Why do footballers celebrate goals

[Rosie_titters]

i was watching footie last night and its finally dawn on me after 30 years why after a player scores a goal they all run over to him and celebrate by jumping on each other, patting each other on the back and hugging each other

you don't see this in any other form of employment - if a doctor does an operation succesfully you don't see him and the nurses celebrate, if an office staff does something well, you don't see the rest of the staff celebrating

so what the fuck is all this celebrating about - why not just walk back to the centre circle like normal folk

[MM99]

i suppose its to do with the thousands of fans going crazy when you score, and the delight at scoring a goal in a game that you know you have to win. even at amatuer level people still celebrate when they score so must be somethign rooted in us footballers.

[Rosie_titters]

i suppose its to do with the thousands of fans going crazy when you score, and the delight at scoring a goal in a game that you know you have to win. even at amatuer level people still celebrate when they score so must be somethign rooted in us footballers.

nah it some bollocks from when we were kids - although in the playground i never remember celebrating when i scored a 30 yards screamer - use to love playground footie - always high scoring games like 18 - 12

[xDAVEYx]

nah it some bollocks from when we were kids - although in the playground i never remember celebrating when i scored a 30 yards screamer - use to love playground footie - always high scoring games like 18 - 12

i hear that!!

we've got a 6 a side thing at uni like that, just guys in it for a laugh, audacious volleys, mazy runs and brutal tackles on concrete

our team was shit though, took us four games to get a goal (i play in goal, not my fault)

celebrations are very different from player to player. remember a few years ago when all 10 players just jumped into a huge hug? that was the best. its always good to see a player nearly cry cos it meant so much like cesc in milan, that was beautiful.

[corkbarry]

They are celebrating the win bonus,and the fact that they might not get any sh*t from the fans if they win

[Radford149]

i was watching footie last night and its finally dawn on me after 30 years why after a player scores a goal they all run over to him and celebrate by jumping on each other, patting each other on the back and hugging each other

you don't see this in any other form of employment - if a doctor does an operation succesfully you don't see him and the nurses celebrate, if an office staff does something well, you don't see the rest of the staff celebrating

so what the fuck is all this celebrating about - why not just walk back to the centre circle like normal folk

WHAT A LOAD OF BOLLOCKS

jesus wept, you clearly have never scored a goal. you might as well ask why do fans go mental after a goal is scored. pointless pointless thread

[DB10GOONER]

It's the rush of adrenaline - especially if the goal is a bit special.

[Rosie_titters]

WHAT A LOAD OF BOLLOCKS

jesus wept, you clearly have never scored a goal. you might as well ask why do fans go mental after a goal is scored. pointless pointless thread[/quote]

are you ever happy radders you sad miserable old *word censored* - and you are a fine one for starting fucking pointless thread -

[charliegeorgewhocanhitem]

i was watching footie last night and its finally dawn on me after 30 years why after a player scores a goal they all run over to him and celebrate by jumping on each other, patting each other on the back and hugging each other

you don't see this in any other form of employment - if a doctor does an operation succesfully you don't see him and the nurses celebrate, if an office staff does something well, you don't see the rest of the staff celebrating

so what the fuck is all this celebrating about - why not just walk back to the centre circle like normal folk

WHAT A LOAD OF BOLLOCKS

jesus wept, you clearly have never scored a goal. you might as well ask why do fans go mental after a goal is scored. pointless pointless thread

You took the words right out of me mouth mate, maybe Mr monkey is being a tad ironic or something, can't think of any other reason for the post

[QuartzGooner]

Sometimes they celebrate because their wife has had a baby.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2bPSkzyF_es

[charliegeorgewhocanhitem]

Sometimes they celebrate because their wife has had a baby.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2bPSkzyF_es

I hate those contrived and practised goal celebrations but the normal going mental the same way as we do ones are fine with me. Somehow I don't think it would have been quite the same if Mickey Thomas had just walked quietly back to the centre circle giving a few polite handshakes at Anfield in 89 Or what about the spur of the moment ones, who of a certain age can ever forget Charlie laying on his back on the Wembley turf after scoring the winner against the scouse in 71

[Rosie_titters]

You took the words right out of me mouth mate, maybe Mr monkey is being a tad ironic or something, can't think of any other reason for the post [/quote]

nah not Ironic and yes i have scored lots of goals from School age onwards and yes i have celebrated - maybe i am too observative or just have too much time on my hands - to think up these questions

[charliegeorgewhocanhitem]

You took the words right out of me mouth mate, maybe Mr monkey is being a tad ironic or something, can't think of any other reason for the post

nah not Ironic and yes i have scored lots of goals from School age onwards and yes i have celebrated - maybe i am too observative or just have too much time on my hands - to think up these questions[/quote]

I think you just have to think of the way we as fans react to an important goal to realise why the players do it. As I said in my previous post, I hate the contrived dancing/baby swinging shite/etc celebrations but the normal ones are just a natural reaction in the same way we react naturally to a goal. If we score a last minute winner agains the scum or mancs then we'll go mental so I can't blame the players for doing it too

[Rosie_titters]

I think you just have to think of the way we as fans react to an important goal to realise why the players do it. As I said in my previous post, I hate the contrived dancing/baby swinging shite/etc celebrations but the normal ones are just a natural reaction in the same way we react naturally to a goal. If we score a last minute winner agains the scum or mancs then we'll go mental so I can't blame the players for doing it too [/quote]

as a fan i can understand because i jump around like a kid with ADHD but i am talking as a footballer as an employee and you don't see this in other professions

but football is different to the real world i suppose who earns £150k a week in a normal job

[charliegeorgewhocanhitem]

I think you just have to think of the way we as fans react to an important goal to realise why the players do it. As I said in my previous post, I hate the contrived dancing/baby swinging shite/etc celebrations but the normal ones are just a natural reaction in the same way we react naturally to a goal. If we score a last minute winner agains the scum or mancs then we'll go mental so I can't blame the players for doing it too

as a fan i can understand because i jump around like a kid with ADHD but i am talking as a footballer as an employee and you don't see this in other professions

but football is different to the real world i suppose who earns £150k a week in a normal job[/quote]

Think you hit the nail on the head with the last sentence there mate, football aint the real world. If the the majority of us here acted the same way in the "real world" as we do at football then we'd all be locked up/sectioned/dragged off screaming and kicking to the nearest loony bin and our nearest and dearest would hardly recognise us for the sweet things that we really are