Which team do you follow?

JasonCullen · Post by **JasonCullen** » Thu May 01, 2008 7:58 pm

4. What was the Roman name for Scotland?
B. Brigantia
F. Caratacus
J. Noviomagus
M. Caledonia

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Thu May 01, 2008 8:15 pm

Spurs fan, so no luck for you so far.

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Thu May 01, 2008 9:08 pm

Southampton.

I'll also add that Christine Armstrong is a Saints fan too.

Absolutely shitting it for Sunday's game

JimBentley · Post by **JimBentley** » Thu May 01, 2008 9:49 pm

Middlesbrough - not yet certain of avoiding relegation (again). Still, three points better off than your lot, Jason

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Thu May 01, 2008 11:29 pm

Blackburn - we're getting good at mediocrity.

David O'Donnell · Post by **David O'Donnell** » Fri May 02, 2008 8:43 am

Tyrone at county level and Killyclogher at club level (even though I don't belong to the parish and should support Omagh St. Endas I played for Killyclogher's under 12s ... once ... then they discovered I was shithouse).

Dinos Sfyris · Post by **Dinos Sfyris** » Fri May 02, 2008 11:35 am

Barnsley for a few days earlier this year.
Only really follow international football in which case, England and Greece. This year just Greece.

Jason Larsen · Post by **Jason Larsen** » Fri May 02, 2008 1:47 pm

Oh, you're talking about football!

I've heard that Manchester is a pretty good team!

Martin Gardner · Post by **Martin Gardner** » Fri May 02, 2008 2:16 pm

Jason Larsen wrote:Oh, you're talking about football!

I've heard that Manchester is a pretty good team!

United or City?

Martin

Jason Larsen · Post by **Jason Larsen** » Fri May 02, 2008 3:52 pm

I heard about Manchester elsewhere, Martin.

I don't know which team.

Richard Brittain · Post by **Richard Brittain** » Fri May 02, 2008 8:42 pm

Used to be a Man Utd fan, but I don't like the fact that they are the Glazier family's business now, and they have lost a lot of the qualities they had with that close-knit group of hard-working, fiercely loyal and dedicated players (Beckham, Neville, Keane, Giggs, Scholes etc). Those important qualities have been replaced by a more desperate, childish, win-at-all-costs mentality introduced by players such as Ronaldo, Evra, Nani, Tevez etc. Manchester United are still not as bad as Chelsea and certainly nowhere near as bad as Arsenal in terms of that childish, whiny, bad loser, complain to the referee mentality, but I don't really like them anymore.

I consider myself a Celtic and Sunderland fan at the moment.

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Sat May 03, 2008 12:46 am

Richard Brittain wrote:Used to be a Man Utd fan, but I don't like the fact that they are the Glazier family's business now, and they have lost a lot of the qualities they had with that close-knit group of hard-working, fiercely loyal and dedicated players (Beckham, Neville, Keane, Giggs, Scholes etc). Those important qualities have been replaced by a more desperate, childish, win-at-all-costs mentality introduced by players such as Ronaldo, Evra, Nani, Tevez etc.

You know those are the same criticisms people levelled at Beckham et al at the peak of their careers?

Richard Brittain · Post by **Richard Brittain** » Sat May 03, 2008 9:23 am

Charlie Reams wrote:
Richard Brittain wrote:Used to be a Man Utd fan, but I don't like the fact that they are the Glazier family's business now, and they have lost a lot of the qualities they had with that close-knit group of hard-working, fiercely loyal and dedicated players (Beckham, Neville, Keane, Giggs, Scholes etc). Those important qualities have been replaced by a more desperate, childish, win-at-all-costs mentality introduced by players such as Ronaldo, Evra, Nani, Tevez etc.
You know those are the same criticisms people levelled at Beckham et al at the peak of their careers?

No they weren't. No-one ever considered Beckham a bad sportsman. He's a decent guy. People just began to dislike him for his super celebrity status and constant media presence, but that wasn't his fault.

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Sat May 03, 2008 9:59 am

Richard Brittain wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:
Richard Brittain wrote:Used to be a Man Utd fan, but I don't like the fact that they are the Glazier family's business now, and they have lost a lot of the qualities they had with that close-knit group of hard-working, fiercely loyal and dedicated players (Beckham, Neville, Keane, Giggs, Scholes etc). Those important qualities have been replaced by a more desperate, childish, win-at-all-costs mentality introduced by players such as Ronaldo, Evra, Nani, Tevez etc.
You know those are the same criticisms people levelled at Beckham et al at the peak of their careers?
No they weren't. No-one ever considered Beckham a bad sportsman. He's a decent guy. People just began to dislike him for his super celebrity status and constant media presence, but that wasn't his fault.

And the red card against Argentina, and being the first ever England captain to be sent off, and the affair with one of the world's skankiest women, and...

I think this is more motivated with your grandfatherly obsession that everything now is much worse than it was back in the day.

Richard Brittain · Post by **Richard Brittain** » Sat May 03, 2008 10:43 am

No idea what you're talking about Reams. Beckham was stamped by Simeone in that match, so he flailed his leg out while on the ground, touching Simeone. Simeone admitted afterwards that he was only sent off because he and his teammates protested to the referee that he should be sent off.

Most people who know about football agree that the game at the top end has been all but ruined by diving and cheating and the obsession with money.

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Sat May 03, 2008 10:50 am

Richard Brittain wrote:No idea what you're talking about Reams. Beckham was stamped by Simeone in that match, so he flailed his leg out while on the ground, touching Simeone. Simeone admitted afterwards that he was only sent off because he and his teammates protested to the referee that he should be sent off.

Most people who know about football agree that the game at the top end has been all but ruined by diving and cheating and the obsession with money.

Heehee, I predicted correctly that you would call me "Reams", I do hope that makes you feel like a cutting satirist. Anyway congratulations on ignoring the rest of my post, including Beckham's numerous other red cards (and being the only England player ever to be sent off more than once) and other misdemeanours. The Manchester United of that time were constantly accused of strongarm tactics and "manipulating" the referees, mainly motivated by jealousy, just as it is now. If you think football in the 90s was any less obsessed with money then I guess you have a short memory.

Richard Brittain · Post by **Richard Brittain** » Sat May 03, 2008 11:02 am

Calm down, Reams. I am just giving you my opinion about that particular Manchester United squad. The obsession with money began in the Nineties, Man Utd were the biggest culprit and Cantona left the club for that reason. That doesn't change my opinion on that particular group of players.

As for your other points, he has a temper when he perceives injustice, yes, many honourable people do. He may have been sent off once or twice, but he wasn't a dirty play by any stretch of the imagination. And I don't really care who he has had an affair with, but his wife is much skankier than whoever he had an affair with.

JasonCullen · Post by **JasonCullen** » Sat May 03, 2008 11:17 am

Corby wrote: Absolutely shitting it for Sunday's game

I feel the same corby. I'm going to the bolton game vs sunderland on saturday knowing that only a win is good enough (we have Chelsea away on the last game

). By the way, I hope you stay up

JasonCullen · Post by **JasonCullen** » Sat May 03, 2008 11:25 am

18. Who were the first team to win a penalty shoot out in the FA Cup?
F. Wolverhampton Wanderers
I. Southampton
M. Preston North End
R. Rotherham United

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Sat May 03, 2008 8:06 pm

Why would I care about a bunch of 11 players completely unconnected with me? Also, those players could all end up at another team, and I wouldn't support them, even though it could be exactly the same bunch of players. What is it about a football team - the name, the ground, what?

JasonCullen · Post by **JasonCullen** » Sat May 03, 2008 8:32 pm

19. What is the most common surname in Spain?
A. Gomez
B. Fernandez
C. Garcia
D. Carlos

Richard Brittain · Post by **Richard Brittain** » Sun May 04, 2008 10:26 am

Gevin-Gavin wrote:Why would I care about a bunch of 11 players completely unconnected with me? Also, those players could all end up at another team, and I wouldn't support them, even though it could be exactly the same bunch of players. What is it about a football team - the name, the ground, what?

I see your point. I tend to support 'teams' rather than 'clubs', so I have been known to change the club I support, because if you just force yourself to support a club and stick to that club, as most people do, you could end up having to support a bunch of moronic scumbags who you have no interest in, which seems absurd to me. Traditionally, people supported their local club, and that made sense, because you were supporting your town and virtually all of the players in the team would be from the local area, so it was a sort of 'my town is better than yours' contest. However, in the Premiership now, it is very rare to have more than 1 or 2 players from the local region playing for your team, and often half the team doesn't even speak English. There are no Londoners in the Arsenal team, for example. The manager is French and detests everything about the English, so he mostly only plays French Africans who quite probably possess no understanding, knowledge or care of the club's or area's history, and are only really over here to make big money. Most or all of the problems in modern football could easily be rectified, by introducing a salary cap of say £60,000 a year. Obsession with and corruption by money is the base root of most of the problems in the game.

David Williams · Post by **David Williams** » Sun May 04, 2008 10:46 pm

Interested to know what people mean by "support". In my book it means a bit more than feeling pleased when they win. I've been to between forty and fifty Liverpool games a year for the last forty years.

David

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Sun May 04, 2008 11:14 pm

David Williams wrote:Interested to know what people mean by "support". In my book it means a bit more than feeling pleased when they win. I've been to between forty and fifty Liverpool games a year for the last forty years.

David

That sounds more like religious worship.

Jason Larsen · Post by **Jason Larsen** » Sun May 04, 2008 11:57 pm

"Support" means to go out of your way for something, just like in plain English.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Mon May 05, 2008 7:45 am

Hence why I'm more inclined to use the word 'follow' these days, though I do make a point of getting in any groups that go to Sincil Bank for any league/cup games.

Mike Brailsford · Post by **Mike Brailsford** » Tue May 06, 2008 10:04 pm

Manchester United since the late 70's. I find it irritating if people start the 'glory hunter' routine as if I have to justify it

Joseph Bolas · Post by **Joseph Bolas** » Wed May 07, 2008 8:44 pm

I must be the only one who hates UK football

. Unfortunately though people keep asking me am I red or blue, when they meet me for the first time

.

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Wed May 07, 2008 10:59 pm

Joseph Bolas wrote:I must be the only one who hates UK football . Unfortunately though people keep asking me am I red or blue, when they meet me for the first time .

I remember at school, the first question anyone would ask when meeting you for the first time would be "Who do you support?" Cunts.

Jon O'Neill · Post by **Jon O'Neill** » Wed May 07, 2008 11:11 pm

Fucking nerds.

Jason Larsen · Post by **Jason Larsen** » Thu May 08, 2008 2:56 am

Why, Jon?

Joseph Bolas · Post by **Joseph Bolas** » Thu May 08, 2008 5:57 am

Ginger Jono wrote:Fucking nerds.

Who, football fans

. I agree with that

.

Jon O'Neill · Post by **Jon O'Neill** » Thu May 08, 2008 12:05 pm

Football is cool and if you don't agree then I'm gonna flush your head in the toilet, alright?

Jason Larsen · Post by **Jason Larsen** » Thu May 08, 2008 2:35 pm

Jon, why?

Howard Somerset · Post by **Howard Somerset** » Sun May 11, 2008 12:26 am

I've supported Tottenham since I was in primary school. All the other boys supported Arsenal, and even at that age I was an awkward bugger, so decided to go with the other local team, even though they were in the second division at the time.

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Mon May 12, 2008 5:24 pm

Ginger Jono wrote:Football is cool and if you don't agree then I'm gonna flush your head in the toilet, alright?

Well you would like football with a surname like One-nil.

Joseph Bolas · Post by **Joseph Bolas** » Mon May 12, 2008 11:47 pm

Ginger Jono wrote:Football is cool and if you don't agree then I'm gonna flush your head in the toilet, alright?

I don't agree and I NEVER will

.

David O'Donnell · Post by **David O'Donnell** » Tue May 13, 2008 8:12 am

Joseph Bolas wrote:
Ginger Jono wrote:Football is cool and if you don't agree then I'm gonna flush your head in the toilet, alright?

I don't agree and I NEVER will .

I am with Jono on this one, you're in for a dousing my friend

Joseph Bolas · Post by **Joseph Bolas** » Tue May 13, 2008 1:59 pm

David O'Donnell wrote:
Joseph Bolas wrote:
Ginger Jono wrote:Football is cool and if you don't agree then I'm gonna flush your head in the toilet, alright?

I don't agree and I NEVER will .

I am with Jono on this one, you're in for a dousing my friend