Comments on: Extra Time: European Football’s Battle With The Time Zone http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/08/19/extra-time-european-footballs-battle-with-the-time-zone/ Exploring football culture around the world Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:38:55 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: altax http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/08/19/extra-time-european-footballs-battle-with-the-time-zone/comment-page-1/#comment-9853 altax Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:35:01 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/08/19/extra-time-european-footballs-battle-with-the-time-zone/#comment-9853 Football itself a BATTLE always. Its really a nice and very informative post. Thanks for the article. Football itself a BATTLE always. Its really a nice and very informative post. Thanks for the article.

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]]> By: timmy http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/08/19/extra-time-european-footballs-battle-with-the-time-zone/comment-page-1/#comment-6346 timmy Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:14:05 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/08/19/extra-time-european-footballs-battle-with-the-time-zone/#comment-6346 Football is with out a doubt (in my mind) the greatest sport there's ever been, I play football religiously and I can tell you that it is an art form, people who can play the game naturally don't know how gifted they are! if someone told you to go an tackle someone and that someone manages to get directly behind you with the ball without touching you or comitting a foul you've gotta see the magic. it's a team game that's gets easyer when everybodys on the same wave lenght. WITHOUT A DOUBT THE GREATEST SPORT THERES EVER BEEN. Football is with out a doubt (in my mind) the greatest sport there’s ever been, I play football religiously and I can tell you that it is an art form, people who can play the game naturally don’t know how gifted they are! if someone told you to go an tackle someone and that someone manages to get directly behind you with the ball without touching you or comitting a foul you’ve gotta see the magic. it’s a team game that’s gets easyer when everybodys on the same wave lenght. WITHOUT A DOUBT THE GREATEST SPORT THERES EVER BEEN.

]]> By: Nils http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/08/19/extra-time-european-footballs-battle-with-the-time-zone/comment-page-1/#comment-6344 Nils Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:01:07 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/08/19/extra-time-european-footballs-battle-with-the-time-zone/#comment-6344 In GMT+5hrs zones, in Montreal, it really is TRUE LUXURY to settle in watch DECENT Premiership at 10am, or worse, to eggsbacon with a latte, moving on to pints at half-time. In fact its the Rugby 6 Nations which brings the most charged atmosphere at the big sports-bars, as the French, English and the Irish always are in large numbers.Soccer crowd a little more straggley, but friendly all the same. Its really difficult to explain this atmosphere to Europeans. TRUE LUXURY. In GMT+5hrs zones, in Montreal, it really is TRUE LUXURY to settle in watch DECENT Premiership at 10am, or worse, to eggsbacon with a latte, moving on to pints at half-time. In fact its the Rugby 6 Nations which brings the most charged atmosphere at the big sports-bars, as the French, English and the Irish always are in large numbers.Soccer crowd a little more straggley, but friendly all the same. Its really difficult to explain this atmosphere to Europeans. TRUE LUXURY.

]]> By: Игры http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/08/19/extra-time-european-footballs-battle-with-the-time-zone/comment-page-1/#comment-6296 Игры Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:26:28 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/08/19/extra-time-european-footballs-battle-with-the-time-zone/#comment-6296 futball - it's grate game evryone! futball – it’s grate game evryone!

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]]> By: George McCumiskey http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/08/19/extra-time-european-footballs-battle-with-the-time-zone/comment-page-1/#comment-6155 George McCumiskey Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:32:06 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/08/19/extra-time-european-footballs-battle-with-the-time-zone/#comment-6155 I like to watch live football as my first choice only. I'd rather tivo it than get up at 4am or stay up till 2 am or whatever. Now if I win the lottery thats when I'll watch whenever and quit working. I like to watch live football as my first choice only. I’d rather tivo it than get up at 4am or stay up till 2 am or whatever. Now if I win the lottery thats when I’ll watch whenever and quit working.

]]> By: Lee@GuillemBalague.com http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/08/19/extra-time-european-footballs-battle-with-the-time-zone/comment-page-1/#comment-6008 Lee@GuillemBalague.com Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:45:49 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/08/19/extra-time-european-footballs-battle-with-the-time-zone/#comment-6008 Very interesting article Richard! A subject particularly close to my heart as something I spent a fair bit of time researching before I actually worked for a living. I'm still fascinated by these processes of "Glocalisation" though and wasnt it that Appadurai bloke who said that the global is always local somewhere. I'm still looking for the book that tackles these questions: how are these matches 'consumed' in a decontextualised setting? How does support for a team - membership of an imagined community - reshaping local ties and local structures.Now matter how hyper-real football may have become in distant decontextualised sites, its consumption still takes place in local social and cultural settings and it is therefore consumed in a limitless variety of ways. The idea of the fan 20 years ago stood in the rain on an empty terrace 20 years ago watching a strictly local event, to the concept of a goal being scored and instantaneoulsy celebrated by a group of mates in a bar on the other side of the planet is really intriguing - but I'd never given that much thought to how time could play a part in this consumption as well. You've given me a few things to think about. Cheers mate. Very interesting article Richard! A subject particularly close to my heart as something I spent a fair bit of time researching before I actually worked for a living. I’m still fascinated by these processes of “Glocalisation” though and wasnt it that Appadurai bloke who said that the global is always local somewhere. I’m still looking for the book that tackles these questions: how are these matches ‘consumed’ in a decontextualised setting? How does support for a team – membership of an imagined community – reshaping local ties and local structures.Now matter how hyper-real football may have become in distant decontextualised sites, its consumption still takes place in local social and cultural settings and it is therefore consumed in a limitless variety of ways. The idea of the fan 20 years ago stood in the rain on an empty terrace 20 years ago watching a strictly local event, to the concept of a goal being scored and instantaneoulsy celebrated by a group of mates in a bar on the other side of the planet is really intriguing – but I’d never given that much thought to how time could play a part in this consumption as well. You’ve given me a few things to think about. Cheers mate.

]]> By: Abiye http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/08/19/extra-time-european-footballs-battle-with-the-time-zone/comment-page-1/#comment-5917 Abiye Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:32:10 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/08/19/extra-time-european-footballs-battle-with-the-time-zone/#comment-5917 It’s actually not so easy here to see a live game too…..There’s many time I’ve stumbled to bed at 5am after a bit of a bender only to have to drag my sorry ass down to Old Trafford for a 12:30 K.O. on a Sunday lunchtime. It hurts. Do I learn? Uh-uh. It’s actually not so easy here to see a live game too…..There’s many time I’ve stumbled to bed at 5am after a bit of a bender only to have to drag my sorry ass down to Old Trafford for a 12:30 K.O. on a Sunday lunchtime.
It hurts.
Do I learn?
Uh-uh.

]]> By: Csiki Andy http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/08/19/extra-time-european-footballs-battle-with-the-time-zone/comment-page-1/#comment-5882 Csiki Andy Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:58:48 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2008/08/19/extra-time-european-footballs-battle-with-the-time-zone/#comment-5882 I used to live on Pohnpei, an island in the middle of the Pacific (look it up if you don't believe me), and for reasons that I can no longer recall we would get live coverage of the Monday night game in England. Which meant that I would sit there in my shorts in the tropical morning drinking coffee while watching people huddled together for warmth in the pouring rain at Hillsboriugh and Ewood Park and similar places. It was great. Now I live in Europe, but the time zone thing can still get me - Romanian time is an hour ahead of CET (and I have children now) meaning that all those European matches don't kick off until 9.45, so I have to be fairly selective about which ones I stay up for. And as for the post match highlights-of-the-other-games show, forget it. I used to live on Pohnpei, an island in the middle of the Pacific (look it up if you don’t believe me), and for reasons that I can no longer recall we would get live coverage of the Monday night game in England. Which meant that I would sit there in my shorts in the tropical morning drinking coffee while watching people huddled together for warmth in the pouring rain at Hillsboriugh and Ewood Park and similar places. It was great.

Now I live in Europe, but the time zone thing can still get me – Romanian time is an hour ahead of CET (and I have children now) meaning that all those European matches don’t kick off until 9.45, so I have to be fairly selective about which ones I stay up for. And as for the post match highlights-of-the-other-games show, forget it.

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