Have I told you lately, this looks silly! Rod Stewart's in tears… should men (women and children) really weep when a football result is too much
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13:05 GMT, 8 November 2012
Births, deaths and marriages – and not even marriages, really – are the only acceptable times for a man to shed a tear.
At a football match Do me a favour, Rod Stewart.
Possibly if you’re actually playing in a match and you’ve taken one in the unmentionables… and it’s below freezing… then yes, I’ll forgive a watery eye.
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We are wailing: Rod Stewart finds beating Barcelona a bit too much
The rest of the time man up. It’s football, we love it, it matters. But not to the extent it should cause an emotional meltdown.
Your team lose, your team win;
whatever, they’re playing again in three day’s time. You should be more
disappointed if they draw. Draws are of little use to anyone. No one
leapfrogs five teams into a play-off spot after gaining a point.
But, let us imagine your team flukes a
result over the mighty Barcelona – or even better, beats Lazio away
(Dec, 2000) – this is a time for euphoria, mild man-o-man embracing and
wild drinking.
A Manchester United fan sees the title slip away and a Scotland fan suffers a loss
To be an England fan you need to have a degree in crying
It’s not the realisation of a life’s
work or the emotional outpouring of achievement having witnessed the
birth of your first child.
Roderick David Stewart, I put it to
you that – ever the showman – you were putting it on for the cameras. I
mean, you’re not even Scottish, for goodness sake. Your dad is.
VIDEO: Rod's tears of joy as Celtic beat Barcelona…
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But Matt Fortune has a different view…
There is no way this can end well for me. Admitting crying at anything – even Forest Gump – for a man of my age simply isn't acceptable. But why is it not It's only a game, after all.
Though it's more than that. It's a habit, an emotional and financial investment (like a wife, though this one will be there long after the divorce papers have been signed)
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Manchester City fan John Millington finds losing to Swansea too much
A Leeds fan finds it too much after they lose to Doncaster in the 2008 play-off final.
A West Bromwich fan sees her team relegated in 2003
Football keeps us ticking over when converstions run dry, when we
meet the boyfriend of your own partner's best friend, and when we've got
little else profound to say on Facebook.
It's a common ground with everyone the world over.
Football is a shoulder to cry on, the chance to switch off from the
rest of your worries for 90 minutes, without any idea of journey you'll
be taken on.
Middlesbrough fans after they were beaten 2-1 by West ham and relegated from the top flight in 2009
Arsenal fan at the end of the
Carling Cup Final defeat to Birmingham
On matchday, I buzz off the feelings of thousands upon thousands of
those in close proximity. What better joy is there than the mutual
thrill with others The highs are astronomical, enough to make your eyes
water.
But what goes up, must come down and down and down. No wonder football breaks your heart, as well.
Distressed: England lose 4-1 to Germany in Bloemfontein in 2010
