Your Team - Why Do You Support Them?
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I was actually highlighting that it's not a particularly great city but I don't give a ****, it's home.
And yet if you were a pure-blood Mackem you'd still hate football.
Anyway, and first of all, it's not the only place with a theatre, a river and a swimming pool. Second, it's a pretty unspectacular stadium. Sorry son!
Are you serious?
- Brought up Catholic in protestant dominated Scotland at the height of the troubles.
Why didn't you say "the height of the cold war" rather then the Troubles.
- Primary school one of the 1st in UK to have perspex glass due to the continual brick bombardment even during classes
Must have been a nightmare having perspex glass. Whereas the schools over here had 20 foot perimeter fences, caged windows and children fearing the threat of bomb blasts than a smashed window.
- Extended family all followed Hibs but I thought them a bunch of integrating wimps
- Joined the exodus outta the east with my older brother and into the cauldron of Provo paradise
Provo paradise.
And yet if you were a pure-blood Mackem you'd still hate football.
Anyway, and first of all, it's not the only place with a theatre, a river and a swimming pool. Second, it's a pretty unspectacular stadium. Sorry son!
I think I still would have enjoyed the World Cup immensely tbh, that was the first time in my life I'd been thrust into watching football, and I loved it.
You never answered me Yonner
I misread it, and thought if I didn't reply you might go away and I wouldn't have to admit to my stupidity at misreading it. Cheers, you ****
Fair dos.
*Should that be do's or dos. Any linguists want to help me out with that one?
'Dos' because it's not a possessive or an elision. Think the OED says you can spell it with the apostrophe though, if you like dictionaries and that.
If you're worried about being grammatically correct, 'Dos' isn't technically a word!
To be honest, I have lived all Europe and have now settled in Yorkshire. I was born in Scotland and developed an interest in football while living in France. Ironically my team of choice was Newcastle and it was because it was the first kit I saw..... Been bitten by the bug since 1993 lol!
My dads cousin is Paul Stephenson, ex Toon player so I didn't follow him (my dad) to the dark side and follow Safc.... Instead I've been black and White since I was a wee bairn...
Thank you, sir.
A bit of googling has revealed it originates from the expression, fair dues.
Fascinating.