What Football Club Do You Support?

[Deleted member 16999]

Liverpool. Its only 199 miles door to door!!

My mum is from there, as are my grand parents and i have somewhere a pic of me circa 1986 in a Crown paints shirt! John Barnes was my hero.

I do follow what Reading are up to and go to the odd match now and again.

That's close enough to Devon to qualify as a rednose, both there or Scandinavia are OK.

 

[MikeH]

Another Delta rumour

Not just the club, the PL,its greed and plenty of other reasons. There's plenty of Blues there too.

The mighty Perps are the only non league side within the city's boundaries, it's not been set up to challenge like FC United or AFC Liverpool.

It's still not big enough, I suppose that's the price you pay for being successful.

far too measured a response

 

[FairwayDodger]

The once-mighty Rangers!

Been a tough few years, not looking any better this week either!

 

[shewy]

The once-mighty Rangers!

Been a tough few years, not looking any better this week either!

Only been following football 5 years then? 😋

 

[Deleted member 1740]

far too measured a response

Comeback later lid when I've had a few G&T's :ears:

 

[Hacker Khan]

Jossy's Giants.

 

[FairwayDodger]

Only been following football 5 years then? 😋

 

[Liverbirdie]

Everton fans are boring not mad. :whoo:

:ears:

 

[Liverbirdie]

Almathak FC

FA Sunday cup winners 1989.

In the manner of many Liverpool amateur sides who have dominated the national Sunday winners over 30 years (14 Liverpool winners, I think), including Dingle Rail, Nicosia, Seymour, Oyster Martyrs (inc Rooney's brother) and others.

Saw many a side come unstuck against them in Sefton park, although with 300 locals on the side with staffies, dreadlocks, spliffs I dont blame them.

 

[DCB]

That's understandable people like you who's parents are from the city and for one reason or another have moved away. I'm on about people who have no links to the city/club who then support us or united or any other top side.

When I was a kid Leeds United were the big team down South. We weren't interested, we hardly saw English football on tv, so, why should we be interested. Then, we found out that one of the other families in the street had a distant family relation in Steve Highway. This came to light when he was up for a family wedding and he stopped off at our neighbours house. We saw him in our street and he spoke to us oin our street. That was big news. Overnight half the street became Liverpool supporters. I have to admit the Liverpool score is still one of the first I look for at the weekend.

 

[Liverbirdie]

When I was a kid Leeds United were the big team down South. We weren't interested, we hardly saw English football on tv, so, why should we be interested. Then, we found out that one of the other families in the street had a distant family relation in Steve Highway. This came to light when he was up for a family wedding and he stopped off at our neighbours house. We saw him in our street and he spoke to us oin our street. That was big news. Overnight half the street became Liverpool supporters. I have to admit the Liverpool score is still one of the first I look for at the weekend.

Did they show the English teams on "midweek sports night special - now that was a programme and a half.

That said, they always seemed to show Liverpool on last (but extended coverage) even though we were in the European cup.

They tended to show the English and Scottish Cup winners cup, UEFA cup highlights first, then show some bowls, a bit of show jumping then keep the best till last. Probably to get the figures up for the show jumping.

Nothing better than going the match with your dad, see the reds get through to semis and finals, chippy on the way home then watch the highlights on the telly. And all on a school night, magic.

 

[Blue in Munich]

Take a wild guess from the forum name!! Chelsea season ticket holder, as are Mrs BiM, my best man and his brother. Matthew Harding Upper in front of the new TV studios.

Arsenal. 40 years and counting.

Is that nett or gross, spent, watching them?

Since Arsene Wenger last bought a recognised name?

 

[Fish]

Chelsea & Rangers, the futures blue 👍

Born in London, passed around like pass the parcel for a few years, eventually thrown in the Thames and fished out the Avon 😜

 

[Jensen]

Tottenham - Yidio, Yidio

 

[Jensen]

Tottenham - Yidio, Yidio

Originally from London, now exiled in Geordie Land

 

[Berger]

That's understandable people like you who's parents are from the city and for one reason or another have moved away. I'm on about people who have no links to the city/club who then support us or united or any other top side.

I grew up in Belfast in the 80's where in most cases it was either Liverpool or United. Nowadays you see kids supporting all sorts of teams but not back then. My dad supported Liverpool and to be honest I don't ever remember it ever being a choice for me. I'm not sure if my dad was a glory hunter who picked the Reds as he would have been a teenager during the Shankly years or whether half of my grandads family coming from Liverpool had anything to do with it.

First chance I got I moved to Liverpool to go to uni in 2001 and ended up staying 5 years. For the last 10 years I've been sharing a season ticket on the kop, although I tend to go to more away games than home ones.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

As a kid I use to watch Wimbledon in the Southern League in the days of Guy in goal, Bassett etc and then go to Fulham on alternative Saturdays. When Wimbledon go into the league I continued and managed to see every home game for both clubs one season (I was only 11) and had to make a choice. Having already seen Fulham in a cup final I went with them only to see them descend the leagues and be a game from going out of the league while the Crazy Gang took the world by storm (although I went to their Wembley success).

It hasn't been easy being a Fulham fan, but I wouldn't have swapped it and don't regret my decision and as history showed, it hasn't been plain sailing being a Wimbledon fan either especially in the last decade or so. The thing is once you've made that choice you have to stick with it through thin and thinner

 

[pbrown7582]

Did they show the English teams on "midweek sports night special - now that was a programme and a half.

That said, they always seemed to show Liverpool on last (but extended coverage) even though we were in the European cup.

They tended to show the English and Scottish Cup winners cup, UEFA cup highlights first, then show some bowls, a bit of show jumping then keep the best till last. Probably to get the figures up for the show jumping.

Nothing better than going the match with your dad, see the reds get through to semis and finals, chippy on the way home then watch the highlights on the telly. And all on a school night, magic.

That's because all the exciting stuff was on 1st......

 

[Liverbirdie]

That's because all the exciting stuff was on 1st......

Youse must have been on at 10.00 then in them days. #Cupwinnerscupfodder

 

[Liverbirdie]

As a kid I use to watch Wimbledon in the Southern League in the days of Guy in goal, Bassett etc and then go to Fulham on alternative Saturdays. When Wimbledon go into the league I continued and managed to see every home game for both clubs one season (I was only 11) and had to make a choice. Having already seen Fulham in a cup final I went with them only to see them descend the leagues and be a game from going out of the league while the Crazy Gang took the world by storm (although I went to their Wembley success).

It hasn't been easy being a Fulham fan, but I wouldn't have swapped it and don't regret my decision and as history showed, it hasn't been plain sailing being a Wimbledon fan either especially in the last decade or so. The thing is once you've made that choice you have to stick with it through thin and thinner

Is right, Homer.:thup: