You have watched your favorite team take down the competition, you expressed your joy in an entirely civil and orderly manner and now you are wondering how you are supposed to pass the time until the next game. Here are my suggestions for feeding the urge in the time between the seasons.
Play the game for yourself. Get some mates together, find a space and kick the ball a few times. What’s simpler than that? Not only is it a great form of exercise but it gives you a real appreciation for the pain and determination that the players have to endure as they play the best game in the world.
Find a local team and go to some games. The seasons were based on the weather from the start but some people play year round in indoor arenas. Find a team you like and let them know it by showing your support. You don’t need to devote your life to the local team but it is a good way to spend an evening and show some support for fellow fans of the game. If you like the team enough, why not see if they have try outs?
Go to the pub and try your hand at the foosball tables. It’s not quite the same but I find foosball to be one of the best pub games. Sure you can play billiards if you want to look classy but who wants to look classy? Throw on your colors and prove our dominance on the foosball tables. Not only will you show the riffraff that your team is the best but the pub owner will appreciate the lack of overturned tables and broken pint glasses.
Whether you’re joining a team and getting down in the muck yourself or just saddling up to the foosball tables, there are lots of ways to stave off the football cravings in the off season.