hi all....
are there any other football fans on here??? or does everyone follow a local team as i think all sheffield forumers do not like anyone who supports a decent club,,,sheff wed/utd barnsley,rotherham...``there are other clubs you know!!!

hi all....
are there any other football fans on here??? or does everyone follow a local team as i think all sheffield forumers do not like anyone who supports a decent club,,,sheff wed/utd barnsley,rotherham...``there are other clubs you know!!!

We're quite happy to hear from anyone who is a football fan.


We just don't like people who ditched their local team and decided to jump on the bandwagon of whoever happens to be winning trophies lately.

We're quite happy to hear from anyone who is a football fan.


We just don't like people who ditched their local team and decided to jump on the bandwagon of whoever happens to be winning trophies lately.

wow that is an original saying,,quite a few of the sheep on here keep saying that one,,,``can we not be a supporter of another club``i never ditched my local team i just stayed faithfull even though we moved to sheffield...

wow that is an original saying,,quite a few of the sheep on here keep saying that one,,,``can we not be a supporter of another club``i never ditched my local team i just stayed faithfull even though we moved to sheffield...

As you should.

thank you...

I support Sheffield United FC and Toronto FC :D
Anyone can support the Man U's , Liverpools and Chelseas but the REAL football fans travel the length and breadth of England week after week following the likes of Sheff U, Sheff weds, Barnsley, Rotherham and the Chesterfields :P

I support Sheffield United FC and Toronto FC :D
Anyone can support the Man U's , Liverpools and Chelseas but the REAL football fans travel the length and breadth of England week after week following the likes of Sheff U, Sheff weds, Barnsley, Rotherham and the Chesterfields :P

so what your saying is ,you can only be a REAL supporter if you support `crap` WHATEVER......

so what your saying is ,you can only be a REAL supporter if you support `crap` WHATEVER......

No I think what CB's saying is that true fans support a team whether they're winning or losing, whether they're in the prem league or the 2nd division, whether they're rich or don't have 2 pennies to scratch their ar$e$ with. If someone's a Manchester United / Chelsea / Liverpool / Arsenal fan because they were brought up in that area then fair enough, if they're a fan of that team just because that team are always winning things then it's a bit shallow, a bit fake, a bit "flavour of the month", a bit fickle, and a bit disloyal to their home town club.

Of course if I'm wrong then I'm sure Mr CB will correct me.

hi all....
are there any other football fans on here??? or does everyone follow a local team as i think all sheffield forumers do not like anyone who supports a decent club,,,sheff wed/utd barnsley,rotherham...``there are other clubs you know!!!

you started this argument on the scores thread on tuesday night, with loads of answers to your present question. all you are doing is trolling to wind people up, ..... be careful.

No I think what CB's saying is that true fans support a team whether they're winning or losing, whether they're in the prem league or the 2nd division, whether they're rich or don't have 2 pennies to scratch their ar$e$ with. If someone's a Manchester United / Chelsea / Liverpool / Arsenal fan because they were brought up in that area then fair enough, if they're a fan of that team just because that team are always winning things then it's a bit shallow, a bit fake, a bit "flavour of the month", a bit fickle, and a bit disloyal to their home town club.

Of course if I'm wrong then I'm sure Mr CB will correct me.

No correction needed Sir, you are spot on.
Must be my Canadian accent he doesn't understand :D

The golden rule of being a football fan is that you can never ever change your team. Anyone who switches team instantly annuls their right to be a football fan. The team that you first choose as a five or six-year-old kid just getting interested in football is the same as the team you'll be following when you're a wisened old pensioner sitting in front of a fire with pipe and slippers.

If you're ever in a football conversation with someone who admits to changing teams, the Football Supporters Act 1972 allows you to stop them mid-conversation and say

"Due to switching of teams, your football opinion has become invalid and you are thus prohibited from participating further in this conversation"

The golden rule of being a football fan is that you can never ever change your team. Anyone who switches team instantly annuls their right to be a football fan. The team that you first choose as a five or six-year-old kid just getting interested in football is the same as the team you'll be following when you're a wisened old pensioner sitting in front of a fire with pipe and slippers.


I can see where you're coming from with this - but my first team of interest was Liverpool, because the first game I can ever remember watching was them beating Borussia in Rome, 1977. That got me interested in football, which in turn got me interested in the Blades, my local team.

I still root for Liverpool, but not if they're playing Sheffield United.
In European competition, I root for any British team, unless they're playing each other which forces me to choose.

I support Wednesday because my dad supports them simple as, I didn't have a choice. Though the first ever football game I went to was United v Reding in about 94 as we fot free tickets with United's football in the community programme. My mum and dad couldn't afford to take me, my sister and my dad. I'll always remeber my first Wednesday game though just after Euro 96 against Villa I was amazed by teh ground all the flags were still up it was very impressive at the time. It was the season when we made a really good start and were top of the Premiership after about 3 games.

People can support whoever they want, of course they can. I just choose to support my local team, which being from Hillsborough is Sheffield Wednesday.

I do think you feel a stronger link with the club you support if it is one local to you though. I personally prefer to support a team of underdogs.

You should support the team closest to where you lived as a youngster or one that your immediate family had a good reason for supporting. Not just the team that was doing best when you started watching football. You can pick a league team if your nearest team aren't professional. They are the rules :thumbsup:

Funny tho innit?90% of fans walking the streets always have liverpool,man utd,arsenal shirts on,not portsmouth,wigan,fulham?

I can see where you're coming from with this - but my first team of interest was Liverpool, because the first game I can ever remember watching was them beating Borussia in Rome, 1977. That got me interested in football, which in turn got me interested in the Blades, my local team.

I still root for Liverpool, but not if they're playing Sheffield United.
In European competition, I root for any British team, unless they're playing each other which forces me to choose.

Then you've changed teams! Don't you feel a bit guilty about that?

There's nothing wrong with having a second team. I like the Blades and watch them at Bramall Lane sometimes (I was there at the weekend for the Southampton game). I feel a certain affinity to them because I live in Highfield, but if they were playing my true team (Liverpool) or were involved in a game which affected them, I'd be backing Liverpool without question.

As for British teams in Europe, it depends which team. I'm indifferent to Arsenal so I wish them well in Europe, I dislike Chelsea so want them to lose and I hate Man Utd and Everton so love to see them lose. The Champions League isn't about representing the host country, that's what the national team is for. It's all about individual club glory.

:)

Then you've changed teams! Don't you feel a bit guilty about that?


No.

You seem to be working on the basis that I chose Sheffield United. I didn't; they chose me.

I hate Man Utd and Everton so love to see them lose.

been a crap week for you then :D

not that me made easy work of it or anything :suspect:

been a crap week for you then :D

not that me made easy work of it or anything :suspect:

Bloody scousers and their crap English haha :D

Bloody scousers and their crap English haha :D

arrr hey whay yer saying?? :D

I like to go with the manager and the players.

Always followed Liverpool since, well my big brother did so whats a kid to do ?

Been unhappy with Liverpool and pleased with them.

Sometimes respect other clubs sometimes don't.

No significant point to the post but Man U are scum and Chelsea were ok when ruud gullit was there.

Oh, wherever I am living, I always want to see the local clubs do well, I enjoy going to live matches :)

Then you've changed teams! Don't you feel a bit guilty about that?

There's nothing wrong with having a second team. I like the Blades and watch them at Bramall Lane sometimes (I was there at the weekend for the Southampton game). I feel a certain affinity to them because I live in Highfield, but if they were playing my true team (Liverpool) or were involved in a game which affected them, I'd be backing Liverpool without question.

As for British teams in Europe, it depends which team. I'm indifferent to Arsenal so I wish them well in Europe, I dislike Chelsea so want them to lose and I hate Man Utd and Everton so love to see them lose. The Champions League isn't about representing the host country, that's what the national team is for. It's all about individual club glory.

:)

Real footie fans will watch any team play, as I did when in the RAF. We paid to watch any match and usually we supported the underdog. I am an Evertonian but I once took a red to Wolverhampton from RAF Lynham, to see Wolves try to avoid relegation, they lost to Liverpool; we didn't get in but we listened to it on the car radio heading back.
In those days Liverpool supporters had something about them for instance: we were on a hilltop looking down on Molineux some guys were up a lamp post I asked what they could see the answer came back ' we can't see the ground but we’ve got a good view of some fellas who can'
Nowadays you have to be careful getting into any ground because of this away supporters not being allowed in certain parts of the ground rule.

I can't walk past a game in the park on Sunday without watching for at least half an hour, supporting one of the teams and giving the ref some useful advice (in a friendly, humorous fashion, naturally).

Having just joined the forum again after a successful run with the Paninni world cup swops (only missed out on shaun wright phillips to complete the book) anyway it's the match attax football cards that are all the go around here in North Wales. Is there anyone out there who can help my grandson out with some swops, he has the following to offer out as swaps :
Babel, kuyt, tevez, nanni, fabragas, tuguy, rochemback, cahill,
cid, carvalho, jones, carson, leacock, kitson, sissoko, agger, duberry, brown, ashley cole, smertin, yobo,

and we are looking for :
Gerrard (man of the match ) crouch (man of the match ) bent, jenas, lennon, kirkland (star player ) elalno (man of the match ) tevez (limited edition ) wes brown, jagielka (man of the match ),
saha, paul robinson, evera, o'shea, carrick, bale, keane.

We will swop one for one and you can send quite a few in one envelope by first class post.

Hope we are in the right department here, if not can somebody tell me were to look on the forum to swop the football cards.
many thanks
DozyBozy