I don't do anything crazy but everyone that knows me knows how important Liverpool is to me. I'll skip weddings and family dinners, even if it's a close relative's birthday but they're used to it by now. Even if they don't like it, they'll have to accept it. It takes a lot to keep me from watching a game.

Yeah skipping these occasions doesn't exactly make me too popular. Just a couple of weeks ago, I skipped my aunts birthday because Liverpool were playing Spurs. Tex ted my aunt and she said she understood.

Anyway, if I have pledge it's that I'll stand by my team not just in good times but especially in bad times and they'll never walk alone. Irks me that when I first got inked, I kept having people asked me what would happen if I changed clubs. What? I didn't think of that before? I got inked to solidify my allegiance. A picture paints a thousand words.

Perhaps but it's the way I am. Non-football fans often wonder why football fans get so emotional during games and why we go to great lengths to support out clubs. The reason they can't understand us is because there is often no logic to it. Why have people killed themselves over a football game? Why do people spend their life savings to follow their team around Europe with no financial gain? It's all wrong but sometimes you do it anyway when there is a strong enough reason.

If you've read my posts, I think you'll note that what people think of me doesn't really bother me. We all have our 'flaws' and this is mine.

This post has been edited by Duke Red: Oct 2 2011, 03:45 PM

I know a couple from Singapore who got married on the night if a Man Utd vs. Liverpool game a few years back. Thankfully both were Liverpool fans and rushed to a bar after the wedding to catch the match.

I'm not going to lie and say I'll make sacrifices for every game. If it's a big game on the other hand like the upcoming blockbuster on Oct 15th, I'd skip anything. Yes, I'd even get out of work if I had an event on that night. I'd get a colleague to stand in for me. The good thing is everyone knows how important the club is to me so usually, they'd make an exception.

It isn't he same watching it live is it? If I have to miss a game, I'm on the internet and update myself via livescores. Not as thrilling watching a movie when you already know the ending.