Football the beautiful game

The beautiful sport has always been a passion of mine and many, many others. I was watching a champion’s league game with my girlfriend and she said they're just kicking the ball from one side of the pitch to the other and so I tried to explain why it is so much more; To get past the opposition you have to use problem solving skills, the stronger the opposition, the better the problem solving, the better the football ... I didn't win her round.
It also creates a belonging of people and brings towns or fans from around the world together, the bigger teams and games creates social international gatherings.
Some of my memories have come from football whether it's the national cup matches or just the kick-abouts that we created as children with a simple football and made up goal posts. With the inspiration from the footballers (idols in many cases) it is really easy to play yourself, using what you have just seen either at the stadium or on the television. Just get two jumpers and a football and there you go, let the magic happen.
This weekend Rangers and Celtic played each other, over the past few weeks they has been very bad press of them (deserved) and they were threatened by the police before the game any more trouble and the staff could face arrest on the pitch but there was no trouble.
Instead the game was a massive success, a brilliant match, end to end football, no trouble, all the news was at the back of the papers instead of the front like it had been, and instead it was just a great example of what football really is, an entertaining sport not the tantrums that often gets mistaken for passion. Instead I believe passion is biting the tongue and doing what has to be done at the best quality possible.