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Only my local club Cheltenham Town. Go to games now and again with friends who are fans. No comparison to watching the City but a keep an eye open for their results.
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My local team too in Cheltenham Town plus Cardiff City, Swansea City, Newport County, Wrexham and Borussia MonchenGladbach
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I always look out for Pompeys result after three great years down there as a student in the early 80s. I had a brief spell after the cup final where I wished them Ill fortune, but now I wish them well. Fratton Park was very similar to Ninian.
I try and go and watch Merthyr at least a few times a season, and sticking with non league I always enjoyed watching Worcester City when my daughter lived up there.
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No one really but through the 90’s and 00’s I always felt for Man City fans, having to share a city with Man Utd must have been a nightmare so always wanted them to do well. Suffice to say I don’t really feel sorry for them anymore....:hehe: I hope they win the champions league and that’s about it.
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Norwich for me, having been to university there. Would love them to perform the great escape this season but cant see it unfortunately.
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Juventus. Bought a knock off Juve kit from someone who'd been to Italy when I was 15 and have consistently bought knock off Juve kits since. My girlfriend bought me my first real one last year so I've currently got 2 knock off and 1 real :hehe:
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Hot Shot Hamish.
I always look out for Pompeys result after three great years down there as a student in the early 80s. I had a brief spell after the cup final where I wished them Ill fortune, but now I wish them well. Fratton Park was very similar to Ninian.
I try and go and watch Merthyr at least a few times a season, and sticking with non league I always enjoyed watching Worcester City when my daughter lived up there.
Ditto on Pompey for almost exactly the same reasons.. I was a student there from 82-85.. Fratton Park was a great place to watch a game back then. I lived in Milton, North End, Southsea and Bateson Halls of Residence in my time there.
In 83 we both got promoted... We played them towards the end of the season and drew 0-0. I remember the team bus driving through the street that day and Bob Hatton in particular waving at us as they went past. Was also the day that city fans dismantled the clock at the back of the Milton End.
That season was also the season Newport looked like they’d go up - they beat us 1-0 at Somerton and looked certainties but fell away... they never got close again
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Queen of the South,I no not why.
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Juventus. Bought a knock off Juve kit from someone who'd been to Italy when I was 15 and have consistently bought knock off Juve kits since. My girlfriend bought me my first real one last year so I've currently got 2 knock off and 1 real :hehe:
Madrid, Sociedad or Zaragoza? :getscoat:
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No one really but through the 90’s and 00’s I always felt for Man City fans, having to share a city with Man Utd must have been a nightmare so always wanted them to do well. Suffice to say I don’t really feel sorry for them anymore....:hehe: I hope they win the champions league and that’s about it.
Yep, Man City for me, family connections but the shite they had to bear for years on their own doorstep seemed to make their support stronger, which I admired. Now it’s like a decent, ‘same as you’ type family winning the lottery yet staying down to earth ( their long standing fans anyway).
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Yep, Man City for me, family connections but the shite they had to bear for years on their own doorstep seemed to make their support stronger, which I admired. Now it’s like a decent, ‘same as you’ type family winning the lottery yet staying down to earth ( their long standing fans anyway).
Think they got relegated to league 1 the same time as utd win the champions league In Barcelona....can you imagine if that happened with Swansea and we dint even have to share a city with them, thank god.
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Ditto on Pompey for almost exactly the same reasons.. I was a student there from 82-85.. Fratton Park was a great place to watch a game back then. I lived in Milton, North End, Southsea and Bateson Halls of Residence in my time there.
In 83 we both got promoted... We played them towards the end of the season and drew 0-0. I remember the team bus driving through the street that day and Bob Hatton in particular waving at us as they went past. Was also the day that city fans dismantled the clock at the back of the Milton End.
That season was also the season Newport looked like they’d go up - they beat us 1-0 at Somerton and looked certainties but fell away... they never got close again
Exact same 3 years as I was there. First year I was in QEQM Hall and next two years in Southsea. All 3 City games down there were great days with the clock game going down in history. I panicked after that game though when the police marched us all back to Fratton Railway station, to stick us on the train. They wouldn't belief me that I lived there. I had to give them my full evening itinerary of where I was going on the piss before they'd believe me. Nell Gwynn, Bold Forester, The apsly, Cambridge, Owens, The Parade. They all got a visit that night!!
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Think they got relegated to league 1 the same time as utd win the champions league In Barcelona....can you imagine if that happened with Swansea and we dint even have to share a city with them, thank god.
And get 25/30 thousand crowds in the third tier.
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Queen of the South,I no not why.
The only football club mentioned in the Bible.
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My local team too in Cheltenham Town plus Cardiff City, Swansea City, Newport County, Wrexham and Borussia MonchenGladbach
YJB.
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Madrid, Sociedad or Zaragoza? :getscoat:
Took me a minute that :hehe:
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Hot Shot Hamish.
Exact same 3 years as I was there. First year I was in QEQM Hall and next two years in Southsea. All 3 City games down there were great days with the clock game going down in history. I panicked after that game though when the police marched us all back to Fratton Railway station, to stick us on the train. They wouldn't belief me that I lived there. I had to give them my full evening itinerary of where I was going on the piss before they'd believe me. Nell Gwynn, Bold Forester, The apsly, Cambridge, Owens, The Parade. They all got a visit that night!!
I did Geography. You? Inter departmental football was great.
Saw some great bands at the Union and Guildhall and loved Friday/Saturdays at Southsea Piet - The Albert Tavern and Gaiety Bar. We spent a ton of time at The India Arms and Barley Mow. Happy happy days
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I did Geography. You? Inter departmental football was great.
Saw some great bands at the Union and Guildhall and loved Friday/Saturdays at Southsea Piet - The Albert Tavern and Gaiety Bar. We spent a ton of time at The India Arms and Barley Mow. Happy happy days
I read economics over on the Milton site. We no doubt played football against each other then over the 3 years out at Great Salterns, or at QEQM Hall. Geography had a few sides if I remember and weren" they run by a lad called Keith Price? I only remember that as it was the name of my best mate.
Definitely the best 3 years of my life down there on the south coast.
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Queen of the South,I no not why.
'Ark at 'er...
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Peterborough for me as its the first and only time I have been arrested while trying to enter a sports ground while under the influence of alcohol.
I wasn't causing any trouble but most of our lot were. It was about 91/92 season when we invaded there pitch?
I was walking into the car park outside the ground and I got asked where I was going. I said to watch the game and the police arrested me for being under the influence of drink.
Got a 6 month ban from every ground in the country from May. So missed half the ban anyway as there was no football during the summer. 😂😂
Went uptowatch City again another time and stumbled upon the best beer festival I have ever ever been to even to this day.
So have made it an annual jolly boys weekend for the last 25 ish years to travel up and have a good laugh on the bank holiday August weekend with around 4-5 of my mates every year.
It's got to the stage now where we all take our Mrs with us as well. So Peterborough is like my spiritual home.
I actually try and travel up at least twice a year and visit my favourite pub near the ground which is on a floating barge called Charters bar. It has a massive beer garden outside based on a bavarian style beer garden with live bands underneath a bandstand. I love it up there. It's a real ale lovers paradise. They do like all there real Ales up that side of the country.
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Ditto on Pompey for almost exactly the same reasons.. I was a student there from 82-85.. Fratton Park was a great place to watch a game back then. I lived in Milton, North End, Southsea and Bateson Halls of Residence in my time there.
In 83 we both got promoted... We played them towards the end of the season and drew 0-0. I remember the team bus driving through the street that day and Bob Hatton in particular waving at us as they went past. Was also the day that city fans dismantled the clock at the back of the Milton End.
That season was also the season Newport looked like they’d go up - they beat us 1-0 at Somerton and looked certainties but fell away... they never got close again
I remember that season well, seen Cwnty quite a few times that season and I particularly remember Cwnty beating Kaardiff in that Easter game but after that it all went wrong for them, Kaardiff won their games in the run in and Cwnty lost theirs.
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Juventus. Bought a knock off Juve kit from someone who'd been to Italy when I was 15 and have consistently bought knock off Juve kits since. My girlfriend bought me my first real one last year so I've currently got 2 knock off and 1 real :hehe:
I got a Fiorentina shirt from a street market out in Florence in homage to Batigol, he always tended to score against English teams and England.
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People supporting their team in the shadow of the big clubs
For example bury , oldham , rochdale in the man United area
Brentford, fulham , leyton orient in london
Barnsley , huddersfield , rotherham etc in the shadow of leeds , sheffield wednesday etc
Hartlepool , Darlington in the shadows of newcastle , sunderland , boro
And any team that turns over liverpool and united so the idiots in south wales who support them have a bad day
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Hot Shot Hamish.
I read economics over on the Milton site. We no doubt played football against each other then over the 3 years out at Great Salterns, or at QEQM Hall. Geography had a few sides if I remember and weren" they run by a lad called Keith Price? I only remember that as it was the name of my best mate.
Definitely the best 3 years of my life down there on the south coast.
It was Keith Price. He was or certainly had been with Forest. Geography had at least 3 sides. I flitted between 1&2. Some outstanding players in that Geog 1 team though. Most of my mates were in 2 and we did 3 fantastic football tours in the Student Union minibus... Kingston, Manchester and Cardiff.
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Heart Of Midlothian, no Scottish connections just love the fact they hate Celtic and love their maroon and white, their badge and their passion.Also not forgetting the way they have been relegated from the SPL this season with 8 games and 24 points left to play for.
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Heart Of Midlothian, no Scottish connections just love the fact they hate Celtic and love their maroon and white, their badge and their passion.Also not forgetting the way they have been relegated from the SPL this season with 8 games and 24 points left to play for.
What passion? Anytime I've watched Hearts highlights this season their kip has been half empty. Been rank rotten all season and thoroughly deserve getting relegated.
Merthyr and Scotlands nine in a row establishment club for me.