Never understood the attraction of football. Rugby's more my game. Of course, being Scottish, I'd rather stick pins in my eyes than support England in whatever sport (apart from motorcycle racing that is ).
What other sports can combine the speed, strength, fitness and athleticism, while at the same time incorporating style, technique, tactics, fluidity, teamwork, graft, entertainment (or lack of, sometimes thanks to tactics) with the regular shocks of results of underdogs. There are few that combine all that and more and thats the reason its the world game.