I can tolerate football and will watch a game if nothing else is on but to me it is nothing compared to rugby. I find the atmosphere at football grounds oppressive and threatening. Compare that to last week when my nephew was the mascot at the Leicester Tigers. He had a player designated to look after him (the injured Lewis Moody) and met all of the team before and after the game (all of whom were happy to sign what he wanted). He even received an email apology from the team captain because it was his first game as captain and he forgot to hold his hand on the way out onto the pitch. If this were football, could you imagine an England international spending his Saturday looking after a kid or a team captain personally sending an apology email because he forgot to hold the kids hand. Add to that the fact that my whole family were made to feel welcome in the stands with no loutish behaviour and very little swearing and you can see why rugby is the game for me. All of this coupled with the fact that I can have a beer in the stands and banter with the oppostion supporters.