NeilMcD
26/05/2005, 4:17 PM
NeilMcD you are saying “I can’t understand this" and “I can’t understand that.”
Truth is: you have just never fallen in love with a football club! However, by the looks of things plenty of people on here have.
When a club gets under your skin (let’s say Liverpool), you don’t consider yourself to be supporting a “foreign team”, geography doesn’t even enter your head, instead they become YOUR team, not the city of Liverpool’s team, not England’s team, but YOUR team.
Over time you continue to invest time, money, emotion, EVERYTHING into this club, and the passion simply grows and grows.
I know plenty of extremely passionate Liverpool fans who barely, if ever, go over to Anfield.
But their days are spent thinking about Liverpool. About what team will Benitez put out next week? About who they should sign next season? About what formation they should play against Milan etc. etc.
It’s the only soap opera they’re interested and they spend more time thinking about Liverpool than they do about their jobs, their families, or even their girlfriends.
Does it make sense? To every passionate club football fan yes, but to someone like you who has never experienced such a bond with a club then understandably no!
My mate has been going out with this girl for two years, she is annoying, demanding, has no personality, and isn’t particulary good looking. I can’t understand how he puts up with her, but he does, because he loves her, and you got to respect that, because you can’t choose who you fall in love with. Same thing applies to football clubs
I have no doubt that when Liverpool fans say that last night was the greatest day of their lives, that they really mean it. It must have been a stunning payoff for someone who has cared about the club for an extended period of time.
However, having said all that, I’m always trying to encourage people to follow an Eircom League side too, because your passion for a club only increases when you get to see them in the flesh on a regular basis.
Same goes for international football too - I’m sure your passion for the Irish team increased when you first saw them play? And then further still when you saw them play away for the first time?
But basically Neil, when it comes to the crunch, there is no real rhyme or reason towards supporting one football team over another, and certainly there are no geographical ‘rules’ that should have to be obeyed.
You say you can’t understand why so many people go ga ga over a win for an English team - well for them it is not a victory for England but a victory for themselves, and I say let them enjoy it!
Well done Liverpool fans – I’m fuming with jealousy!
Fair play good post.
I dont understand people falling in love with a team from a foreign country. I am hardly alone in that though. I think many people find it perplexing about Irish soceity that we all hate England to win but yet support English football teams. It is said time and time again when I go abroad. And yes I have travelled despite some people alleging I have never left home without backign it up with any facts.
Truth is: you have just never fallen in love with a football club! However, by the looks of things plenty of people on here have.
When a club gets under your skin (let’s say Liverpool), you don’t consider yourself to be supporting a “foreign team”, geography doesn’t even enter your head, instead they become YOUR team, not the city of Liverpool’s team, not England’s team, but YOUR team.
Over time you continue to invest time, money, emotion, EVERYTHING into this club, and the passion simply grows and grows.
I know plenty of extremely passionate Liverpool fans who barely, if ever, go over to Anfield.
But their days are spent thinking about Liverpool. About what team will Benitez put out next week? About who they should sign next season? About what formation they should play against Milan etc. etc.
It’s the only soap opera they’re interested and they spend more time thinking about Liverpool than they do about their jobs, their families, or even their girlfriends.
Does it make sense? To every passionate club football fan yes, but to someone like you who has never experienced such a bond with a club then understandably no!
My mate has been going out with this girl for two years, she is annoying, demanding, has no personality, and isn’t particulary good looking. I can’t understand how he puts up with her, but he does, because he loves her, and you got to respect that, because you can’t choose who you fall in love with. Same thing applies to football clubs
I have no doubt that when Liverpool fans say that last night was the greatest day of their lives, that they really mean it. It must have been a stunning payoff for someone who has cared about the club for an extended period of time.
However, having said all that, I’m always trying to encourage people to follow an Eircom League side too, because your passion for a club only increases when you get to see them in the flesh on a regular basis.
Same goes for international football too - I’m sure your passion for the Irish team increased when you first saw them play? And then further still when you saw them play away for the first time?
But basically Neil, when it comes to the crunch, there is no real rhyme or reason towards supporting one football team over another, and certainly there are no geographical ‘rules’ that should have to be obeyed.
You say you can’t understand why so many people go ga ga over a win for an English team - well for them it is not a victory for England but a victory for themselves, and I say let them enjoy it!
Well done Liverpool fans – I’m fuming with jealousy!
Fair play good post.
I dont understand people falling in love with a team from a foreign country. I am hardly alone in that though. I think many people find it perplexing about Irish soceity that we all hate England to win but yet support English football teams. It is said time and time again when I go abroad. And yes I have travelled despite some people alleging I have never left home without backign it up with any facts.