Manu Fans.

Spunj99 said:
How did you come to be any kind of ManUre fan, out of interest?
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I will answer the question, although there seems to be quite a debate now! :p

Well in 1989 I had a hero, and his name was Mark Hughes, one of the best volley’ers of the ball, strong centre forward, with great hair, he happened to play for Man Utd ( and this was before there glory days) and I started supporting from there, to late to change now, I do follow the local teams, but just don’t have the same love affair, that it’s just the way it is really.
 
Spunj99 said:
Why? Out of interest? :D
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Because why does it matter? Why should I have to explain that I used to idolise my cousin when I was five and he turned me towards man utd. For 10 years i hardly missed a game on TV, then when I finally had the means (ie turned 17 and got a car) to get to old trafford I began going to the odd CL/League cup game when tickets became available. More recently I managed to secure a share in a season ticket and for the past two seasons i've lost my voice screaming for united every time I go.

I sat there almost in tears seeing Alan Smith lie crippled against liverpool. I accidently smashed one of my parents wedding photo's off the wall the moment Ruud's penalty hit the back of the net against Arsenal when we ended their unbeaten run. I have every season review DVD/Video released and i've lost count how many times I watched the 95/96 and 96/97 season videos. I could almost tell you anything you need to know about those seasons games.

But because i'm not from Manchester none of that matters, and i'm obviously not a proper fan :rolleyes:

A lot of people will say this but I don't believe there's a bigger utd fan out there. I live and breath football and United.

Now thats took me 10 minutes to write all that, imagine having to explain that everytime someone asks you who you support.
 
I think its fair to say that the majority of young men are turned to a particular team at a very young age and nobody makes a decision in adulthood to suddenly support a certain team.
Basically there are 1000's of 8 year old kids around the country at the moment wearing Chelsea tops and most of them will keep that going through life.
When I was about 8 in 1966 I was given a Manchester Utd strip and I'd never seen a football match in Nigeria but I've always had an affinity towards Man Utd because of that.
In 1968 I found out that Brian Kidd had the same birthday has me so that sealed it and when my first Georgie Best football boots were put on my feet my love was confirmed.
So, if you want your son to support a local team then you must take him as young as possible to the matches and buy him the strips etc. That way it will be inbred into them and the chances of supporting anybody else will be slim.
For my sins I have a Stoke City season ticket because those were the first real matches I saw at the age of about 10 but I still like to see Utd do well.
in fact I like to see all the top teams do well.
(Top teams are anybody in the Premier).
 
dmpoole said:
I think its fair to say that the majority of young men are turned to a particular team at a very young age and nobody makes a decision in adulthood to suddenly support a certain team.
Basically there are 1000's of 8 year old kids around the country at the moment wearing Chelsea tops and most of them will keep that going through life.
When I was about 8 in 1966 I was given a Manchester Utd strip and I'd never seen a football match in Nigeria but I've always had an affinity towards Man Utd because of that.
In 1968 I found out that Brian Kidd had the same birthday has me so that sealed it and when my first Georgie Best football boots were put on my feet my love was confirmed.
So, if you want your son to support a local team then you must take him as young as possible to the matches and buy him the strips etc. That way it will be inbred into them and the chances of supporting anybody else will be slim.
For my sins I have a Stoke City season ticket because those were the first real matches I saw at the age of about 10 but I still like to see Utd do well.
in fact I like to see all the top teams do well.
(Top teams are anybody in the Premier).
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very true, a good post mate!
 
Gilly said:
I know exactly what you're saying, I just don't agree with your terminology. Well, its not that I don't agree with it, its that I was correcting it ;)

A supporter is someone who supports the club. In any way. A fan must be fanatical. Completely different things and you have them the wrong way around :)
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We categorise them differently at work. I know what you mean tho about the terminology. Supporter could technically mean someone who donates 10p to a christmas raffle fund but in footballing terms we class them as follows.

Supporter goes to the game, watches the match, then gets off home. He is a brand advocate and supports the team and players. Doesn't spend big on merchandise and is focussed on the football. Good candidate for season ticket and will have Sky for the away matches

A Fan is short for fanatic. They will buy almost anything with the Club's logo on it, guaranteed to have a replica shirt and will get to a couple of games a year. More than likely part of the Soccer AM generation who knows naff all about the tradition but considers themself a 'fan' of the said club.

A die hard supporter. Has a season ticket, goes all home and away matches. Wont have replica shirt, or bother with merchandise as feels he or she shows enuff support/ passion for the club by following them all over and cheering them on. Die hards are not fanatics.

Obsessive supporters. A combination of die hards and fanatics. Very rare to find to be honest.

Anyhoos.....ive just finished work so enuff
 
Youstolemyname said:
A fan is someone who is fanatical about the club- has the replica shirts, all the DVD's, can recite all the clichés from soccer AM but doesnt go along and support the team.
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I support Aston Villa, have done for as long as i can remember. I live in devon, 210 miles from villa park. I don't drive, as i currently dont have a car, and if i did, it's £40-50 in petrol, as well as the £30 ticket to get in, £15 for food and drink, and a 12 hour day to watch 90 minutes of football. The train ticket is £60 on a good day to birmingham from barnstaple, so anywhere between 90 and 100 to see them play.

You wonder why i only get to watch them once or twice a year.

Does that not make me a supporter then? Because I live too far from the ground to actually make regular visits?
 
Youstolemyname said:
We categorise them differently at work. I know what you mean tho about the terminology. Supporter could technically mean someone who donates 10p to a christmas raffle fund but in footballing terms we class them as follows.

Supporter goes to the game, watches the match, then gets off home. He is a brand advocate and supports the team and players. Doesn't spend big on merchandise and is focussed on the football. Good candidate for season ticket and will have Sky for the away matches

A Fan is short for fanatic. They will buy almost anything with the Club's logo on it, guaranteed to have a replica shirt and will get to a couple of games a year. More than likely part of the Soccer AM generation who knows naff all about the tradition but considers themself a 'fan' of the said club.

A die hard supporter. Has a season ticket, goes all home and away matches. Wont have replica shirt, or bother with merchandise as feels he or she shows enuff support/ passion for the club by following them all over and cheering them on. Die hards are not fanatics.

Obsessive supporters. A combination of die hards and fanatics. Very rare to find to be honest.

Anyhoos.....ive just finished work so enuff
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**** me!

You feel a need to categorise & pigeon hole football fans/supporters??!! Do you need to find out what category someone is before you decide how to talk to them? I just talk to people about football & leave it at that.

BTW - Man Utd season ticket holder if that helps! (ooh - I do have a shirt though, so that rules me out of being diehard). ;)
 
deSade said:
**** me!

You feel a need to categorise & pigeon hole football fans/supporters??!! Do you need to find out what category someone is before you decide how to talk to them? I just talk to people about football & leave it at that.

BTW - Man Utd season ticket holder if that helps! (ooh - I do have a shirt though, so that rules me out of being diehard). ;)
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I feel a need to as I am a marketing manager of a Premiership side. That okay with you?

kthxbye.
 
Youstolemyname said:
Good :p

Think your lot should win the league this year though :)
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I think you're right - but I just feel there will be so many people harking back at the end of it - "Yeah, but if Terry had been fit", etc, etc. & forgetting how well we played. :(
 
Its a fair point though, without Terry and Cech they're nowhere near the side they are without them, and lets face it, your guys lost to West Ham. If Chelsea were the machine they are usually they'd be top of the league.
 
Gilly said:
Its a fair point though, without Terry and Cech they're nowhere near the side they are without them, and lets face it, your guys lost to West Ham. If Chelsea were the machine they are usually they'd be top of the league.
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Pointless arguement. Here's another - if we took even half the chances we create, we be further ahead.

We were playing better football than Chelsea even when they had Terry & Cech fit.
 
Gilly said:
Its a fair point though, without Terry and Cech they're nowhere near the side they are without them, and lets face it, your guys lost to West Ham. If Chelsea were the machine they are usually they'd be top of the league.
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The same West Ham i recall Chelsea struggling against for a fair amount of the game.
Similarly Chelsea lost to middlesborough yet we beat them

Its football thats always going to happen

Means bugger all really, its like the school yard arguement of he beat you up and i beat him up so that means i could beat you up
 
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