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As well as your own team,do you have another team that you cheer on and why?
NorthernNinny
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Mine is Spurs because of the kind of football they play. Not the best defensively but generally good to watch.:)
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They had a terrible last year but now deserve to be in the top 5.
I had one of those management games in about '94 where you had to be a Conference team so I always started with Macclesfield.
Still have an affinity for them now, as a Newcastle fan.
I like to see Newcastle and Sunderland do well as well though. (and I'll even admit to checking the Spartans results
I support spurs, Barnet are my local team too!
I live in a strange house my dad supports Chelsea, my mum 'supports' villa, and my brother man utd. I don't neccesarily cheer them, but I'll support them in a game if them doing well doesnt affect spurs.
In almost every league theres a team I like to see do well but I don't really cheer/follow/support them.
I also go and see my most local team, Dartford, if and when I get the chance, which is less frequently now I'm at uni - nice to see them moving up the leagues though.
I like Real Sociedad as lived near there for a bit some years ago. Ditto Athletic Bilbao, especially when they take on Real Madrid!
Locally I look out for Charlton's results. I always hope the ugly football sides get relegated but they seldom do. I hope WBA and Blackpool can stay up this year for eg.
Soulboy - I wish Arsenal were still Woolwich Arsenal
Then for many reasons i have a spot for Fiorentina, Palermo, Atalanta, St. Pauli, Brighton, Hoffenheim, Livorno, Marseille, and Villareal.
also a mention for Marseille. I'd like to go to a match in their stadium, great atmosphere
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I just remember in the Max Griggs days in the late 90s when they were coming up through the leagues and had a great set up with a fantastic modern ground and awesome general facilities benefitting the community from a club only formed in 1992. To me at that time they were a great example of how a football club should be - and I remember saying to my son in about 1999 that RDFC would be in the Premier League by 2010. Didn't quite happen did it!!
At that time I'd never been to Nene Park or seen them play but now I have been there 3 or 4 times and have seen them a few times away at clubs near where I live like Northwich, Wrexham, Altrincham, Chester, Shrewsbury ...etc.
They are still near the top of the conference this season and have an outside chance of the play offs this year having been in them last year but really since Griggs went (in 2005 was it) they are not likely to ever make the 'big time' again altho returning to the league is a realistic hope.
Players like Lee Tomlin (now Peterboro) and Simeon Jackson (now Norwich) came from Rushden and I look out for them.
Other teams I like include Bournemouth, Scunthorpe, Exeter and Charlton due to them being especially nice to me and my son when we did a charity trip round the 92 grounds in October 2008
Some of them because they are places I've lived or have family connections to, some I've started to look out for after Celtic played them in Europe and their fans were friendly towards us, Livorno because of the political leanings of their Ultras and Bloemfontein Celtic because we share the same name and they also play in green and white hoops.