Arsenal

[Silvio Morris]

Warbury.

I don't buy a paper any more, did we beat Warbury to the title?

 

[mancunianblade]

I prefer BT as it has pretty good European coverage and also quite a few National League games. Better variety. Some PL games are good, some are a bit dull, same as any level. I probably appreciate the standard of the PL more if I've just watched Solihull Moors v Tranmere or Dundee United v Hibs.

I watch whatever is on.i watched Vasco v Fluminense other night it was quality. Very puzzled as to why they decided to cut the European football League show though they best replace it with James Richardson sat at a table outside a cafe on the Piazza Maggiore With a Pink Gazzetta. Otherwise I will not be happy.

 

[mancunianblade]

I live in Manchester and work with football fans so I'm pretty well versed on the matter of Football tourists.

When the day comes when we inevitably conquer Europe we can expect this..although I was sat next to a group of Lad from Essen at the Chesterfield game and they made as much noise as anyone else..

Anyway I digress,At work we get coach loads of far eastern football tourists,clubs love these fans they buy Season tickets in supporters groups and share it,going to one or two games a season as they only visit the ground for 1 or 2 games they spend 100% more than your average season ticket holder from Salford for example they turn up at Old Trafford but a shirt and a scarf and if it's cold a jacket then wear them to the game, a single seat in the stadium associated with a football tourist season ticket turns over £40 a game in ticket cost and a further £100-150 in club shop purchases and a further £10-£20 for the stadium tour. So easily best part of £200 per seat per game for the cheap seats.

The Fans from the Far East and the USA are the worst going. I know some American Arsenal fans and they detest Tottenham. For no reason at all other than they think they're supposed too, most have never been to England some have never even talked to a Tottenham fan. Football rivalry is an amazing thing but it has to be organic otherwise if you take a step back and look at it then it's all a bit odd. And these lot are odd. I remember being in a bar in NY with the Arsenal fans and one American started singing BOOM BOOM BOOM EVERYBODY SAY BENDTNER.. I could catch my breath.

I see many european fans in Manchester that travel to watch City and Man Utd and they get it,they're used too it and they know what it's all about and apart from the Norwegians they all support a team from where they're from first then Man Utd second or even not at all they're just here to watch football (atmosphere killer)

Social media is the worse though when you see Tweets or posts linked to a player or a team and you see a guy from Lagos living in Lagos arguing with a guy from Lahore who lives in Lahore neither have been to The UK but one is the worlds biggest Man Utd fan and he's ripping into the Worlds biggest Liverpool fan I despair..

 

[SherburnBlade]

I remember being in a bar in NY with the fans and one American started singing BOOM BOOM BOOM EVERYBODY SAY BENDTNER...

Ooh, we could steal that for Basham!!!

 

[Hamburg Blade]

They want the glory of victory without being willing to actually go and experience their team play, because they can't as a result of choosing to follow a team miles away from their home town, simply because of that teams success.

I agree with everything you say except maybe this part. I can tell you that distance doesn't play a role when it comes to emotional investment, I would suggest instead that they have either just missed the point, or that they are the sort of people who are incapable of that sort of emotional investment in the first place.

 

[Sharrow Snuff Mill]

When meeting someone who says he supports Man U, the first thing I say is - "What part of Manchester are you from" ? You can guess how the conversation might either stop or develope after that.

 

[Foxy]

When meeting someone who says he supports Man U, the first thing I say is - "What part of Manchester are you from" ? You can guess how the conversation might either stop or develope after that.

A favourite of mine is asking how many times they've been to their own ground...

I've had various Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal fans on this one over the years at various workplaces.

They'd painted themselves as massive, obsessive, football supporters, so much so, everyone used to always speak to them or ask them about football and their team.

They get a little bit grumpy when it's pointed out that as a supporter of Sheffield United, I've been to Old Trafford, Anfield, Stamford Bridge and Highbury/The Emirates more times than they have, despite the fact they are "superfans".

 

[BushBlade]

I agree with everything you say except maybe this part. I can tell you that distance doesn't play a role when it comes to emotional investment, I would suggest instead that they have either just missed the point, or that they are the sort of people who are incapable of that sort of emotional investment in the first place.

Agree. Surely if that were true they'd all support Real. You can choose any club you like in the PL, Man U, Man City, Chelsea etc and none of them are going to win a major trophy every season.

For me, a plastic fan is one that just claims to follow a club and then changes when they start losing, the 'I used to support Man U but I now support Chelsea' types.