Football....What team do you support ??
Posted by: mista h on 23 January 2012
Would love to hear from as many people as pos on this one,including supporters of Non League sides. Lets have any interesting stories from over the years,the ups and downs,the good bad and the ugly.
I will start the ball rolling and get ready for any abuse that may come my way !!!!
I watched my 1st game at Fulham back in 1954 when the old man took me. He is 86 now but still has his season ticket,and we have both clocked up the Air Miles watching the girls play in europe and little old Fulham getting to the Europa league final in Hamburg.
Something that i still remember from the 70s is a guy that always stood in front of us at home games,smoked Senior Service plain. Always arrived smoking and smoked non stop for 2hrs,never used a lighter,he would just light one cigarette off the other....Yuk
Favorite away grounds.....Spurs and Chelsea,and best of all Villa Park.
Least favorite away grounds.....Newcastle and Old Trafford.
Only problem in our household is my son in law,also a season ticket holder......but at the mob down the road CHELSEA.
Posted on: 12 April 2012 by Bodger
Frank F,
BFC forever. Turf Moor was my first footy game and me and Dad had season tickets for years in the Cricket Field stand. Later in Bob's stand. Underground heating the the 70's. Hard to beat. My school duffel bag said "Burnley FC - 22 years in Division 1". How times change.
Dave
Posted on: 12 April 2012 by Jono 13
Originally Posted by Jono 13:
Reading, nearest league team to Windsor where I grow up.
Nice to see them putting a late charge for promotion.
Jono
In the automatic promo places at last!!!!!
Jono
Posted on: 12 April 2012 by Poldo
Posted on: 12 April 2012 by winkyincanada
I've been very pleased to see the Australian professional league beginning to implode. Why do we pay people to play sport? Makes no sense.
Posted on: 12 April 2012 by mista h
Originally Posted by Poldo:
Great stadium you have. We drove over to Rotterdam about 8 years ago when we played you in a pre-season friendly on a blistering hot day,temp was well into the 80s. Did you go to that game ?
tot sins
Mista H
Posted on: 12 April 2012 by Poldo
Originally Posted by mista h:
Originally Posted by Poldo:
Great stadium you have. We drove over to Rotterdam about 8 years ago when we played you in a pre-season friendly on a blistering hot day,temp was well into the 80s. Did you go to that game ?
tot sins
Mista H
Pre season, Liverpool? I went to all home matches so yes I was there
The best match against an English team was Spurs in 1991 I think qf finals Euro Cup 2.
Posted on: 12 April 2012 by Mike Hughes
Bodger.
As a Wrexham fan I used to adore trips to Turf Moor. The place rocked.
Posted on: 12 April 2012 by Sniper
Men in shorts - all that hugging and kissing and communal baths - so gay. None of that nonsense in cricket.
Posted on: 12 April 2012 by BigH47
Originally Posted by Sniper:
Men in shorts - all that hugging and kissing and communal baths - so gay.
I think you are getting muddled up with rugby!
Posted on: 12 April 2012 by Mike Hughes
Sniper, indeed. None of that nonsense in cricket. Just constant match fixing to the point international cricket is lacking credibility! Give me hugging and kissing any day
Posted on: 12 April 2012 by chimp
Sorry folks, can't stand football, can't stand footballers, can't stand football fans, I hate the pathetic antics on the pitch, I hate all the stupid chanting, group mentality, the exploitation, hate it hate it hate it.
There my spleen has been vented.
I feel so good now.
Posted on: 13 April 2012 by Mike Hughes
I think it's wonderful when people vent their spleen in football. The hypocrisy is staggeringly entertaining.
We have sledging and spot fixing in cricket; fake blood and frequent common assault in rugby and a lack of segregation in the crowds in the latter two that allows casual racism; sexism and homophobia to remain hidden and undiscussed whereas in football they at least acknowledge the issues.
When I was a child my father didn't risk taking me to a football match until I was around 10 or more and that was at Wrexham. My son has been going since he was 1. It's not perfect but some things have changed for the better. Sure there are racists etc but they are increasingly found and dealt with. Took him to his first rest match last Summer at the age of 6. Won't be doing it again. The casual racism was overt and everywhere. It was laughed at by everyone. No thank you.
I was a regular at rugby league for many years. Loved the unsegregated nature of it. I wouldn't even contemplate it now. As for union, we'll go watch Wales but we do so understanding that even the family stand is so full of drunks in charge of children that it carries significant dangers.
Do footballers dive? Yes. Are they overpaid teenagers? Yes. Is the game not what it was? Yes. Is there racism; homophobia; sexism; bad language and drunkenness? Yes. Is it on the scale of other spurts? No. It just has a higher profile in the national consciousness. It also had a greater potential for beauty at all levels than any of the other spurts. Cricket has been reduced to 20/20 which is the equivalent of rounders under floodlights. Union has become a game of kicking rather than passing and league has become all about power.
Beauty is clearly in the eye of the beholder. Sure, if you're dumb enough to watch the Premier League you'll see some great goals and the worst of what's on offer. Below that though the Championship offers the beater defending and the more influential managers. Non-league cricket is often lauded as a bastion of all that is great and English. It certainly dose. I've heard more casually offensive remarks there than I've ever heard in a football game.
Each to their own but singling out football is laughable.
The response to this post will be entertaining too. A slew of people who will defend "their " spurts, which is perfectly acceptable, whilst landing somewhere between meltdown and gently chiding denial re: the other aspects.
Posted on: 13 April 2012 by mista h
Good post Mike. Are you into speed typing? it would take me 3 days to type so many words.
Mista H
Posted on: 13 April 2012 by chimp
I may as well make myself clear on this topic, I hate football most, but I dislike all form of sport, I find it boring, I can't stand the idea of competition, that I am better than you mentallity, I know I am simplifying it but it's the arrogance of some of the sports "stars" it should be left in the playground and when we all grow up, go and do something worthwhile. That should get the cat among them....
In saying that, I do enjoy watching snooker.
Posted on: 13 April 2012 by Mike Hughes
Ha. So, Chimp fails to identify with the basis on which the entire human race has progressed and the fundamental principle of nature. Competition and survival of the fittest. Okay, fair enough. That's a luxury we now have. The right to believe in that which goes against our nature. I can respect that but... snooker!!!
Overpaid men smoking and drinking too much; occasionally match fixing and taking up a disproportionate amount of TV scheduling. How could you
Posted on: 13 April 2012 by chimp
I think we have progressed past the stage of survival of the fittest, twas useful in the past but things they are a changing, the need for beating other people at whatever, be it sport, war etc is as far as I am concerned a thing of the past, I just wish more people felt the same, then there wouldn't be so much turmoil and corruption.
Posted on: 13 April 2012 by Harry Bennett
Westham United.
Although seems to be becoming more of a labour of love recently. We used to be known for the football we played but not so much now.
Great club that I have supported for 40 years and will support no other.
COYI
Posted on: 13 April 2012 by Mike Hughes
Whilst we're here can someone explain the concept of having a second team to me. I personally don't have one and never would. I find it ridiculous, especially where it involves Rangers or Celtic but I'm willing to listen....
Posted on: 13 April 2012 by JamieWednesday
I sort of have a second team in that when I moved to Peterborough I took an interest in The Posh as the team of the city I now lived in. Having been here over 13 years now, I've been to more of their games recently than Chelsea and the football is a lot better than it used to be...
I'll always be Chelsea though.
I've never understood the often fierce opposition between local supporters, especially in London where it's not down to a 'Big Two' . Just never makes sense to me. If Chelsea were playing away I would often go to the other SW London grounds to watch them at home (back when you could show up and buy a ticket...)
I'll always support other SWL teams against more remote opposition too, e.g. Fulham, QPR, Brentford even. And then beyond that, other London teams against rest of the country, So for me I guess it's down to geography.
Posted on: 13 April 2012 by BigH47
Regarding "second" teams, my family is mixed as my wife and her family are Brentford supporters.
We have been to more Brentford matches than Chelsea (my team) over the years. Although my son also a Chelsea supporter, has taken to following our local Crawley Town as he was able to get a discount 1/2 season ticket.
Posted on: 13 April 2012 by mista h
Hello harry
Whats your feelings with regards to a possible move to the Olympic stadium in the future. I have been to many stadiums in europe that have running tracks round the football pitch. If you have a seat behind either goal your view is total crapp. For me football pitches & running tracks are a total disaster.
Mista H
Westham United.
Although seems to be becoming more of a labour of love recently. We used to be known for the football we played but not so much now.
Great club that I have supported for 40 years and will support no other.
COYI
Posted on: 18 April 2012 by JamieWednesday
Posted on: 18 April 2012 by The Strat (Fender)
Originally Posted by Chillkram:
My first football match was 7th October 1972, also in West London, QPR 4-0 Carlisle in the old second division. My Dad took me along and we watched Martyn Busby score a hat-trick for Rangers. They were promoted that season and it was the beginning of a golden era for them, culminating in their second place finish in 1976.
Bowles, Givens, Francis, Thomas, Masson, Parkes, Gillard, Clement, Mclintock, Webb, Hollins.......
Ah, those were the days!
Mark
I was there what a team that was. Wish us luck for next 3 weeks!!!!!
Posted on: 18 April 2012 by Fabio 1
Originally Posted by JamieWednesday:
Really good job....Heh heh!Still in my eyes the three touches action ended with Drogba's goal .That's soccer's manual.
Posted on: 24 April 2012 by JamieWednesday
