Donna Ferentes
jubliado
My first game was Chelsea-Leeds
Choosing a footie team for my son
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How old were you? How much do you remember? And do you think it was because your Dad was so into it that it was so memorable? (if that was the case...)
ericjarvis
give a feck for the feckless
I'd start him out with Farsley Celtic, and then after that a trip to Elland Road. Give him both options, let him choose.
Donna Ferentes
jubliado
My Dad wasn't, but we lived in London, Leeds were on an undefeated streak that at the time stretched to about twenty games and so as they were playing in London he thought he'd go. All I remember is that we couldn't see so I sat on his shoulders (yes, at my very first game of football this actually did happen) and that Leeds won 2-1. Which I might also remember from having seen the goals on The Big Match the next day.
I was eight.
Was it feisty?
What is it that grabs you? Specifically, what is the emotion or feeling that is so strong that you seem to literally almost fall in love with a game?
I'm jealous of this, cos it seems fun. You get to sit in pubs and drink beer and be one of a group and cheer. But god knows I've tried and everytime I've seen a football match I've been bored within 15 minutes.
Whatever it is, it seems like you can get it without your parents help which is just as well...
I'm jealous of this, cos it seems fun. You get to sit in pubs and drink beer and be one of a group and cheer. But god knows I've tried and everytime I've seen a football match I've been bored within 15 minutes.
Whatever it is, it seems like you can get it without your parents help which is just as well...
Donna Ferentes
jubliado
Gawd, I can't remember though if you look at the video you'll get the impression that it was never anything else.
One of the goals from my first ever game is at 7.30ish. Fantastic.
skyscraper101
0891 50 50 50
Aren't you Claire Peacock from Coronation Street?
Surely he should support Weatherfield County FC.
And don't be so pushy towards Joshua.
Surely he should support Weatherfield County FC.
And don't be so pushy towards Joshua.
Donna Ferentes
jubliado
It's hard to explain to oneself and almost impossible to explain to anybody else. But it's partly the crowd and partly the fact that football really is an incredibly good game, rich varied and dramatic yet easily understood. And the script is never written in advance, that matters.
How rudeAren't you Claire Peacock from Coronation Street?
Surely he should support Weatherfield County FC.
And don't be so pushy towards Joshua.
TrippyLondoner
Well-Known Member
Its just the emotion,the drama, how each game can change within a second and how important one goal can be,for me that's why I love the game, aswell as the history that surrounds it. (just wish I was in a position to afford to go to games like I used to but am not atm) There's other reasons to but you get the idea.
AKA pseudonym
Well-Known Member
hard to put your finger on it..
The whole looking forward to the game, checking up on team news..
For me I love the walk to the game as the crowds get bigger and the singing and the craic begins.. getting to your seat, which usually is the worst bit.. looking around you and feeling part of something.. the atmosphere..
Your team scoring, even better winning..
Its hard to describe the emotions at a game...
Your son is very lucky that he has a parent who will take him to a game, you never know you might get the bug too..
Yeah maybe. Thanks for trying to describe what it's like. I get the crowd bit, the feeling of something bigger, I used to get that at free parties or even clubbing sometimes.hard to put your finger on it..
The whole looking forward to the game, checking up on team news..
For me I love the walk to the game as the crowds get bigger and the singing and the craic begins.. getting to your seat, which usually is the worst bit.. looking around you and feeling part of something.. the atmosphere..
Your team scoring, even better winning..
Its hard to describe the emotions at a game...
Your son is very lucky that he has a parent who will take him to a game, you never know you might get the bug too..
christonabike
Elm Park Bencher
Game over, it's got to be Leeds
LEEDS LEEDS LEEDS!
I am biased
christonabike
Elm Park Bencher
Football on dance drugs is a right laugh, maybe save it for a big birthday or summat
grubby local
tapir wanker
claire,
you should know that Leeds are a universally reviled team, currently wallowing in self-inflicted obscurity to the glee of most football fans. So if you want to teach some backs-to-the-wall underdog values ("everyone hates us, we don't care") then Leeds are your team!
Agree you gotta go local. Also, the roar of a 20,000 crowd is extremely impressionistic for tiny minds and it is likely that whatever you choose he'll remember moments for the rest of his life so choose wisely! As someone else said - no pressure!!
Non-league is fun, bijou, family friendly and slightly cheaper and what many of my friends have chosen to do with their young kids (Slough, Lewes). You can meet the players after the game etc etc. That can instill another type of local pride and community but would mark him out as *different* at school if he can handle that! Upside is that it is very roots football with none of the obsene wages and zillionaires prancing about, downside is that he'd never see his idols on TV or in the papers (or on stickers).
Of course, the true answer to this question is that he should become a Manchester City fan - not too far away and after 30 years of fuck all, are about to take over the known universe, effortlessly giving him years and years of glory and superstars to look forward to.
gx
you should know that Leeds are a universally reviled team, currently wallowing in self-inflicted obscurity to the glee of most football fans. So if you want to teach some backs-to-the-wall underdog values ("everyone hates us, we don't care") then Leeds are your team!
Agree you gotta go local. Also, the roar of a 20,000 crowd is extremely impressionistic for tiny minds and it is likely that whatever you choose he'll remember moments for the rest of his life so choose wisely! As someone else said - no pressure!!
Non-league is fun, bijou, family friendly and slightly cheaper and what many of my friends have chosen to do with their young kids (Slough, Lewes). You can meet the players after the game etc etc. That can instill another type of local pride and community but would mark him out as *different* at school if he can handle that! Upside is that it is very roots football with none of the obsene wages and zillionaires prancing about, downside is that he'd never see his idols on TV or in the papers (or on stickers).
Of course, the true answer to this question is that he should become a Manchester City fan - not too far away and after 30 years of fuck all, are about to take over the known universe, effortlessly giving him years and years of glory and superstars to look forward to.
gx
Rollem
two kinds of wonderful
Football on dance drugs is a right laugh, maybe save it for a big birthday or summat
oh god yes, haven't done that for a few years, but properly hilarious. especially when your team are winning 4-0 and you haven't got a clue
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
I wasn't really sure that I should mention that, in fact I wasn't even sure if it was universal or just me.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
Diff people get diff things. For some it's seriously tribal for others it's a totally absorbing live, unfolding human drama. It's generally masculine and blokey, somewhere you can be free with your emotions. It's sport/athleticism with a huge range of individual and team tactical options, plenty to discuss, and it’s an endless on going soap opera on and off the pitch.
I always liked the bloke a couple of rows in front of me who stood up and screamed for five minutes every week. Didn’t have a clue about football. No one blinks an eyelid though or really even notices; couldn’t happen anywhere else in his life.
It's prob a bit like trying to explain what's so good about a Saturday shopping with the girls; clothes, a gossip, a nice lunch . . . what's the point???
grubby local
tapir wanker
just to add ... just seen that Leeds are almost certain to be in the play-offs to the Championship. Their last game of the season on May 2nd is at home and would be a brilliant atmosphere. Then what happens is that four teams play each other to see who gets promoted which is very exciting, is at Wembley, bound to be on telly, and the whole town will be buzzing.
By a quirk of fate the other two most hated teams in the UK, Millwall and MK Dons, are in the play-offs with them! As one Argentinian newspaper put it when England played Brazil in the 2002 world cup finals, "Let's hope for an earthquake"!
gx
By a quirk of fate the other two most hated teams in the UK, Millwall and MK Dons, are in the play-offs with them! As one Argentinian newspaper put it when England played Brazil in the 2002 world cup finals, "Let's hope for an earthquake"!
gx
Was also considering ringing you for advice as it happens
Stop scaring me with the 'remember forever' bullshit
Will probably take him to Farsley Celtic and Leeds Utd and take it from there. It's just that thing, you know of doing something you've never done before. For some reason that whole thing is quite intimidating for me, the crowds, meant to be knowing what's going on. It's like this massive 'in club' that I know nothing about, my kid knows more than me.Why does everyone hate Leeds?
edit: damn their going to their Nans on the 2nd...
AKA pseudonym
Well-Known Member
Theres a few friendly Leeds games coming up in the summer.. Maybe wont have the same atmosphere, but are generally geared up as 'fan days'..
a leeds supporters site
btw Im a liverpool supporter
a leeds supporters site
btw Im a liverpool supporter
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
Don't go on your own with him then... no reason why you can't go with a few other peeps, maybe drag HB up for the first match if other half really doesn't want to go.
christonabike
Elm Park Bencher
Bit of a misnomer that. Being a Leeds fan lately, each season we have changed our players and even old timers are stood there going "who the feck is that playing?"
Half the fans don't have a clue what's going on
grubby local
tapir wanker
Why does everyone hate Leeds? A nasty history of racism, fascism, thuggery, greed and arrogance. How much of that has been wiped out in recent years I'd have to leave to other more enlightened fans, but that's the stain they carry around with them. Doesn't sound good, huh? gx
That is pretty offputting
christonabike
Elm Park Bencher
Oi, you grubby twat, you forgot to add allegations of match-fixing
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