Affinity to Your Football Club

[Hij]

What is your affinity to the football club you support.

(no homo from now on coz its football lol)...

Ever since I was 7 and introduced to Liverpool FC by my cousin I have never looked back and Im obsessed with following my football team (Liverpool FC), across the world and the country! It's like an 'adult' WWF for me. I can't stop thinking about the next game and every defeat hurts coz you know your other club supporting mates are gonna be taking the piss the next day, especially when we've never won the league while I've been alive :(

When I was 7 years old, I was very much around my dad, who unlike my mum, was brought up in Lancashire. So while I was brought up to support Liverpool, him and his mates were big United (and lesser so Bolton/Wigan) fans. Since I was 7, everytime we played United, I would bet my weekly pocket money that we would beat United with a regular at the pub. No homo, but at that age, he'd often find his money next to his pint at the bar by the end of 90 minutes after a David James error and an Andy Cole goal and would find me outside in the beer garden sitting on my own, probably crying into my Liverpool shirt- although he always gave me my money back!

Since then, Ive been to two European Cup finals, and fortunately as a male supporter with pride etc at stake, I've only ever broke down into tears once since, and that was during the Arsenal FA Cup Game at Anfield in 2007- while holding a banner up at the very front of the Kop for the first 6 minutes, with my older mate who was at Hillsborough on one side, and a guy who lost his younger brother there on the other...while we sang the the 6 minutes of 'Justice' chants for the 96 who died at Hillsborough- emotional still.

Is this why some clubs have more passionate supporters? I go absolutely pyscho when Im at a Liverpool game and nearly always get chucked out at West Ham. Its kinda like a second chance at the weekend. If everything with my job/life is going tits up, you get a second chance when you go to the football to release your emotion with a load of people who feel the same way - through history Londoners, Scousers and Mancs have had it hard on themselves and is this why the atomsphere is better at those grounds, because everyone feels the same way? This is why I hate the ridiculous price rises- pricing the real guys out of the games- it didn't use to be entertainment it used to be a release for everyone who liked football to get their anger out.

But how much is your affinity to your club?

[Hij]

BTW before anyone takes the piss about it
VxFjTdP5gus

Thierry Henry later described it as awe inspiring. As you look at the Kop Im on the left holding the Spanish flag :( R.I.P.

Anyway on a positive note, we should win some more points this weekend, Arsenal have a hard run coming up... United ot win the league?

[Anonymous]

Im A Man Utd Fan, But Im Not A Die Hard Supporter Or Anything, I Dont Watch Every Game. Mainly As I Dont Have Sky Sports.
Although I Always Check The Scores And Im Always Up To Date.

[Top Lad]

Arsenal fan, il watch the games when its on and sometimes on the pc but im not the type of supporter to break down if we lose il be upset but after half an hour i usually get over it.

[grafta]

Wow man you're on this ting

i picked the last option but, i just get pissed for a while and look forward to the next game / competition. the last time i was REALLY REALLY angry was at the champions league final.

[Grimes]

I'm a devoted football fan however not as zealous as Hij

[GrimePays]

the last option

i also got put on UTD by my cousin

[TRU_G]

Im A Man Utd Fan, But Im Not A Die Hard Supporter Or Anything, I Dont Watch Every Game. Mainly As I Dont Have Sky Sports.
Although I Always Check The Scores And Im Always Up To Date.

This.

I just laugh at people who take their teams loss so seriously, they come they could do anything about it

[RIP Jakey]

BTW before anyone takes the piss about it
VxFjTdP5gus

Thierry Henry later described it as awe inspiring. As you look at the Kop Im on the left holding the Spanish flag :( R.I.P.

Anyway on a positive note, we should win some more points this weekend, Arsenal have a hard run coming up... United ot win the league?

I watched this on TV it was absolutely amazing, i was sitting there thinking this is a moment to remember for a long long time. BIG UP L'pool fans!

but yeah i'm an Arsenal fan, have been since i knew what football was. i followed my dad into supporting them and so shall my kids (no glory hunter, i remember before arsene wenger).

[Danny Trejo]

Fuck, been going the match since I was 5, the Kenny Dalglish testimonial. (Makes me feel old, saying that). Liverpool all the way and when I've lived here (off and on) I've probably seen 75% of the games at Anfield, from League Cup to the UEFA Cup to whatever. Only real regrets I've got are about seeing us in Europe.

I was on Match Of The Day once, actually. I'm six I think, maybe seven, at the Liverpool Auxerre home leg, we won 3-0. Down the Anny road end, Steve Mcmahon hit this ball over the bar when I'm coming back from the toilet with my dad and it smacked me in the face. So I'm on telly crying and all that.
The tape of it wore out and we lost it, been looking for it on the internet and all that for years.

['nuum general]

Season pass holder at hull city. go to local away games aswell. Been to see west brom a few times as well as my dad supports them. Football results often determine what mood i'm in on a saturday night.

Phil browns tiger army
we hate leeds
(repeat for ten minutes)

[Rambo]

wolves season ticket holder for 6 years now. go to most away games. love it still.

theres no bigger hate in my life than the tesco carrier bag lot.
and hij anfield is a dump
its ok inside but outside is a dump for a supposedly big club

sign on, sign on :D

[BG1]

I support Man u and Liverpool, always watch them on TV, aint been to any of there games though. I pefer man u in the league and Liverpool in Cups

[Hij]

lol at zealous guess its true though its like a tribe for me lol . Aint missed one game this year! either im at the game watching on the net or at one me those random pubs that show every game.

[Hij]

its the same as any ground located in resedential area i swear lol @ jr

[whats_the_score?]

lol at zealous guess its true though its like a tribe for me lol . Aint missed one game this year! either im at the game watching on the net or at one me those random pubs that show every game.

Big up the pubs showing the premier league games on foreign channels when they aint on sky, it's alot!

[adidasgrandad]

i would say the last option but years of being a west ham fan just means you get used to losing and if we win i know they're going to fuck up in next match..so you just learn to not give a shit lol

[Pirate]

Die hard

[RIP Jakey]

Mine has severely changed since this poll.

[Pirate]

how so?

[Arkan]

i support a pretty shit team (however top of the league atm) so when we lose im not amazingly bothered, obviously very pleased when we win, only time i would get angry is if we lost to Palace (fiercest rivals)

But i think its the same for everyone when you go see your team in the flesh, when they win your on a natural high, when they lose your pissed for a while.

[Josh]

If we lose then my weekend is ruined and I am a sad morbid cunt for the next 2 days. So yeah, pretty passionate.

[RIP Jakey]

I voted "Elated when we win and utterly gutted when we lose, especially to our rivals" at the time but now it's more "I like it when we win, but its just football, if we lost I wouldnt care" mixed with "I look out for us on the BBC/Skysports results ". I don't even always watch us if we're on TV, got bored of football.

[MyLord]

''Ever since I was 7 and introduced to Liverpool FC by my cousin I have never looked back and Im obsessed with following my football team (Liverpool FC), across the world and the country! It's like an 'adult' WWF for me'' - Hij

lol my cus introduced me to liverpool round that same age to.
ive only got chans one to five right now but when i do get sky, sky sports will
be like a default channel for me. Any thing to do with Liverpool im straight on it.
I get pissed when i mis MOTD, lol

[Switch]

everyone that knows me, knows i'm arsenal maaad, its a piss take how my emotions can go up or down depending on how arsenal perform/win/lose/draw. i wish had the monies to go to the games i would be like this guy http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/523/w7ewjs.gif

Arsenal to the grave and beyond

[Scrappy123]

Die Hard pretty much. Hold tight all my Arsenal/Man United friends who go "hahahah Fulham" then cry whenever they drop a point.



The Way i was close to tears eufa cup final<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< :dead:

[Pirate]

the way i celebrate even wins over shit teams :lol:

[Matt91]

everyone that knows me, knows i'm arsenal maaad, its a piss take how my emotions can go up or down depending on how arsenal perform/win/lose/draw. i wish had the monies to go to the games i would be like this guy http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/523/w7ewjs.gif

Arsenal to the grave and beyond

What's wrong with Nottingham Forest?

I'm probably the top option unless I've gone to a match which is very rare now in which case if I was at the ground I'd be gutted if we lose

[Tempz_NBT]

im a die hard footy fan
although still havent been old trafford but its defo gonna happen

[arsenal]

I voted "Elated when we win and utterly gutted when we lose, especially to our rivals"
I don't need to tell you who i support last season i went ti the big games at home like liverpool our loss to man utd 2-2 against barca ( barca match was emosh) i would go o more if funds weren't so low

[Josh]

im a die hard footy fan
although still havent been old trafford but its defo gonna happen

n/s but if uve never been to ur club's ground then you can't be a diehard

[Arkan]

n/s but if uve never been to ur club's ground then you can't be a diehard

.

And if you havent been to an away match out of your local area too imo

[quality]

I grew up in a West Ham family but support Spurs lol. Nearest club was QPR growing up, dunno how it happened really. Went to my first game at 7 for a Xmas present, safe mum. Finally got a season ticket when I was in college (severely dented my social/financial life), then went uni, now moved away with work for a bit. Would like to get it back one day, but you'll never get the seat with your mates back which is a bit of a par.

[El Asesino]

My family love football and it's passed down from my Dad, been living with football playing and then watching liverpool every weekend since I was like 6, been the same for all my brothers.

[Christophe Dugarry]

last option

every single game we lose or drop a point (when should of won) i get so frustrated and my mates think i turn into a dick lulz
when we win i am the happiest guy.

but when the scum of the city (the vile) beat us i tend to stay in and not speak to anyone. or go out and drink the sorrows away.
same with those filthy dingles aswell.

west brom as a team i can get on with but when they beat us the other week i was fuming.


hij, remember 2001? birmingham liverpool worthington cup final? you beat us 5-4 on penaltys? i was only 9 at the time but i was sooooo angry and upset (didn't cry, been a badman from early). cunts. walked out of the millennium stadium felt like i'd been punched in the face. what a long journey home.

[Mr. Jefferies]

im a die hard footy fan
although still havent been old trafford but its defo gonna happen

Reppin: Milton Keynes.

That is cringeworthy.


last option

every single game we lose or drop a point (when should of won) i get so frustrated and my mates think i turn into a dick lulz
when we win i am the happiest guy.

but when the scum of the city (the vile) beat us i tend to stay in and not speak to anyone. or go out and drink the sorrows away.
same with those filthy dingles aswell.

west brom as a team i can get on with but when they beat us the other week i was fuming.


hij, remember 2001? birmingham liverpool worthington cup final? you beat us 5-4 on penaltys? i was only 9 at the time but i was sooooo angry and upset (didn't cry, been a badman from early). cunts. walked out of the millennium stadium felt like i'd been punched in the face. what a long journey home.

Wasn't that the game where Andy Johnson missed a penalty and Trevor Francis was hugging him in tears at the end of the penalties? They were both crying?

[Josh]

Catch us away to Sheff Wednesday on Sky Sports tomorrow at 7:15 :D I'm going with 3 mates

[Christophe Dugarry]

Wasn't that the game where Andy Johnson missed a penalty and Trevor Francis was hugging him in tears at the end of the penalties? They were both crying?

correct.

haunts me to this day

[Seven]

in 2010 its hard being a die hard gunner

[Nxt Lvl]

Not as devoted to football as you lot obviously. I cant travel to portsmouth every week to watch them play and theyre never on tv here so i kinda have no choice in that. If i lived in Portsmouth i would go to the majority of their games. I was gutted when they were relegated last year, and ive watched the gamecast for almost all the games so far this year. I was very excited when they beat leicester. I'd die if they got relegated again.

[notts57]

I'm a Nottingham Forest fan born and bred, pure red blood through and through, being a true football fan isn't something you can help. Same as being attached to making music. My dad who i no longer live with used to play for the red's reserves but he wasn't my influence I don't think, I'm from Nottingham and kinda just walking along Trent Bridge seeing the City Ground by the banks of the Trent kinda made it special i suppose. I've never understood how people can be from somewhere like Portsmouth and "support" Man Utd, fuck armchair supporters, why support a team from a city you never been to?

Anyway, there's nothing I hate more than D*rby fuckin scum, sheepshaggin wankers

"your mum's ya dad, your dad's ya mum, you're all inbred and you're D*rby scum"

[The Don]

doubt there's anything that has more of an influence on my mood than football tbh

i go to games i can afford, buy my membership every year, dad used to bring me from when i was 6ish

[Josh]

I'm a Nottingham Forest fan born and bred, pure red blood through and through, being a true football fan isn't something you can help. Same as being attached to making music. My dad who i no longer live with used to play for the red's reserves but he wasn't my influence I don't think, I'm from Nottingham and kinda just walking along Trent Bridge seeing the City Ground by the banks of the Trent kinda made it special i suppose. I've never understood how people can be from somewhere like Portsmouth and "support" Man Utd, fuck armchair supporters, why support a team from a city you never been to?


Get me

[Switch]

What's wrong with Nottingham Forest?

I'm probably the top option unless I've gone to a match which is very rare now in which case if I was at the ground I'd be gutted if we losenothing wrong with forest, in fact i always what the nottingham teams to do well (mainly forest though) but arsenal are my team, always have been always will be, i didn't choose them, it just happened.

also see this previous answer, when questioned upon this subject


I started to become a fan of Arsenal for the simple fact that when i was younger they were the ONLY ENGLISH team that i could watch happily for 90+ mins, I don't know why but they were the only team I was drew towards, even when i didn't know much about football arsenal were the ones that i would say was my team and so ever since then they are my team and back then they weren't even wining shit so that point is void, it wasn't because of ian wright either. Oh and by the way no one in my family older than me supports Arsenal, it was all free will despite my dad being a man u fan.

I've never understood why people believe you should support your local team (even though i constantly want forest and notts county to do well) you support the team that you feel you love, its that simple.

[Tony Starks]

doubt there's anything that has more of an influence on my mood than football tbh



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[nortside]

everyone that knows me, knows i'm arsenal maaad, its a piss take how my emotions can go up or down depending on how arsenal perform/win/lose/draw. i wish had the monies to go to the games i would be like this guy http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/523/w7ewjs.gif

Arsenal to the grave and beyond

co fucking sign

[6]

somewhere between first and last option

[Block19]

When i was in school had a season ticket for like 5/6 years running, went to away games etc. cause it used to be worth it, was entertaining and we were one of the best teams outside the top 4. Now i dont go, because i dont think its value for money at all, getting charged premier league prices to watch the millions of pounds worth of players Strachans brought in struggle in the championship is not for me.

Will still go the the Derby matches though, hold tight Leeds on New Year. Teesside Aggro!! :evilgrin:

edit: incase it wasnt clear, i dont not go because were shit now, ive sat in that stadium many a time watching the team fall apart, just aint worth it.

[Revz]

My love for United has been surpassed by my hatred of Liverpool.

That's how passionate I am.

[Switch]

My love for United has been surpassed by my hatred of Liverpool.

That's how passionate I am.:laugh:

[Hij]

Still can't believe this happened

mFX07w2-4ls

[Switch]

Still can't believe this happened

mFX07w2-4lsthat was wonderful, must of been a very proud moment for everyone associated.

[daspecimen]

i laugh at the misfortune of our rivals and can't even play FM or PES as anything other than Arsenal (hold tight North London) because my heart isn't in it.

Losing a game to your rivals on FM and sulking in your room on your ones >>>>>>>>>

[Hij]

What specimen said, but apply it to my team.

[masterpig]

wolves season ticket holer for 16 years @ 24 years old lol . only my 3rd season watchin them play in prem :(



freezing cold night games against grimsby and colchester are a par tho.