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Originally Posted by Gavin
And me. Yes, Utd is your local team, but for most, it isn't. And with no disrespect to anyone that disagrees with me, I would just like to share my thoughts on it.
I think its a shame and a blight* on football that people just support any team they fancy. It goes against the principal of football. Football was founded on men going to see their local team. They didn't have the money to travel across the country, or even city just to see their local team play.
If its OK to support a non-local team in football, then is it OK to support another country in football too? Can you imagine people born and raised in England supporting West Germany in 1966 because they had more success than us?
People don't live and die in the same place anymore like they used to but just supporting another team because they happen to win more than your local team goes against the whole spirit of football.
Just my 
* A popular team gets more revenue than a less popular team. More revenue means more/better signings, which can mean better results, which results in more fans and more revenue. More revenue means... Football needs fans spread on geography and not on results. |
It is just an extremely petty thing to get worked up about. Enjoy the football, instead of trying to work out how many of the opposition fans come from the "locale". I am surprised that no-one has suggested we have a "local fan" test before they let the fans in
Things have moved on. People can afford to travel to a non-local team. Freedom of choice and all...
...and the suggestion that it is just Utd is also silly. As far as I am aware, the OP is from Blackpool, yet supports Liverpool, but only the Utd fans got the stick. It happens to other teams as well.
If anyone should moan about non-local fans, it should be the fans of that team, not others.
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Originally Posted by superbiatch
Liverpool 2005 Champion League Final  (oh and i do live in Liverpool before anyone starts  ) |
I wasn't going to say anything
