https://somersetdaily.co.uk/tags/cura%C3%A7ao/Recent content in curaçao on Somerset DailyHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usSat, 06 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0000https://somersetdaily.co.uk/embracing-football-at-27-becoming-a-world-cup-fan-against-the-odds/Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0000https://somersetdaily.co.uk/embracing-football-at-27-becoming-a-world-cup-fan-against-the-odds/Growing up, football was never on my radar. I dismissed it as a “boy’s hobby,” both in watching and playing. As a teenager, my indifference turned into outright disdain. I vividly recall being thirteen or fourteen when classmates jubilantly celebrated their team’s victory. Their shouts of “WE WON!” felt pointless to me, and I snidely retorted, “Your team won. You didn’t do anything.” That teenage self-righteousness was palpable during a Year 10 debate, where I championed higher pay for nurses over Premier League footballers.