[Mystic Mock]

Two reasons.

1. I was born in Birmingham.

2. My first match that I ever watched was the one with the infamous Enckleman mistake.

Basically it went from there.

[The Slim Reaper]

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.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Used to love going to Fulham, what a great place to watch football

[James]

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.

[bots]

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

[Cherie]

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

[The Slim Reaper]

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]

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]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

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]

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 )

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

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

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 )

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

Is that your home Club Nicky?

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Cherie

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]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

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]

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.

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Dogeatdog

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]

Originally Posted by Alf

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.

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Dogeatdog

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

[Beso]

Its situated in a weird place..the Charlton ground!

[Dogeatdog]

Originally Posted by parmnion

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?

[Beso]

Originally Posted by Dogeatdog

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.