Cant say i "support" two clubs but certain clubs i always look out for. Always had a soft spot for Man City. Always look out for Hamilton "Accys" result, the old man always used to love the name and i carry it on. Went to the Nou camp on a trip when i was on holiday 30 years ago, ****ing amazing. Cambridge United cos i worked down there quite a bit, hoping they get back in the league. http://www.theguardian.com/football...b/21/advantages-supporting-two-football-clubs From the semi-scholarly ruminations of journal articles to the caps-locked rage of online message boards, the nature of the "proper" football supporter is regularly debated. An indisputably important feature of this proper supporter's make-up â ranking in importance alongside the ownership of matching his 'n' hers training jackets â is loyalty to one club. Reinforced by patronising adverts paid for by corporate sponsors, this one-eyed devotion to a single cause â beyond good sense and, sometimes, beyond even basic standards of decency â has acquired such weight as a measure of superior fandom that any deviation from its course represents something sinister. The true supporter would sooner give up his or her interest in football, and possibly life altogether, than follow another team. As a consequence of this position, the fan who switches allegiance in the pursuit of something more satisfying lacks credibility. In football, the exercising of choice is fundamentally suspect; taking what you are given, however bad, and sticking with it through thin and thinner is crucial to the true fan's identity. In this area of moral absolutes, the second team is a pleasingly raffish and ambiguous idea, enabling fans to experience the thrill of novelty while avoiding accusations of dilettantism. Properly selected, the second team can be both a source of variety and a form of compensation for the failings of the club to which you have indefinitely, and possibly regrettably, shackled yourself. If your given team consists of lower-league journeymen, high on commitment and Bovril but low on technical quality, the sensible second-team choice is a high-flying Premier League outfit fizzing with slipper-shod creatives, all of whom are plunged into existential despair at the mere thought of pumping the ball down the channels for the forward to chase. The second team is also an imaginative exercise, allowing us to try on new, and probably less dysfunctional, football identities. For example, the quotidian experience of supporting one of the less celebrated top-flight English clubs â ones of the type habitually managed by Mark Hughes â can be leavened with the imported glamour of a foreign second choice. However briefly, we are invited to try out a new personality; how would our lives be different, and what sort of person could we be, if circumstances had determined that the object of our support would take the form of the touch and impudence of Lionel Messi, rather than the hard-working, cloth-capped sincerity of Jonathan Walters? In recent years, I have found solace from the daily grind of supporting Coventry City through an interest in Roma. Both clubs have a record of instability and uncertainty, but players such as Francesco Totti and Daniele de Rossi are capable of making this bearable in a way that journeyman centre-back Andy Webster can't. There are also worthy and practical reasons for following a second team that even the most dedicated one-club supporter should be able to understand. Often, a second team is necessitated by convenience; it can be a source of regular football for those geographically estranged from the primary focus of their support. In the era of escalating ticket prices in the top divisions, casually following a team from the non-league can provide an affordable form of live football. Indeed, even a European second team may prove a more economical way of watching a game than attending top-division matches in the UK. We are constantly reminded that the cost of tickets and transport to a Bundesliga contest amounts to less than the price of a packet of Frazzles. Generally, the second team is the preserve of the lower-league supporter, casting around for some association with glory and searching for a more meaningful engagement with the suffocating spectacle of the Premier League. It is hard to imagine a Manchester United fan eagerly scouring the web for news of Alfreton Town's result, mainly because there is insufficient coverage of the Conference Premier to make taking an interest worthwhile. Without the lure of a personal connection â geographical or familial â the big-club supporter has little need of the respite provided by a second team. The experience of casually following another club will never match the emotions provoked by serious and monogamous support. But sometimes it's nice to appreciate a game on its own merit, free of the lengthy pre-existing narrative of optimism, disappointment and financial exploitation you share with your team. A second club can provide a less complicated form of enjoyment, without demanding huge chunks of your time or emotional energy. You can follow the results, or watch the high- lights, and the pressures of being a "proper" supporter are temporarily relieved. There is no need to dwell too deeply on failures and no obligation to buy a training jacket.
I only 'support' one club, but I do 'like' a lot of other clubs, I always look out for a few teams' fixtures every weekend.
Nah, one man, one club. Look out for other results but that's more down to who my mates support & whether I'll have the opportunity to take this piss.
You can only have one club. I do watch SJ as well but I dont really care if they win or not. I am sure most of us here in the US also watch an MLS club.
I don't mind Liverpool, probably because a few mates support them, but love them? **** off with that ****.
Always keep an eye out for Carlisle results these days, been to one game of their's, but i'm not a fan and i don't support them just watch out for their results don't see any harm in that.
Surely supporting a team actually means going to see them play sometimes ? Rather than looking for their result on a saturday or whatever
That pretty much sums me up too. How did you manage to upset him? He's got a creepy obsession with me for some reason. He'll be loving all this attention too.
Macca is right in his interpretation. You can only support one team (the one engraved on your heart) but I too follow the fortunes of a few of clubs. Rochdale, Cowdenbeath and Ayr. The first 2 since childhood and as for Ayr, she was called Eilidh, she wore their team strip very well.
We get kids in the shop who wear Barca tops one day, Man Utd the next and Spain on another. The few City shirts I see are from kids who've been brought up as City fans. I know they're kids, but supporting a side has to start from somewhere. I don't think you can support two teams, because it's sport. If they play each other, you must want someone to win in a contest between the teams you "support". You don't turn up to a match and vehemently want a draw. I really don't like when English people wear other nation's shirts in public.
Like others have echoed, I only support one team, Hull City, but I do follow the fortunes of Chelsea as a few of my relatives support them.
Your main club will always be your most passionate and no other club would live up to that, however, like many genuine fans I have a soft spot for other clubs as well, (except when they play us). In this case I have been following Man C since the days of Bell, Lee, Sumerbie etc, (I even had the privilege of seeing a Manchester derby at Main Road when City won 2-1) and West Ham since the likes of Clyde Best was on the team. Other than that I'm neutral on most teams but there are ones I draw the line at liking United, Arsenal, Liverpool are not for me, worst of all however, are public enemy no 1 the Blades.
I do usually look out for PSG, mainly due to Ibrahimovic more than anything else. Ajax is another i've always looked out for, love the philosophy of that club and most of my fave players played for them at some point. Most of the other teams I look out for are nowhere near as high quality as them though. I noticed Carlisle was mentioned by someone, I look out for them as well. One of my mates' cousins plays for them. James Berrett he's called (the player, not my mate).
Arsenal definitely my second team as I lived for nearly 20 years within a crowds roar of the old Highbury. Used to go sometimes in the days when you could ring up the box office and see if they had a spare ticket for the afternoons match, but have never been to the new stadium and not particularly bothered. A bad weekend is when City lose - a really bad weekend is when they both lose. But when they play each other - its City all the way.
