Football (Soccer) Thread

[Valmy]

Surely tracing your family / local history to whichever region if England is the correct way to go.

That would mean I would have to be a Liverpool fan

[Ed Anger]

VALMY IS A SCOUSER!

Lets laugh at him.

[Jacob]

Surely tracing your family / local history to whichever region if England is the correct way to go.

That would mean I would have to be a Liverpool fan

Or Everton.

[Ed Anger]

Surely tracing your family / local history to whichever region if England is the correct way to go.

That would mean I would have to be a Liverpool fan

Or Everton.

Ewwwww.

[Jacob]

I'd rather go analogy to city and culture so you get the same emotional relationship you have towards your american sports team to your english soccer one.

Or, you could do it the scandinavian way. Every single scandinavian person has an english team, even if they are not soccer fans. It is either determined by some emotional connection to some city in england or some event in england or some person from england, or it is inherited from family (e.g. my dad loved coventry, so I love coventry, and if I ever go to england I will go to a coventry game!!!!!111111oneoneone) or it is the home team in the first full game you watched on tv. That last one is surprisingly arbitrary, but apparently completely binding.

BTW, referring to the first of the scandinavian reasons, when Newcastle Brown Ale started becoming popular in norway 20 years ago the amount of magpie fans increased massively.

Exactly.

However many years ago when I was nine or so we were watching the game at my mate's house while and there was this one guy on the team whose play style and heart I liked and since then the Spurs have been the team for me in the English league (this was before the EPL was a thing).

[Ed Anger]

I just pick whoever tickles my fancy. Like when I was a kid and Bobby Knight was yelling at everybody. Right then, I like Hoosier basketball.

[Valmy]

I found this far more entertaining than I probably should: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KeG_i8CWE8

[mongers]

I found this far more entertaining than I probably should: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KeG_i8CWE8

[Jacob]

I found this far more entertaining than I probably should: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KeG_i8CWE8

That was pretty funny

[Viking]

I'd rather go analogy to city and culture so you get the same emotional relationship you have towards your american sports team to your english soccer one.

Or, you could do it the scandinavian way. Every single scandinavian person has an english team, even if they are not soccer fans. It is either determined by some emotional connection to some city in england or some event in england or some person from england, or it is inherited from family (e.g. my dad loved coventry, so I love coventry, and if I ever go to england I will go to a coventry game!!!!!111111oneoneone) or it is the home team in the first full game you watched on tv. That last one is surprisingly arbitrary, but apparently completely binding.

BTW, referring to the first of the scandinavian reasons, when Newcastle Brown Ale started becoming popular in norway 20 years ago the amount of magpie fans increased massively.

Exactly.

However many years ago when I was nine or so we were watching the game at my mate's house while and there was this one guy on the team whose play style and heart I liked and since then the Spurs have been the team for me in the English league (this was before the EPL was a thing).

Ginola? Gazza?

[Jacob]

Ginola? Gazza?

It was in the early 80s - maybe 82 or 83, so it was before either of those two. I never did learn his name....

[mongers]

Ginola? Gazza?

It was in the early 80s - maybe 82 or 83, so it was before either of those two. I never did learn his name....

I was going to post as much, but my browser swallowed it. 

Maybe Hoddle or perhaps Chris Waddle ?

edit:
maybe check out the 1980s section on this wiki, could be one of those:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C.

[Viking]

Ginola? Gazza?

It was in the early 80s - maybe 82 or 83, so it was before either of those two. I never did learn his name....

Ardiles?

[Valmy]

Ok so...if I were to live in the Ellesmere Port area which club would I be supporting?  Everton?  Liverpool?  Other?

And I mean Premier League not whatever two bit local bunch I would be watching.

[Jacob]

Ginola? Gazza?

It was in the early 80s - maybe 82 or 83, so it was before either of those two. I never did learn his name....

Ardiles?

Ricardo Villa