My old man can take some of the blame as he took me to my first match in 1979. The floodlights, the noise, Dalglish, Souness, Clemence, etc. It was particularly exciting for a ten year old. Plus I got two days off school
Why do you support your particular team?
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My old man can take some of the blame as he took me to my first match in 1979. The floodlights, the noise, Dalglish, Souness, Clemence, etc. It was particularly exciting for a ten year old. Plus I got two days off school
Dunno, mebbe you missed me point. Can't help my location but I look out/watch for me local teams as well
rapattaque
At fighting weight
I support Harrogate Town and Cardiff City. I support Town because this is where I live, i'm 1 of the 400/500 through the gate every game and i'm proud.
I support the Bluebirds because on Grand National day in 1993, my brother who was living in Cardiff back then, came home for the weekend and took me to watch Cardiff v Scarborough at the old McCain stadium. My previous experiences of watching football back then had been at Leeds, Barnsley and Doncaster and i'd been bored senseless and hardly enjoyed it at, i was barely interested in football at all. City were top of the third division, my brother was 20 and I was 10 at the time, we met up with his mates, and i can safely say, watching us win 3-1 that day was the most fun I had ever had up until that point. Bouncing around on an open terrace with however many hundred very rowdy city fans had made the trip up that day hooked me for life. I've spent the last 15 years trudging around the football grounds of the North of England supporting a team 250 miles away that doesn't do very well. And i love it.
I support the Bluebirds because on Grand National day in 1993, my brother who was living in Cardiff back then, came home for the weekend and took me to watch Cardiff v Scarborough at the old McCain stadium. My previous experiences of watching football back then had been at Leeds, Barnsley and Doncaster and i'd been bored senseless and hardly enjoyed it at, i was barely interested in football at all. City were top of the third division, my brother was 20 and I was 10 at the time, we met up with his mates, and i can safely say, watching us win 3-1 that day was the most fun I had ever had up until that point. Bouncing around on an open terrace with however many hundred very rowdy city fans had made the trip up that day hooked me for life. I've spent the last 15 years trudging around the football grounds of the North of England supporting a team 250 miles away that doesn't do very well. And i love it.
bluestreak
HomosexualityIsStalin’sAtomBombtoDestroyAmerica
Yes, I've noticed this. Very few of them are honest enough to admit that basically when you're a kid and you've got no local team you pick a big winning side to follow. Let's face it, if I grew up in Limerick and had a choice between Limerick City or a premier league team would I really pick, I dunno, Sunderland, or one of London's also rans? Just accept it. You're all glory hunters and that's OK. Just don't pretend you're not with this me dad and me grandad shite. They're glory hunters too FFS.
nino_savatte
No pasaran!
Half of my mum's side of the family are Reds and the other half are Bluenoses. I chose Liverpool probably because of my mum. The first time I saw Liverpool play was in the FA Cup Final of 1971 when we lost to the Arse. I saw my first live match at Anfield in 1972; it was Liverpool v Stoke City and the match ended in a 0-0 draw. My grandfather also supported Rangers 
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My old man can take some of the blame as he took me to my first match in 1979. The floodlights, the noise, Dalglish, Souness, Clemence, etc. It was particularly exciting for a ten year old. Plus I got two days off school
tbh like if i could choose a team i'd probabl choose pool cos they have proper fans and they do win sometimes
i should support ashington or blyth i spose as they are closer to where i'm from than newcastle, but everyone at school was toon so i didn't really choose
I can understand in a way. I mean if we started supporting an NFL team, we'd probably choose the most successful.
i was into NFL when I was about 12 and I chose the redskins
when Serie A was on telly in the 90s I chose inter
if I choose to follow your team they will not win anything hahaha
BlueSquareThing
With chips
I chose the Lions ;-)
I knew a girl from Windsor at the time. That was the only reason to pick one fairly randomly from 28.
With the Lions come the Tigers of course. What a joy the last 15 years have been
JimW
支那暗杀团
Local team when I was growing up, though we moved away when I was still a teenager. Used to go and watch Swindon with a friend who was a fan when living nearer there, but remained a Crewe supporter and went to see them whenever I could get to the match. Still do when I can fit games in on visits back to the UK.
do you reckon? i find it really difficult to support the successful team. i lived in Barcelona and had a season ticket for Espanyol. it felt more 'right' than supporting a bigger successful club.
Not sure that's actually true. People tended to pick NFL teams, ime, because they were either marquee teams, had cool strips or because
they could only find those Pony trainers in certain team colours. I remember the Dolphins and Raiders being very popular, even if they weren't the most succesful teams.
I agree with this. I used to watch Cardiff in the old 4th division and it was great. Well it wasn't actually it ws shit. But you know what I mean. However, I'm assuming you were 'grown up' when you chose Espanyol over Barca? Most kids get into football between 6-10 years old (I was 8). At that age, unless you have a family or friend influencing you, you are likely to be nothing but a glory hunter. It's about glamour and exposure as well. Most of my exposure to football as a kid was through the newspaper
These days with 24 hour sports news, several sports channels and the internet you can pretty much drown on football all day. Sky are so Utd and Chelsea-friendly that kids these days have little choice.As my sons were born in Cardiff I will be doing my best to lean them in the direction of City - as opposed to Liverpool. Thing is, in about 6 years time City will probably be the biggest side in Europe and their fans will be viewed as Glory Hunters
that's cos you're a toon fan
if we actually won anything i bet season ticket sales would drop off
that's cos you're a toon fan
if we actually won anything i bet season ticket sales would drop off
haha. get relegated and you won't be able to get a ticket for a game all season unless you sit in the away end.
Arsenal - it was the first match I ever went too.
Before the match I wasn't a fan of any team, but by the end of 90 minutes I was. Not my nearest team by any stretch of the imagination but after standing in the North bank there was no going back!
I've been going regularly ever since.
Before the match I wasn't a fan of any team, but by the end of 90 minutes I was. Not my nearest team by any stretch of the imagination but after standing in the North bank there was no going back!
I've been going regularly ever since.
stupid kid
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Charlton - down the road from where I grew up.
San Francisco 49ers - Chose them on the basis of playing Madden and liking two of their players, who had already been traded (completely unknown to me at the time), thus leaving them in the wilderness for several seasons.
San Francisco 49ers - Chose them on the basis of playing Madden and liking two of their players, who had already been traded (completely unknown to me at the time), thus leaving them in the wilderness for several seasons.
FC United and Manchester United because I'm from Manchester. My dad's family were nearly all City fans and my dad started taking me to Maine Road but City weren't that good (beaten 6-1 by West Ham) and United had just got Denis Law. First United game was at Maine Road when the draw kept United up and sent City down. United then when on to win the FA Cup with Law scoring twice and the rest is history. I'm a member of FCUM and go and watch them when I can.
nino_savatte
No pasaran!
Didn't Denis Law help to relegate you lot in 1974?
jackwellis
New Member
I support covnetry city as i grew up there, my dad used to take me to games but he is a stoke fan (he live in stoke). not im a season ticket hold with my friends. pusb
N_igma
Epistemic nuisance
Yes and no. He scored a goal for City that apparently sent United down, turns out they would have went down if he scored or not.
nino_savatte
No pasaran!
They were really shite around that time. It took them a couple of seasons to return to Division 1 iirc.
My home town team is Gloucester RFC. I used to go and watch them all the time when we lived round the corner from Kingsholm, but I was always more into football than rugby. My old man wasn't interested, so I had to wait until my uncles took me to Swindon (their nearest club, although they have other allegiances). I was hooked immediately.
scifisam
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Supporting your home team is a little more difficult when there are several teams within five miles of your house. West Ham, Charlton and Leyton Orient are pretty much equidistant from us, and Arsenal's not far at all - that seems to be the team most people at my daughter's school support. It'd just feel a bit wrong taking her to see different teams so that she can choose which one she likes best. It'd be like secretly shagging several different women in the same time period so that you can choose which should be your wife.
You don't remember correctly, they went straight back up with the biggest crowds in the entire league (yes, that means bigger than every single team in the First Division as well).
I support Bristol Rovers because I grew up in north Bristol and Rovers are the team that play in north Bristol. Anything else would be peculiar.
Hmm. First thing: definitely not Arsenal. You basically need to do a bit of research into the history and culture of the teams involved. Personally I'd go for West Ham--they've never been rich or glamorous but they produced some great players from their youth academy.
bluestreak
HomosexualityIsStalin’sAtomBombtoDestroyAmerica
Blatantly Charlton or Orient
Yeah - you live there!
What I meant is for me, sitting in blighty, I'd be most likely to choose the most successful team that I could watch on telly.
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