A lot of people and fans in England and abroad leave games early, wether that would because they want an early dart to beat the traffic or because their team is not doing that great (probably the latter for Southampton fans at the moment…) but it seems they are in 2 sections when it comes to leaving, you get the fan who will leave early no matter what – probably known as the early darter or the person who will probably leave if there team is losing by a margin and be like what’s the point? In my personal opinion i think when i go to games i might aswell stay until the end because you’ve come out just for this reason.
But are both reasons good enough reasons and viable enough to actually leave early?
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Let’s delve into both and have some fan views on wether they as a person and as a individual would do if they were in that situation and what they think about it.
As a paying fan, you get the option to do what you want with your time and choose when you leave, which is fair enough but then somebody might say about your disloyalty to your club. It’s open to debate. If you are leaving because you need to catch a bus or a train it should be taken into account differently. I spoke to a few football fans on their opinions about what they would do and there views on it, one fan said “The only time i have left a game early was due to the public transport cancellations. I had to leave just before full time to catch a train as the later times had been cancelled. I think it is fair to leave a game for reasons such as this, however if transport isn’t a factor, I believe in staying any supporting your team until the end” a great insight there to what he thinks is best, but it begs the question – is that the right way to think about it?
Another fan with another opinion said “yes I have left games early, this has been for a few reasons, either argyle are losing by 3 goals or more, or because the bus times home are awkward meaning I have to leave five minutes early “ he followed on to say about how about how he has no issue with leaving games early as like previously stated in the article, the paying fan has the choice to leave the game, he said “I have no issue with people leaving games early because they’ve paid for the ticket so they can leave whenever they want, it doesn’t bother me.
It is a very different views on it but very much the same in terms of can leave on there own accord but the reasons they should leave are a bit different.
I think the general consensus is that fans think you should be able to leave , but the reasons you should go are different.