Vast swathes of the media are ditching the likes of Lawrenson and Gray in favour of you.
More and more airtime is being given over to football phone-ins be they on the radio or on TV. But only very rarely can you be bothered to pay the ridiculous phone charges and have to wait for fifteen minutes to get your five second point rushed through.
That’s where internet football forums come in.
Offering free subscription and easy sign up it’s never been easier for your opinions to gain an audience of thousands.
As people react to your thoughts you get drawn inside a welcoming community of fans that mirror that of a football clubs fans.
No more has this community spirit been felt than at Final Score Forums
Having met on another football forum, many of the members had been upset by the running of a place they described as their ‘home’. After several disputes the whole community came together to create their own new site and moved to the new home in a revolution the French could only look at with jealousy.
Now owned and run by members of the community the site is going from strength to strength and is already more active than most forums that have been online for years.
Kent based Aston Villa season ticker holder Andrew Hannigan was one of the members key to the site’s up bringing.
‘It’s amazing how the community came together and helped us with the site.’ He reveals.
‘People love to talk football in an environment where all views are welcome and respected. There are people from diverse backgrounds across the globe adding their two cents worth with everyone from Chelsea to East Stirling being represented.’
‘We want to make this site special and we’ve got dedicated stuff who are also at the heart of the community arranging prediction and fantasy football leagues with real prizes. There’s no other forum quite like it but rather than it being a service we feel we’re just doing it for the entertainment of our friends.’
As well as the main business of arguing over who is the most underrated left back in the league there are sections to keep the most red blooded male happy and an arcade section with games galore.
Regular contributor Mo Ruddy, a Newry City fan, said: I love the extra bits to the football chat but the best bit about this forum above all others is the community family. Everyone knows everyone and share a great bit of banter.’
