My Dad's side of the family are reds, my Mothers side are blues.

I went to OT with my Dad or my cousins but going to watch City with my mates was more fun.

comment by meltonblue (U10617)
posted 42 seconds ago
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 3 minutes ago
Reasons for children to support a particular team:

- Who the person of most influence supports (most commonly the Dad) - by far the most common reason.

- Who friends support.

- Who their favourite player plays for.

- Who is successful.

Things that have no influence on their decision:

- The distance from their house to the ground.
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That last one can sometimes happen, I know a few people that have moved into areas and started supporting their local team. Less so for children as such as you say though, it’s just more likely for them due to the other reasons you mention (dads supporting the local team and passing it down or their friends supporting them).

TV has changed things a lot though. It’s a lot less balanced than it used to be, that started a couple of generations ago though.

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I know it can happen, although would say it’s very rare for young children. Extremely rare.

Depends how successful their dads team is or if they go to see them often

comment by RB&W (U21434)
posted 47 seconds ago
Winston

In my experience the vast, vast majority of people support the club their dad did.

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This is your stated theory.

It's not true.
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It absolutely is true.

comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 17 seconds ago
comment by RB&W (U21434)
posted 47 seconds ago
Winston

In my experience the vast, vast majority of people support the club their dad did.

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This is your stated theory.

It's not true.
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It absolutely is true.
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Nope. My old man's a United fan.

comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 23 seconds ago
comment by meltonblue (U10617)
posted 42 seconds ago
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 3 minutes ago
Reasons for children to support a particular team:

- Who the person of most influence supports (most commonly the Dad) - by far the most common reason.

- Who friends support.

- Who their favourite player plays for.

- Who is successful.

Things that have no influence on their decision:

- The distance from their house to the ground.
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That last one can sometimes happen, I know a few people that have moved into areas and started supporting their local team. Less so for children as such as you say though, it’s just more likely for them due to the other reasons you mention (dads supporting the local team and passing it down or their friends supporting them).

TV has changed things a lot though. It’s a lot less balanced than it used to be, that started a couple of generations ago though.

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I know it can happen, although would say it’s very rare for young children. Extremely rare.
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Yeah, it won’t be the primary reason, it can’t be really. It can be a secondary one though as it influences the other ones you mentioned.

comment by Bales (U22081)
posted 54 seconds ago
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 17 seconds ago
comment by RB&W (U21434)
posted 47 seconds ago
Winston

In my experience the vast, vast majority of people support the club their dad did.

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This is your stated theory.

It's not true.
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It absolutely is true.
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Nope. My old man's a United fan.
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Since when did majority start meaning everyone?

I’ll have to update my dictionary.

comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by RB&W (U21434)
posted 47 seconds ago
Winston

In my experience the vast, vast majority of people support the club their dad did.

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This is your stated theory.

It's not true.
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It absolutely is true.
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Oh and keep reading for the expanded theory if you’re interested.

It absolutely is true.

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It's not if

1) If you have a dad who isn't a football fan
2) If you don't have a dad.
3) You have a dad who supports a different team that you want to.

Vast, vast majority ?

Just adding my experience.

Do you have anything other than your opinion to back up the assertion that 'it's absolutely true' that the majority of fans support the same team as their dad?

Oh and keep reading for the expanded theory if you’re interested.
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I'm not. I've read enough. It's a non-starter.

I mean, I'm open to the idea but I can't see how you can claim it's an absolute truth without anything to back it up.

comment by RB&W (U21434)
posted 18 seconds ago
It absolutely is true.

+++

It's not if

1) If you have a dad who isn't a football fan
2) If you don't have a dad.
3) You have a dad who supports a different team that you want to.

Vast, vast majority ?


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You don’t seem to understand what the word majority means.

Of course there are exceptions ffs, I’ve listed several myself.

This is boring and a bit pointless if you can’t even read basic words properly, so I’ll leave you to it.

comment by Bales (U22081)
posted 4 seconds ago
I mean, I'm open to the idea but I can't see how you can claim it's an absolute truth without anything to back it up.
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I’ve surveyed every single person in the country but I think you were out when I conducted my survey so you were missed out.

Have a nice evening.

A simple 'no' would've done.

Have a good one

comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 6 minutes ago
My Dad's side of the family are reds, my Mothers side are blues.

I went to OT with my Dad or my cousins but going to watch City with my mates was more fun.
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I’ve got a mix and went to both regularly too. Similar to you, I think you just get a greater attachment one way or the other.

Been at work all day. But heard the news

Just want to know how fat was that brown envelop?

comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 14 minutes ago
Reasons for children to support a particular team:

- Who the person of most influence supports (most commonly the Dad) - by far the most common reason.

- Who friends support.

- Who their favourite player plays for.

- Who is successful.

Things that have no influence on their decision:

- The distance from their house to the ground.
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For me it was because of Typhoo Tea!

Man United have, what, a billion supporters the world over?

How many of United’s worldwide fan base support the club because their father did?

I get Winston’s point though. I think a distinction needs to be made between local fans and worldwide fans. I would say that a large majority of fans who are local to their clubs, especially in cities which have more than one club, did chose the club they support because their father supported that club.

I don’t see this as a contentious point.

For what it’s worth, I support City because of my father. and my father supports City because his father, my grandfather did.

I think this is more common than not.

comment by Prem (U7618)
posted 4 minutes ago
Been at work all day. But heard the news

Just want to know how fat was that brown envelop?
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That UEFA took to try and charge us for offences going against their own statutes of limitations?

Me too, Prem

comment by meltonblue (U10617)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Prem (U7618)
posted 4 minutes ago
Been at work all day. But heard the news

Just want to know how fat was that brown envelop?
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That UEFA took to try and charge us for offences going against their own statutes of limitations?

Me too, Prem

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Well played Melts . You're one of the sensible ones. You're a good dude.

I'm the other sensible one.

comment by RB&W (U21434)
posted 36 minutes ago
Binky

What school did you go to that had more blues than reds?. It doesn't exist in Manchester
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More kids were reds but generally found the ones that were blues went to more games.

You went to Xavs didn't you?.

Full of Reds

So hiw many pens will united get tonight