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We refer to it as ‘the beautiful game’ but supporting your team can sometimes feel like being trapped in a psychological thriller.
Every weekend begins with hope, descends into dread and ends with one eye on the league table and the other on your Apple watch blood pressure app.
We are told football is about escapism, community and joy. It’s supposed to be fun, yet most spend 90 minutes pacing the living room and catastrophising over goal difference.
In this group therapy session, six supporters from different clubs compare notes on the peculiar, irrational misery of caring far too much about 11 strangers in matching shirts.
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