Football gods (United States, United Kingdom) or Footy gods (Australia) is a common refrain used by sport broadcasters and commentators to refer to moments of great luck or misfortune experienced footballers, teams and their fans. It is used across different codes of football.

In Australia a segment of the NRL Footy Show had a feature focusing on the notion of the Footy gods pondering "why a League ball bounces this way instead of that...why so called big money players are actually hopeless...or why the ref thought why this was a forward pass!...its enough to make any fan scream to the gods, the footy gods!"[1]

The Cobargo Chronicle from New South Wales in Australia noted in 1900 "That Jupiter Pluvius this winter seems to dispense all his favours on Saturday–the footballers' god should be supplicated on the matter"[2]

Traits of the Football gods

There are common themes used to describe the inclinations of the Football gods:

References

  1. ^ "NRL 2020: Fletch and Hindy, Matty Johns Show, footy gods". Fox Sports. 2020-07-30. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
  2. ^ "" Evil to him who evil thinks." THEY SAY". The Cobargo Chronicle. Vol. II, no. 81. New South Wales, Australia. 8 June 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 20 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "An open letter to the Football Gods: What gives?!". www.nfl.com. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
  4. ^ a b Rushin, Steve. "Steve Rushin: Sports gods are omnipresent to many, even though they don't exist". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
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