Elm Park Kid I feel like i'm being gaslighted here by people suggesting that it's 'odd' to drink a fair bit before a football match.
Sure, it's only a section of fans that do this, and it's probably decreased over the past few decades with out of town stadiums, high drink prices and the general fall in alcohol consumption. But it's still a big, big part of the game.
I'm going to be honest - I think that unless there are big stakes in the game that football is generally a bit of a boring sport to watch for the full 90 mins. I'll be going to Barnsley next week and i'll be nervously excited for the entire game because I know how meaningful the result is. But if we were both midtable I would not choose to watch that game sober - I have (just about) better things to do with my life. But going to a 'meaningless' game with friends 4-5 pints in? Yes, then it becomes an enjoyable experience for me. Maybe that's a bit sad but it's pretty normal for a large percentage of football fans. And it's ridiculous to suggest it's not.
To be fair a subtle difference that I find it odd rather than it is odd to do it
I also find people loving cheese as odd. Or playing Rugby