baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
The constant in any football support is the area and the fanbase I guess - it's postcode wars. Does seem ludicrous when teams change on a Chelsea/Man City level though, form one season to the next.
Barcelona is pretty great in the number of players they draw locally, and Athletic Bilbao only take Basque players if I'm right?
Barcelona is pretty great in the number of players they draw locally, and Athletic Bilbao only take Basque players if I'm right?
Agreed on the last bit for sure. And that was how I always felt about the first bit until relatively recently. It's not the wages I disagree with at such, I guess it's just that I find it hard to care about which randomly assembled group beats another randomly assembled group. What am I supporting - the shirt, the area? I dunno. I'd probably feel different if I'd grown up with an attachment to one of my local teams (born Swindon, grew up near Oxford) but I followed my Dad (a manc) in supporting Manchester United. That's kinda what I was talking about in terms of guilt previously. Perhaps I'd be better off supporting a London team near where I live now but it seems wrong to change.
I do really enjoy playing in two evening sides though and I care a lot more about how they get on than any team on the telly. Which is a shame cos the one I'm gonna play for tonight is locked in a relegation battle with only two wins in seven games.