do you think people should support the football club were they were born or live instead of supporting one of the big fashionable clubs
2006-09-19 23:22:35 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football ➔ English Football
of course they should, theres no logical reason for supporting Man utd if you live in Portsmouth, it would be like supporting germany when your english. Although having said that it can be difficult to support your local team, my local team are in the east hampshire 2nd division (about 16 leagues below league football) so i support southampton instead
2006-09-19 23:27:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think in the truest sense, the club whom you must support forever, is the very first one you give your heart to.
I first watched Nottingham Forest draw 0-0, with West Ham in 1980 (League Cup). Now I didn't even know they were European Champions until later. But I just liked them, in that red jersey and so I decided to follow them.
I still follow them in League 1 today, although I was born in Nottingham.
Your club is like your wife, you are entitled to choose, but it's for life like the way a marriage should be. I can admire other teams but in my heart I know I can never have the same feeling of utter joy, if the winning team was Forest.
If your local club plays rubbish football and you're not at all attracted to them when you first watched them, I think you have every right to choose another club whose footballing style appeals to you. You can't call someone a glory seeker just because of this.
But you can and only should set your heart to, the very first club you pledge allegiance too.
2006-09-20 01:09:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to have some connection to the club, that maybe that you live in the local area or it could be that you went to watch a specific club play and have always supported them since. Some cities have more than one club, therefore often other factors influence who to support - take Glasgow, religion plays a much larger influence than how close you stay to the ground, which is all due to the history of how the clubs were originally formed.
2006-09-19 23:35:15 · answer #3 · answered by Kazbar 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In theory that would be great.
My dad was born in Bombay in the 1940's, one of the few football teams that were globally known then were Man Utd, so he supported them, when he came to the UK to attend boarding school, he continued to support them.
He met my mum and they had 2 children, my sister and me, as our dad supported Man Utd he too followed them, obviously we are from the south.
I am still a Utd supporter, however, having lived for the best part of 10 years in the Watford area I also have an affection for Watford, when the meet though I back Utd.
I met a girl from Nottingham and now live 10 miles or so from there, all my girlfriends family are Forest supporters, we all go to matches occasionally and I'm now starting to feel some loyalty to them too.
2006-09-19 23:38:26 · answer #4 · answered by RRM 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it would be nice , but its not always possible i support Watford but live 3 miles short of Scotland as you get older work and family play a big part in where you live. If you mean should somebody in southend born and bred support man u or liverpoolthen i think not its far to easy to support a successful club,than your local club,which demeans the value of their support and turns other fans against the teams they support
2006-09-20 00:02:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it's all very well saying yes they should, but it's not as simple as that.
What if you move away?
I support my local team (Hyde United - non-league), the team from where I was born (Rotherham United) and the team I've been to see the most for 20 years (Manchester City) luckily they rarely play each other!
Having said that - go along and support your local non-league team once in a while - you might well enjoy it, and they'll appreciate the support!
2006-09-20 02:52:47 · answer #6 · answered by funnygeezeruk 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When i started gettin into football I chose a team i liked watchin play, not the losers of west ham cos they r closest to me. Why would you wish that on anyone lol
I think you can do both. I love goin to see dagenham play cos they r close and easy to get in to matches.
You will always get glory hunters but they aren't the true fans.
I don't think people who live in portsmouth who support Man U should be slated as long as they stick with them through thick and thin.
Anyone noticed how many chelsea shirts are around these days?
Its not just new fans, the old fans who were too ashamed to wear their shirt in public are now bowlin around town like they own the place!
Problem is when Ole Money Bags gets bored with his toy they are gonna be left with one hell of a wage bill!
2006-09-19 23:39:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can not support your local team and not support one of the big fashionable clubs. I'm from North West London and I support Leicester City.
2006-09-20 04:42:25 · answer #8 · answered by absolutely_fabulous_78 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can support who you want as long as you are loyal. You can have a fan at Land's End who has supported his Premiership team for all of his life & never been to any of their games, but he might be just as passionate as a season ticket holder.
Premiership season ticket holders seem to think that Sky fans have no passion, but believe me they do.
Some of these kids who have started supporting Chelsea recently would not want to know IF Abramovich does a runner and Chelsea are a mid-table side again. However, others would stay passionate through thick & thin for the rest of their lives.
2006-09-20 00:42:30 · answer #9 · answered by Sluugy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that would be a great idea if local teams were made up of local people! They're not, so why support them? I think that teams should employ only footballers who were born or live in that town, that would make the use of names like Liverpool, Portsmouth or whatever, actually meaningful.
2006-09-19 23:27:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋