Davey - you may have a point, but why be so confrontational.
With respect, you could have asked the simple and valid question.. "why was this thread in this particular section". This question would have been valid whether you HATED football or LOVED football.
Had you posted that question, I assume that Scunner would have responded roughly as he has already.
I will always defend someone's right to put there opinion forthrightly but we should all strive to do this as politely as possible.
I feel sure, or perhaps hope, that you never intended to be confrontational, that it just came across that way and that you would agree that we should all move on.