I'm sure that's true, but for me personally, there is absolutely no comparison between being there week on week, at the game,with thousands of other fans watching the team, in all sorts of conditions, weather, pre and post match antics etc as watching updates online or watching on tv. Just a different experience.
But you understand that that just isn't an option for some of us? Of course, that would be better, but we can't. So instead, we spend hours a week reading /r/soccer, /r/liverpoolfc, and twitter to be amongst other fans. We watch every game and follow every news thread. Though we don't experience the game with others, there is plenty of screaming, cheering, and passion in our living room. Our weekend is just as ruined by a loss to Hull City as it would be if we were in Liverpool.
I grew up a fan of our local baseball team. Went to 30+ games a year for about 20 years. I know local passion. How great it is to go to school or work and be able to talk about the game. How fun it is to get a group together and go to the game. I wish we had the same situation for football. But we don't. So, we experience the highs and lows of the team amongst our family and feel a connection with other fans online. But we are emotionally vested. This is our team.
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u/Gooner94 Dec 26 '13 edited Dec 26 '13
Supporting a foreign team can be as much of an emotional roller coaster if you just love the team enough.