Don't bother with all that Premier League nonsense - the Blue Square Premier is where it's at! You should support my team, Oxford United!!
Or, maybe not...
Or, maybe not...
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EPL Fans: Help me pick a team!
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On the plus side Badandy, you've got Spurs winning the FA Cup to look forward to in 2011. 
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Just tell your roommate that the Premiere League is overrated and that you'll be following Serie A this year.
I'm a big fan of the Portuguese League myself (Benfica principally) but I lived there for a time. Because of my enjoyment of Portuguese football, I'm more of a Chelsea fan if I had to pick a Premiere League team (they've got some good portuguese players, and their manager just finished managing a very successful Portuguese national team.)
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I'm a big fan of the Portuguese League myself (Benfica principally) but I lived there for a time. Because of my enjoyment of Portuguese football, I'm more of a Chelsea fan if I had to pick a Premiere League team (they've got some good portuguese players, and their manager just finished managing a very successful Portuguese national team.)
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Eugh, Serie A - full of overly slow paced football, the reason David Beckham was able to play for AC. The reason Paolo Maldini was able to play for so long. Full of corruption. Used to be good to watch on channel 4 whilst Gazza was playing for Lazio though.
Also Big Phil was sacked by Chelsea, they now have Carlo Anchelotti in charge.
Also Big Phil was sacked by Chelsea, they now have Carlo Anchelotti in charge.
I'd almost support Everton FC, if only because during the 1980's it was truly an "up and coming" team that could have been internationally famous had the Heysel tragedy never happened. But as such, just when Everton got good the ban on English clubs from playing outside England denied this team a chance a real glory.
Nooooo, the only thing Spurs can guarantee is despair.
You've got to really hate yourself to be Tottingham fan.
Ah, but a pervading sense of despair is one of the key pleasures of being a football fan.
Ah, but a pervading sense of despair is one of the key pleasures of being a football fan.
Says the proud (but emotionally scarred) Hull Fan.
You can't enjoy the successes if you haven't experienced the lows.Says the proud (but emotionally scarred) Hull [sic] Fan.
In my time supporting City we've had some proper woes – including flirting with relegation from the League and facing the prospect of being put out of existence altogether. It makes you savour the events of recent years all the more.
As strange as it may sound, I feel a little sorry for younger fans of the big, successful clubs like Manchester United and Chelsea – all they've known is success, to them a crisis is finishing second in the league. Where's the excitement in that?
In short, we're masochistic buggers.
When I was eight, my mom and I met this woman and her daughter at a hotel here, they were on vacation from England. They were HUGE United fans, and they really got me into football, and that is the reason why I am a United fan.
You can't enjoy the successes if you haven't experienced the lows.
In my time supporting City we've had some proper woes including flirting with relegation from the League and facing the prospect of being put out of existence altogether. It makes you savour the events of recent years all the more.
As strange as it may sound, I feel a little sorry for younger fans of the big, successful clubs like Manchester United and Chelsea all they've known is success, to them a crisis is finishing second in the league. Where's the excitement in that?
In short, we're masochistic buggers.
My local team is the mighty Gillingham FC. I had a sad and troubled youth dressed in blue.
True what you say though, if you support united winning the Premiership is like a natural thing, which not only devalues the experience but also makes for boring watching for general Premier League fans.
Badandy, if I see even a small drop in USC smack out of you this season because you're too busy watching ***** soccer, I'm gonna drive up the 5, 91 and 110 and kick your ass.
Oh don't worry, I'll still be spewing the same amount of USC fandom. I just haven't gotten warmed up yet. Give me a couple of weeks.
Oh don't worry, I'll still be spewing the same amount of USC fandom. I just haven't gotten warmed up yet. Give me a couple of weeks.
You're right - it's still a ways off. I just wanted to be sure.
What Jaffa said really is so true in today's world of football. Teams fanbases are exploding out in numbers and with that comes new fans who know nothing other than the team being a Top 4 team or in the case of some new teams....a team with LOTS AND LOTS of money. I see them wanting to jump off bridges at the slightest of negativity and I wonder how long they exactly have been fans of the team.
I had a friend of mine who never played soccer or even watched it until he went to Europe in 2006 for work where he was stationed for several months. He got HOOKED with the World Cup and told asked me which team I thought he should support (since I have spent much time in the area) and I told him what I have told some on here (and others have said).....let the team pick you
Too many Yanks pick up on the Top 4 and claim to be a big fans yet they really don't get what it means to be a part of the excitement, imo. That is why it makes it so easy to jump on and off the bandwagon AND why so many Americans try to become fans of a team online and get frustrated dealing with the other fans from England who are skeptical of whether they are a "real" fan or not....now, i can't tell you what a real fan is but I would assume they just mean someone who has followed the team for years, knows history, and has visited the Stadiums.
I had a friend of mine who never played soccer or even watched it until he went to Europe in 2006 for work where he was stationed for several months. He got HOOKED with the World Cup and told asked me which team I thought he should support (since I have spent much time in the area) and I told him what I have told some on here (and others have said).....let the team pick you
Too many Yanks pick up on the Top 4 and claim to be a big fans yet they really don't get what it means to be a part of the excitement, imo. That is why it makes it so easy to jump on and off the bandwagon AND why so many Americans try to become fans of a team online and get frustrated dealing with the other fans from England who are skeptical of whether they are a "real" fan or not....now, i can't tell you what a real fan is but I would assume they just mean someone who has followed the team for years, knows history, and has visited the Stadiums.
I'm not sure if anyone has posted this link yet but its about choosing a Premier League team.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/060719
It's a little outdate though.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/060719
It's a little outdate though.
It's a funny and educational piece but it is wrong in many aspects and IMO shouldn't be used to actually decide ones team.
I liked it though.
I liked it though.
Indeed. Badandy – I'd stay clear of Charlton Athletic. They're currently closer to the Blue Square Premier than the Barclays.