We didn't have social media to enable herd-thinking and give the vociferous a loud voice. Thankfully.
I was about seven, so I didn't care about anything apart from running around and kicking a ball! (I so vividly remember going to 'the great escape' game though. Unbelievable scenes!)
Not at all!! I am like every other football supporter where the teams that I have listed, we like to see stuffed out of sight. I have exempted City as unlike the four that I have named do not have hordes glory hunters here in the South.
2.15pm Southampton v Swansea City Referee: Mike Jones Assistants: R West, M Scholes Fourth official: G Scott
I'm working in Liverpool at the moment, and I hear the the guys in the office (almost all who support Everton from what I can gather) discuss football all the time. They to a man have Saints to go down. Saints and Sunderland are in everyone's three who are going down. Heard a few saying Stoke too, which would see the end of the red and white stripes' continuous tenure in the Premier League. I haven't engaged yet, as have only just started up there, but interesting to hear how others view Saints. I was shocked - thought they'd be able to see we're a well-run club with intelligent people in charge, as well as decent players, and a CB, LB and GK who are all amongst the best in the league.
They probably had us to go down the last couple of years aswell. I am the only Saints supporter apart from my Dad that I know and have had to listen to piss taking about how **** we are, how we are doomed and how irrelevant we are for most of my life so you kind of get used to it. Coincidentally my Everton supporting flatmate yesterday asked me dead seriously if I would take 17th right now as there is no chance our luck can continue when we constantly sell our best players and the owner takes all the money out of the club.
Please make sure you point out that we finished above both of them last year, won't you. Scousers are all very keen on talking about the past.
Don't forget to ask how they think their European campaign will go, such big teams would hate to miss out on such a thing to little clubs like us.....
Apologies if posted but just seen that Everton donated 200k to a young Sunderland fan with cancer to go towards his treatment in the US. Fair play http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/everton-donate-200k-five-year-8822221 Really feel Sunderland should have donated though...
I was with a Liverpool Fan yesterday when the radio trailed Liverpool v Chelsea as the Friday night game. I commented that I didn't realise that European games were played on a Friday. He very enthusiastically pointed out it was a Premier League game... I gave him a smug grin and pointed out we are playing Sparta Prague this week
Shots taken in the Premier League this season on a club-by-club basis. The darker the colour, the more shots from that area of the pitch. please log in to view this image
Listening to Radio 5 Live's coverage of Chelsea v Liverpool. John Murray is conveying a brilliant image of the game. What also helps formulate a good picture in my mind is obviously the pace of the commentary, tone, pitch, crowd noise.
That will be mighty difficult. Let's just hope Saints can beat Chelsea, Liverpool and Spurs when they come to the Santa Maria Estadio.
Here's a quiz question. Don't look it up. Diego Costa has played 226 games. How many times has he been sent off? 0 3 5 7 Or 9 ??
