I would have to agree Villan. The most respected guy in our village (Notts ex mining village; asbos, hoodies, the school uniform is a Somerfield bag full of lager tins) is the guy who runs the kids football teams. If the cops want the kids to stop a particularly shitty piece of behaviour - they know they will do anything for him and his son, who runs the junior team.

If anything, they're a bit too fanatical, and so are their parents They take it SO seriously. Coverage in the local papers of even junior games, is massively seriousness.

Not actually sure that an interest in football is a guarantee of the continuation of civilsation as we know it.