Age and Your Favourite 'English' team?

jesus_thats_gre

29 and Liverpool

First vague memory is a Liverpool versus Everton football final. First real memory is the Liverpool versus Arsenal playoff.

Kold

23, Spurs.... I'm from North London though so does that count?

efb

29- The Arsenal.

Antagonistic prick, my Da supported Liverpool, Friend Spurs, not big into football, you do the math!

Nephew 15 (mum and dad united heads) named after Eric Cantona, My Dad gave him his Liverpool scarf when he was born, you know he's a Red!

Fairly slagged his Dad Sunday, I lost €40 on Und, really hate them now!

The Muppet

Pfft Kids (except you chughes)


45 Manu utd Fan since the glory days of the early 70's

CHD

43 Chelsea

First memory was when Abramovich took over.

I supported Arsenal, United and Blackburn the years they won they league. Love bandwagons except the Sunderland one. Thinking about supporting Barca or Arsenal again.

Frisbee

21, Arsenal

~Rebel~

26, Liverpool

Jako8

17, Liverpool

I started supporting Liverpool when i was 6 because I bought a Liverpool biro for school and then my friends were like "oh you're a Liverpool fan" and I was like "uhh ... yeah..." even though I didn't like soccer at that time.

I didn't really get into soccer until I was 10.

Xavi6

Mitch Connor wrote: »

I think this has already been done on this site.

Yeah I did a big survey on it about a year ago. Haven't the time to go dig it out.

24, Manchester City

No family influence, no glory days, and no bandwagon back in 1989

M5

30 Newcastle, hmmm, doesn't really fit

Nalz

curry-muff wrote: »

20

Man United

Can still vividly remember watching the champions league final in 99 as a 10 year old

jesus, that makes me feel old

27
Manchester United

Earliest memories would be sitting in old trafford in 93 for the Villa game, watching the rumbelows cup final on tv and jumping around the place with my Dad after the Hughes goal against Barca in 1991

1mcampo1

18

Leeds

Followed them cause me da supported them!!

Mad Dog

43, Chelsea !!

Daysha

19, Man Utd

Watching Cantona kung-fu pick that Crystal Palace fan as a 5 year old thinking he was the coolest guy on the planet.

SligoBrewer

18, Burton Albion

Why may you ask? Well i realised when Glazer took over Man U that he was purchasing me as a consumer, my purchasing power and not the club itself.
Then I bailed on the image I was participating in.

I then chose the club with the closest ties to me whatsoever. My uncle lives in Burton and Sligoman Keith Gilroy was playing (and still is) there so that added to the reasons to support them I suppose.

Still follow them, have the occasional jersey, programme etc but I still don't go to games regularly and don't have any socio/geographical connections to the club so I can't class myself as a supporter, i'm more of a follower.

Liam O

18, Man United. My uncle supported them and gave me the season reviews from 92/93 and 93/94 and I basically spent my childhood watching those over and over again while obviously following the team.

My cousin plays for Bury in League 2 now so have a bit of interest in that too.

nkay1985

I can't believe how old I feel reading a lot of these posts. I'm only 24 but I supppose I've been following soccer since I was 4 or 5 so my whole life is peppered with soccer memories! By the time United beat Chelsea in the '94 Cup Final, I'd already seen a lot of soccer. Maybe some people got into soccer later in life...

ShaneU

23, man utd

Denis Irwin and Roy Keane being the main reasons.

Dr Bolouswki

39 Man City

Cos I predicted the joy from way back - it will be worth the wait!

Carcharodon

27 an Scum Scum Scum Leeds

davyjose

30, United - 1985 FA Cup final

Davidth88

40 odd , Chelsea.

First memories .... winning the cup in 1970 . I can't rememeber winning the CWC for some reason .

First game CFC Vs Sheffield Utd in 1978 ( I think ) we won 4-0.

Worst memory..... losing in Moscow and being relegated . Ohh and getting soaked at the 1994 FA Cup Final and the dodgy peno. Losing at Scarborough in the League cup, although I won a few bob in a casino afterwords which sort of makes the night feel good.

Best memory , 1997 FA Cup Final. , also beating Liverpool 4-2 in the FAC back in 1979 I think , it was the first time I experienced The Shed being full.

cournioni

24, Manchester United.

koHd

25 The Gunners

That_Guy

21 Newcastle United

Started supporting them when a friend told me to. Was about 5 at the time I think.

Greatest memories:

Beating Manchester United 5-0 at home
Faustino Asprilla
King Kev's rant
Those successive 4-3 matches with Liverpool (tense)
Champions League football.

Worst memories:

2005 - Present

daveyboy_1ie

33, Man Utd

Liked the fact I was the only one in my class (there were two Spurs supporters belive it or not and the rest 'pool supporters).

1983 FA Cup Final was what did it for me (the replay), Robson, Whiteside, Moran and Stapleton. What a team. Was older and wiser for the 1985 one (a full 9 years of age).

Zebra3

Age:132.

Team: Preston North End.

Irishcrx

22 Man utd..

Dont be at yourself

24, Liverpool.

My best mate's dad was fanatical about them, which is probably how I got into them. Don't remember the Eureka! moment, if there was one.

Nalz

CHD wrote: »

43 Chelsea

First memory was when Abramovich took over.

I supported Arsenal, United and Blackburn the years they won they league. Love bandwagons except the Sunderland one. Thinking about supporting Barca or Arsenal again.

Cool. Meanwhile I put honey in my cereal this morning. Savage!

event

27, leeds

started following them due to my father

F1ngers

41...West Ham.:cool:

The Volt

19, Everton

At my brother's Christening when I was 5 I have memories of a pub covered in United fans. My dad and his mate were the only blues in there. Rideout scores, the two of them up on the table going crazy. Was set in stone I'd be a toffee then. Thank god for Moyes this decade as before then it was only ever a relegation struggle. Gareth Farrelly's goal against Coventry sticks out.

MayoForSam

41, Liverpool.

My auld lad was a Chelsea supporter but I've been a Red ever since the glory days of the 70's and 80's. Earliest football memory would be the European Cup win against Bruges in 1978.

Jagera

34 - Chelsea

First memory was in 1990 when the Australian equivalent of TG4 (SBS) would broadcast a 30min wrap up of english football on Sunday afternoons. The first two I watched were chelsea so I started supporting them.

CHD

Trilla wrote:

Cool. Meanwhile I put honey in my cereal this morning. Savage!

Cool, take risks and you will be rewarded.

Anyway.

20, Chelsea.

Fan since I was 6.

thegen

El Weirdo wrote: »

32, QPR. Lived in London when I was a kid, they were the closest club to where I lived, I liked the hooped shirts and wanted to be a little bit original.

44 and an r's fan too. My 1st memory was the run in to the 1976 league and the pool pipping us. What a side Phil Parkes, Stan Bowles, Gerry Francis, Don Givens, Dave Thomas, Ian Gillard, Don Masson. Tony Currie, Rodney Marsh etc were to follow.

GLaDOS

Zebra3 wrote: »

Age:132.

Team: Preston North End.

Bandwagoner

TheDoc

21
Leeds United

I'm a weird kinda fan though. I'm knowledgable about football but I guess I dont mind actually acknowledging good players and team, and calling some teams and players ****ters.

I have a host of jerseys at home that I wear regularly, but they are only worn due to the players that wore them.

Im a leeds united fan with an arsenal and man united jersey.

Simply because Berbatov and Bergkamp I find inspirational.

CHD

Berbatov inspirational?

RasTa

25 and United.

major bill

SligoBrewer wrote: »

18, Burton Albion

Why may you ask? Well i realised when Glazer took over Man U that he was purchasing me as a consumer, my purchasing power and not the club itself.
Then I bailed on the image I was participating in.

I then chose the club with the closest ties to me whatsoever. My uncle lives in Burton and Sligoman Keith Gilroy was playing (and still is) there so that added to the reasons to support them I suppose.

Still follow them, have the occasional jersey, programme etc but I still don't go to games regularly and don't have any socio/geographical connections to the club so I can't class myself as a supporter, i'm more of a follower.

seen burton against histon last year when they almost sealed promotion. me mate played for them last season nice little ground cracking atmosphere, didnt like the town much but couldve been something to do with the dodgy taximan to be fair:eek:.

messrs

30 Man Utd

first memory been bout 5/6 and watchin Utd play and Bryan Robsinon scoring goal - he was my hero for years after that

Redzer7

16 , The mighty Arsenal .

billyhead

28-Man Utd,

I started following them after they finished runners up to Liverpool in the 1987-1988 League championship. My brother was a pool supporter so just to be spiteful I decided to follow Utd.:D I was 7 at the time

blindpilot

28 - Middlesbrough.
Life has not been kind to me so far.

Zebra3

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Bandwagoner

The good auld days.

No-one back then telling you to follow your local team and all that nonsence. :pac:

Zaph

42, Leeds United. It's actually heartening to see younger Leeds fans on boards. Most of us are old codgers like me.

mormank

flyswatter wrote: »

19, Spurs.

sorry for your troubles!!

25 liverpool

villains77

32 and villa fan utv