The 100 most annoying things about football
LATE Tackle has teamed up with our sister publications, The Football League Paper and The Non-League Paper, to come up with our hit-list of aggravating things. Do you agree with us? Let us know what you think by emailing latetackle@hotmail.co.uk
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Don’t give me five: This obsession in newspapers with ‘five things we’ve learned’. And lists in general...
99.
Daft players: Why would you wear short sleeves and gloves?
98.
Silent fans – If you’re going to go to a game, don’t sit there like you’re in a library. Make some noise, have fun.
97.
No gloss: Isn’t it time to kill off the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy? Nobody cares about it until the final.
96.
Sack race: Directors sacking managers every five minutes. Give them a chance to do the job at least.
95.
Garth Crooks: If there’s a man who’s spouted more rubbish about football than Garth, we’d love not to meet him/her.
94.
Rubbing your nose in it: When an opposition player scores and then celebrates right in front of you.
93.
Dodgy crosses: How many times do you see so-called professional footballers making a mess of crossing the ball. How difficult is it to beat the man at the near post? Bring back David Beckham.
92.
My Story: When players ‘write’ autobiographies and they’re about as exciting as a Manchester United game.
91.
Short corners: The big men have all gone up and the corner’s about to come in.You then hear the collective groan as it’s played short. Has it ever worked?
90.
Where is it?: Trying to find an away ground when kickoff is approaching and signposts have disappeared.
89.
Bottling it: Referees awarding a freekick on the edge of the box rather than a penalty when it was clearly inside.
88.
Extra-time: It’s a freezing cold night and you’ve almost got frostbite.You just want to go home when the opposition score a lastminute equaliser to force extra-time…
87.
Bad timing:When you’re trying to watch two games on different channels at the same time – and you keep missing the best
bits of both.
86.
Stats obsession: Stop trying to turn football into American Football. The only stats we want to know about are goals.
85.
Let me in: We know clubs like selling tickets online now, but open up at least a couple of turnstiles so people can pay on the day with that old-fashioned thing called money.
Kick-off times: Let’s put the matches on at a time when it makes it as difficult as possible for the away fans to get there – and get home before four in the morning.
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84.
Wembley woe: Don’t play the FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley just to earn a few quid. Save it for the final.
83.
Being sub:You give up your Sunday morning to stand around watching a load of nobodies play crap football.
82.
Parachute payments:Why reward failure? If clubs are stupid enough to hand out daft contracts, they should make sure they’ve got the money to pay for them – without needing handouts.
80.
Crazy prices: The fees for domestic players are over the top, contributing to...
79.
Clubs refusing to buy British: They’d rather shell out millions for Carlos Kickaball than buy home-grown talent.
78.
Being the lino: If you don’t get picked for your Sunday League team and have to run the line.You get stick from your own team and the opposition.You can’t win.
77.
Arsene Wenger:Would someone at Arsenal please pay for him to get his eyes tested?
76.
Agents:You don’t get many encouraging their players to stay at the club they’re at, do you?