *_Brighton_* of all clubs qualifying to Europa League above Spurs or Chelsea this season was just magnificent. Congratulations, and may the good times endure!

[@rednaskela4830]

Loan deals usually in the duration of six months to a year. Normally it's the poor clubs that loan talented young players from the bigger clubs to get match experience, normally they don't pay the club they loan from but they usually cover the player's wages. When big clubs loan players it's usually with a "buyout clause" they can activate at the end of the loan deal, also it's usually some money being paid to the club for a good player. Joao Felix recently made a loan deal to Chelsea and they supposedly paid Atletico €11 million for six months and supposedly no buyout clause which is rare. If there is a buyout clause in that deal Chelsea would most likely include another €90 million if he's valued at 100 million.

[@jonisilk]

Spurs have won stuff, but not in years. The won the league and the cup (a double) in 1961, but apart from that, they've won a couple of FA Cups in the 80's and early 90's and a league cup about 15 years ago.

[@backfisch3411]

You forgot the almighty Audi-cup

[@The-ReptileKeeper]

8 fa cup wins

[@kiyopon5654]

@@backfisch3411 🥲🥲

[@RudyCantGame]

Didn't they win the Europa league (or whatever it was called then).

[@jonisilk]

@@RudyCantGame oh yeah, I think they won that in '84

[@clytemnestra]

Very wholesome - I love watching other Americans get into the game. There’s something really special about how global football is.

[@geoffmelvin6012]

The absolutely key thing is clubs are named after places and always have been. At heart they represent those towns/neighbourhoods and are an integral part of them. You would not see a team relocate from one city to another as some have done in the USA.

[@stuartmcivor2276]

Ahem - Milton Keynes Dons - admittedly they're the only ones.

[@v4vendetta237]

​@@stuartmcivor2276yes but the uproar was epic. There is still bad blood about that today.

[@sntm87]

​@@stuartmcivor2276 Yup. And it will never ever happen again. MK Dons. Warra team

[@DuckyVanya]

Really interesting video! One thing I will say, as a Tottenham fan, is Tottenham definitely have won significant things in their history, just not any time recently.

[@iamrobfromcardiff5515]

Yes Champions League (for clubs) is a lot like the World Cup in terms of format. It starts with the group stages where you can afford to maybe lose one game and still progress in to the knock out stages, but after that it’s knockout format.

[@kiyopon5654]

even if u lose 2 games u have a chance to qualify

[@Maciek80511]

More like Euro Cup as it's for European club champs. Of course, the format is the same as World Cup :)

[@MatiasJaruf]

You can even lose a game in the knockout, win the other and qualify for goals difference and that makes it a lot more exiting

[@jorgelafayette5833]

It is like the World Cup, except that at the Champion's League there are two legs at the knockout stage, except for the final, when it's a single game. As I'm sure you all know, in the World Cup, at the knockout stage it's a single game only.

[@luciopcamp5367]

I love how you describe relegation . I'm a San Lorenzo fan , we where colse to relegation, but managed to come back and not only avoid relegation but win 2013 toreneo inicial, and 2014 Copa Libertadores de America(south americas version of the Champions league) . The rollercoaster of emotions being at the lowest you can be and then wining the greatest title you could wish for.

[@sntm87]

My team won the cup, and still relegated 😅

[@hannibalbarca3341]

Let me guess, wigan?

[@nicholastaylor9687]

Your equating of the Champions League to the World Cup was spot on. Works exactly the same, except for the group stages having Home and Away games.

[@Fredddddddd]

U should have have watched Barcelona vs Man Utd despite being in the europa league it was a great game and had double the viewership of the psg game

[@cowboybill.2433]

Man U rules!🤘🏻😎💪🏻

[@etme1000]

About the salary cap and money part - you should however look into the German model, or the Spanish one. Unlike the Premier League model, in Germany a rich guy can not just go and buy or make a team. Because of the neighborhood and historical roots of the teams, and to keep this dimension of sports (which sport-lovers prefer), in Germany more than half of the executive board of any club (or of their owners' assembly council) belongs to the fans. So no commercial investor can own more than 49% of a club - the rest belongs to the fans. Also, German clubs have a historical tradition of being very careful - and the Federation is very strict - about their money; ie they can not spend more than they make, and most of their income comes from fans buying things, club performing well and getting paid for their results from the league of UEFA etc. So a club should not rest on artificial "legs" - but on actual fans base, and popularity, and sporting prowess. I prefer this, to the English system where some rich sheik from Dubai can just pour billions to create his favorite team. However, what counterbalances this problem in the English case is that the fans are deeply attached to the clubs, and historically, and often they turn against the owners, if they seem to do things only for money etc.

[@tars3249]

The english system is abused by wealth absolutely and financial fair play is a joke. The game's almost gone because of all this. I say this as a fan of one of the richer clubs in the premier league (Liverpool) that this money thrumps all attitude that infests the sport is killing the game in many ways.

[@Tomurow]

Great explanations! It’s also worth mentioning how British/European clubs are geographically locked and totally embedded within their respective communities. That adds another dose of reality to the sport and ultimately keeps things grounded. Football is life!😊

[@stephenlee5929]

Up to a point, MK Dons (Milton Keynes), were Wimbledon. More historically Arsenal moved from South London to North London (were Woolwich Arsenal).

[@MrZAP17]

I think the MK Dons exception only hammers in the point more because it was such an anomalous event that everyone hates them for it.

[@toribiogubert7729]

Yeah but it is not only UK and Germany. In pretty much every place in the world is like that. Most pro teams in the world became from clubs. Here in Brasil most of the tradicional old came from rowe clubs.

[@dionysise5008]

As a European the craziest think about American sports is teams moving around cities. Vancouver Grizzlies became Memphis Grizzlies, so how it's the same team I don't get it

[@mannym7849]

Luke you’re explanation to your friend is EXCELLENT dude! Shows how much you’ve learnt and I can see how much you love football ⚽️ keep up the fantastic work! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 I always love the business end of the season when promotion/relegation are sorted out as well as all the major domestic and European cup finals. American sports especially the MLS would definitely benefit from the introduction of an open pyramid system like a majority of the world’s football leagues where promotion and relegation is in operation. It would seriously be the best thing ever.

[@forrodellorto6344]

This is kind of off-topic, but to know the magnitude of what football means to fans around the world, check the photos and videos of the Argentina national team reception after winning the world cup. 5 million people went out to the streets of Buenos Aires, and the players had to be taken by helicopter because the bus couldn't move any forward. By the way, great explanation. Your enthusiasm and the way you are sharing this new passion are amazing.

[@gianmarcobracalello460]

Great idea!!! Make him react to The Beauty of Football having you explaining him the importance of the goals in that video is a perfect experience to introduce him into the world of football

[@KaladinAndSyl]

Make him😂😂 chain him to a chair what do you mean by “make him”

[@gianmarcobracalello460]

@@KaladinAndSyl ahahahah sorry English it's not my first language 😂😂 I meant" KINDLY make him"

[@KaladinAndSyl]

@@gianmarcobracalello460 it’s fine it’s not my first language either😂

[@wetyuckfella]

I absolutely love your channel. To see the magic of football reaching wider audiences is just incredible. I support Brentford FC, you should check out their story. A proper family club, plucky underdogs, owned by a lifelong fan and defying the odds in their second season in the premier league by being 8th, not having lost for 10 matches and all with the lowest wage bill in the league. I think you'd like them.

[@mrgameboy6261]

they really put up a fight against the big six this season, having 3 matches won, 4 draws and only losing once (3-0 vs arsenal back in september)

[@Garybaldbee]

C'mon you Bees!

[@morgzarella]

Luke would love the Bees!

[@wetyuckfella]

@@morgzarella Fully agree! Unfortunately not a lot of epic fan edits on youtube lol

[@markdnffc]

Forest fan here. Used to love going to Griffin Park back in the day, (two seasons ago!!!). Never any trouble that I saw and a pub at every corner of the ground!!! A lot of Forest fans like the awayday at Fulham, but I prefer Brentford.

[@shortone9131]

when you play you know it's so hard to score a goal even when playing with people that got no skills at all, so i magined how hard it is to be a professional footballers and that's why watching world class player doing their thing is so enjoyable and satisfying.

[@BadgerOff32]

You mentioned how any group of mates could start a team and get promoted through the leagues, a story like that is actually happening right now. There's a team in England called Hashtag United, and they were started about 7 years ago by a KZbinr called Spencer Owen. The team started out as just a group of mates playing glorified friendly (or exhibition) games, but they ended up getting such a huge online fanbase after 2 years that they applied to join the English football pyramid. They were accepted and were entered into basically the 10th tier, and they've now won 3 promotions in 5 years, and next season they will be in the 7th tier of English football, 2 tiers below where Wrexham were playing this season. AFC Wimbledon also rapidly rose through the leagues fairly recently. They formed in 2002 after the original Wimbledon were moved 60 miles away to Milton Keynes and renamed themselves to MK Dons, so disgruntled fans started a 'Phoenix Club' in protest. They joined the 10th tier, and 9 years and 5 promotions later they were in League 2 (the lowest professional league). 5 years later they got promoted again to League 1. This season they unfortunately got relegated to League 2, but they've spent the last 6 years in League 1 and have firmly re-established themselves as a professional club. They also reclaimed their history from MK Dons, including the FA Cup won by the original; Wimbledon back in 1988.

[@Jonathan-ug9yu]

As a life long Spurs fan, I welcome you wholeheartedly to our struggle

[@coralpilled]

WHAT DO WE THINK OF TOTTENHAM

[@cautious_bin86]

I was shocked as well when I learned just one year ago that American sport had no relegation and promotion. That still shocks me even today

[@AlanLindaCumming]

Yeah. There isn't any incentive

[@deanc6664]

I agree, the lack of relegation and promotion is my main issue with American sports, other than it being far too commercialized. I see all the time people in America going on about equality, wanting more of it, and in my mind American sports does not have equality - as to me that means equality of opportunity, anyone can start a team and work your way up. Sadly, some clubs with American owners in the premiership are wanting no relegation leagues, mainly for womens soccer, and have tried to do it in the past but thankfully it wont happen, we believe in equal opportunity sports :) As for nicknames, Liverpool are the Reds.. Man Utd are the Red Devils P.s. You should support newcastle, the sleeping giant has awoken and their rise from last place a year ago to top 4 now and a cup final next weekend against Man Utd is a story worth being on. If there's a team that were once similar to the cowboys, it'd be them. Long rooted history, letting down for many years since the 60's to 1995 in the kegan era where they became a top 4 club until 2004 when new owners completely trashed the club, sold off all the players, etc. Their fans are more loyal than wrexham, the only time they have 'walked away from the club' was to much pain to them and their city to force the owners to sell, since he was ruining the club and the moral of the people with 0 investment, and using it only for profit and it's finally paid off. As for loaning out players, you can loan players out to other clubs for 3 months, 6 months or to the end of the season. There can be a 'clause to buy' where if conditions are met, they owe the loaning club money to purchase the player in full. Outside of a transfer period, only a goalkeeper can be loaned in an emergency situation where a club doesn't have one I believe. There is Financial Fairplay in place, meaning clubs can't spend beyond their 'worth' based on income from TV showings, sponsorships, ticket sales and commercial revenue, and can't make a loss of X amount of money, lot more detail but that's the basics. I'd like to see you both doing watch-alongs on Saturdays and Sundays with random games, let people watch the game while listening to you react to it alongside the game, also the movie Goal is a good watch

[@gracielynn9623]

The two of you guys should go to an MLS game, season starts on Saturday, together and do a blog. You guys can get to see everything that happens right there live and be a part of it. Might be a great learning experience. I also just got into soccer last year with Charlotte FC in the MLS, and just in the last month started following international soccer, Mostly because of welcome to Wrexham. Would absolutely love to see both of you guys more on this channel. Absolutely loved the conversation. I’m also a new subscriber… I just found the channel with this video in my recommendations. I will attempt to explain how the loan system works… let’s say that Manchester United have a really young player, 19 years old, sitting on their bench who might not get to play for a while because they have no injuries… During the transfer window, they can loan him to a team, maybe in Norway, who does not have a lot of great players, so this player will get a lot of playing time. Manchester United will tell that club in Norway you can have him until the next transfer window opens in July and then we get him back. the team in Norway will take over his salary for that six months time period, And then he will be sent back to Manchester United once the loan period is over.

[@mjohn5921]

When people say "low scoring" tell them this: There were two world wars 4 plus 6 years of fighting. tens of millions dying. The most eventful century in history. The development of nation states and the invention of the weapon of doom. The allies won twice therefore the result was a low scoring 2-0. The cold war between the US and the USSR led to the development of the hydrogen bomb, began the age of space exploration and redesigned the map of the world. Neither country scored in the other's net though so it ended in a 0-0 tie. It depends how you count. Scoring is the goal when teams play but the value, the influence, the emotions, the beauty... oh in football that is intrinsic. No need for the score board to see it.

[@omarperez5531]

I think he was talking about the MLS loaning players to European Leagues. Since the MLS ends before the winter some players can be loaned to other teams during the off-season. That's how Thierry Henry was able to play at the Emirates with Arsenal.

[@maelillusionesta9919]

I am not exaggerting but your knowledge of the sport are getting closer to high-level because you thoroughly explained how football works better than all casual fans. Much love❤️

[@DeterminedFC]

lol u cant be serious

[@paulstockton7121]

I recommend looking up the 'soccer' player, Rui Costa. He agreed to be sold by the club of his dreams, Benfica, as they were broke, and needed his transfer money to stay afloat. He then had to play against Benfica and ended up scoring against them and refused to celebrate and instead broke down in tears.

[@iamrobfromcardiff5515]

Nice work Luke - amazing how much you’ve picked up. No sub-contracting, but you can loan out a player to another club for either a whole season or half season - but only as part of transfer windows. There are more restrictions on loaning players WITHIN the premier league than to other leagues and so majority of loans are players heading out to play more regularly than they would staying at their parent club. Eg young player needing experience more likely to get it playing in lower league. Clubs choose between themselves whether there’s a loan fee, any penalties for not playing enough minutes and who/how wages are paid / but crucially the player still gets the same wage - it just depends on who will pay it. Promising kids at 17/18/19 who’ve never played professional minutes for say Arsenal / Spurs can be earning £10k / £15k / £20k a week which would be more than some Championship clubs pay their best most senior players - so there can be a lot of negotiating around who pays what. Eg if Arsenal are keen that player develops and just want them to get minutes in pro football then Arsenal might pay most wages. Sometimes Championship promotion battles come down to who got the best loan players to make a difference - some of these kids are the megastars of the future, and just need a couple of years developing to build that like Harry Kane who played for a few clubs on loan in the lower leagues. Conversely, you might get a more experienced player at the other end of their career who isn’t getting enough football in the Premier League and would prefer to play more regularly in the Championship so agrees to go out on loan. The Championship club might pay say 50% of wages and the Premier League club saves a little of their wage bill, and avoids having an unhappy player around the rest of the squad.

[@thetattedpharmacist3215]

One thing in case no one has said it (I'm sure they have)... bottom 3 from premier League auto drop to championship, however... only top 2 teams from championship are automatically promoted.... teams 3-6 in championship have play-offs to see who gets the final 3rd promotion spot to premier League.

[@calvinflight]

Fantastic video again! The 2nd tier of English football is called the Championship. The top 2 teams at the end of the season get promoted automatically. Then 3rd-6th places then go into the playoff semi finals, 3rd vs 6th and 4th vs 5th play each over 2 legs, the winners will then play each other in the final played at Wembley with the winner getting the final promoted slot. Seeing as promotion guarentees over £100 million, it's one of the highlights of the year in English football.

[@Freehardy]

The Championship play off final is regarded as one of the richest, for a one off game in world football due to the winner gaining promotion to the Premiership. Wembley will be sold out for the game (90,000 for 2 championship clubs). It's normally played around the 1st or 2nd week in May every year. This means, whilst only 3 get promoted, if you finish in the top 6 you still have a chance for promotion. tough on the team who finish 3rd (3rd best over 46 league games) but get beaten in the play off. it happens. regarding a promotion/relegation merry go round, only 1 (Luton) in the current top 6 have never been in the Premier League.

[@samuelpinder1215]

@@Freehardy selling out depends on the size of the team. In league 1 playoff sunderland sold out their allocations of 45,500 and wycombe only brought about 12,000. I think we can now see why Sunderland won

[@kdburner7356]

Its crazy watching the simplest of things blow this dudes mind

[@kdburner7356]

And I still can’t believe the concept of promotion and relegation is so foreign to Americans, when it’s such an American concept in itself.

[@Notmels287]

Amazing video. I’m so glad more people are learning about football/soccer. Wrexham is a very interesting story, but I would really like to see you react to this German club called 1.FC Union Berlin. It’s an amazing story to learn about. Also all of the fans and the way the community has supported its club when the club had no resources to now be competing for the Bundesliga(German league) title for the first time in it’s history.

[@miguelhughes675]

Love this!! As British Arsenal fan its nice to see Football (or Soccer, take your pick) expand its fanbase! I just wanted to bring up that there is actually a form of "subcontracting", called loaning players. Essentially a team is able to temporarily acquire a players services from another club, in exchange for paying their wages, without breaking said players contract at their original club. This allows for teams to develop young players who need game time to develop but arent able to play enough at their parent club to gain experience, or for teams to unload unwanted players with large contracts. Hope this helps!! keep up the good work

[@Ryuriko77]

Just randomly came across this video today and I love the excitement Luke shows. I'd love to talk football with you at some point (and maybe explain some of the things you are still unsure about, like how the Champions League works and if United are actually called dragons), as I am pretty much your European evil twin, being not only a Chelsea FC but also an Eagles fan. So that'd be fun for everyone involved ;)

[@lukessportsacademy]

Cry Eagles Cry! 👎🏼 lol thanks for the comment Mario! Welcome 🙏

[@joshcliff404]

Great vid! Looking forward to see him fall in love with the beautiful game.

[@tanofiskber9645]

Minimum salary depends on the country. Football is worldwide

[@KaladinAndSyl]

Great video Luke! take your time with picking a team, it’s just as you described it you need to look at who you support more when the game is played. I have never been in England and I support Leeds United, a relatively “small” local club. But it isn’t a local small club, non of the Prem teams are. And FYI, Spurs have won silverware in their history, just not for a long time, their last kinda “major” trophy was the EFL cup in 2008. The last time they won a real top top trophy was in 1963 when they won the European Cup (which is now called the champions league).

[@cs3473]

When you mentioned pressure being on the coaches Luke, as of yesterday, with Tottenham firing Christian Stellini, there have been 13 Coaching changes in a league with 20 teams so far this season.

[@camillathomassen8576]

You should do this live. then you can get help from us to answer some of these questions

[@lukessportsacademy]

Excellent idea!

[@neilgayleard3842]

Your mate is right. Players can be loaned to other teams for a month or even a full season.

[@skarpio2000]

Wonderful conversation. Listened to it while I was at work. Enjoyed it immensely.

[@manlikemark9641]

Your explanation of theoretically getting promoted all the way up was good, and a story that has that is the story of AFC Wimbledon, who got from tier 8 all the way to tier 3 in just 13 years

[@stuberry1875]

Yep, good explanation. Wolves also went quite rapidly from Tier 4 to Tier1. And most recently Bournemouth from 3 to 1. And of course, it was only 23 years ago that Man. City were in the third tier.

[@manlikemark9641]

@@stuberry1875 remember City in the third tier, remember watching that game against Gillingham, one of the great playoff finals and only a year after Charlton put me through it against Sunderland

[@mikibv8007]

i absolutely loved his reaction to them running around for 45plus and then only getting 15 minutes rest.

[@ZeDaniel82]

It's amazing to share your sincere excitement at learning about the sport that we love. and now it is interesting (and it will help you) this new dynamic explaining it to someone with less experience. I'm waiting for the reaction. good vibes from Peru! recommendation: follow manchester united, which is at an excellent time to start supporting it because they have reinvented themselves (after a long dark period) with the new coach who is a real genius.

[@raymondhardy8468]

Guys check out Wrexham ,Welsh team in the lower leagues advancing up. Ryan Reynolds yes the Deadpool actor owns them and is a tv series on them. The show explains the struggles too move up the leagues

[@610337]

This is a terrible season to start with as so many things that normally do not happen occurred because of the World Cup. The world up is usually in the summer (about mid June to mid July) and only once every 4 years. Because this last one was in Qatar, they moved it to Nov/Dec. to avoid the harsh heat. If none of this would have happened, then there would not have been such a long break (especially for Champions League). A normal season begins in late August with champions league group stage beginning in Sep and ending about 2-3 weeks before Christmas. Then clubs get about a 2 week break for Christmas/New Years (except the Premier League). Champions league would only be on break from about Dec 10th to around Feb 10th.

[@willmillar2930]

This is awesome luke, hope you too do react to welcome to Wrexham together

[@leaguesmanoframsgate]

Great video! You explained things very well (though I'm sure the Spurs faithful will view things differently). A minor point regarding Corey's question about "subcontracting" players: players can and do go out to other clubs, but it's generally for a whole season at a time. This is referred to as a player being "on loan". It's generally used for players you want to get more match time without disrupting your own starting eleven, so it's common for young players to go out on loan to a side in a lower league or different league to get more first-team match minutes. A recent example from my team (Newcastle United, who are probably the Browns of the EPL, in that they have an insanely passionate fanbase and haven't won anything since Adam was a lad) is Australian teenage striker Garang Kuol, who they signed from Australian side Central Coast Mariners and immediately sent out on loan to Hearts (Heart Of Midlothian, one of Scotland's stronger teams that isn't in the Rangers/Celtic duopoly). I hope this was helpful! =]

[@nickchivers9029]

No hate cause youre new here, but Man Utd are NOT called the Reds, ever. Liverpool are the Reds, Man Utds bitter rivals.

[@VillaFanDan92]

I think he was getting confused with "Red Devils"

[@vaudevillian7]

I’m a big North American sports fan, especially Football, I was never that into soccer as I grew up in a Rugby household and in England especially you’re expected to just like soccer - that wasn’t good enough for me as kid, you need to sell me on it. But eventually it started to grow on me much more and the things you appreciate about it are the same for me. Usually I’m in the US for the Champion’s League Final so I’ve watched a lot of them there, you still get fairly decent crowds in the bars I’ve found - usually quite a few Brits but not all

[@sheen1386]

its not impossible, check out the story of RB Leipzig

[@dangerclose6303]

I think the “3 Game loan” he’s referring to is when “near retirement” players move to MLS for a summer. Not all of them stay past a season, and some only play a handful of games during that season. Good job Luke! I’ve had to have these same discussions with my son and grandson, and a lot of their friends.

[@user-xu3bg7zh9c]

Here in South America we have the "Copa Libertadores" which is the equivalent to the UEFA Champions League. The system of home and away matches in the elimination stages is, in my opinion, much more significant here do to the atmosphere and chantings from the locals. The most infamous condition is when teams have to go play away matches in some stadiums located in high altitude where is way harder to breath, and even the ball acts different because the air difference. Some of this fields are in Perú, Ecuador or Colombia but most notably in Bolivia. Argentinean teams have won Copa Libertadores the most, with 25 total titles, being Brasil the second with 22. However, the hystoric stats show that in the 44 times an Argentinean team has played away matches against Bolivian teams they only have won 8. The 2 match system makes this continental tournaments way more exciting.

[@peterwilliams9601]

Really enjoyed this video. Hearing the passion you have for the game I grew up playing and loving is great. I’m from Wrexham (although I’ve always been a Liverpool fan) and the Racecourse is at the end of my street. Seeing what Rob and Ryan have done for the club and town is amazing, and I just hope the club get promoted this year

[@armanimorris1858]

Bro I promise you DO NOT SUPPORT SPURS. IDK WHAT IT IS ABOUT AMERICANS BEING DRAWN TO SPURS. I PROMISE YOU DO NOT FALL FOR IT. CHOOSE ARSENAL OR LIVERPOOL

[@jamesleiper6399]

Liverpool Heh

[@armanimorris1858]

@@jamesleiper6399 as an arsenal fan the only other team i could bring myself to promote is liverpool because i have nothing against them and i kimda like them. The rest of them i dont like, if im being honest the I would add manchester united as a potential teamout of the ones i dislike.

[@jamesleiper6399]

@@armanimorris1858 guessed you we're an arsenal fan. Spurs are team who nobody really cares about as they never win so I wouldn't mind a random spurs fan as they only people who they dislike are arsenal fans. Being a leeds fan the main one I wouldn't want is Man U

[@armanimorris1858]

@@jamesleiper6399 chelsea dislike them too. and obviously arsenal i just hope luke dont become a spurs fan i actually really like him and his channel ive watched his journey of becoming a football fan and i love that an american just gets it. I woulf hate for him to support a club where football goes to die

[@elxicoplayboi5517]

he should react to messi!!!

[@onoplays]

I love that you're now educating on people on football. Great job!

[@kagant.]

This was my podcast for the exercise. Thanks Lukee

[@rowanjun]

This is classic!!... I remember when you just started out, now you are here explaining to a newbie to the sport! Keep Growing and Success on the journey!

[@GT-wo2oj]

This feels like telling a kid Disneyland exists after they've spent their whole childhood thinking Micky Mouse is only on TV between ad breaks.

[@liveinhope]

In the early 1960s, Spurs were the best team winning the league and FA cup in the same season.

[@unomas4250]

A great example of players being loaned is when a young David Beckham was loaned to my team Preston North End when we were in the 3rd (or 4th, can't remember now, it was a long time ago) division, from Manchester United, before he was a superstar, obviously. He was with us for a month before he was recalled back to Man Utd.

[@jaypink5913]

Great video! Just wanted to add that while club football might be lacking outside of Europe (with exception of South America), there's some still great football in smaller international tournaments like the AFC or AFCON, as well as the AFC Chaimpoins League which do have their hints of gold. For example, although I'm a big fan of my home team of Middlesbrough, the Japanese national team have had a great rags to riches story, with them only qualifying for their first world cup in 1998, and their professional national league created the same year. But since then there's been a huge focus on catching up to the European level, so their recent victories over Germany and Spain in Qatar was incredibly satisfying. On the other hand though, when Saudi Arabia or Mongolia get surprise win, it really adds to an underdog style of drama, it leaves Japan's last 15 years of progress in balance for the qualifiers for the world cup if they lose to a smaller nation. On the other hand, its electric to see such an undervalued team win a victory and see the national fans erupt. P.S. Good luck on homework of the UEFA Champions, outside the big 5 the tournament structure gets pretty crazy!

[@otaviofrnazario]

just one correction: the J League was created in 1992.

[@vaudevillian7]

Most UK coverage of sports has minimal (or even zero) commercials

[@delightbydelusion]

As an Arsenal fan it breaks my heart that you're leaning towards Tottenham, but as a football fan I love your enthusiasm and evident love for our beautiful sport. Arsenal have been quite shit for some time now . Haven''t won the league since 2003/2004. It's been painful. The team we have this year, though, is really good. It's really young and they're playing some of the most exciting football in the world, and with the pace they've been keeping so far this season they'll win the league for the first time in 19 years! It's a great time to become an Arsenal fan, is what I'm saying. COYG

[@RobertTaylor-uz1yt]

Check out AFL Explained. Australian Football League (AFL) has elementa of Soccer Lots of kicking. Touch Of Rubgy Eg (Tackling) Moving the ball Kicking and Handball in a fast pace game.

[@oldmangaming9259]

Loving the vibe here! My first love is soccer, then cricket. But I will watch baseball and American Football. This is the first video of yours that I've watched, but what matters is the passion and enthusiasm that you have! It's infectious! Also glad that you say that your fanbase are encouraging you! And, for the record, I once lived within earshot of White Hart Lane. Fun fact: the stadium called "White Hart Lane" is on a street called "Tottenham High Road." I lived on a street called "White Hart Lane" (where their original ground was located, I think). But yeah, had a soft spot for Spurs before that and can't cheer against them since. Oh, and Teddy Sheringham is shorter than he looks on TV. Met him in the local cafe one time.

[@utdarena]

This is a really wonderful conversation to see. Thank you for posting.

[@wbdrugstrat]

Great conversation. I look forward to watching the Brothers appreciate the game and it's history.

[@Jenkdog14]

You are pretty much correct about players being subcontracted to other teams. It is called loaning players out. Typically for a season or half a season. It’s usually for inexperienced young players you’re trying to develop, or older players you’re trying to get out of the rotation while keeping their market value. Harry Kane was loaned out a number of times early in his career. Folarin Balugon (top scorer in France Ligue 1) is on toan to Reims from Arsenal. Sometimes the loan agreements will come with an option to buy at the end of the period.

[@badm0t0rf1nger]

I reckon this should work well for you. Having a totally inexperienced friend who's open to being pulled along by your enthusiasm to explain things you yourself have not long learned, could be a great niche for you on the Toob. I'm looking forward to it. All the best from a random football-appreciating Scotsman in Dundee! :)

[@cecilialeitet2794]

As a Liverpool fan, I absolutely support you choosing Spurs. Miles better choice than Arsenal or ManU. They may be bottlers, but that makes every success much more worth it. And I agree that their way of playing is exciting. I started supporting Liverpool when they were truly struggling (in the era before Klopp), and watching them regain their status has been worth every heartbreak along the way. And believe me, the feeling of seeing the team you support win the league for the first time in 30 years is undescribable. I had a full bottle of champagne at 11 in the evening and went to work hungover on the friday for the first time in my life. :)

[@jbarnes1544]

When he started talking about subcontracting, I think he was alluding to loans. A team can usually loan a player to another team for a half/full season. Useful for younger players who would struggle to break into the first team at a top club, they can go to a club where they can get more game time and experience. For example Balogun a young Arsenal striker has gone to Reims in Ligue 1 (France) and has done amazingly well and is currently top goalscorer, outscoring Messi, Mbappe and Neymar. However, at the end of the season he goes back to Arsenal, who can then decide to keep him, loan him out again or sell him.

[@IHeartMyLada]

Great video, just a few notes for the relegation/promotion part: 1. It's not just you are not allowed to be bad on purpose (for your own good), it's also considered a dick move and you can even get fined and accused of match fixing if you deliberatly field a bunch of youth players, giving the other team an easy victory. So let's say the end of the season is near and you don't have a chance to win the league or qualify for an international cup series, but you are also safe from relegation. You might not be that concerned about winning or losing at that point, but the result of your game can still have a huge impact on other teams, for example if your opponent is fighting for the title or against relegation, so being bad on purpose is a big no-no in football. 2. The revolving door analogy is not bad, but this situation is also a bit more complex. If you get relegated, there's a good chance that other teams will want to snatch up your best players, and of course, players will also want to stay in the top league. Even though you get transfer money for them, you probably won't be able to replace them with players of the same quality, since a lower league is less appealing to good players. A relegation can weaken a team enough so they won't be able to bounce back on the first try, then it'll become even harder for them, since a lower league means less money from sponsors, less money from televised games, etc. Also, there are some freshly promoted teams from time to time who can become stable mid-teable teams for many years, so it's not always the same teams replacing each other in the top league and the 2nd league.

[@mostwantedsol]

You and Corey are a great duo! Looking forward to more content with him included :)

[@Fenix-lr6ez]

Great explanation! About the transfer market, as you said there's a window in january and one in july-august. Loans can only be made during that time, same as transfers. As far as I know, there can be no 3-game loan or something like that, the minimum would be a 6 month loan from the January window to the summer window. I don't know if the NFL is as the NBA (which is what I watch appart from football) in this regard, but when I started looking the NBA I found very interesting how all the transfers are exchanging players (or draft picks), while in football it's (normally) an exchange of money for a player. Always found that interesting haha. Fantastic video again, greetings from Barcelona!!! (hope you react to us one day, no pressure!)

[@thom9484]

Yes Luke bro, you should support Tottenham Hotspur. Coming from a Spurs fan from the Netherlands, believe me you'll get your heart broken many many times but it'll give you so much more joy when we finally are successful. We have won the league, albeit in the 1960's for the last time and we've won a couple of FA cups and League cups. But believe me supporting Spurs is amazing bro!

[@jonathandavies89]

As a Liverpool fan I also chose to be a Cowboys fan back in 2001 and both have been disappointing me all my life! Although this was before Klopp came in and resurrected us 🙏

[@thepruningshear]

correction. Tottenham had won in the past. the problem is that the last trophy came in 2008. And the one before then came in the 70s

[@jose.m11]

Pretty throughly explained, I was a bit scared when you started to dwell into cup competitions, but you pretty much got it right. Everything else you'll learn with time Huge Suggestion, Fifa is definitely a huge helper in these scenarios, coming across situations in career mode and having to google it definitely helped a lot to understand the sport

[@101RadioheadCovers]

Your friend may have heard about the loan system from David Beckham. When he played for LA Galaxy, he used to go on loan with AC Milan during the American off-season. The American Season was or is carried out during different months to most European leagues (August to May).

[@mattsherack]

Haven’t watched the whole thing yet but super excited for what I’m about to see! Love how you got into football, but the fact that you want to share that with others says a whole lot about how you feel about the sport, reminds me of me and the rest of my family lol

[@jdevlin1910]

Lol you remind me of myself when I finally learned American Football from Madden, enough to start watching and enjoying games and wanting to share that knowledge with friends as a lifelong Football/soccer fan. When you know what's happening suddenly the door is open to all the exciting and interesting moments and parts of the sport. Enjoy your journey, mate. I'm glad you joined us in time to watch Newcastle dominate the game for generations to come. Howay the lads!

[@BramLastname]

Cory asks some really good questions, I hope you'll have him on again to answer his more advanced questions you're not quite sure on in this conversation.

[@glo-pv1jn]

Wow. Your Channel is wonderful. I love watch football. I am from Colombia South America and for us This sport has an important part of our life.

[@skiltonjackmusic]

It's genuinely so satisfying seeing Americans actually understand what we love about football. Great vid lads.

[@bennettthurman1285]

Look into Borussia Dortmund. They play in the Bundesliga in Germany and they are known for producing some of the best young talent like Haaland, Dembele, Sancho, etc. we haven’t won the German league in 10 years because Bayern Munich has been dominating but have a rich history and a very passionate fan base. I fell in love when I started watching football 11 years ago and I feel like you’d like them.

[@Billboswaggings]

Yeah shame Bayern ruins the league buying all other teams best players so boring

[@N7Nihlus]

Loved this video and I can't wait to see you develop your passion for our football and spread the joy of the beautiful game to your fellow Americans. Beautiful to see such a clear expression of what it is to be a sports fan. I'm from the UK and over the past six months I've been diving into the world of the NFL.

[@sketchycard887]

I love the fact that the spurs memes have perpetuated so far that people actually think they have won nothing ever, that's hilarious. To clear up though, spurs have won major trophies in their past such as the FA cup and the english first division (the highest league before the premier league was created) but they haven't won anything of note since 2008 when they won the league cup, and typing this has made me realise how many trophies we call a 'cup'

[@CRAYits420]

Bro I’m from Dallas and I’m a cowboys fan and a spurs fan… they haven’t won shit in 40 years so your comparison is spot on! COYS!

[@MyHaytem]

I really really liked this exchange. I wish I was there with you guys but great work Luke. Keep it up, you're one of us now.

[@stanleyigboanugo1245]

Hi Luke, This video is amazing! You've just got a new fan. Stanley, From Nigeria