Okay I went through the whole thread (which is awesome) and I think I've collected all the "Hi I'm..." Footy-GAF posts (apologies if I missed you):
Meus -- http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=43566431&postcount=31
Baconsaurus -- http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=43567122&postcount=77
Jeff -- http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=43569507&postcount=199
Wooden -- http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=43572970&postcount=285
Meier -- http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=43579373&postcount=381
blablurn -- http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=43582510&postcount=406
It's probably Kermit.
It's hardly argumentative to suggest that people who attend game's week in week out are the most loyal supporters.
How'd you start following Man Utd out of interest?
Because being a supporter isn't about watching games in a pub. Its about going to games, singing, enjoying the banter with rival fans, travelling great distances to watch your team.
But If you're just a guy who shouts and roars at the TV in a bar and starts fistfights with randomers, that doesn't make you a hardcore supporter, it just make's you an angry man in a bar or at home on the couch. You can say to yourself all you want that you're as much as a supporter as the guys who follow Madrid/Juve home and away and across Europe but it doesn't make it so.
And believe me, I'm in the same boat as you are. In addition to supporting CCFC I have a fondness for Aston Villa which means I watch all their game's and go over to Brum frequently enough during the LoI offseason, does that make me a supporter like the guy in the Holte End who's had a ST For decade's, sings his heart out, follows Villa up and down England and has basically lived and breathed Villa his entire life?
No, no it does not. Sorry if that offends you.
looool.
Thats pretty much it. LOL at your obtuse and close minded point of view.
Yeah you say that, but I'd be pretty confident if we had a Madrid or Juve supporter here who are ST holders or somesuch, then they'd be agreeing with me.
Btw, what happens when Madrid play Juve? which side's fans would you be having fist fights with during that particular fixture?
Gerrard probably should have let the ball go to to the dude at the far post.
Downing to notch a brace as LB
Downing to notch a brace as LB
Downing to notch a brace as LB
Downing to notch a brace as LB
Definitely! Falcao was but a false prince.Downing the King of Europa League
So what happens if I was born and raised in Liverpool but don't live there now? Am I a proper fan?!
So what happens if I was born and raised in Liverpool but don't live there now? Am I a proper fan?!
Sterling's defensive work is great.
Yeah you say that, but I'd be pretty confident if we had a Madrid or Juve supporter here who are ST holders or somesuch, then they'd be agreeing with me.
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Update!
Noshino (not too familiar with him but I saw him on the Facebook group) -- http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=43594496&postcount=467
So what happens if I was born and raised in Liverpool but don't live there now? Am I a proper fan?!
Sterling's defensive work is great.
I agree with juan pablo.
Argument, not argumentative; much like a lawyer. If corporate shills go every week in order to make an appearance, make contacts, eat fucking grapes, they're not automatically more of a fan than the ones crying at home when the team loses.
For me, I grew up in South London. The only professional club less than an hour and a half away is Crystal Palace but I was the only one in my immediate family interested in football; my brother wasn't at the time, my mum and dad don't give a shit. My mum's family from Newcastle all supported them but lived there so I didn't see them often. My dad's side weren't that much into football apart from one uncle that lives in New Zealand and supports Man Utd.
I was 5/6 when I actually remember watching football from the first time, born out of enthusiasm from playing football in Little League and at school. United played good football, they had Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole who were great together, Yorke was always smiling so I started watching them more, and then became a fan.
I just think that despite me not being able to get to games often at all, despite me not having a Mancunian accent, I still know fuck loads about the club. I know about youth prospects, I've cried when we've won and lost. No one could tell me I support them any less than the majority of people that do.
And I suppose I disagree with all this.
Nope no good. Now change your avatar.
Do you make a pilgrimage there every week and throw money into their accounts?
If not, then I'm afraid you are not a fan![]()