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keep the faith Dazhttp://i40.tinypic.com/dm6w5e.pngQuote:
Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
Listening to Joe Mercer talk about football is one of my abiding football memories of the sixties. The man was a football poet :cool: He should have stayed England manager after his caretaker role as well instead of giving it to Don Revie :thunbdown:Quote:
Originally Posted by Danbert Nocurry
'How to support a crap football team' Anyone read this book? A couple of excerpts.
EVERYDAY LIFE. In your life away from the stadium it is likely that you will talk about football with others, the majority of these will support Premiership teams like Man Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal or Chelsea. They will support them only in the way that they look out for their results and shout 'YES' when they win or that they watch their matches on the telly. There is nothing you can do to change their opinion, you will never win over someone who is used to watching ten minutes of Premiership highlights while sprawled across a comfy sofa with a mug of cocoa it doesn't compare to 90 minutes of hopeless endeavour in freezing conditions.
AWAY DAYS. Travel to away matches is not recommended, if you can stay up late enough to watch your lot feature last on the Football League show and they happen to score you might here a small cheer from the 38 hardy souls who have braved the 600 mile round trip. If you do travel try to keep any pre match optimism under control, this can be very dangerous, just because you are making the effort doesn't mean the players are going to. It starts pissing down at 2.30 and by 6.00 when you are eating pie and chips in a greasy chip shop it Turns to snow. Fast forward to 8.30, it's half time, you are 3-0 down, cold miserable, 300 miles from home and being mocked by some local chavs who have moved into the corner and you wonder why you bothered
none of the reasons I'm "off" football are City-specificQuote:
Originally Posted by Danbert Nocurry
rather general:
all-seater vs terracing
prices
kick-off times for TV
FA Cup semis at Wembley
media over-hyping of every tiny incident
the apparently unstoppable slide towards video replays
I could go on, but I'm bored now
I'm probably just getting old - at least I'm freeing up a season ticket for a younger/keener supporter, rather than just a miserable moaning old git
Daz get yourself down to the lower leaguesQuote:
Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
@Morecambe it's
Terracing
£199 for a season ticket
Only one home match wasn't a Sat 3.00 kick off
Never lost at Wembley
Not much media coverage apart from Bay Radio and Morecambe Visitor
Plenty of miserable moaning old gits
Come and join us
Great post Alf. Even as a nipper I remember Joe Mercer's treatment and it was painful as a fan to see the way he was forced out by Swales.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alf
It's never been easy being a Blue and that's why most of us love it - it's character building. Not for us the easy option of supporting the rags and being guaranteed trophy after trophy. Anyone could do that.
So apart from that 26 year gap.. yours was 40 years.. City will get there own fair share of glory supporters taking the easy option now...Quote:
Originally Posted by Danbert Nocurry
Rings so very true, but as you will know, thats what makes it so great to be a supporter of a small club in the lower leagues :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard Head
hughes? you must be having a laugh there likeQuote:
Originally Posted by IainR
Why?Quote:
Originally Posted by TheReverand
QPR was a disaster but he went into a bad situation.
I actually think his Wales success is overplayed but his club successes have been good. Wales fell apart at the end under him but apart from a few key periods I think he's done well.
Look at Bruce.. he's been championed as the next big manager.. then he's rubbish and too simplistic outdated.. now he's back great again..