Say NO to the vuvuzelas? Yes please.

I think I can turn that question into a statement. With the World Cup in South Africa approaching, I am inclined to be against the vuvuzelas because, like we saw during Confederations Cup, it allows absolutely no space for chanting – which is one of the beauties of being at a football match and screaming your lungs off. Today I found this very interesting post from Unprofessional Foul. En excerpt is here but you should definitely ready the entire article HERE.

You know if you you tell the same lie again and again it becomes true? Well the vuvuzelas appearance on these shores is just like that. To the point that a grown man blowing one to my annoyance at Chelsea V Milan last Friday actually said “Have you ever been to a soccer match before man?”. My reply was “Every week for 25 years, have you?”.

How did this guy come to the conclusion that the vuvuzela is part of football culture? That we have all being blowing a plastic horn for years, that it is a regular part of our football watching lives and that it is acceptable. It’s fucked up is what it is.

While ‘new’ soccer fans like ‘that guy’ on Friday, (who was clearly at his first game ever) who caught the bug during the Confederations cup are much needed in this country, they are bringing their ignorance with them in the shape of a 5 buck horn that sounds like a swarm of bees. This is where you need to act, to educate the newbies.

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1. FIFA to give 120k free tickets to the World Cup in South Africa.
2. FIFA Beach soccer World Cup: yes, Brazil won again.
3. The Evolution of Football/Soccer Videogames
4. Capello and Owen: Chapter 1.
5. Reasons why we love futsal.