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milkyboy said:
I fall in and out of love with football - it’s a barometer of how interesting my life is. If I’m into football I must have nothing else going on! But despite that, I’ve Always felt the pain of a defeat and the high of a win.

it’s a strange phenomen to explain to people who don’t get it . I lived in Leeds for the first 10 years of my life and the die was cast. They didn’t have many local
Lads playing for them then… now the side is 50% European. The players will stay 2-3 years typically. The managers the same. The owners not much longer. Who what or why are we supporting? Truth is none of the playing staff or owners or results even matter. It’s all transient. What matters is a sense of belonging A common bond. Happy together, sad together. Moaning together. Whether in the ground, in a bar in a foreign country or online. We are Leeds.
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I have pondered on that. If the team changed the manager, all or most of the players, changed the strip, moved grounds, renamed the ground and maybe even renamed the club itself, is it still the same team? Why would a fan continue to follow it?
 
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Brizzlewhite said:
I have pondered on that. If the team changed the manager, all or most of the players, changed the strip, moved grounds, renamed the ground and maybe even renamed the club itself, is it still the same team? Why would a fan continue to follow it?
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You’re describing MK Dons, a lot didn’t follow it and helped set up AFC Wimbledon.
 
Cardiff changed shirt colour and got slated and think the previous Hull owner tried it too to mass action from fans
 
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