Amateur football players

A football fan is considered to be anyone who is a fan of any kind of spectacle and attends it frequently, in this case football. The fact is that this sport generates different emotions in both the fans and the players themselves. Among the most common emotions that occur during football matches are the following:

• Euphoria: The football fan who feels euphoria will experience something similar to happiness, although in a deeper and more intense way. However, this emotion is not as long-lasting as happiness, as it is usually only experienced for a few moments after the event. The most frequent situations that provoke euphoria in fans are when their team scores a decisive goal or wins a championship.
• Frustration: The football fan who feels frustration feels it in situations where he or she witnesses the team he or she is cheering for not being able to achieve the goals set or not doing what is expected of him or her. This is a very common emotion among football fans, as over the course of a season there are multiple matches played, which means that there is always the possibility of losing. This means that, although sometimes this is not the case, on most occasions frustration is accompanied by defeat.
• Joy: this is an emotion that is felt by everyone in one of the two competing teams, which means that it is experienced by the football fans, but also by the coaching staff and players. This emotion is felt when the team wins a match, as well as when it achieves its goals at the end of the season, such as promotion, staying in the same division or winning a title. Obviously, the joy is felt by all those associated with the club..
• Sadness: It goes without saying that for one team to win, another team has to lose. Therefore, the fans of the defeated team experience the opposite emotion to joy, sadness. Sadness can occur for a variety of reasons, whether it is not achieving the goals set at the end of the season or losing a match.
• Passion: Passion is undoubtedly an emotion that is closely linked to the sport. It tends to be more related to the fans, although many footballers also have a real passion for the colours of their team. England and Argentina are two of the countries where football matches are most passionately experienced.
• Madness: this is the emotion that some football fans experience when they carry out acts without thinking about the consequences they may cause, as they get carried away by the madness they feel during matches. Therefore, it can be said that it is the fans who develop this emotion the most, who are capable of doing anything for their team.

Many football fans are football fans because they admire a particular footballer and like to watch him play, regardless of whether his team wins or loses. However, if he scores a goal, the revolution is guaranteed. There are also other fans who go with their team everywhere, regardless of the fact that it plays in a country thousands of kilometres away from their own, and will do whatever it takes to defend their colours wherever they are.

The different behaviours of football fans at a game

There are different ways of experiencing a football match. Everyone reacts very differently to victory and defeat. Depending on their behaviour, football fans can be classified as follows:

1. The gentleman fan: this type of football fan is not very common, as it is the person who calmly accepts that the opposing team is superior, applauds them when they make good plays and is embarrassed when he sees other fans getting very upset.
2. The long-suffering fan: this person lives every match in real anguish, and can feel an almost physical suffering every time he sees his team make a mistake.
3. The silent fan: this is a person who experiences the match in an almost mystical state of concentration. This means that they do not miss a single detail of what is happening on the pitch.
4. The polemic fan: the polemic person is never happy with anything and watches every football match angry at everyone, the opponent, the referee and even the players of his own team.
5. The party fan: this fan is not very interested in the matches, as for him they are just the perfect excuse to have a good time, so he will always support the team that wins.
6. The superstitious fan: this is the person who carries amulets or any other object that he believes will bring good luck to his team, and may even perform various rituals for the same purpose.

The behaviour of a good football fan

Fortunately, most football fans behave correctly when watching or attending a match of their team. For as much as a few try to tarnish the name of the beautiful game, there are many more who make it a wonderful thing.

• A good football fan has to support his team in victory as well as in defeat and, although he will obviously love his team’s colours, he must always act with reason, tolerance and prudence. A good fan has to respect his own team, but also his opponents, his fans, his coaching staff and the referees, so he should never say anything that he might regret or that might be detrimental to his club.
• The good fan has to create an atmosphere of friendship and cordiality with his actions, which will make his team even greater. He must also take care of the club’s services and facilities, as well as properly upholding fair play. His behaviour and attitude must serve as an example to other fans and even to the players themselves.
• The good fan should forget about other people’s mistakes, adverse results and the tension experienced in the face of them. It is better to put aside everything that generates negative emotions and open up to what makes him experience positive emotions when he watches or attends a football match.