Have you ever changed teams? Or have you been with the same club since you were young?
Yeah I change them every time my new team has a bad result, I've now supported 90 out of 92 league clubs and hope to have completed the full set by the end of the season.
I supported Leeds up until I was about 6, then a mixturre of my grandad talking sense into me and seeing a certain Michael Owen on the TV led me towards Liverpool when I was properly starting to take an interest in football. Haven't changed since then 12 years on!
Many do where I live. Trust me, when arsenal last won the league you couldn't move without seeing someone in one of their shirts. I can personally name 3 people I know myself that used to wear the arsenal red but now wear man city or Chelsea shirts.
I quite like Hibs, and went to quite a few of their matches when I first moved to Edinburgh many years ago. But I soon found out that while I quite liked them, I didn't truly CARE.
I CARE about St Mirren. I laugh and cry with them, I applaud and criticise, I have plenty frustration and every so often ( like umpteen years ! ) share glorious triumphs with my fellow Buddies. They are my team !
I'd really like to know reasons why anyone has contemplated changing or even actually changed their support ?
I supported Leeds up until I was about 6, then a mixturre of my grandad talking sense into me and seeing a certain Michael Owen on the TV led me towards Liverpool when I was properly starting to take an interest in football. Haven't changed since then 12 years on!
At primary school and most of secondary school in the late 70's ad 80's I "supported" Man U, well as much as any school kid who saw the odd game on TV and lived nowhere near Manchester could. My mum couldn't drive, my dad didn't live with us, so living where I did it was the best I could do.
Then I went to a live game at the local league club with a school mate. And that changed everything.
So Mr David Keates, thank you for putting my on the path of an adult lifetime of mainly misery following Swindon Town, just before Manchester United's most successful period in history
Actually I wouldn't have it any other way now. The highs and lows I've gone through in my opinion aren't any less good or bad than being a fan of any premiership club. And I kind of resent the way the Prem has spoiled the game in many respects - at least for the lower leagues.
Have you ever changed teams? Or have you been with the same club since you were young?
I haven't changed team exactly. I'm Scottish and was brought up as a Rangers and Scotland supporter. At that time Rangers winning the league was a near certainty because Celtic were in a mess and there were no other real challengers so I quickly lost interest. Added to this I come from a part of the world where sectarianism is (or was) still quite prominent and showed itself through football more than anything else which is something I never really wanted to be around.
At around age 14 I got more interested in the premier league because it was a closer competition. I didn't have a team to support so just watched as a neutral and liked Spurs, Derby and Man City because of the players they had mainly.
Now I like Spurs above any other English team but apart from that I tend to want the outsider to win any contest and I might also favour a team who I thought played better football. So my allegiances change from contest to contest although I have a slight bias for Spurs. I still consider myself a Rangers supporter although I haven't even watched any of their games for years. My number 1 team would be the Scotland national team though.
Yeah I change them every time my new team has a bad result, I've now supported 90 out of 92 league clubs and hope to have completed the full set by the end of the season.
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Yeah I change them every time my new team has a bad result, I've now supported 90 out of 92 league clubs and hope to have completed the full set by the end of the season.
Some people do.
I agree, i have despaired with my team at times but you
cannot change
Glory hunters do.
Indeed.... You changed within the space of 4 weeks didn't you
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I quite like Hibs, and went to quite a few of their matches when I first moved to Edinburgh many years ago. But I soon found out that while I quite liked them, I didn't truly CARE.
I CARE about St Mirren. I laugh and cry with them, I applaud and criticise, I have plenty frustration and every so often ( like umpteen years ! ) share glorious triumphs with my fellow Buddies. They are my team !
I'd really like to know reasons why anyone has contemplated changing or even actually changed their support ?
Don't have a favourite premier league club but I do like to watch them
That's allowed
But, at older ages, particularly as an adult !!??
Bloody hell ! Why would any troll pretend to be a Coventry City supporter ? ;-)
I think that post went over your head by some distance.
At primary school and most of secondary school in the late 70's ad 80's I "supported" Man U, well as much as any school kid who saw the odd game on TV and lived nowhere near Manchester could. My mum couldn't drive, my dad didn't live with us, so living where I did it was the best I could do.
Then I went to a live game at the local league club with a school mate. And that changed everything.
So Mr David Keates, thank you for putting my on the path of an adult lifetime of mainly misery following Swindon Town, just before Manchester United's most successful period in history
Actually I wouldn't have it any other way now. The highs and lows I've gone through in my opinion aren't any less good or bad than being a fan of any premiership club. And I kind of resent the way the Prem has spoiled the game in many respects - at least for the lower leagues.
It's the perfect alibi!
I assure you that it didn't
I nearly always like celesti's take on things.
As a Notts County fan I will point out that I also support my local team as I grew up there
I used to wear Liverpool shirts when I was young though
I haven't changed team exactly. I'm Scottish and was brought up as a Rangers and Scotland supporter. At that time Rangers winning the league was a near certainty because Celtic were in a mess and there were no other real challengers so I quickly lost interest. Added to this I come from a part of the world where sectarianism is (or was) still quite prominent and showed itself through football more than anything else which is something I never really wanted to be around.
At around age 14 I got more interested in the premier league because it was a closer competition. I didn't have a team to support so just watched as a neutral and liked Spurs, Derby and Man City because of the players they had mainly.
Now I like Spurs above any other English team but apart from that I tend to want the outsider to win any contest and I might also favour a team who I thought played better football. So my allegiances change from contest to contest although I have a slight bias for Spurs. I still consider myself a Rangers supporter although I haven't even watched any of their games for years. My number 1 team would be the Scotland national team though.
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