It's such a shame

It certainly was PPLF and it was worse because I was all on my own.

Whilst I appreciate the effort, does this article have a point? There's nothing to discuss really

BB thanks for acknowledging. It's about hpw different countries and cultures look upon football. In the UK it reaches into the hearts of millions. In AD people are interested - mainly the wealthier echelons.

comment by Brennie Babes (U8994)
posted 27 minutes ago
Whilst I appreciate the effort, does this article have a point? There's nothing to discuss really
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More of a point than most articles on here.

I found it quite interesting. Cheers.

I have always had the impression that sports investment in the Emirates is perhaps geared more to the prestige of the owners rather than just making the club a cash cow. Very similar to horse racing, it's driven just as much as a leisure pursuit as a profit making business.

Cheers TOOR

Good point ARE.

Something else which I remember is that when the CL final and World Cup matches were taking place, a coffee bar/shisha lounge was used by Gulf and non-Gulf Arabs to watch football. You had Indian and Bangladeshi youths stood outside watching the TV screens through the windows. It was midsummer and the nights were very humid. They must have been really dedicated to follow matches in this way. It also shows that football is being embraced by the new generation of kids from the Sub-Continent.

Liverpool have always struggled in the Arab world to make a presence due having Carlsbury as sponsor for like 15 years. Since then many clubs have taken the lion share of the market.

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comment by (Kash) Mario Balle Balle Balotelli - Justice4Gaza (U1108)

Liverpool have always struggled in the Arab world to make a presence due having Carlsbury as sponsor for like 15 years. Since then many clubs have taken the lion share of the market.

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I never thought of that Kash - thanks.

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So you haven't found a girlfriend out there?

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Carlsbury
Chocolate lager?

A country with no Liverpool supporters? How do i go about getting a visa?

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Carlsbury
Chocolate lager?

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comment by Vic Mackey...Ice Cube baby, 99 baby, I'm on the grind baby, All the time baby (U19237)

A country with no Liverpool supporters? How do i go about getting a visa?

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You get a free 30 day visa stamp on arrival with a UK passport.

Good article SM67. I was led to believe that the world was awash with Reds supporters, but that's clearly not the case.

JimmyTheRed

There are Liverpool supporters here, but they are western. To be honest i very rarely see any locals sporting football jerseys. If you consider that 90% of the population is expatriate (in the UAE at least) then of course this makes sense. Football isn't that big a sport here really (probably the biggest sport, but on the whole it's not exactly a crazy sporty region). Things such as camel and horse racing are surprisingly popular, and basketball used to be fairly popular too amongst the youth.

As someone said earlier, it's not about the making money, but the prestige. Dubai doesn't have the money for it (and achieves exposure through sponsorship by Emirates of Real, PSG, Arsenal, Milan), but Abu Dhabi and Qatar are clearly competing through football (although it's ironic that PSG are owned by Qataris but sponsored by Emirates).

Also what are you doing watching footy in shisha bars Go to a real bar and have a beer with some real supporters you numpty. There are plenty about

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There are Liverpool supporters here, but they are western.
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Ah - but that's not the same thing!

comment by SM67 (U19913)
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Ah - but that's not the same thing!
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well why in god's name would people who only just started caring about football support a team other than the 'national' state-funded team? IT's no surprise that Emiratis support City. You can't just ignore 90% of the population :/

Also for the record they also compete for broadcast rights. when they bought city, they spent shitloads to make EPL games available on AbuDhabiSports, whilst Al Jazeera Sports (now BeIn) had CL rights. A couple of years ago Al Jazeera spunked a shítload on the rights so now Qatar has pretty much all the Middle East and North African football rights. Must have hurt Abu Dhabi deep. Convenient for watching it though, because you only need one sports package to watch EPL and CL games

Brennie

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comment by Dubai Reds (U19847)
posted 1 hour, 26 minutes ago
what a complete kn@bend you are op
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A bit harsh?