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Morning boys got a bit of a question for you. A new Lad started in the office this week all of 17 very wet behind the ears annnnnnnway me and some of the others were talking football at tea break and the Lad was asked who he supported well he does not have a team and he would like to but was not sure who he should support or how he would pick a team.
As you can imagine he was being told this team that team he should support and he was lost not wanting to offend anyone by saying no he got a bit flustered so i asked him who his family supports sadly for him they are not into football in the slightest hence his problem not born into a family who support a certain club makes you wonder how would you decide.
I had a think (shut up!) and at Lunch i said to him you really do not pick a football club they pick you and before you make a decision it is not all about winning trophies because if that was the case 95% of clubs would have no fans. Nope i just said you really have to support a club you can actually go and watch play not at the other end of the country and it does not have to be a club in the premier league it can be in any league but most important is the feeling you get when you are there you will know the team for you you will know when it is the right fit and once chosen that is your team for life you cannot change know matter what.
Of course i did tell him that the only clubs he cannot support are Spuds and Millscum otherwise good luck.
So was i right? yes i am aware as a woman i am always right lol but if your family are not into sport and have nobody to influence you in your youth how would you choose?.
Right Burkieeeeeeeee break out the suntan lotion i'm off to the beach
I remember well
My first experience of Upton Park (Boleyn Ground, whatever you want to call it), a chilly October day in 1968. The walk from the tube station past the hot chestnut and monkey nut vendors up to the gates, a quick pop into Bobby Moore's sports shop across the road and then into the caravan thingy just inside that was the club shop. I bought my first claret and blue scarf with what remained of my paper round earnt money and queued up at he boys entrance to the famed North Bank. Got in, ( I think it was one shilling and sixpence) and got right down to the front just to the right of the goal. The opponents that day were Sunderland, Geoff Hurst got six and even the great Bobby Moore chipped in with a rare goal. That day the club certainly found me and Ive stayed with the club ever since through thick and thin. I think that could be true of a lot of football clubs in those days but I'll say this.
I doubt anyone would get that calling on a first visit to Stratford and the London Stadium that the Boleyn Ground and the true East End (long gone now as well) gave a wide eyed youngster on a first visit.
Blimey HG, what a wise and
Blimey HG, what a wise and caring person you are. I would not have known how to answer that question. Especially after no family connections.
It might surprise you to know, when I was 17 I wasn't wet behind the ears. More like sunk to my nuts on a Magaluf holiday. Oi Oi
Burkie is very lucky to have you...
Its where you come from,you
Its where you come from,you support the team,regardless of where they stand in league form.