Once a football fan, football is in every aspect of life

Football is by far the most popular sport on earth. Many have even come to claim that it is football, not religion, that is the opiate of the masses. There is no place in the world where people do not know about football or are not into it. Many football fans are so enthusiastic about their favorite sport that it will affect their everyday lives in their totality. A football fan will not drink tea or coffee out of any mug but out of the mug that bears the name of his favorite team; he will not use any credit or debit card but the one sponsoring his favorite team; he will not use his ipad to play any slots on an online casino ipad but only the football-themed slot games; he will not even put on any T-shirt to go to work on a free dress day but his national team’s jersey.

It is anything but uncommon nowadays that football determines what you wear, whom you associate with, which are the best ipad casinos, what anthems you sing, which are the days and hours of the week that are off-limits for any other activity and what shrine of transcendent truth you worship at. People from completely different cultural, social, financial and ethnic backgrounds would behave like brothers in arms during a game of their common favorite team. As much as football is a matter of spectacle it is also something that invites the intense participation of its onlookers and followers. Men and women whose jobs make no intellectual demands can display astonishing erudition when recalling the game's history or dissecting individual skills.

The industry around football is constantly expanding trying to cover any and every aspect of everyday life with things that relate to the No1 sport in the world. All major football clubs and leagues have their own chain of shops and boutiques where people can buy literally anything bearing the colors and the emblem of the club. Whether it is the official jersey of the team and any casual type of clothing, or writing paper and pens, or glasses and cups, or towels and soap cases, people are more than willing to buy and use them on a daily basis as a demonstration of their love to the club and the sport. And that’s not half of it.

Hi-tech is also in the service of fans, desperate to keep in touch with their favorite sport. The Premier League alone is an over £5billion worth television deal of football entertainment. Most major European leagues have also signed relevant contracts with different providers. According to statista.com, the value of the European soccer market was calculated at around €29.5 billion in the 2021/2022 season. Except for their TV sets, fans can use their cell phone, laptop, desktop or ipad to watch their favorite team’s games and keep up with updates concerning it at all times, the same way they would use their cellphone to learn the breaking news or their laptop for the latest in fashion or their ipad to enjoy an ipad casino with real money entertainment. There can never be “too much football” for a football fan.

It is evident that football has stepped in to enrich the aesthetic lives of people and has taken over politics and religion as their primary item of interest or even obsession. It is the simplicity of the game that makes it so approachable and appealing to all kinds of people. Football offers its followers beauty, drama, conflict and even tragedy, not to mention a chance to travel anywhere in the world and back while permanently legless. Hence, it is only natural that fans will always be eager to associate every aspect of their life with the sport that offers so much.