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Post by Captainslapper on Jun 2, 2019 19:37:08 GMT 1
I watched the game in a campsite in Norfolk.
On the next pitch to ours was a family from Peterborough.
2 boys around 12 or 13. One in a Liverpool shirt, one in a Chelsea shirt.
The dad 'supported' man utd!
If their dog could speak I bet hed have said he was a Man City fan!
They asked who my team was and when i told them you could see this look of bewilderment. Like they were thinking. "Why? .. they'll never win anything'
I gave them my best 'you are not worthy to even think about talking football to me' look and left it at that.
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Post by Torquayterrier on Jun 2, 2019 20:03:55 GMT 1
It must be difficult for the current kids of that age, they are now second generation armchair fans who have been sold the globalisation of club football at national and international level. Whatever token projects they might do the likes of Sky have no real interest in the grass roots of the game. There are thankfully still a core of supporters who will turn out for their local side or travel to support the one they grew up with as a kid even if it wasn't a top 6 side or even spent most of its history in the lower divisions. These are the guys I doff the cap to.
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Post by ACW on Jun 2, 2019 20:11:05 GMT 1
My son plays for Linthwaite under 9s and its heartening to see so many of the young lads wearing Town kits in training as opposed to Liverpool/Man City/Man Utd, etc. I'd say 2/3's of them are Town supporters.
I suspect Town's rise to the Premier League has a lot to do with this popularity, but hopefully these boys have started a lifelong affinity with their hometown club. It'll be interesting to see how many of them stick with Town, especially if we don't go back up.
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Post by space hardware on Jun 2, 2019 20:23:03 GMT 1
My Facebook is a rogues gallery who’s who of c**** ... the amount of people celebrating in their replica shirts in their front room in some southern suburb is pitiful. Hate them kids, fucking hate them! Tell me about it. I play cricket with one sad sack from Halifax who went over to watch it in a bar in Madrid. The number of plastic Scousers who have crawled out of the woodwork this season is astounding. Even my matchgoing, Liverpool born, season ticket holding mate hates them 😂😂 |
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Post by nicovaesen on Jun 2, 2019 20:33:45 GMT 1
Watched the europa final in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire and the place was full of plastic Chelsea fans who went mental when they scored each time!!!! I had this years third top on and lad with a Grimsby top came up to the bar (sort of local team) he said who are you then when I said hudders he said who? Laughed and walked off.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2019 20:34:53 GMT 1
Makes me sick. I have to work with loads of Liverpool fans. I'm the only Town fan. I refuse to congratulate them because to me they have nothing to be congratulated for. It's not like choosing a band you like with your football club. You support the team you are from or where your parents are from. My kids will support Town; they have no choice.
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Post by Boaty McBoatface on Jun 2, 2019 20:37:41 GMT 1
I watched the game in a campsite in Norfolk. On the next pitch to ours was a family from Peterborough. 2 boys around 12 or 13. One in a Liverpool shirt, one in a Chelsea shirt. The dad 'supported' man utd! If their dog could speak I bet hed have said he was a Man City fan! They asked who my team was and when i told them you could see this look of bewilderment. Like they were thinking. "Why? .. they'll never win anything' I gave them my best 'you are not worthy to even think about talking football to me' look and left it at that. Could have been worse, they could have supported Peterboro. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2019 20:55:15 GMT 1
Watched the europa final in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire and the place was full of plastic Chelsea fans who went mental when they scored each time!!!! I had this years third top on and lad with a Grimsby top came up to the bar (sort of local team) he said who are you then when I said hudders he said who? Laughed and walked off. How on gods green earth can a fish fucking Grimsby Town fan laugh about Huddersfield Town? Them would be the words I would have used as well. Captain Birdseye C###s, I really dislike them for my own reasons |
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Post by nicovaesen on Jun 2, 2019 21:37:50 GMT 1
Watched the europa final in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire and the place was full of plastic Chelsea fans who went mental when they scored each time!!!! I had this years third top on and lad with a Grimsby top came up to the bar (sort of local team) he said who are you then when I said hudders he said who? Laughed and walked off. How on gods green earth can a fish fucking Grimsby Town fan laugh about Huddersfield Town? Them would be the words I would have used as well. Captain Birdseye C###s, I really dislike them for my own reasons I do and always have I’m a Lincolnshire lad and I’ve seen town play their a few times down the years. The most recent the last minute 3-2 win in the FA cup and before that a one nil loss with Bruce in charge? My dad in 2013 was threatened by four Grimsby thugs with smashed bottles, he’s in his late 70’s but the moldgreen in him came out lol!! I ll never go back to that shithole! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2019 21:40:48 GMT 1
How on gods green earth can a fish fucking Grimsby Town fan laugh about Huddersfield Town? Them would be the words I would have used as well. Captain Birdseye C###s, I really dislike them for my own reasons I do and always have I’m a Lincolnshire lad and I’ve seen town play their a few times down the years. The most recent the last minute 3-2 win in the FA cup and before that a one nil loss with Bruce in charge? My dad in 2013 was threatened by four Grimsby thugs with smashed bottles, he’s in his late 70’s but the moldgreen in him came out lol!! I ll never go back to that shithole! My mate got jumped by 4 of them on holiday over a bird. We had a party of 20, so it was resolved the night after. If you saw my mate, hes about knee high to a grasshopper and 8st wet through. This lot were big fat fish fucks. Anyhow enough of that haha |
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Post by ACW on Jun 3, 2019 10:55:30 GMT 1
How on gods green earth can a fish fucking Grimsby Town fan laugh about Huddersfield Town? Them would be the words I would have used as well. Captain Birdseye C###s, I really dislike them for my own reasons I do and always have I’m a Lincolnshire lad and I’ve seen town play their a few times down the years. The most recent the last minute 3-2 win in the FA cup and before that a one nil loss with Bruce in charge? My dad in 2013 was threatened by four Grimsby thugs with smashed bottles, he’s in his late 70’s but the moldgreen in him came out lol!! I ll never go back to that shithole!Which one? Grimsby or Moldgreen?  I remember that 1-0 loss at Grimsby well - it was the match that finally got Steve Bruce the sack. Pretty sure we were marooned at the bottom of Division 1 (as I think it was called back then), which was a real fall from grace considering the magical football we'd been playing less than 12 months before. |
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