Football: a girly prespective

I have been told that girls aren't passionate about anything to be able to talk about football. Or girls don't know enough about football to talk about it. And it's "obvious" that girls should be quiet at all time while the football is on.

All that nonsense set aside, I am a girly girl, and I like football. I don't know who many of the players are, I don't even know all of those in the team I support. I don't know who plays in what position. when they are all running around the pitch I cannot tell who is a defender, or who is a midfielder, or even who is who. I give myself some credit, I understand the offside rule, and I can tell precisely which man running around the pitch is the ref, and who the goal keeper's are...!!!

BUT

Football fascinates me. And no, it's not because there are lots of men running around, sometimes looking a bit dishy, I'm not a leg watcher. what it is, is that these people, and I say people, because women play too, run around after this object. I cannot get over how quickly they must react all the time, and how wherever they are they know exactly who is free, and precisely where they are, or where they will be.

The other thing about football, is that you can be sat in a room full of people, and you'll have nothing in common, but suddenly someone says something about football, and the whole room at least has an opinion, even if they don't like or follow football.

That's why I like it. The skill, the power and the speed of knowledge these guys have!! And yes, it is mainly guys, women's football...I'm sorry to say it, just isn't quite the same!!