Can anyone help me with a genuine dilemma ? We live near peterborough and therefore can't get to many home games, the whole family has supported Sunderland for generations. My lad is 6 and gets really excited whenever we are on the box - he doesn't really get any other chance to see the boys play... All his mates at school support "top clubs" who win more than they lose - any ideas how, after a performance like today I persuade him to follow Sunderland ? Even he was wondering why we were so poor. Do I try and convince him that a lifetime of "nearly" ( that would be nice this year!) is better than being a plastic gooner/spurs/chelski (insert any other side you like really). If I do try - what good lines has anyone got! We are so poor this season!
Explain to him owts better than being a plastic. Oh and Red and White stripes are this years must have fashion item. If all else fails threaten to take his toys off him.
I'll tell you what to say mate. Tell him that there's a thing called pride that burns brighter in the heart when you support a team that isn't one of the conventional 'super teams' and that pride is magnified more than anything when you know what it feels like to go from the lowest ebb to the highest of highs. Supporters of the so called top teams know one thing only... winning..... For me, being a fan isn't about megastars, flash cars, buy out clauses or expensive shirts... it's about the fire in your belly and the smile on your face when your team wins against the odds. It's about hope not expectation and that feeling.... what if........ Not many of the sheep will experience that. Keep the faith.
Where did you pinch that from Albert totally agree mind just didn't think a barcode could be so eloquent
I've just realised he is only six. Easy one this....................... Give him a clip round the lug and tell him he'll support whoever you tell him to support. Jobs a guddun. Anybody else need child rearing tips?
I tried this with my lads but they still ended up supporting the mags I obviously didn't hit em hard enough!
It just kinda came out, guess from the heart if I'm honest. I started supporting NUFC when we were really crap under McFaul and have been on a rollercoaster ever since. At school (in Bridlington) kids used to say 'Newcastle... who are they, and I'd just say 'my team....'. Would I change all that for anything?.... nope. I'd take an overpriced Bovril and freezing my bollocks off all day long over a glass of Bollinger behind some corporate glass if it meant being part of something that has real meaning, and a resonance to the place I live.
