General Discussion: Sport

[fets81]

I don't really agree at all, I'm a life long villa fan but i've lived in atoke for 15 years, so my local team is stoke city, why support both?
I think supporting more than one team is essentially just plain admitting to glory hunting

I think football is diluted by people supporting more than one club , for true passionate fans their love for the one club they support is Part of their character .

Just my opinion but people who support multiple clubs is a bit of a pet hate of mine

[ProjectVRD]

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fets81 wrote:
I don't really agree at all, I'm a life long villa fan but i've lived in atoke for 15 years, so my local team is stoke city, why support both?
I think supporting more than one team is essentially just plain admitting to glory hunting

I think football is diluted by people supporting more than one club , for true passionate fans their love for the one club they support is Part of their character .

Just my opinion but people who support multiple clubs is a bit of a pet hate of mine

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So what about me then?

The first football match I ever went to see was Swansea City vs Manchester United and it was the game that got me interested in the sport. Being from Swansea I support my local team first and foremost, but I always look out for Manchester United results and news because I have also like them ever since that day when I was reall young.

So I should not be allowed to show my appreciation for that northern club which introduced me to the game?

[Gawge]

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fets81 wrote:
I don't really agree at all, I'm a life long villa fan but i've lived in atoke for 15 years, so my local team is stoke city, why support both?
I think supporting more than one team is essentially just plain admitting to glory hunting

I think football is diluted by people supporting more than one club , for true passionate fans their love for the one club they support is Part of their character .

Just my opinion but people who support multiple clubs is a bit of a pet hate of mine

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I think that somebody who regularly supports/watches their local team, whilst holding somewhat of a support for a team like Man Utd/Liverpool/Arsenal does a lot more good for football than somebody who just claims to be a passionate Man Utd fan but never goes to any games.

I wouldn't say that I support any other club than Hull City, but I certainly have favoured teams when watching games on the TV. When a game involves one of the top teams I am nearly always rooting for one of them. I imagine those who pick a team in the Premier League whilst supporting and attending the games of a lower league side have a similar motive, to make those games more exciting, to have a bit of competition between friends etc... 

[lynchy59]

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Gawge wrote:

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fets81 wrote:
I don't really agree at all, I'm a life long villa fan but i've lived in atoke for 15 years, so my local team is stoke city, why support both?
I think supporting more than one team is essentially just plain admitting to glory hunting

I think football is diluted by people supporting more than one club , for true passionate fans their love for the one club they support is Part of their character .

Just my opinion but people who support multiple clubs is a bit of a pet hate of mine

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I think that somebody who regularly supports/watches their local team, whilst holding somewhat of a support for a team like Man Utd/Liverpool/Arsenal does a lot more good for football than somebody who just claims to be a passionate Man Utd fan but never goes to any games.

I wouldn't say that I support any other club than Hull City, but I certainly have favoured teams when watching games on the TV. When a game involves one of the top teams I am nearly always rooting for one of them. I imagine those who pick a team in the Premier League whilst supporting and attending the games of a lower league side have a similar motive, to make those games more exciting, to have a bit of competition between friends etc... 

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To be honest I'd say I'm close to what you mention here mate.

I support my local team Carlisle United and always will I try get to as many games as I can while at uni and I cannot wait to go to Brammal Lane next weekend and win! 

But Chelsea are my second team and as someone else mentioned it was passed down to me and I try go to a few Chelsea games a year at least 5. So I go both but Carlisle will always be my first team.

[Diddymow]

I've moved to just outside of London and it's rare to see United fans around here, most people support Arsenal and Spurs.

[fets81]

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ProjectVRD wrote:

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fets81 wrote:
I don't really agree at all, I'm a life long villa fan but i've lived in atoke for 15 years, so my local team is stoke city, why support both?
I think supporting more than one team is essentially just plain admitting to glory hunting

I think football is diluted by people supporting more than one club , for true passionate fans their love for the one club they support is Part of their character .

Just my opinion but people who support multiple clubs is a bit of a pet hate of mine

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So what about me then?

The first football match I ever went to see was Swansea City vs Manchester United and it was the game that got me interested in the sport. Being from Swansea I support my local team first and foremost, but I always look out for Manchester United results and news because I have also like them ever since that day when I was reall young.

So I should not be allowed to show my appreciation for that northern club which introduced me to the game?

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what about you?

all you've said here is i like to look out for man u resutls...not exactly what i would call ''supporting '' a team, which is if im not mistaken what the title of the thread was....

unless ofcourse you are in some way trying to insiuate you support man u just because you look out for the results....& then in that case you epitomise why i hate people who support more than one club, it shows no actualy support, its lazy & no kind of real support, there's a reason its called ''supporting'' a club....your money , your time & your effort going into helping the club & team achieve , otherwise its just claiming associtation with success where there simply is none

Gawge wrote:

fets81 wrote:
I don't really agree at all, I'm a life long villa fan but i've lived in atoke for 15 years, so my local team is stoke city, why support both?
I think supporting more than one team is essentially just plain admitting to glory hunting

I think football is diluted by people supporting more than one club , for true passionate fans their love for the one club they support is Part of their character .

Just my opinion but people who support multiple clubs is a bit of a pet hate of mine

I think that somebody who regularly supports/watches their local team, whilst holding somewhat of a support for a team like Man Utd/Liverpool/Arsenal does a lot more good for football than somebody who just claims to be a passionate Man Utd fan but never goes to any games.

I wouldn't say that I support any other club than Hull City, but I certainly have favoured teams when watching games on the TV. When a game involves one of the top teams I am nearly always rooting for one of them. I imagine those who pick a team in the Premier League whilst supporting and attending the games of a lower league side have a similar motive, to make those games more exciting, to have a bit of competition between friends etc... 

I see what your saying but again its not supporting a team is it, its just favouring one over the other when a game is on TV, champions league games i always root for the english team yet i dont consider myself a chelsea/arsenal/man u/ man city supporter , i would consider support to be the team you follow , the one you buy the shirt for, the one you watch the matches for, the one you follow through thick & thin.

Im sure there are plenty of reasons why people will follow one of the top 4-5 treams aswell as the other one they suppport but personally I'm a villa fan, & i sit in the holte end surrounded by villa fans who wear villa shirts & proud its the one & only club they support...

but each to their own, like i said its just my opinion

[Phil_The_Lad]

I support my local team. Could never be a plastic. I know so many united 'fans' who have never seen a game. Yet I have been up and down the country supporting Palace.