5 ways in which trolling is ruining the football experience

#5 Missing the moment

Everybody want’s to tweet these days

One of the most frustrating incidents as a football fan is when you are watching a match on TV and either team scores a goal just when you are away for a restroom break. How many ever replays you watch, it is not quite the same; we all hate missing the moment. Imagine if you simply had to go to the loo when the 1999 Champions League final (Machester United vs Bayern Munich) was approaching injury time!

But now it seems it is even more important to let others know what you are experiencing; live Instafeeds, quickfire tweets, thinking up the next troll before anyone else on the internet – amidst all this, the sheer passion of the moment a goal is scored or a goalline clearance made is lost. We have one eye on our smartphones and one eye on the field; a quick glance up to make sure we missed nothing, and then back to the addictive social media world.

Embrace all the fun and laughter it provides – but at the same time, let's join hands to ensure that trolling and social media do not spoil the inherent joy of the football experience.