contrabombarde
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Do I choose my football club or does my club choose me?
I am starting this thread as I see that the Torquay thread is getting bogged down with this subject and how people have become passionate about their club has always interested me and it has also intrigued me as to how people become involved in a certain club, often for life or sometimes flirting with other clubs.
I believe that there are many reasons for becoming a dedicated fan. Is it a tribal thing and therefore are we also flying the flag for our beloved City? Or is it genetic in that our father took us for our first match and then we were hooked?
I was born in Yorkshire and as a boy supported Sheffield Wednesday and then moved to Exeter and have spent most of my life here. I first watched City in 1973 and have been a lifelong fan ever since. I was never more pleased than when City beat Wednesday so in my case it’s obviously not a “roots”
thing.
I have now retired to Norfolk and have seen the odd match at Kings Lynn but there is no way that I would ever call myself a fan or want to stop supporting Exeter.
One further point intrigues me and that is the so called plastic fans. I really don’t get it. My daughter and son in law are avid Liverpool fans and yet as far as I know have never watched a live match or even visited Liverpool. The Liverpool tat that my Grandson owns is beyond belief.
It would be interesting to have some other views.
I am starting this thread as I see that the Torquay thread is getting bogged down with this subject and how people have become passionate about their club has always interested me and it has also intrigued me as to how people become involved in a certain club, often for life or sometimes flirting with other clubs.
I believe that there are many reasons for becoming a dedicated fan. Is it a tribal thing and therefore are we also flying the flag for our beloved City? Or is it genetic in that our father took us for our first match and then we were hooked?
I was born in Yorkshire and as a boy supported Sheffield Wednesday and then moved to Exeter and have spent most of my life here. I first watched City in 1973 and have been a lifelong fan ever since. I was never more pleased than when City beat Wednesday so in my case it’s obviously not a “roots”
thing.
I have now retired to Norfolk and have seen the odd match at Kings Lynn but there is no way that I would ever call myself a fan or want to stop supporting Exeter.
One further point intrigues me and that is the so called plastic fans. I really don’t get it. My daughter and son in law are avid Liverpool fans and yet as far as I know have never watched a live match or even visited Liverpool. The Liverpool tat that my Grandson owns is beyond belief.
It would be interesting to have some other views.