Was born in Stockport but grew up in Leeds. Not the easiest place to be a United fan, believe me. But my dad supported United and I didnt get a choice in the matter.
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They would need a boy scout and a compass to find there way to Wembley.
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No bite
210 miles from WHL so I'm a plastic glory hunter
I'm an Irish Celtic fan due to my family, mainly my brothers and Uncles. My dad preferred the GAA. I've lived in Scotland since I was 17 and have had a season ticket for years. I also support Villarreal, since we played them in 2004 and our fans established a connection. I've never seen Villarreal win anything, but I have loved every minute watching them; going to El Madrigal and visiting the Villarreal Celtic club over there.
I don't really know many gloryhunters, but recently spoke with a Welshman who thought Swansea and Cardiff were bigger than Celtic and Rangers, which really bugged me.
5979 miles im in it for the glory
Successful teams always get more exposure and so it influences the team a child supports growing up. For instance, the top teams have Champions League football on terrestrial TV and the priority of SKY and BT Sport is to show the big games to increase revenue on Super Sunday and other occasions.
The only way a child will be influenced to support a local team is if they were born into a family that did so too, or even through playing for their local team's academy. It's a bit like religion in the sense that more often than not, you are the religion that your parents are.
I wasn't born in the UK so my first exposure to teams were the ones that were successful and that is why I supported Man UTD as a very young kid. I did realise though that as much as i enjoyed their football at the time that I was never going to attend matches regularly. So considering I have lived in Tottenham for almost all my life, my love for them gradually took over .
I support Tottenham and have done so for the last decade or more because supporting a local team makes you feel more connected with them. You feel that the club is part of the community you're living in (even though Spurs do their best to detach themselves from us ).
867 miles to Anfield.
But born in Liverpool (6.6 miles from Anfield), most of the family Liverpool fans - it never occurred to me that there was a choice!
However, a guy I know irritates the hell out of me. Everton fan who always slates plastic fans and people who don't support their "home" team. He was born in Huddersfield and spent most of his life in Derby! He's 35, so Everton were doing pretty well when he was growing up.....
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comment by kneerash-23 Cara Gold (U6876)
posted 1 minute ago
For Irish fans like myself it's got allot to do with what clubs the Irish players go to, allot of Irish lads played for united and Liverppol in the 70's and 80's so they are the biggest supported clubs in Ireland.
The League of Ireland has an ok following here but the standard is fairly poor so any half decent player will go to England or Scotland.
Like I was over the moon when we signed Robbie Keane from Spurs, he was the Irish captain and I always hope there is an Irish international in the Liverpool team, none at the moment but I'm just thankful we didn't sign Aidan McGeady, fecking useless caaaaaant.
Arsenal would have a good few too especially with Liam Brady, Niall Quinn and Dave O'Leary having played for them.
Duff at Chelsea would have had a few kids starting to follow them, I went to the same School as Duff, he went to Blackburn when he was 15, he was a few years ahead of me my older brother was in his year.
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Arsenal are big for London Irish. Agree with everything you say.
Man U, Liverpool and Arsenal with Celtic as everybody's 2nd team in Ireland
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Agree, I have no time for Celtic personally and feel absolutley no affiliation with them.
I've no issue with genuine Celtic fans but in Ireland you get a load of skobies with Celtic tops wearign it as some sort of political badge, does my head in.
Like while the old Landsown Rd stadium was being rebuilt into the Aviva ROI player the games in Croke
Park which is the home of the GAA. Of course there was some protest about "foregin games" being played in the home of Irelands unique sports venue, and there's a famous interview of this young lad giving it loads outside Croke Park with a big banner saying "no foregin sports in Croke Park" all the while this muppet is wearign a Celtic shirt, when he's was asked about it he goes "but sure Celtic are Irish"
No wonder the country fell apart
Yes because we are all like that I suppose.
I've no issue with genuine Celtic fans but in Ireland you get a load of skobies with Celtic tops wearign it as some sort of political badge, does my head in.
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I cannot stand all that bigotry between Celtic and Rangers fans, Irish or otherwise.
I went to Catholic school with a guy who was Anglo- Irish (though he would only describe himself as Irish)
Being Catholic he obviously loved Celtic (his PL club was Arsenal). I told his once I had no preference for Celtic over Rangers (and vice versa) and he went nuts! Couldn't believe I didn't love Celtic or hate Rangers purely because I am Catholic.
Fell out with the guy since over something unrelated - he was a facking
I aspire to Frank Skinners theory:
You should choose your football team with a local map and a ruler
COYS
That's one of the things that I hate with football, when religion gets involved.
To address the article, I live about 4 miles from Spurs.
Grandad used to go to watch Spurs and Arsenal between the world wars, but when my dad was born he settled with Spurs. There was no way I could have been anything else or i'd probably have been disowned.
That's one of the things that I hate with football, when religion gets involved.
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I can think of only one place that happens,but then I don't get out much.
It is the nature of the rivalry sadly, it has obviously died down a bit but even youth games between us cause more trouble than ordinary games. The religious aspect is overstated but it is very political.
Most of us get tarred with the same brush though.
Was born in Stockport but grew up in Leeds. Not the easiest place to be a United fan, believe me. But my dad supported United and I didnt get a choice in the matter.
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I'd talk to you bloodred ................
I've no patience with the minority who spout bile about other fans because of who they support. Had a good chat with a Man U fan before the FA cup game 2 years ago - mind you, there was chaos and mayhem all around us while we chatted. I don't get it personally, i'll chat to any footie fan before/after a game. It's all about respect. Banter is great, personally I really enjoy it. I don't mind getting ripped for who I support (Leeds), as long as those who give it can accept it back at them. I spent many years in the forces, good mates followed all the clubs being mentioned on this thread. Always great banter, but an underlying respect for each others views I always found.
I was born in Baardiff, but grew up in Leeds (what a c combination!) from the age of 3 (father was governer of leeds nick). Dad was a Toon fan himself, so was gutted when I started following the mighty whites.
Support whichever team is your passion and i'll respect you. Keep swapping and changing to follow the "trend" or "successful" club, and you're a (k)nob!!!!
Always a good number of Irish fans sat near me at ER on matchdays. Jeez they ain't glory hunters, we've done feck all for far too long to be branded like that !!!
Here's to all footie fans, I don't give 2 hoots who you support when I think about it ............
comment by Marcelino- Back in Europe (U6171)
posted 8 minutes ago
Yes because we are all like that I suppose.
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Now lad I did say I've no issue with genuine Celtic fans I know plenty myself. But as a Celtic fan would you not be annoyed by people who think wearig a Celtic shirts and adding I.R.A to a few Celtic songs makes them republicans?
I'm a patriotic Irish man, love my rebel music too but I hate people who try to use a Scottish football team as a political icon for Irish republicanism.
The Celtic fans who present those massive political banners and slogans at matches and chant IR.A songs are just a total embarrassment to their club
Yes of course they are idiots, but I guarantee it is not exclusive to Celtic fans. And for years our club and supporters were targeted because of our proud Irish heritage, something that is hijacked by some idiots.
Celtic should be proud of their Irish roots.
comment by RVP's Left Foot - THIS DOES NOT SLIP! (U11781)
posted 24 minutes ago
That's one of the things that I hate with football, when religion gets involved.
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True Arab it ridicuous when the two collide.
Why do you have "This does not slip" in your username? Genuine question, I know it is a bit of banter about Gerrard and al lthat but I really don't understand why fans of a club reference another club in their usernames.
Maybe it's just me but to me it looks like you use hating another club to define your support for united, I really don't get it. Is it just simple banter and I'm making too much of it or does anyone else agree it looks a bit daft when a fan of a club references another in their username?
Sort of, but it is all light hearted rivalry.
Didn't Pool fans do it to Spurs though?
kneerash is wound up over all the usernames relating to Liverpool.
TOOR has a reference to the 5-0 against spurs back in December
He is obsessed, that boy
comment by Marcelino- Back in Europe (U6171)
posted 5 minutes ago
Yes of course they are idiots, but I guarantee it is not exclusive to Celtic fans. And for years our club and supporters were targeted because of our proud Irish heritage, something that is hijacked by some idiots.
Celtic should be proud of their Irish roots.
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No doubt they should and again I really have no problem with proper Celtic fans, if it came across like that I apologise. My issue really isn't with Celtic at all, proper club and fanbase, it's the little skobies who use it as a political ideology, my real gripe is these same lads know next to nothing about republicanism or their countries history.
What do you make of the supporters group, the green and gold army I think it's called, could be wrong on that but something similar anyway.
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posted on 7/5/14
Was born in Stockport but grew up in Leeds. Not the easiest place to be a United fan, believe me. But my dad supported United and I didnt get a choice in the matter.
posted on 7/5/14
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posted on 7/5/14
comment by groovyduringthewar (U1054)
posted 7 minutes ago
They would need a boy scout and a compass to find there way to Wembley.
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*their
No bite
posted on 7/5/14
210 miles from WHL so I'm a plastic glory hunter
posted on 7/5/14
I'm an Irish Celtic fan due to my family, mainly my brothers and Uncles. My dad preferred the GAA. I've lived in Scotland since I was 17 and have had a season ticket for years. I also support Villarreal, since we played them in 2004 and our fans established a connection. I've never seen Villarreal win anything, but I have loved every minute watching them; going to El Madrigal and visiting the Villarreal Celtic club over there.
I don't really know many gloryhunters, but recently spoke with a Welshman who thought Swansea and Cardiff were bigger than Celtic and Rangers, which really bugged me.
posted on 7/5/14
5979 miles im in it for the glory
posted on 7/5/14
Successful teams always get more exposure and so it influences the team a child supports growing up. For instance, the top teams have Champions League football on terrestrial TV and the priority of SKY and BT Sport is to show the big games to increase revenue on Super Sunday and other occasions.
The only way a child will be influenced to support a local team is if they were born into a family that did so too, or even through playing for their local team's academy. It's a bit like religion in the sense that more often than not, you are the religion that your parents are.
I wasn't born in the UK so my first exposure to teams were the ones that were successful and that is why I supported Man UTD as a very young kid. I did realise though that as much as i enjoyed their football at the time that I was never going to attend matches regularly. So considering I have lived in Tottenham for almost all my life, my love for them gradually took over .
I support Tottenham and have done so for the last decade or more because supporting a local team makes you feel more connected with them. You feel that the club is part of the community you're living in (even though Spurs do their best to detach themselves from us ).
posted on 7/5/14
867 miles to Anfield.
But born in Liverpool (6.6 miles from Anfield), most of the family Liverpool fans - it never occurred to me that there was a choice!
However, a guy I know irritates the hell out of me. Everton fan who always slates plastic fans and people who don't support their "home" team. He was born in Huddersfield and spent most of his life in Derby! He's 35, so Everton were doing pretty well when he was growing up.....
posted on 7/5/14
comment by Flashy flibble (U10324)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by kneerash-23 Cara Gold (U6876)
posted 1 minute ago
For Irish fans like myself it's got allot to do with what clubs the Irish players go to, allot of Irish lads played for united and Liverppol in the 70's and 80's so they are the biggest supported clubs in Ireland.
The League of Ireland has an ok following here but the standard is fairly poor so any half decent player will go to England or Scotland.
Like I was over the moon when we signed Robbie Keane from Spurs, he was the Irish captain and I always hope there is an Irish international in the Liverpool team, none at the moment but I'm just thankful we didn't sign Aidan McGeady, fecking useless caaaaaant.
Arsenal would have a good few too especially with Liam Brady, Niall Quinn and Dave O'Leary having played for them.
Duff at Chelsea would have had a few kids starting to follow them, I went to the same School as Duff, he went to Blackburn when he was 15, he was a few years ahead of me my older brother was in his year.
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Arsenal are big for London Irish. Agree with everything you say.
Man U, Liverpool and Arsenal with Celtic as everybody's 2nd team in Ireland
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Agree, I have no time for Celtic personally and feel absolutley no affiliation with them.
I've no issue with genuine Celtic fans but in Ireland you get a load of skobies with Celtic tops wearign it as some sort of political badge, does my head in.
Like while the old Landsown Rd stadium was being rebuilt into the Aviva ROI player the games in Croke
Park which is the home of the GAA. Of course there was some protest about "foregin games" being played in the home of Irelands unique sports venue, and there's a famous interview of this young lad giving it loads outside Croke Park with a big banner saying "no foregin sports in Croke Park" all the while this muppet is wearign a Celtic shirt, when he's was asked about it he goes "but sure Celtic are Irish"
No wonder the country fell apart
posted on 7/5/14
Yes because we are all like that I suppose.
posted on 7/5/14
I've no issue with genuine Celtic fans but in Ireland you get a load of skobies with Celtic tops wearign it as some sort of political badge, does my head in.
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I cannot stand all that bigotry between Celtic and Rangers fans, Irish or otherwise.
I went to Catholic school with a guy who was Anglo- Irish (though he would only describe himself as Irish)
Being Catholic he obviously loved Celtic (his PL club was Arsenal). I told his once I had no preference for Celtic over Rangers (and vice versa) and he went nuts! Couldn't believe I didn't love Celtic or hate Rangers purely because I am Catholic.
Fell out with the guy since over something unrelated - he was a facking
posted on 7/5/14
I aspire to Frank Skinners theory:
You should choose your football team with a local map and a ruler
COYS
posted on 7/5/14
That's one of the things that I hate with football, when religion gets involved.
posted on 7/5/14
To address the article, I live about 4 miles from Spurs.
Grandad used to go to watch Spurs and Arsenal between the world wars, but when my dad was born he settled with Spurs. There was no way I could have been anything else or i'd probably have been disowned.
posted on 7/5/14
That's one of the things that I hate with football, when religion gets involved.
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I can think of only one place that happens,but then I don't get out much.
posted on 7/5/14
It is the nature of the rivalry sadly, it has obviously died down a bit but even youth games between us cause more trouble than ordinary games. The religious aspect is overstated but it is very political.
Most of us get tarred with the same brush though.
posted on 7/5/14
Was born in Stockport but grew up in Leeds. Not the easiest place to be a United fan, believe me. But my dad supported United and I didnt get a choice in the matter.
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I'd talk to you bloodred ................
I've no patience with the minority who spout bile about other fans because of who they support. Had a good chat with a Man U fan before the FA cup game 2 years ago - mind you, there was chaos and mayhem all around us while we chatted. I don't get it personally, i'll chat to any footie fan before/after a game. It's all about respect. Banter is great, personally I really enjoy it. I don't mind getting ripped for who I support (Leeds), as long as those who give it can accept it back at them. I spent many years in the forces, good mates followed all the clubs being mentioned on this thread. Always great banter, but an underlying respect for each others views I always found.
I was born in Baardiff, but grew up in Leeds (what a c combination!) from the age of 3 (father was governer of leeds nick). Dad was a Toon fan himself, so was gutted when I started following the mighty whites.
Support whichever team is your passion and i'll respect you. Keep swapping and changing to follow the "trend" or "successful" club, and you're a (k)nob!!!!
Always a good number of Irish fans sat near me at ER on matchdays. Jeez they ain't glory hunters, we've done feck all for far too long to be branded like that !!!
Here's to all footie fans, I don't give 2 hoots who you support when I think about it ............
posted on 7/5/14
comment by Marcelino- Back in Europe (U6171)
posted 8 minutes ago
Yes because we are all like that I suppose.
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Now lad I did say I've no issue with genuine Celtic fans I know plenty myself. But as a Celtic fan would you not be annoyed by people who think wearig a Celtic shirts and adding I.R.A to a few Celtic songs makes them republicans?
I'm a patriotic Irish man, love my rebel music too but I hate people who try to use a Scottish football team as a political icon for Irish republicanism.
posted on 7/5/14
The Celtic fans who present those massive political banners and slogans at matches and chant IR.A songs are just a total embarrassment to their club
posted on 7/5/14
Yes of course they are idiots, but I guarantee it is not exclusive to Celtic fans. And for years our club and supporters were targeted because of our proud Irish heritage, something that is hijacked by some idiots.
Celtic should be proud of their Irish roots.
posted on 7/5/14
comment by RVP's Left Foot - THIS DOES NOT SLIP! (U11781)
posted 24 minutes ago
That's one of the things that I hate with football, when religion gets involved.
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True Arab it ridicuous when the two collide.
Why do you have "This does not slip" in your username? Genuine question, I know it is a bit of banter about Gerrard and al lthat but I really don't understand why fans of a club reference another club in their usernames.
Maybe it's just me but to me it looks like you use hating another club to define your support for united, I really don't get it. Is it just simple banter and I'm making too much of it or does anyone else agree it looks a bit daft when a fan of a club references another in their username?
posted on 7/5/14
Sort of, but it is all light hearted rivalry.
Didn't Pool fans do it to Spurs though?
posted on 7/5/14
kneerash is wound up over all the usernames relating to Liverpool.
posted on 7/5/14
TOOR has a reference to the 5-0 against spurs back in December
He is obsessed, that boy
posted on 7/5/14
comment by Marcelino- Back in Europe (U6171)
posted 5 minutes ago
Yes of course they are idiots, but I guarantee it is not exclusive to Celtic fans. And for years our club and supporters were targeted because of our proud Irish heritage, something that is hijacked by some idiots.
Celtic should be proud of their Irish roots.
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No doubt they should and again I really have no problem with proper Celtic fans, if it came across like that I apologise. My issue really isn't with Celtic at all, proper club and fanbase, it's the little skobies who use it as a political ideology, my real gripe is these same lads know next to nothing about republicanism or their countries history.
What do you make of the supporters group, the green and gold army I think it's called, could be wrong on that but something similar anyway.
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