Why do you support your football team

[George2Loose]

Aforementioned United fan.

My mum and dad came from India and had no interest in football. My mums youngest brother who was 19 at the time had chosen to support Man United after getting into football. I went around his frequently and just followed his lead.

He told me I went round for the 1985 FA cup final and was cheering with him at the tender age of 5. However my first clear memory is Atkinson getting sacked and Fergie taking over. First memory of a game was the 3-3 FA cup final draw when Hughes and Wright got a brave a piece.

[baldock92]

Other early memories:

1) Waking up an hour early before school to watch Midweek Sport Special which had (hopefully) been taped on the betamax.
2) Pre internet trying to find out scores when on family holidays abroad, which normally involved trying to decipher jumbled messages from elderly grandparents.
3) Liquid mud pitches with no grass on them.

 

Ceefax

Midweek matches

Pages 304,305,306,307

usually three pages per division, and you had to wait for your team to come up on 304 1,2,3 etc

Page 312, football news...checking it every day to see if your team had a mention....

Ceefax knew how to build the tension. I swear 95% of the time you wouldn't land on the page showing your teams result

[Jon MW]

None of my family and nobody else's family I knew followed football where I was born - in Peterborough, so I had no affiliation.

We moved down south when I was in junior school and a girl I fancied supported Manchester United - so I did as well. It pretty much just stuck.

[Ironside]

Moved from Cyprus to moray around 77/78 Aberdeen were the closest league team so chose them, added Southampton when kegan came back from Hamburg as I admired him as a football player added Scunthorpe to my list of teams to follow due to them being the team that discover kegan also follow Lossiemouth as lived 200 yards from there ground for 6 months when I came back from Cyprus I was a season ticket holder at Aberdeen for years before I joined up then used to go to home games after my wheelchair basketball sessions, also been to see saints a couple of times, one day I will get to an irons game

[celtic]

I'd love to know why we support any football team. It's ridiculous when you think about it.

In what way?

[horseplayer]

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[KarmaDope]

All of my Mum's family, who I grew up with, are from Liverpool - my Grandad even had trials for them back in the early Shankly days (late 50's). Unfortunately he did his cruciates just after the trial and back in those days, that was it. Needless to say the entire family is Red. One or two of us have had flirtations with Everton and most of my generation want both teams to win (except for Derby Day, that has to be a Liverpool win) every weekend, but we are all Liverpool fans.

[celtic]

Didn't everyone's grandad have a trial but got an 'injury'?

I always thought that was a line they fed you when you were young!

[anthonyl]

Born in Brighton, supported ever since. Helped by fact my grandfather has had season ticket for about 60 years, and my dad for about 30.

Don't really understand the point of supporting teams you never see play to be honest. I have no interest in watching my team from a TV! It's not the same buzz. But I guess if my family weren't big fans I would have ended up supporting southend as moved there when I was 10. Did go to a lot of games there but was more just a social thing with friends.

[Chompy]

Born and bred in the fens, didn't have the required 13+ fingers to be a Lincoln fan, so it had to be Poshies.

First game was Phil Chard's last for the club, before he made the move to Cobblers, which is obv unforgivable.

Too many highlights to list, but being brought a coke by Martin Pike and Errington Kelly at Peterborough station has to be the pick.

Brighton fans will remember Errington Kelly smashing an orange ball over Perry Digweed in the FA Cup after it bounced off the dug-out six-yard line. Jumpers for goalposts, isn't it.

[Kmac84]

Born in glasgow,  Was taken to celtic from about 4 years old. I knew nothing other than supporting celtic. There were no other choices 😀

This.  But why do you suppor them now?

Celtic now is not the Celtic I grew up supporting, and its definitely not the same club my great-great grand parents got involved with when they arrived here from Westmeath.

#LivingWageNow
#Backtheteamsacktheboard

[DaveShoelace]

I'm from the United end of Sheffield but none of my immediate family liked football, however my Uncles & Cousins (who are all from the Wednesday end) are all die hard Owls, so I only had one choice.

But short answer, duh I'm from Sheffield so I support Sheffield Wednesday.

(It's shit)

[celtic]

Born in glasgow,  Was taken to celtic from about 4 years old. I knew nothing other than supporting celtic. There were no other choices 😀

This.  But why do you suppor them now?

Celtic now is not the Celtic I grew up supporting, and its definitely not the same club my great-great grand parents got involved with when they arrived here from Westmeath.

#LivingWageNow
#Backtheteamsacktheboard

Why wouldn't i? I don't like all the politics involved, happy to start a celtic thread if you want and discuss it there. I'd find it educational maybe, if nothing else.

[bobby1]

I'm from the United end of Sheffield but none of my immediate family liked football, however my Uncles & Cousins (who are all from the Wednesday end) are all die hard Owls, so I only had one choice.

But short answer, duh I'm from Sheffield so I support Sheffield Wednesday.

(It's shit)

My family are from the Weds side of Sheffield and I can remember sitting on the drive as a kid  and listening to the roars from Hillsboro and we knew when a goal had been scored as could hear the cheering. Went to my first games at about 10 years old and loved it, when I got to about 13 I used to go to Blades home game one Saturday and Owls the next. I can remember the first game that stood out a mile, think it was Sheff Utd 7 Northampton 3 and I decided then I was going to be a Blade.  

I still went to some Weds games too, can clearly remember loving a striker called Carl Shutt who came thru the non league ranks to play for Wednesday. I was at an Owls game the day Last suspect won the Grand National, I'd bet it at 66/1 and think Shutt scored a few goals in a win over Birmingham and I remember thinking days don't get better than this. Must have been about 14 or 15 then.

I think I only picked Utd because of that 7-3 game and because the rest of my family were Owls fans, tho I've paid for my stubbornness over the years .

[Nakor]

The house I grew up in was called Highbury.  My Dad named the house, he painted the barge boards red and white.  He even planted red and white flowers in the front garden.  I had been to two games before I was 3 and two cup finals before I was 5.

I never remember any pressure, but it was never a decision, it just was.