https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/fans-man-u-liverpool-chelsea-19681359 Who'd have thought it! (well 2nd or 3rd but its still a result)
“Social bonding is significantly higher in fans of consistently unsuccessful clubs due to them having experienced more disappointment” That’s why then Also reckons we’re more likely to lay down our lives for each other too! I’m sure that’s the case on here. I’d certainly pay down my life for any of you...anonymously of course...and not necessarily using my own actual life...
To be fair, teams with less success will always on average have more faithful fanbases, because they don't have any plastics muddying the waters.
Ooh That reminds me I resolved the terrible lack of absinthe in the house Might get a sugar lump on the absinthe spoon
You watch them out of pure love for the club not the continual winning ( league titles, cups etc) Mind you the odd win here and there does help !!! A little bit like my golf game... 100 attempts to hit that one ****ing beauty!!!!
The article isn't about loyalty to the club it is about the supposed loyalty of a club's fan's to each other.
I like how you tied that in with my example A round!!! Brilliant!!!!see once in a Sheffield Flood and all that ....
I would still agree with the article then - we might absolutely tear into one another all the time, but we always defend the club and fanbase against opposition fans.