They should make this obligatory for women...

I, football fan, recognised a lot of myself and my friends in this. It fails to explain (but then again, it cannot be explained) but makes clear and understandable (to some extent) a man's love for a club and the way his mood is connected to his club's success. Although the book is better, no woman would make it past page two, and the film adaptation makes the subject more accessible for people that are not into football. Some scenes are great, also the scene which is not in the book where the two women argue about whether men unintendedly suck them into their weird worlds. When your wife, girlfriend or partner does not understand your need to compulsively follow everything that has to do with your club, show her this and she will show some understanding for that behaviour (which by no means she will understand it, she never will...)

I hope i do not appear to be a sexist bastard, cause i'm not, but the common beliefs about differences between the sexes so often turn out to be true. I hope i do not offend any women who understand football, because i know you exist, but chances are depressingly few i will ever meet one of your kind.

Oh and by the way, if your American, don't bother to react. You wouldn't understand.