Family Supporting different teams

Brought my son up to support his local team, Leicester City, and we have season tickets. I do have split loyalties when Spurs come to play as I’ve supported them since I was young.
 
Hobbit said:
The only conflict in our house is me, and the wife thinks I'm nuts - very perceptive she is. I was born in England but from an Irish mum. Support England for football but played all my (early years) rugby when we lived in Ireland, and support Ireland for rugby. Visited Lansdowne Road many times. Always look for Leinster's results, and the Naas under 17's team I captained as a boy growing up.

Wife's mad keen on sport, and a rabid England supporter. Rugby matches are interesting, especially when Ireland play England.
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Similarly, I am England for footy, and Munster and Ireland for rugby.
 
With half my family being Irish and the wives family being Irish we always cheer for them in a lot of sports but it’s England for me in Rugby , cricket etc. Wife supports Newcastle because she liked Shearer.
 
I am hoping Pak don’t make semis .. he will lose interest and normal service will resume...

I am not sure where the support came from - no family ties and no neighbour or postman from Pak.. 😱
 
Both my parents are ex season ticket holders at goodsion and used to follow them everywhere... me on the other hand my loyalties lie the otherside of Stanley park 😃 not sure how or why it happened like that but it’s like a lot of the family is split loyalties throughout. To be fair even as a kid they used to take it in turns to take me anfield which probably deep down they hated.
 
Mudball said:
I am hoping Pak don’t make semis .. he will lose interest and normal service will resume...

I am not sure where the support came from - no family ties and no neighbour or postman from Pak.. 😱
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Reading the thread I thought maybe you was of Pakistani heritage but if that’s not the case then it’s an odd one! The thought of NOT supporting Britain/England in anything is alien to me and my family.
When my eldest was young his mate was a Chelsea supporter, and he wanted the shirt for Christmas! I had to tell him “no sorry lad” and explain that we was a 3rd generation West Ham family and as soon as he was old enough he can join me and his granddad at the games. Got him some West Ham jimjams and a full kit and he was soon won over! (Poor sod 😆)
 
murphthemog said:
They should support Watford, end of. Local team. Great familly club. No reason not to.
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I sort of get that for the old days... But, we are now a whole lot more mobile and connected... I'll quite happily wander over to watch 'Boro and have a drink in the bar but support them? Na! Have been known to cross town and watch the 'Stones but not to support them as such... Entertainment there is more off pitch anyway...
 
Fade and Die said:
When my eldest was young his mate was a Chelsea supporter, and he wanted the shirt for Christmas! I had to tell him “no sorry lad” and explain that we was a 3rd generation West Ham family and as soon as he was old enough he can join me and his granddad at the games. Got him some West Ham jimjams and a full kit and he was soon won over! (Poor sod 😆)
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That's basically child abuse man.
 
My mate has 2 brothers, there's only 4 years from eldest to youngest, and they're a football mad family (2 work high up in the game). Eldest is die hard Spurs, middle is die hard gooner and the youngest is a Chelsea fan! All hugely competitive.

Their dad supports Wolves. Once the eldest had chosen Spurs I'd have made sure the rest followed suit - must have been a war zone growing up!

My lad will have free choice, although I will try and steer him to support a London club. Given our area and family it will likely be Chelsea which is actually my least preferred choice, but would rather than than any of the northern clubs.
 
TheDiablo said:
My mate has 2 brothers, there's only 4 years from eldest to youngest, and they're a football mad family (2 work high up in the game). Eldest is die hard Spurs, middle is die hard gooner and the youngest is a Chelsea fan! All hugely competitive.

Their dad supports Wolves. Once the eldest had chosen Spurs I'd have made sure the rest followed suit - must have been a war zone growing up!

My lad will have free choice, although I will try and steer him to support a London club. Given our area and family it will likely be Chelsea which is actually my least preferred choice, but would rather than than any of the northern clubs.
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I guess all families are different. I wouldn't know having no brothers, but I think some siblings copy the teams of their older brothers, whereas in other cases the younger sibling will go the opposite way and support 'anyone but' the team their brother supports.
 
Mum and dad were reds, grandads and nans the same, uncles cousins - whole family 98% red on both sides - just two cousins who support Everton due to their dad marrying into the family, although 2 in the very same immediate family are reds.

Red at least goes back to the 1920's, if not longer and when my dad started going they were in division 2.

Cricket, Rugby and others - "support" England.

Football, have an interest in England. Liked Scotland when growing up, as loads of reds did then, mainly down to Souness, Hansen and Dalglish.

The biggest arguments in our house is me arguing with the missus (in Man U's favour for me) as she is unbelievably biased against them. If Rashford had both legs broken by 3 different opponents in the box with the ball untouched she would still say he went down a bit easy (at best).
 
Guardian ran an article on the day of the Womens' Footy Semi Final headline "I'm English, but I want the USA to win" I guess that's the Guardian's view of most things! :-)

My family are spilt Spurs / Arsenal... as they are all "norf of the river!" My mum and dad moved to Surrey when then married, so I got taken to Aldershot as a kid... so that's my team. I've rung Social Services and investigations are ongoing! :ROFLMAO:
 
Happy to report that normal services are back after Pak sent packing .. hopfully India v Eng in the final. But 2 things have to happen .. SA and Eng will have to beat the sandpaper boys
 
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