Do you prefer any other sports to football?

I had both Edinburgh Capitals and Hibs season tickets as a teenager, and whilst I’ll still watch ice hockey on TV now and again, I’ve got nowhere near the interest I did back in the day.

In the past 15 years or so I’ve taken a far greater interest in rugby: to some extent it coincided with obtaining Italian citizenship through ancestry, and rugby gave me a decent social circle - to some extent pre-made - in Italy. Nowadays I balance my Hibs season book with following the Italian rugby team home and away, with a few Benetton Treviso (another team in green and white!) fixtures thrown in for good measure.

Yes, unique atmospheric identity based non football occasions are what do it for me, so Tynecastle park is the place to be.



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Have followed Hibs since 1955 & the Edinburgh Monarchs & Speedway in general since 1963.

When the football season ends, get yourself along to Armadale on Friday nights for an adrenalin fix:hyper

No. I like lots of other sports like rugby, both union and league, NFL, cricket, Aussie Rules etc. though. Only sport that ever came close for me was tennis. Loved playing as a kid at the Rosefield courts at Porty but a posh sport back then so there was no chance of getting lessons let alone joining a club.

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I enjoy the Six Nations and the Rugby World Cup when it’s on, although having never played Rugby my understanding of the rules is rudimentary !

I’ve been to a Boston Red Sox game which was an experience to watch live but would never do it again ! And like some on here I enjoy the Olympics only to take in some sports I would never normally watch !

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When I was in my late teens early 20s my friends dad would have a house full for Scotland's 5 nations games, he even had a piper at one of them :greengrin it was absolutely magic with drink flowing, brilliant folk and incredible patter ..... the only thing I can think that has ever matched it is being in the pub pre match with loads of Hibs fans before we play at Hampden.

As the game ( rugby ) became professional the enthusiasm of these days seemed to wane and my mate's dad's rugby house parties died away as that almost innocent amateurism of the game was lost. But those brilliant days in the late 70s early 80s will live with me all of my life. I seriously think rugby lost something going professional and I don't have anything like the, not love, but affection, I had for it in those days.

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Big UFC fan till the mags brigade took over, can’t bring myself to watch it now.

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Originally Posted by Hibbyradge

I enjoy playing golf (when I say enjoy...🤔) but I don't watch much of it. I usually watch at least the last day of the majors but I was in Spain last week and missed the masters completely.

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Never played golf but like going to watch it.

I enjoy watching many different sports but football is definitely my favourite with Hibs front and foremost and Scotland also a passion. In any sport - from bowling through tennis, golf, motor racing, athletics, judo - if there's a Scot involved I'll always be more interested. I played a wee bit of Rugby as a kid and I find rugby union at international level an awesome spectacle. Football though is the sport I feel most at home with and if it's Hibs at home vs watching Scotland at Rugby on the telly I'll be down at Easter Road :flag:

All football. Hibs first. When i stayed in the states, it was ice hockey and a little baseball.

Rugby League used to be up there but has gone very poor in last couple of years.

I also forgot to mention Curling ! Watching it gives me the same therapeutic feeling I get from doing dishes 😅

Winter Olympics is like porn to me, so much so I prefer it over the football world Cup. It's incredible how talented one has to be in order to compete in these sports.

Football
6 nations
Golf but mostly european or when we spank the yanks
Love watching bowls and curling

Lost interest in snooker and darts and cricket, baseball or American football bores the tits off me

Prefer? No but I only enjoy watching Hibs and sometimes enjoy watching Scotland. Can’t be bothered with the likes of MOTD any more due to the over analysis of everything. I enjoy watching Scotland playing rugby and golf majors last two days as well as athletics during the Olympics and world championships.

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Originally Posted by Ribs1875

Winter Olympics is like porn to me, so much so I prefer it over the football world Cup. It's incredible how talented one has to be in order to compete in these sports.

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Really :greengrin

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Winter Olympics is like porn to me, so much so I prefer it over the football world Cup. It's incredible how talented one has to be in order to compete in these sports.

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You are very probably not alone in preferring porn to the world cup. Some of them are very talented

My favourite sport is golf and still try to play a bit. Like many have said I’ve no real interest in football now other than Hibs and I’m always on tender hooks following the game either online or the radio, don’t go to matches anymore. Have played and still enjoy watching Badminton and Judo.

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Originally Posted by Alfiembra

My favourite sport is golf and still try to play a bit. Like many have said I’ve no real interest in football now other than Hibs and I’m always on tender hooks following the game either online or the radio, don’t go to matches anymore. Have played and still enjoy watching Badminton and Judo.

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My second favourite sport is correcting other people's grammar.

While we're on that subject; it's 'on tenterhooks', not 'on tender hooks'




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Keep an eye on La Liga and what's going on, watching the bigger games.
Like going to the baseball but other than the world series not a fan of watching on TV.
Used to love NFL and was what I played as a kid/ teenager. Jets are my team and used to try watching them when possible and have been to their London games to see them but have lost interest of late if I'm honest.
Winter sports? Definitely a fan of the ladies skeleton and luge when on the telly. Can't stand the cold so no chance of me seeing it live though.

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Originally Posted by Keith_M

My second favourite sport is correcting other people's grammar.

While we're on that subject; it's 'on tenterhooks', not 'on tender hooks'

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:thumbsup:bloomin auto correct, that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it!