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So guys which British Football team should I follow?

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Aurjay:

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LOL i hate you but LOL

Not fair being a Yank that loves "Socher" I do get a chance to explain the benefits of real Football to my American Football friends, even converted a few. Best thing ever is talking them into going drinking with me at 5am(S.Korea WC). Oh and MLS is a joke please take back your washed up Brits. 

idonthaveorgans:

--- Quote from: Aurjay on 22 Dec 2008, 19:47 ---
--- Quote from: idonthaveorgans on 22 Dec 2008, 18:15 ---Tottenaham, even if we have the magic ability to lose matches in the last 5 minutes despite being up 10 nil. though that trend seems to of reversed somewhat recently.

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I loved the joke: What's the difference between Tottenham and a triangle? A triangle has 3 points...

That or a kid who's parents beat him was allowed to choose who he wanted as his guardian. The kid chose Tottenham because he knew they never beat anyone.

Ok sorry i know you didn't deserve that but man I freakin hate Tottenham. How dare you score 2 fucking goals in 2 minutes to tie Arsenal 4-4...Seriously WTF!!

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i liked those jokes to.

ahhh sorry dude, but they should of sent out the arsenal ladies like fabregas(was it him?) suggested before the match.

MarkTBSc:
I'm a Brit but rather unfond of Football myself. I find the whole thing to be a colossal waste of time and energy. Having said that however, you might want to steer clear of any team that has a strongly millitant following. After all, you don't want to answer a question wrong one dark night and find yourself being knifed in an alley by a ManU supporter on his hollidays.

Histon sounds like a nice choice. If I had to pick someone for myself it'd be Cambridge United, but only because I'm a Cambridge lad.

Meh. Pick a Rugby team instead. More violence.

Ladybug:
Also, by the way, sticking to a team with a solid economy etc can make being a supporter a whole lot easier. You'll still get the ups and downs (at least to a certain degree), but you won't have to deal with a new economic crisis every goddamn year, and the sudden "Oh my God, we have to sell our best player who has just signed a 5 year contract!"-stuff. That takes a lot away from the whole thing.

(Yes, I'm sick and tired of my hometown's team's financial problems.)

Leonidas:
Never mind football. Become a rugby fan instead.

I'm a Glasgow Warriors fan in the Celtic League (teams from Scotland, Ireland, and Wales), but I've also got a soft spot for Bath from the English Premiership. The best thing about rugby though are the international games. Something that's not really a viable option in most Northern American sports on a regular basis, though with rugby it's the main event. There's the 6 nations tournament (Northern Hemisphere) and the Tri Nations (Southern Hemisphere), and the world cup every 4 years. The British and Irish Lions tours every other four years in between, and the constant "friendly" games played between everyone.

Plus rugby has a much more friendly atmosphere around it. There is a great belief in the rules and code of conduct in the game, and the referees and officials recieve much more respect. The fans themselves view the sport differently. With football in Europe/South America there is often such bad feeling between differing fans of opposite teams. Living in Glasgow, Scotland, I unfortunately see this al too often as there are two teams called Rangers and Celtic, of which the fans generally hate each other. What's even more pathetic is that the hate is based upon religious bigotory as the fans of either team are historically either Protestant or Catholic respectivelly. The fans are segregated and don't mingle, there is always problems with violence and drunkeness, and it's nothing more than a past-time with which to distract the great unwashed of the city.

I've never seen any similar problems at rugby. I can happily go to a Scotland v England game in either country and the fans are mixed together, before, during, and after the game without incident. Everyone can enjoy the game as the sport and entertainment it is. A Scotland or England fan sitting in amongst the opposition supporters at a football game would have to do so in fear of their life!

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