A Little Survey

Guy:Incognito

27 Liverpool

Got a Jersey off my German cousin when I was around 6.

My dad's a Chelsea fan. My uncle that I was around a lot from when I was kid is a Spurs fan. None of their rubbish rubbed off on me though.:D

Of my mates that would actually be properly into football theres 2 Liverpool fans, a Utd fan and a Villa fan.

redzerdrog

age 22

liverpool fan

growler

35

chelsea


My dad lived in fulham once, but thats about it.

jesus_thats_gre

Age: 23
Club: Liverpool FC
Family Influence: no

bohsman

24, was a utd fan till 99 for purposes of survey.

Family - Werder Bremen fans so no. Bohs is location and playing for their schoolboys.

eZe^

18

Barca fan,

Definitely influenced by family.

Zaph

Age: 40

Team: Leeds United

Did your family influence your decision to support that team? No

Gavin "shels"

Age - 17

Club - Shelbourne

Family Influences: Sorta, I'll go with yes though. (Dad brought me to a few games then I got addicted to Shels, literally).

Smegball

Age - 19
Team- Manchester United
Family Influence - Yes

Zapp Brannigan

Age 20
Team Liverpool

Not infuenced by my family, and all my mates as a child were Utd fans.

RealJohn

27
Liverpool.
I started supporting them back in the days that Ray Houghton, Ronnie Whelan and John Aldridge (and soon after, Steve Staunton) were playing for them. Michael Thomas in 1989 is by far my most vivid (and troubling) sporting memory from my youth. I can still hear George Hamilton's voice.

RacoonQueen

20

Leeds United

shane86

Age - 21

Club - Im an ABU with a strong Liverpool leaning

Did your family influence your decision to support that team? - No. When I was about 10 or 11 someone once told me Peter Schmichael had never once let in a goal.

It was at that point I decided to be ABU. Though tbh I didnt really start watching non internationals regularly until my late teens.

staker

34 spurs

adox

Age:41

Club: Man Utd

Family Influence: Yes. My Dad.

shanel23

38

Leeds United

No Influence

Trizo

26 Man Utd

Dad: Wolves
Granddad: Arsenal

so no influence my dad bought me my first kit aged 4 still have it,
and every one since:)

One Cold Hand

26.
Villa
No Family Influence.

T-b0n3

Age: 20

Team: Man United

Did your family influence your decision to support that team? No

dc69

Age: 20

Team: Liverpool

Did your family influence your decision to support that team? No

pickarooney

31
Juventus
NFI

JæKæ

27

Man Utd

Did your family influence your decision to support that team? - Yes

Unearthly

21

Man Utd

Did your family influence your decision to support that team? - Yes

L'prof

Age - 23 (24 next month)

Club - Arsenal

Did your family influence your decision to support that team? - No

Chardee MacDennis

25

Liverpool

Did your family influence your decision to support that team? - No

moby2101

Age 37

Arsenal

Did your family influence your decision to support that team? - No definitely no..all my family are rabid Utd supporters!!

Racing Flat

Born - 70's child
Support - Liverpool
Family Influence - No - Kenny Dalglish, Ian Rush and for some strange reason Craig Johnston did.

Is it a trend that Utd have more 'family influence'? Seems that way moreso than the other clubs maybe from this thread, but also from personal experience.

When I was in school (Cork) half the class, by and large, were Liverpool and half were Utd. Then when Everton won the League in 85 and 87, there were a smattering of Everton fans (most of them became Leeds fans in 92 and are now Chelsea fans), there was always the odd Spurs and West Ham fan. But never any Arsenal or Chelsea...

stick-dan

Age 20

Liverpool

Did your family influence your decision to support that team? - Yep, All 3 generations of them

Xavi6

Cheers to the 117 people that have responded to this thread. I have documented all the answers so far and will continue to do so.

I notice a lot of the 'regulars' from the forum are missing off the list so it'd be great to have their input.

Mr Magnolia

Throw a link into the relevant supporters thread(s).

Xavi6

Yeah good idea. I've stuck it in my sig as well.

kryogen

Age: 22

Team: Man U

Family Influence: Huge,my first item of clothing was a united kit, my father is from Manchester and all that side of my family are United fans. Its a biggish family and they populate the area from Salford to Rochdale! my mothers side is all GAA so nothing to report there

~Marky~

Age 24

Liverpool Fc

Did your family influence your decision to support that team? - My mum is from Liverpool

DeadSkin

I is an early 70's Liverpool kid thanks to me Dad

Pepe LeFrits

13
Chelsea
No

wardie

Age 34

Arsenal

Did your family influence your decision to support that team? - No

Spud83

24
Manchester United
No

Xavi6

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

13
Chelsea
No

So you were 4 when you signed up? Or is it a typo? Tbh I'd prefer no answer than a piss take if that is one.

EDIT: Actually I know you're an Arsenal fan so if you aren't going to contribute properly then you can politely feck off. Your support is appreciated.

Killme00

Age: 30

Team: Manchester United

Family Intervention: No Bryan Robson did!!

lpool2k05

Age - 29

Club - Liverpool

Did your family influence your decision to support that team? Yes even though i didnt need much influence!!

mike65

43

Liverpool

No family aspect (parents were Wolves fans as am I part-time) the 1974 FA Cup final did it for me.

Mike.

Ekancone

Age - 27

Club - Newcastle United

Did your family influence your decision to support that team? - No

Pepe LeFrits

Xavi6 wrote: »

So you were 4 when you signed up? Or is it a typo? Tbh I'd prefer no answer than a piss take if that is one.

Sorry that's a typo alright, by 13 I actually meant 25, and by Chelsea I meant Arsenal. The family part is correct though.

Xavi6

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

Sorry that's a typo alright, by 13 I actually meant 25, and by Chelsea I meant Arsenal. The family part is correct though.

Cheers for clearing that up

Mad_Max

Cant edit my original post to add the family connection so ill post again.

Age: 21
Team: Man Utd
Family Connection: Nope (Dad supports QPR )

Davidth88

Age 46

Team ... Chelsea

Family Influence ... none

witnessmenow

20

Liverpool

family: Yeah


Are you trying to figure out if people aren't influenced by family are they just invetible going to support the best club bar the odd exception? i.e if there is no family influence seeing as utd were the best team when ,say i was 4-5 Utd would most likely be the likely choice

StickyMcGinty

Age - 23 (tomorow)

Club - Liverpool

Did your family influence your decision to support that team? - Yes - Uncle

ShiverinEskimo

Almost 26
Man Utd
Da hates them, used to wind him up, ended up wanting them to win so I could slag me da - one thing led to another and we've been together for 17 years.

Xavi6

witnessmenow wrote: »

Are you trying to figure out if people aren't influenced by family are they just invetible going to support the best club bar the odd exception? i.e if there is no family influence seeing as utd were the best team when ,say i was 4-5 Utd would most likely be the likely choice

Yeah just kind of want to see if any trends emergre through the decades.

ShiverinEskimo wrote: »

Almost 26
Man Utd
Da hates them, used to wind him up, ended up wanting them to win so I could slag me da - one thing led to another and we've been together for 17 years.

Could be argued then that he did influence you but instead of putting his team on you he turned you against them!