Do you prefer any other sports to football?

[BoltonHibee]

Golf
Rugby Union
Rugby League
Ice Hockey


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[stuart-farquhar]

Red ball cricket, ODI if pushed.

[Baader]

Boxing the only one that comes close really. Watch a lot of sport, anything that isn't motorsport.

[NAE NOOKIE]

I'll watch a lot sports happily and especially in the Olympics because of what's at stake, which can even make things like clay pigeon shooting and skateboarding riveting. Though outside of the Olympics I wouldn't open the curtains if swimming, basketball and triathlons for example were being held in my back garden.

Everything else has it's merits, but for me especially the NFL which I've loved since the 80s ........ hell. I'm even willing to overlook the ridiculous notion that a team winning the championship in the only country that plays the game to any serious level can have the cheek to call itself 'world champion'

But none of them beat football ... I'm one of these folk who will watch anybody play anybody at any level.

[Carheenlea]

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Completely get that. Back in the day the pre-match pints were my favourite part of the day (ie before things had the chance to be spoiled by the football!). Once kids came along and time was more limited I came to realise when watching games completely sober that football often isn't all it's cracked up to be!

I was meaning more football in general rather than Hibs - will be completely ingrained into the game itself when Hibs are playing. It’s any other game that I just can’t muster up enough interest in to be able to watch!

[Lancs Harp]

Enjoy many sports but more than football? No, none even close.

[Smartie]

Hibs still absolutely number one. I'll take a passing interest in Scotland, less than that in Sunderland and outside of that I have next to zero interest in football. I just couldn't imagine sitting down and watching a game on the telly, albeit I might consider a random trip to watch a random game somewhere with mates or my partner. I used to do that quite a lot with her pre-kids so would happily do something like that if she suggested it.

American football has probably overtaken football as my favourite sport and I only got into that for the first time late 2023, and I follow golf closely too.

My mate sent a picture out earlier today to a GC I'm in and it was of historical kits of the Champions League semi finalists. I genuinely couldn't have told you who they were prior to that, wouldn't have had any idea who was still left in that competition. I was also surprised to hear that Liverpool were top of the English league. That I wouldn't have known these things only 5-10 years ago would have been unthinkable but like others I think I've just lost interest through saturation of coverage over the years, as well as being distracted by kids etc.

I am going to have an upcoming dilemma about what to guide my son towards over the coming years.

[Ryan91]

Football and Hibs are my number one and always will be.

Given Hibs aren't in action this weekend, I'm hoping to be able to spend a bit of time watching the WEC 6 Hours of Imola on Sunday, I managed to catch a significant chunk of the opening round of the WEC's 1812km of Qatar.

[HoboHarry]

I wonder too how much of it is that age plays into losing interest in sports? Or is it just that horizons expand? With the exception of watching Hibs when they are on, I'd honestly rather cook than watch any other sport though that's really only happened in the last few years. Effort=reward I guess and top notch scran wins the day usually over EPL, American Football etc

[TheHibernator]

I agree with OP in that I’m definitely a bigger Hibs fan than a football fan, with that said football still by far my favourite sport and nothing else comes close. I find the English prem a difficult watch these days it just seems so diluted, commercialised and boring.

I can enjoy rugby if Scotland are playing and will watch the odd boxing or UFC fight.

I have no interest in any other sport really and would rather enjoy non-sport related activities. Used to rate tennis when Andy Murray was active!

[scm70nyd1973]

I lived in Melbourne for a while and started to get into the AFL big time - I reckon if I had stayed there then I would have liked it as much as football.

I then moved to NZ and started to get into Rugby a bit more but it will never match football.

I love cricket and watching the Black Caps but still not better than football for me.

Net result football is the stand out for me - including Scotland and West Ham - the Cabbage always have prevailed and always will prevail 😁

[Tambo]

Basketball is my second sport, did used to love all American sports and watch them when they was on C5, only problem is the time difference of course.

Snooker/pool and darts would be the others.

Can watch most sports when it's a major event.

[hibsbollah]

American football is my sport really, has been since i was young. Ive waxed and waned with fitba through my life, a lot more in recent years as my son started playing and i took an interest in his games. Hibs and Easter Road is like a church i go back to, and following them is a grounding experience.

[Hibiza]

Female beach volleyball . Soz if anyone upset.

[Scouse Hibee]

Football will always be number one

Number 2 is definitely bowls, both playing and watching.

Then comes
Boxing
F1
Athletics
Snooker just bores me these days, can’t bring myself to sit and watch it for very long at all, used to love it.

[scm70nyd1973]

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Female beach volleyball . Soz if anyone upset.

Not at all - there was a L club at the bottom of my road when I lived in NZ - when I took the dog out it was on my route so it was interesting to see the games going on.

[Dmas]

I've a new found love of Darts, watch and play as often as I can, like others I used to love football, Hibs but also Prem, Italy and Germany consuming as much content as possible but ive lost that now, still mad on hibs and have a lot of prem on tv but its mostly background noise whilst I chuck darts

[EdinMike]

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 !

[Hibspur]

Very interesting to see how many of those who've responded seem to rarely watch much football other than Hibs and how many have kind of drifted away from the fanaticism of their younger years. Does that say something about the demographic of those who post on hibs.net?

[marinello59]

I like watching Cricket, Motorsport and Boxing but nothing comes close to football for me, whether Hibs are playing or not. Any level the game is played at will reveal moments of magic for me that no other game has. Love it.

[Keith_M]

Beach Volleyball.


(I used to play it, though wasn't particularly good)

[Hibspur]

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I agree with OP in that I’m definitely a bigger Hibs fan than a football fan, with that said football still by far my favourite sport and nothing else comes close. I find the English prem a difficult watch these days it just seems so diluted, commercialised and boring.

I can enjoy rugby if Scotland are playing and will watch the odd boxing or UFC fight.

I have no interest in any other sport really and would rather enjoy non-sport related activities. Used to rate tennis when Andy Murray was active!

When he was at his peak Hibs were pretty awful so there's no question I enjoyed tennis more than football then. Damn shame his top level career was cut so short with that injury in 2017 as he'd probably still have had five or six competitive years we could have enjoyed.

[Silky]

Apart from Hibs and Scotland matches I don't really watch mu h football. Used to watch loads of matches when I was younger, particularly Football Italia on Channel 4 in the 90's. There was a time I fell out of love with the game completely and spent a lot of time playing and watching golf, another game I enjoy. When my daughter came along, she was interested in football, so I started going back and watching games again, then my son got into it in a big way. He's now 14 and is a massive Hibby. He also plays every week, so between that and his training, I'm.probably more involved in football than I've been for 20 odd years when I played. I think now watching him and watching Hibs is about as much as I can take!

[Eyrie]

My interest in football is pretty much limited to Hibs and Hibs Women, although I still do the fantasy EPL out of habit.

I think rugby would be the only sport I watch if I don't support either team and even then that's only the internationals. My NFL interest is limited to the Eagles and other sports such as cricket or cycling it tends to only be the big events that I keep an eye on.

I'd agree with those who say that the amount of sport on TV is a negative factor. There isn't the same sense of occasion watching a Scottish Cup Final when so much football is available or the SuperBowl when I can watch every NFL game live, so it's easy to do other things instead of making the effort to watch.

[worcesterhibby]

To watch.. deffo football.. I can stand in a park and watch amateurs in the rain. When it comes to actually taking part… it’s fishing for me. I was in a fairly high profile lure fishing competition last weekend and won it, beating two Individual world champions and 6 other England Internationals…(England are World Champions at this particular type of fishing) it’s just a pity Scotland don’t have a team !

[Bristolhibby]

I’m also a rugby fan. But football tops the pack.

I grew up in Bath where rugby was played at state schools the whole city is rugby daft. Played and watched rugby throughout, now coach my son’s team.

Big Bath fan. However if it’s a straight question Hibs to win the Cup or Bath to win the Prem it’s Hibs and the Cup every time.

J

[Pretty Boy]

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Very interesting to see how many of those who've responded seem to rarely watch much football other than Hibs and how many have kind of drifted away from the fanaticism of their younger years. Does that say something about the demographic of those who post on hibs.net?

I think it's saturation as much as anything.

TV football was undeniably a thing when I was a bairn but it was in it's infancy as a 24/7 concept. I loved Italian football (I could reel of the Milan team of the 90s easier than I could the current Man City side) and never missed Gazzeta on a Saturday morning or the live Channel 4 game on a Sunday afternoon. I loved watching the Newcastle side of the mid 90s, a team who just went out to try and outscore the opposition every week. Through my teens and early 20s it was a social thing; a weekend was rounded off with a few pints watching the Sunday afternoon games with mates.

In the last decade or so I just don't much like the way the game has gone. While acknowledging there is a bit of rose tinted glasses when thinking back to the 90s it seems a much more deliberately overly complicated and thus duller game now. My passion for Hibs has never waned, in fact it's become more prominent to fill the void if anything. I also still love watching lower league or non league football live and finding new grounds to see. The Champions League, EPL, La Liga etc just do nothing for me now though.

[Shrekko]

Used to love football but not now apart from Hibs games - probably due to saturation coverage but also a dislike of boring modern formulaic tactics and other new bits I don't like such as VAR.

Sports I prefer are ice-hockey, baseball and tennis.

[Mcbizz1998]

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I’m also a rugby fan. But football tops the pack.

I grew up in Bath where rugby was played at state schools the whole city is rugby daft. Played and watched rugby throughout, now coach my son’s team.

Big Bath fan. However if it’s a straight question Hibs to win the Cup or Bath to win the Prem it’s Hibs and the Cup every time.

J

Nice one mate.

I’m gutted that Edinburgh v Bath is same day as Hibs v United. Would have loved to go along and see Finn at wee Murrayfield!

[blackpoolhibs]

I used to watch every game that was on the telly, and watch Hibs live every week. Now apart from Hibs and Scotland, the games MIGHT be on in the background but not all the time, so much so I couldnt tell you who is playing day to day now, when in years gone by i knew every one.

I play Golf 3-4 times a week, but only really watch the big tournements, i think as i'm getting older sport does not feel as important as it once did for me.

Still cant do without Hibs though, that will never die.