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Crimson Dynamo
26-09-2023, 04:29 PM
go
Are we talking football?
Because I support Hull FC rugby league club because my Dad wouldn't have it any other way.
I support Everton because when I first got into football, they were the best. Same reason people support Manchester United or Liverpool. And Hull City had never even been in the top flight at that time.
Grew up watching Chelsea. Everyone in Primary school supported either Chelsea, Arsenal or Spurs. It was always Chelsea for me. Went to my first game with my uncle and cousin in the mid 90's, we beat Sheffield Utd 3-2. Stamford Bridge has changed immensely since then.
We didn't always win, but we narf played some entertaining football back in mid/late 90's/early 00's before the Roman Empire. One of my best mates was half Italian in school, he's dad loved Chelsea because of the Italian players we had.
Going back to when i really got into football in the mid 90's, this is the worst i've position ive ever seen Chelsea currently in.
Crimson Dynamo
26-09-2023, 04:40 PM
Darren Bent's dad is a Chelsea fan and took Darren to hundreds of games and when he was 9 he decided to support Arsenal and it stuck (#glory hunter)
That is an awful story, no dad should let their kid decide who they support - its chosen for you at birth
Darren Bent's dad is a Chelsea fan and took Darren to hundreds of games and when he was 9 he decided to support Arsenal and it stuck (#glory hunter)
That is an awful story, no dad should let their kid decide who they support - its chosen for you at birth
Yeah that's bad form, but at least it was a London club. We had a couple kids in school, considering this was just outside London, who supported Man Utd. That was unforgivable. Even one of the teachers supported Utd, he was from the Portsmouth ffs.
Wonder how many kids in the south east support City now?!
Crimson Dynamo
26-09-2023, 04:45 PM
Wonder how many kids in the south east support City now?!
a growing number
I did used to go watch Hull city in the late 80s when they were in the old division 1. Which is now the championship. But in 1990 I went to my first rugby league game and there was no turning back. I was hooked. It was just a better experience. Everton turning sh1te at that time probably helped.
I did used to go watch Hull city in the late 80s when they were in the old division 1. Which is now the championship. But in 1990 I went to my first rugby league game and there was no turning back. I was hooked. It was just a better experience. Everton turning sh1te at that time probably helped.
Did you know down south Rugby is very much a middle to upper middle class sport. Only the Grammar and posh schools have Rugby, or "Rugga". Football is very much the working class mans sport down here.
AnnieK
26-09-2023, 04:54 PM
Initially to piss off my Dad and Brother. They are both big Bolton fans and so by default hated Utd so I made them my team. My friend came round once with a Utd scarf on and our kid set fire to it in the garden :laugh:
My mum was a Utd fan because she used to go to the games as she fancied Georgie Best (she hated gootball though )
Did you know down south Rugby is very much a middle to upper middle class sport. Only the Grammar and posh schools have Rugby, or "Rugga". Football is very much the working class mans sport down here.Different rugby.
Up North in the M62 corridor, we play Rugby league. A truly working class sport. Rugby Union is your University sport.
I did put a video on here a couple of years ago explaining the difference between the two.
It was at one time just one sport. But in the late 19th century the people of the North who worked working class jobs like miners and that sort of job broke away because they wanted to get paid. Because when they got injured , then they couldn't go to work and earn money.
Rugby League was the first professional code of rugby where money was earned. Rugby Union didn't become professional until 1989.
Different rugby.
Up North in the M62 corridor, we play Rugby league. A truly working class sport. Rugby Union is your University sport.
I did put a video on here a couple of years ago explaining the difference between the two.
It was at one time just one sport. But in the late 19th century the people of the North who worked working class jobs like miners and that sort of job broke away because they wanted to get paid. Because when they got injured , then they couldn't go to work and earn money.
Rugby League was the first professional code of rugby where money was earned. Rugby Union didn't become professional until 1989.
That's fair. I just never remember any form of Rugby being a thing down here as a kid unless you went to a decent middle class school.
Initially to piss off my Dad and Brother. They are both big Bolton fans and so by default hated Utd so I made them my team. My friend came round once with a Utd scarf on and our kid set fire to it in the garden :laugh:
My mum was a Utd fan because she used to go to the games as she fancied Georgie Best (she hated gootball though )So is your dad from Bolton and mam from Manchester?
I used to support Chelsea after the playground has to choose between Chelsea or Leeds in the upcoming FA Cup final … that was in 1970 ..
By 1973 I’d switched to FC Barcelona as the best player in the world ( 3 times World Best Player) Johan Cruyff had joined them..
I’ve supported them avidly ( from a distance ) ever since
My father encouraged me to watch / enjoy / even play skilful football so I’ve always had a soft spot for Brazil ( and Spain ) .
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I used to support Chelsea after the playground has to choose between Chelsea or Leeds in the upcoming FA Cup final … that was in 1970 ..
By 1973 I’d switched to FC Barcelona as the best player in the world ( 3 times World Best Player) Johan Cruyff had joined them..
I’ve supported them avidly ( from a distance ) ever since
My father encouraged me to watch / enjoy / even play skilful football so I’ve always had a soft spot for Brazil ( and Spain ) .
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro"Chopper Harris" verses "Norman bites your legs Hunter"
I remember your dad asking where Nat Loftouse was on my greatest ever footballers countdown Annie.
He'd be in my greatest ever England players countdown. 30 goals in 31 caps.
The Lion of Vienna
AnnieK
26-09-2023, 05:14 PM
So is your dad from Bolton and mam from Manchester?
No my Mum was from North London (like a lot of Utd fans lol) but moved up here when she was 6 her Mum is from Newton Heath and my Dad is from near Bolton and his whole family have been Bolton fans forever.
Crimson Dynamo
26-09-2023, 05:16 PM
My son supports Rangers, I support Rangers, My dad supported Rangers, his dad supported Rangers, his dad supported Rangers and that takes it back to when the club moved to Ibrox in 1899
No my Mum was from North London (like a lot of Utd fans lol) but moved up here when she was 6 her Mum is from Newton Heath and my Dad is from near Bolton and his whole family have been Bolton fans forever.So you're a Lancashire Cockney. Although if she moved at 6 years old. You're probably all Lancashire.
My son supports Rangers, I support Rangers, My dad supported Rangers, his dad supported Rangers, his dad supported Rangers and that takes it back to when the club moved to Ibrox in 1899And us in England stand with Rangers. F the Micks.
"Chopper Harris" verses "Norman bites your legs Hunter"
My hero was Peter Osgood , also loved Alan Hudson and Charlie Cooke .
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Kate!
26-09-2023, 05:23 PM
Support Wigan Athletic in football because its my boyfriends team and St Helens at Rugby cos I'm from there.
Crimson Dynamo
26-09-2023, 05:25 PM
Osgood is good
My hero was Peter Osgood , also loved Alan Hudson and Charlie Cooke .
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ProAlan Hudson was before my time. But I know of his talent. A player that probably should have got more caps than he did.
A bit of a maverick player by all accounts.
Crimson Dynamo
26-09-2023, 05:29 PM
Around me here we have little mining villages (like say 2000 people) and every one is either a Rangers or Celtic town and i mean noone in said town supports anyone else. I drive through one now i will see Union Jacks in windows, UVF graffiti and people wearing Rangers tops. Drive a mile up the road to the next wee place and its Tricolas, Up the RA graffiti and wee bams walking around in Septic tops
AnnieK
26-09-2023, 05:33 PM
So you're a Lancashire Cockney. Although if she moved at 6 years old. You're probably all Lancashire.
I'm Manc and proud :hmph:
But yeah...my Dad is a proud Lancashire bloke, sports mad and we were dragged up playing, watching and embracing all sports. If they showed knitting on the Sky Sports channels my Dad would watch it.
My mum classed herself as Manc but she still sounded like a southerner especially when she was mad
Around me here we have little mining villages (like say 2000 people) and every one is either a Rangers or Celtic town and i mean noone in said town supports anyone else. I drive through one now i will see Union Jacks in windows, UVF graffiti and people wearing Rangers tops. Drive a mile up the road to the next wee place and its Tricolas, Up the RA graffiti and wee bams walking around in Septic topsGreat stuff. I like it.
In Hull we obviously don't have the religious rivalry you have but the rugby league rivalry between East Hull and West Hull is a huge rivalry.
I'm East Hull born and bread but I support the West Hull team because that's the tesm of my father.
So I've lived my all life amongst my rivals.
Crimson Dynamo
26-09-2023, 05:42 PM
Hull Football club and looking good this season with West Ham legend's son Liam in charge
I saw all of his dad's career at West Ham - top drawer player
https://cdn.claretandhugh.info/wp-content/uploads/leroy.jpg
Hull Football club and looking good this season with West Ham legend's son Liam in charge
I saw all of his dad's career at West Ham - top drawer player
https://cdn.claretandhugh.info/wp-content/uploads/leroy.jpgYou know as a huge Alfred Garnett fan that I have a lot of time for West Ham.
I remember Alvin Martin. Ray Stewart (the penalty king) Alan Dickens. Tony Cottee, Geoff Pike, George Parris and of course the great Alan Devonshire.
I once bought a West Ham shirt from Hull Market. It was the one with Avco as the sponsor. Late 80s
Crimson Dynamo
26-09-2023, 06:01 PM
I once bought a West Ham shirt from Hull Market. It was the one with Avco as the sponsor. Late 80s
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/gfMAAOSwg2xkYqjv/s-l1600.jpg
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/gfMAAOSwg2xkYqjv/s-l1600.jpgIt wasn't that one. I think maybe around 87-88 or 88-89 season.
Crimson Dynamo
26-09-2023, 06:24 PM
It wasn't that one. I think maybe around 87-88 or 88-89 season.
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/iA4AAOSwckJk~Z-n/s-l1600.jpg
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/iA4AAOSwckJk~Z-n/s-l1600.jpgThat looks more like it. But the home shirt. It was definitely adidas.
I was a big Tony Cottee fan at the time. And then he signed for Everton. He never relived his West Ham days at Everton. Although there were the odd moments.
Osgood is good
Underrated I think ..
His only weaknesses were women and booze
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Alan Hudson was before my time. But I know of his talent. A player that probably should have got more caps than he did.
A bit of a maverick player by all accounts.
He was about 30 years ahead of his time .. he was outstanding even though the play back then was brutal if we’re being honest
CBs were allowed a few kicks at the opposition strikers even before a verbal warning
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I heard this discussion on talksport earlier and agreed with Goldstein
If you come from a big football family and going to your local team regularly is ingrained in you as a kid then it makes sense to support them. A lot of people aren't like that though and so will just pick a team for random reasons. I genuinely think I started supporting West Ham because I liked the name as a kid. We didn't have a 'local team' as such as it was a small village in Gloucestershire. There were the two Bristol teams but I never went to see them and they weren't that close. My nearest professional team was Forest Green and as an adult I've gone to watch them a lot but they were conference relegation battlers through my childhood. My Mum is from Newcastle and supports them but that was hundreds of miles from where I lived so never felt that bothered about it.
So West Ham it was and whilst I picked it I don't think that matters too much. I do appreciate though that there are many West Ham fans who grew up by the Boleyn, go back generations etc and it runs a little bit deeper for those people than it might do for me
I heard this discussion on talksport earlier and agreed with Goldstein
If you come from a big football family and going to your local team regularly is ingrained in you as a kid then it makes sense to support them. A lot of people aren't like that though and so will just pick a team for random reasons. I genuinely think I started supporting West Ham because I liked the name as a kid. We didn't have a 'local team' as such as it was a small village in Gloucestershire. There were the two Bristol teams but I never went to see them and they weren't that close. My nearest professional team was Forest Green and as an adult I've gone to watch them a lot but they were conference relegation battlers through my childhood. My Mum is from Newcastle and supports them but that was hundreds of miles from where I lived so never felt that bothered about it.
So West Ham it was and whilst I picked it I don't think that matters too much. I do appreciate though that there are many West Ham fans who grew up by the Boleyn, go back generations etc and it runs a little bit deeper for those people than it might do for meWest Ham must be the biggest name club that has never been English champions. I still find it bizarre that they've never been champions. Because they've always been a big well supported club.
The only time England won the World Cup. The goals were scored by Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters. Both of West Ham and the Captain was West Ham's Robert Moore.
West Ham must be the biggest name club that has never been English champions. I still find it bizarre that they've never been champions. Because they've always been a big well supported club.
The only time England won the World Cup. The goals were scored by Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters. Both of West Ham and the Captain was West Ham's Robert Moore.
Yeah I feel now really grateful to my 7 year old self because I picked a team with such history and a great fan culture. It's a proper club and I can get to games quite easily now but none of that was in my mind at the time haha
And yeah we never win the league and have had so many disappointments over the years but I'm not sure I'd have it any other way. That's something I knew even as a kid that I didn't want to just support the team who were winning the most
rusticgal
26-09-2023, 09:03 PM
Fulham was an affordable ground to take our boys to watch Chamionship/Premier football when they were young….it was a family friendly club too.
Apart from Berwick rangers....who are English., sk they are a no go, hearts are my nearest team.
But I support them cause I went once and got the bug. Until the stupid all seater stadiums came in..ain't been since unless its backup final.
Did west ham a few times for a day out, nothing more than that really. Prefer millwall if I'm honest.
I dont actually mind hibs either, cause they are Edinburgh as well. Glasgow celtic and glasgow rangers are nothing but ****e off my shoe as far as I'm concerned.
So its probably locality that does it for me, cause I'm also very supportive of my actual home towns football and rugby and cricket teams. Dont go to the womens hockey, folk would call me an old perv.
Fulham was an affordable ground to take our boys to watch Chamionship/Premier football when they were young….it was a family friendly club too.
Very nice area too.
Oliver_W
26-09-2023, 09:12 PM
Liverpool, because an uncle bought me PJs in the style of the kit when I was like seven, and I decided that must mean I support Liverpool, and never thought to deviate from that.
Liverpool, because an uncle bought me PJs in the style of the kit when I was like seven, and I decided that must mean I support Liverpool, and never thought to deviate from that.
Oh yeah
..I was also a massive liverpool fan back in the day of jimmy case and super sub davie fairclough, he didnt only stand out for his hair that man.
But king kenny in Europe, some memories. I think I fell out of love with them when they brought out that yellow carlsberg away kit.
Still perched every time they play though,mainly because of robbo.
Mystic Mock
26-09-2023, 09:20 PM
Two reasons.
1. I was born in Birmingham.
2. My first match that I ever watched was the one with the infamous Enckleman mistake.:joker:
Basically it went from there.
Mystic Mock
26-09-2023, 09:26 PM
Support Wigan Athletic in football because its my boyfriends team and St Helens at Rugby cos I'm from there.
Out of interest does the St Helens area have a Football team? I'm curious because they are a very famous team in Rugby League, but have left very little impact on Football.
The Slim Reaper
26-09-2023, 09:29 PM
My ma's side of the family is from the peoples republic of Liverpool, so it was just how it was; I didn't make any decision.
Mystic Mock
26-09-2023, 09:29 PM
Around me here we have little mining villages (like say 2000 people) and every one is either a Rangers or Celtic town and i mean noone in said town supports anyone else. I drive through one now i will see Union Jacks in windows, UVF graffiti and people wearing Rangers tops. Drive a mile up the road to the next wee place and its Tricolas, Up the RA graffiti and wee bams walking around in Septic tops
Anyone that's an adult that believes in slogans like "up the RA" should be sent to one of the ISIS strongholds for a month, see if they'd say that **** then.
Crimson Dynamo
26-09-2023, 09:30 PM
Used to love going to Fulham, what a great place to watch football
The Slim Reaper
26-09-2023, 09:34 PM
Anyone that's an adult that believes in slogans like "up the RA" should be sent to one of the ISIS strongholds for a month, see if they'd say that **** then.
What does Isis have to do with that? :laugh:
Mystic Mock
26-09-2023, 09:39 PM
What does Isis have to do with that? :laugh:
My point being that these people would be far less inclined to be pro-terrorist if they had to spend time with an actual terrorist group.
And thankfully as the IRA are no more, the nearest punishment to them would be ISIS.
And back on topic, Mikael Forssell helped cement my support for the club when he was only a few goals off Henry & Shearer for the Golden Boot.
The Slim Reaper
26-09-2023, 09:43 PM
My point being that these people would be far less inclined to be pro-terrorist if they had to spend time with an actual terrorist group.
And thankfully as the IRA are no more, the nearest punishment to them would be ISIS.
And back on topic, Mikael Forssell helped cement my support for the club when he was only a few goals off Henry & Shearer for the Golden Boot.
You have it the wrong way round. Isis believes in the caliphate; an invading force that wants to rule regions rather than countries. The English are closer to Isis when it comes to "the troubles."
Mystic Mock
26-09-2023, 09:54 PM
You have it the wrong way round. Isis believes in the caliphate; an invading force that wants to rule regions rather than countries. The English are closer to Isis when it comes to "the troubles."
Oh don't get me wrong I know that we have our own terrorist actions over the years.
I just don't understand any community that celebrates terrorism, and I don't think that I ever will.
James
26-09-2023, 10:08 PM
Rangers FC. My Dad was a fan (but not a really huge fan) and a lot of my friends at school were.
Also growing up was the nine-in-a-row era which helps.
The Slim Reaper
26-09-2023, 10:12 PM
Oh don't get me wrong I know that we have our own terrorist actions over the years.
I just don't understand any community that celebrates terrorism, and I don't think that I ever will.
If we were invaded by another country, we'd be doing exactly the same, and we're also supporting Ukraine doing exactly the same things now. Terrorism is an extremely selective descriptor.
Mystic Mock
26-09-2023, 10:13 PM
If we were invaded by another country, we'd be doing exactly the same, and we're also supporting Ukraine doing exactly the same things now. Terrorism is an extremely selective descriptor.
The IRA ended up attacking some of their own people though.
rusticgal
26-09-2023, 10:14 PM
Very nice area too.
Yes…when I first went to a game with my now husband…he was a Chelsea fan as he played for Chelsea as a youth team player. The fans at Chelsea were so much moreaggressive and I honestly didn’t enjoy it.
Fulham are known as a quieter fan base and it was a whole different experience…we have grown to be massive Fulham fans…
The Slim Reaper
26-09-2023, 10:25 PM
The IRA ended up attacking some of their own people though.
What do you think is happening in Ukraine?
Mystic Mock
26-09-2023, 10:29 PM
What do you think is happening in Ukraine?
Ukranians are killing their own kids?
I mean I understand where you're coming from, and I get England wasn't exactly upstanding ourselves during the IRA times.
I just do think that people celebrating a group killing innocent civilians is just a bit odd.
Cherie
26-09-2023, 10:48 PM
My son supports Rangers, I support Rangers, My dad supported Rangers, his dad supported Rangers, his dad supported Rangers and that takes it back to when the club moved to Ibrox in 1899
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Cherie
26-09-2023, 10:56 PM
Ukranians are killing their own kids?
I mean I understand where you're coming from, and I get England wasn't exactly upstanding ourselves during the IRA times.
I just do think that people celebrating a group killing innocent civilians is just a bit odd.
honestly as an Irish person dont listen to him, alot of Irish people dont support the RA, they just want peace .... he hates England why he lives here is any ones guess
Cherie
26-09-2023, 11:00 PM
Mr C supported Man U when I met him, I had no interest in soccer but here we are
My oldest son supports Man U
Youngest son loved Blue when he was young..Blues Clues :shrug: so he supports Chelsea...so my second team
now we live in Norfolk....Norwich is the 3rd team
The Slim Reaper
26-09-2023, 11:07 PM
honestly as an Irish person dont listen to him, alot of Irish people dont support the RA, they just want peace .... he hates England why he lives here is any ones guess
As an English person, our nationalities don't matter. Did I say anything historically inaccurate? Did I say that all Irish people support the IRA?
Fcuk off with your snide sh1t.
Cherie
26-09-2023, 11:15 PM
Nerve struck..you hate being English deal with it
Mystic Mock
26-09-2023, 11:15 PM
honestly as an Irish person dont listen to him, alot of Irish people dont support the RA, they just want peace .... he hates England why he lives here is any ones guess
Tbf I understand that it was (and to some extent still is) a complex situation and relationship between England and Ireland, and I could understand it if an Irish person has issues with our Government and England in general because of the history between both countries.
I personally just don't get why anyone would celebrate innocent civilians dying? It's like how I've never understood the Americans romanticized version of Nuclear Bombing Japan.
The Slim Reaper
26-09-2023, 11:18 PM
Nerve struck..you hate being English deal with it
Nerve struck? :joker:
Oh no, I have an existential crisis because I'm English :laugh:
You're a fcuking child.
Cherie
26-09-2023, 11:22 PM
Tbf I understand that it was (and to some extent still is) a complex situation and relationship between England and Ireland, and I could understand it if an Irish person has issues with our Government and England in general because of the history between both countries.
I personally just don't get why anyone would celebrate innocent civilians dying? It's like how I've never understood the Americans romanticized version of Nuclear Bombing Japan.
Mock, its like you say, its history, 25 years of peace in NI and 90% of people would say job done, they just want to live their lives, anyone who wants to start up that crap again has no idea or do now want to acknowledge what these people lived through, for me personally if it was a choice between a United Ireland and a peaceful Ireland I know where my choice would be
The Slim Reaper
26-09-2023, 11:25 PM
No one was talking about starting that crap up again. Someone (:smug:) was specifically talking about "the troubles."
Argue against what was said, and stop making sh1t up.
My old school teacher was Andy Roxburgh so I supported Falkirk. At that time the Falkirk forward line was Roxburgh and Alex Ferguson, so when i moved down south to work in Manchester the logical choice was to support Man U. It should be noted that at that time, they were a pretty crap team :laugh:
Cherie
26-09-2023, 11:35 PM
Slim thinking he is an authority on Irish history, I guess he really is English ...i.e...knows everything even what it to be Irish :laugh:
The Slim Reaper
26-09-2023, 11:42 PM
Slim having an opinion on the IRA and ISIS, used as an excuse by a petty fcuking snide to make sh1t up in an attempt to air out personal grievances. Nothing Slim said has been argued against by anyone other than Mock, so lets argue about what we wish he'd said instead.
Cherie, when I told you I didn't want anything to do with you, you pm'd me to say you knew I was decent. So all this BS is just made up for some weird reason.
Mystic Mock
27-09-2023, 12:46 AM
I honestly never meant to start an argument between Slim & Cherie on the thread.
I made a flippant comment that turned into a debate (which is perfectly fine) but I don't want members getting personal with each other over it.
I apologize for derailing the thread.
Cherie
27-09-2023, 07:57 AM
I honestly never meant to start an argument between Slim & Cherie on the thread.
I made a flippant comment that turned into a debate (which is perfectly fine) but I don't want members getting personal with each other over it.
I apologize for derailing the thread.
Dont worry about it Mock, we are responsible for our own posts
Nicky91
27-09-2023, 08:01 AM
Fortuna Sittard, because we have a very decent club history, have delivered our fair share of decent later on international top players like Mark van Bommel, Fernando Ricksen (Fernando gone way too soon of that horrible ALS illness :bawling:)
we had Bert van Marwijk as a coach here, father-in-law of Van Bommel btw
but also cult icons like Ronald Hamming, Joost Volmer
and have sympathy for them, from near bankruptcy to being saved by a turkish owner and getting back to highest level, and showing more ambitions again to remain competing on the highest level but also showing entertaining attractive football to the fans
another rising star we got currently is Tijjani Noslin, could've gone to Millwall for 2 million but he said no, he is scouted by former international Wesley Sneijder fun fact
also supertalented goalkeeper in Ivor Pandur, very trustworthy, most saves of the league next to AZ's Matthew Ryan this season so far :clap2:
Cherie
27-09-2023, 08:09 AM
Fortuna Sittard, because we have a very decent club history, have delivered our fair share of decent later on international top players like Mark van Bommel, Fernando Ricksen (Fernando gone way too soon of that horrible ALS illness :bawling:)
we had Bert van Marwijk as a coach here, father-in-law of Van Bommel btw
but also cult icons like Ronald Hamming, Joost Volmer
and have sympathy for them, from near bankruptcy to being saved by a turkish owner and getting back to highest level, and showing more ambitions again to remain competing on the highest level but also showing entertaining attractive football to the fans
another rising star we got currently is Tijjani Noslin, could've gone to Millwall for 2 million but he said no, he is scouted by former international Wesley Sneijder fun fact
also supertalented goalkeeper in Ivor Pandur, very trustworthy, most saves of the league next to AZ's Matthew Ryan this season so far :clap2:
Is that your home Club Nicky?
Nicky91
27-09-2023, 08:19 AM
Is that your home Club Nicky?
no
our home club is PSV, but also FC Eindhoven
we have two teams, and from the two i like rooting for FC Eindhoven more, the oldest of the two btw
their coach this season is one from the City Football Group: Willem Weijs
but i myself watch all of Fortuna's games in my own room (apart from when we face PSV, then downstairs with my dad who supports PSV, so that's gonna be a clash i think, although our teams aren't each others rivals so)
Cherie
27-09-2023, 08:22 AM
no
our home club is PSV, but also FC Eindhoven
we have two teams, and from the two i like rooting for FC Eindhoven more, the oldest of the two btw
their coach this season is one from the City Football Group: Willem Weijs
but i myself watch all of Fortuna's games in my own room (apart from when we face PSV, then downstairs with my dad who supports PSV, so that's gonna be a clash i think, although our teams aren't each others rivals so)
Ah okay
Dogeatdog
27-09-2023, 03:08 PM
I’ve always supported Charlton Athletic, same as my dad, same as my grandad on my mum’s side (for some reason my mum likes West Ham but I think it’s because she likes the colour of the kit tbh). I’ve been going since around 98 so I’ve been fortunate enough to see us during our better years when we was in the prem up until 2007.
Also Charlton is my local team, I’ve met quite a lot of people who aren’t even Charlton fans but have been to seen them play back in the older days (pre 80s) when the ground was all standing and could hold 70,000. They always say how good it was back then and how family oriented the club has always been.
Its situated in a weird place..the Charlton ground!
Yes…when I first went to a game with my now husband…he was a Chelsea fan as he played for Chelsea as a youth team player. The fans at Chelsea were so much moreaggressive and I honestly didn’t enjoy it.
Fulham are known as a quieter fan base and it was a whole different experience…we have grown to be massive Fulham fans…
The Broadway bar was one of my favourite pubs in London. They had bar staff that spoke to you if the place was empty.. which it usually was on my visits. The posh resteraunt over the road and down a tiny street from it was also very pleasant.
I’ve always supported Charlton Athletic, same as my dad, same as my grandad on my mum’s side (for some reason my mum likes West Ham but I think it’s because she likes the colour of the kit tbh). I’ve been going since around 98 so I’ve been fortunate enough to see us during our better years when we was in the prem up until 2007.
Also Charlton is my local team, I’ve met quite a lot of people who aren’t even Charlton fans but have been to seen them play back in the older days (pre 80s) when the ground was all standing and could hold 70,000. They always say how good it was back then and how family oriented the club has always been.Yeah, The Valley used to have a Massive capacity. I remember in the 80s when the old ground of the valley was quite derelict and falling apart and they ended up ground sharing with Crystal Palace at Selhurst park. Before The Valley was renovated.
Dogeatdog
27-09-2023, 05:34 PM
Its situated in a weird place..the Charlton ground!
I’ve always thought this about Fulham since it sits right next to the Thames. I’ve heard it’s a really good ground to go to though so it’s definitely one I want to visit when we get the chance.
Have you watched a game at The Valley before? Or have you just passed it when visiting London?
Dogeatdog
27-09-2023, 05:41 PM
Yeah, The Valkey used to have a Massive capacity. I remember in the 80s when the old ground of the valley was quite derelict and falling apart and they ended up ground sharing with Crystal Palace at Selhurst park. Before The Valley was renovated.
Apparently it was pretty bad by the mid 80s. I’ve got a few history books which show what the ground originally looked like and it’s crazy to see how many people attended the games. We ground shared with Crystal Palace and then West Ham in the early 90s. We moved back to the Valley in December 1992 with help from the fans who volunteered to clear the ground and help rebuild the stadium.
Apparently it was pretty bad by the mid 80s. I’ve got a few history books which show what the ground originally looked like and it’s crazy to see how many people attended the games. We ground shared with Crystal Palace and then West Ham in the early 90s. We moved back to the Valley in December 1992 with help from the fans who volunteered to clear the ground and help rebuild the stadium.I went there once to watch Rugby league when the London Broncos played there. It was early 2000s
I’ve always thought this about Fulham since it sits right next to the Thames. I’ve heard it’s a really good ground to go to though so it’s definitely one I want to visit when we get the chance.
Have you watched a game at The Valley before? Or have you just passed it when visiting London?
I was fixing someones tv in a house right next to it.
I'm amazed they got the pitch level on that hill.
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