Do you follow a foreign club?

[peadar1987]

Time to be honest!

Is there a foreign club you follow?

I am a Stoke City fan, as well as supporting Bray. My dad was born in Stoke and lived there until he was 20, so that's who I grew up cheering on.

[SkStu]

Everton though it doesnt really upset me if they lose and certainly not to the same extent as when Bohs lose...

[Raheny Red]

Just keep an eye out for Derry City results from time to time.

[centre mid]

Everton

[MeathDrog]

Newcastle. Winning 1-0 as I write this.

[Rovers1]

Are Longford foreign?

[Battery Rover]

Are Longford foreign?

To Athlone Town supporters they are.:p

[Sam_Heggy]

Liverpool, im sure I mentioned this a few times before on here.

[GalwayRed]

Manchester United. To be honest i liked them when i was a kid but theyve become less important to me since. Still watch them when i can and want them to do well but im not going to lose any sleep over them. To be honest seeing Irish people in english club jerseys spewing anti-english rubbish when i have relatives who are english has really started to put me off the premiership.
Ive been to a lot of Villa matches as well because their ground is quite close to where I have a few relatives.
If shels played united it wouldnt be a tough decision as to who to support.

[stamullendrog]

liverpool for me.dont see the harm in it when you go to your local team too,id also keep an eye on trabzonspor in turkey because they linked up with us drogs on our messageboard and santos laguna in mexico cos i work with a mexican guy that is always on about them.the last two wouldnt bother me result wise really though,im not mypost or anything

[Mr Maroon]

Juventus. GUFC come first though.

[superfrank]

I have a soft spot for dozens of foreign clubs but Chelsea, Marseille, Atletico Madrid and Stuttgart are the teams whose results I look out for most often.

[A N Mouse]

Just keep an eye out for Derry City results from time to time.

Is that your answer to "No, who do you really support?" :p

[De Town]

Man United. And yes I am sickened that they're currently losing to Burnley.

[fionnsci]

Man United. And yes I am sickened that they're currently losing to Burnley.

ARGH! MOTD spoiler!

Soft spot for Tottenham Hotspur.

[SMorgan]

No, but I did spend most of the last hour posting a photograph of a Dundalk player being head-butted after last night's match on a number of Ipswich Town forums.

[GlasnevinRed]

Used to follow Unira, delighted they lost tonight. :D

[SkStu]

No, but I did spend most of the last hour posting a photograph of a Dundalk player being head-butted after last night's match on a number of Ipswich Town forums.

if thats true then you need to get a life.

[Magicme]

Grew up cheering on Liverpool and still support them but not as emotionally attached to them as I am to Mons. My Granny was a massive Blackburn fan and one of my uncles lived in Chorley all his adult life and was a Blackburn season ticket holder until he died last year. Apparently he paid the electricity bill when they were about to go bust some years back so Blackburn are kinda a second club I cheer on (unless they are playing against Liverpool).

[sonofstan]

Supported Arsenal from the age of 10 - lived in Galway at the time before there was a local senior football team to support. Last time I saw them play live was back in the George Graham era though, and I've lived in London since and not bothered.

Otherwise, Colchester, because i lived there for a bit and did go and see them play a lot. Oh, and Galway watch out - Col U put 7 past Norwich two week ago, the Arse put 6 past Everton last weekend, so I reckon Bohs are due at least 5 this week......

[longfordjames]

I like Leeds

[Blue Man]

Huge Leeds supporter. Was a Leeds fan before I was a LoI fan but grew up watching highlights of the LoI on Soccer Stadium on RTE on a Saturday. Although Im a firm follower of the League here, Leeds are my number 1 and that will never change

[osarusan]

Became a fan of Yokohama FC while living in Japan, and still check their results every week.

[Kildare Lad]

Liverpool, followed them more when I was younger, kind of gone off premiership football the past year or two, keep an eye out for them though and if theyre on telly I'll watch them.

[Réiteoir]

The Norwegian Premier Division club Vålerenga are my other side - as I'm based in Oslo that constitutes most of my live football fix at this moment in time

[Mad Moose]

Preston North End and Havant and Waterlooville these days. As I have an uncle in Havant I took to following them the season they had the cup run so I was at the early rounds and then it ended up in the 4th round against Liverpool.

I do tend to get around the grounds here when I can so often will travel to a midweek game and maybe the odd saturday to places like Shrewsbury, Cheltenham etc etc. I do tend to follow the FA Cup so I'll get as many rounds in as I can.

I'm more a fan of footy grounds. I love Chesterfields Saltergate (Used as Derby County's Baseball Ground in the movie 'The Damned Utd'. If ya see the changing rooms in the movie thats how they look at Saltergate. I love the asbestos roof in the main stand particularly with the floodlights on. Its a proper old football ground.

Many of the great old fashioned grounds are fading fast. I've been to Pride Park a couple of times and while its views are great and its super comfortable it lacks what I am used to as a fan from the league at home. It doesn't interest me in going back.

[longfordjames]

As Billy Bremer said

"everytime leeds concede a goal i feel like i have been stabbed in the heart"

[Blue Man]

As Billy Bremer said

"everytime leeds concede a goal i feel like i have been stabbed in the heart"

Precisely how I feel!!

[De Town]

ARGH! MOTD spoiler!

:eek:

There's actually people out there who "Look away now if they don't want to know the scores"?!

[PartySaint]

Supported Newcastle as a kid, Have grown a hatred for English football nowadays probably because of a mixture of barstoolers and sky, give me La Liga anyday

[fionnsci]

:eek:

There's actually people out there who "Look away now if they don't want to know the scores"?!

Had another close call on RTE there! I suggest you try it, much better entertainment.

[longfordjames]

Precisely how I feel!!

Aye,Blake did itfor us tonight,pity he couldnt do it in white!!

[celticV3]

Celtic. Thought i'd become the barstool republican I always aspired to be:D

When the fund-raiser for the brother walfrid statue in Sligo was started it got me interesting in the Sligo man who founded one of the biggest teams in the world. Got interested in the Irish diaspora who formed it and the history of the club itself aswell as the fans.

Sligo rovers comes first though but do support Celtic, sorry if it disappoints people that I didn't "cos their oirish"

[rambler14]

Man United and Cardiff City are my foreign clubs.

[Dunny]

Man United for me.

[Rovers1]

I always say I follow Gers. Just for the general craic. It's quite funny if i'm in town and someone asks who i follow... Rovers and Rangers!... i'm usually not talking to that person 6 seconds after i say that though.

[jebus]

Had another close call on RTE there! I suggest you try it, much better entertainment.

Much better watching a highlights show when you don't know the scores, Football Italia on RTE2 on Mondays all those years ago is evidence of that for people who don't do it for Match of the Day

Anyway I grew up supporting Sheff Wed, quite like Hibs, Arsenal, Hellas Verona, Espanyol, Inter Milan and have started following the fortunes of HB Torshavn as well

Truth be told I'm pretty much sick of football though so when I say follow I mean something that Jebus at even the age of 18 would have spat upon as being the equivalent of saying 'I support fair play' when asked who I support in football

[celticV3]

I always say I follow Gers. Just for the general craic. It's quite funny if i'm in town and someone asks who i follow... Rovers and Rangers!... i'm usually not talking to that person 6 seconds after i say that though.

That just cos your generally scum and that gives them a reason to leave the conversation:p

[eamoss]

I 'supported' Manchester United when I was a kid but sure I was playing also playing that Gaelic football as well at the time but I wouldn't have been able to name 5 players let alone 11. This was also before I started supporting Dundalk.

A few years ago for no reason I had a soft spot for Valencia but not any more.

Now I just look out for Irish players on teams.

I also despise Glasgow Celtic but thats a post for another day.

[jebus]

I always say I follow Gers. Just for the general craic. It's quite funny if i'm in town and someone asks who i follow... Rovers and Rangers!... i'm usually not talking to that person 6 seconds after i say that though.

Myself and a mate tried this out in Crane Lane in Cork a few times about two years ago, he'd say he supports Rangers at which stage I'd rabble rouse the people we were talking to against him before revealing my love for Hearts.

Can't for the life of me remember why we used to bother to be honest, but that's either down to becoming boring in my old age or the severe beatings we used to get at the end of those nights

[irishultra]

Yes, my first team I ever loved was Real Madrid. I was obsessed with them.

I also like Manchester City, Stade Rennais, Juventus and Hertha Berlin.

When I was living in Brussels as a kid I remember going to watch Anderlecht matches with my dad, but don't hold much affection for them.

[Hulsey]

Followed Leeds as long as I have Bray. While I much prefer Bray to have a good result, Leeds do still mean a lot to me. Also have a bit of a soft spot for St. Pauli, U.D Lanzarote and the Jamaican national team

[dcfcsteve]

Just keep an eye out for Derry City results from time to time.

I'm just shocked that two other people posted before you without making the world's most obvious joke on this topic...! :eek:

[irishultra]

It was extremely funny though. lol

[Dunny]

It was about as funny as being kicked in the nuts. It's old at this stage.

[dcfcsteve]

It was extremely funny though. lol

I s'pose. If you're 16....

[Hairy Bowsie]

I'm just shocked that two other people posted before you without making the world's most obvious joke on this topic...! :eek:

Just because it's obvious, doesn't mean it's not funny though.

Had a brief period as a Leeds "supporter", i'm still embarrassed to think of it now and can't help but laugh at the peopl who say they support Ledds, Liverpool, Unira etc but haven't seen them play at home once.

Other than that, i like Roma but wouldn't call myself a proper supporter. Serie A starts back this week :) Stick your La Liga and Premiership up your holes.

[dcfcsteve]

I go watch AFC Wimbledon every so often.I was based in the town when they were set-up, I loved the idea of fan control (very novel back then) and I bought a share in the club to help them out. Only one promotion form senior football now !

I also support Dumbarton in the Scottish Second (currently....!).

I tried to get into Newcastle when I lived up there, but it just didn't mean anything to me - even though I love the city. I'd prefer to see Gateshead do well these days to be honest.

I despise the Old Firm with equal measure. Poxy sectarianism at its worst.

[Town Legend]

Much better watching a highlights show when you don't know the scores, Football Italia on RTE2 on Mondays all those years ago is evidence of that for people who don't do it for Match of the Day

Anyway I grew up supporting Sheff Wed, quite like Hibs, Arsenal, Hellas Verona, Espanyol, Inter Milan and have started following the fortunes of HB Torshavn as well

Truth be told I'm pretty much sick of football though so when I say follow I mean something that Jebus at even the age of 18 would have spat upon as being the equivalent of saying 'I support fair play' when asked who I support in football


Aye remember them days alright. Got into supporting the great AC MIlan from that and still follow them.
Newcastle is my fix from across the water and also follow Toronto FC having lived there for a while.

[DaveyCakes]

Loads of 'em....Bordeaux, Real Madrid, Schalke, Genk, Shakhtar Donetsk, Rotor Volgograd