i was posting my thought on "a real fan" topic this morning and stated that for national football team, i supported Malaysia. and then clayclws asked me how do i get to like them (Malaysia national team). and it's occurred to me that we can use a topic where we can share a story of how we start to support our team, what make you decide that the club will be part of your life. personally i don't think it's matter how you get to support your team, be it by choosing the winning team at that moment of time, loving the underdog club or even it run in the family as long as you stick by your team. but still, it's good to know each other story

so come2 share the story on how you start to support you club. or clubs for people who have more than 1 favourite team

This post has been edited by toshio14: Jan 23 2008, 12:42 PM

Do you need to open such thread when there's already similar thread exist?

which topic was that? is it "a real fan" topic?

i thought that topic was for discussion on how you define a real fan, not on the story of how you become one

if the mod think this thread is a redundant thread, i have no problem with the mod closing this thread

This post has been edited by toshio14: Jan 22 2008, 09:44 PM

i started to support my local and foreign club since 16 years ago.... the day i know football and play it.... i mean early 1990's

This post has been edited by nizamhameed: Jan 22 2008, 10:23 PM

starting to know about football when in secondary school..
played my first football game "fifa98"
start watching football matches after that (EPL)!!!

started supporting my club since i was 10 yrs old... i supported that particular club bcoz i like the style they play, the managers style of coaching and the whole team image as an overall... i dun support the team bcoz they always wins or becoz they are always the champion dat's y i'm still a loyal suppoter till today... no offence k

I started support my Liverpool FC were back 22 years ago. Mid 1980's. During that time, there was no so called Live football every weekend in your TV. TV only showed a big name team playing once a while. I felt in love with them not because they are the winning side. Actually I dunno they are champion during that time. I start love when I see a book, during that time if you buy ovaltine (if I can remember) they will include also players card that can be stick to the book obtain from ovaltine. It also have fact about that player. That time I like Daglish then I support Liverpool. Nowadays no more sticky players card that have to stick to correct place and have players fact. That's the way old time know the fact about players. During that time where got internet, google, wikipedia and only football EPL magazine was 'SHOOT' and my friend still have in his hand during 70's and 80's shoot magazine.

yeah still remembered they only show few matches involving big teams.... normally FA cup...

started supporting newcastle since i was 8 years old..liked them last time because of the black and white colour stripe..

I think this is a good thread, where we can discuss more intellectually compared to the many polling typed threads on who is better (cantona or zola, ronaldo or robben) or do u want to become a club or national manager.. which I believe is going nowhere at all.

Anyway.. here's my story...

I used to watch a lot english football... basically thanks to Dunhill... and since i was born in 1980, my early exposure to english football was during the season where United merely lost to Leeds in 1992. I was in standard 6... Basically I was rooting for them and reason why is because of my hero, Peter Schmeichel. He signed for United in 1991-1992 season where United were not successful yet!

What an amazing goallie he was. He was 6 foot 4 inches or 193 cm and he was huge... wore XXXL and sometimes XXXXL sized goalkeeper kits... and he had hands that are as wide as shovels. He was massive with a big figure and yet he could still do those acrobatic saves.. I'm still not impressed with his son Kasper because he hasn't got the same big frame like his dad and he has big boots (and goallie shirt) to fill in.

United lost to leeds.. So nevermind.... then the next season Eric the King arrived and lightened up the place at Old Trafford with his charisma and character on and off the pitch. He loves poetry, very artistic loving person and he loves to play with beauty and grace (football is an art to him)... After retirement, he went into acting and latest news I heard is that he is recording a song and album. What a character.. with his chest puffed, collars turned up.. no one beats his charisma and character... Skill wise.. well... of course he is damn talented.. but what a character..

Then we won and won and won... and we had our ups and downs. Sometimes I do appreciate the downtimes we have (not winning the league on some seasons), especially the worst felt was when we lost to Blackburn in the EPL race and Everton in the FA Cup final during season 1994-1995. Losing Eric thanks to his suspension was one of the reasons to it... But that was the most bitter defeat I ever tasted as a fan. But I do sometimes appreciate it because this is where we can see who are genuine fans or just merely glory hunters. I see a trend here where there are some fans who claim to support club A, then suddenly say they support club B and recently opened up a new thread cheering another club who were temporarily on top of the league this season.. Typical fan.. ask him about the history of the latest club he roots for and I would think he would know nothing much.

Later once I began to fall in love with my club, I learned about the Munich tragedy.. which makes me root them even more. The amazing feat done by Sir Matt.. almost being killed himself and winning back the European Cup after 10 years from the accident.. impresses me a lot. The spirit of 68 lives on today. Emphasis on youth talent.... the youth system... producing home grown talents... the Fergie's class of 92... latest crop.. all this makes me love my club more..

Every one has their own reason on how they started supporting their club. I'd bet majority is because of them being successful... just imagine that most of the fans in Malaysia are the fans of the top 4 clubs in EPL just shows it... But honestly, I didn't support my club because of that initially. It is more to being caused by certain players (in my case, Peter and Eric).

That is why, my nickname is schmeichel7. Schmeichel + 7.

This post has been edited by schmeichel7: Jan 23 2008, 12:33 AM

actually i only watching la liga b4 04/05 season , i support valencia
start supporting liverpool when RAFA take over liverpool

This post has been edited by zamarano: Jan 23 2008, 12:36 AM

Dunhill was main Sponsor that time.... so that time no Astro, but sum of the matches can be watched in TV3, TV1 or TV2...
after Goverment change their policy not much foreign football can be watched... coz no sponsor..
still remember that time we built own team based on which team we supported...
especially during PJ subject we play football and divide the team based on supported team...

I support Selangor because I'm from Subang, and the atmosphere at the stadiums are amazing, esp during the cup finals :-)

i started to support man utd during the fa cup final in 1994 i think, where they lost to everton in the final, because my sister was supporting man utd haha. I simply follow her and eventhough man utd lost, i dont care coz i dont really know much bout EPL that time, only know malaysian league.

Since then man utd have always been the no1 team i support. No regrets at all

I support Chelsea since 2000. Zola's days was the one attracts me. And everytime when they play, full of confidence, but was considered as a top10 team that time. So whenever I watch the game, I'll be very nervous..

started to love watching football and having a team to support when my father always bring me along to watching kedah game at stadium...that day keday so awesome... around 1990 like that...started became supporter to arsenal when i was in form 1.i love my team so much,,,

first supported germany, when i saw Klinsmann and Bierhoff played. hailed Klinsmann as my football hero from then on.

then, i think about late 90s and early 2000's, when my family got astro, i saw Dennis Bergkamp played. from then on, i supported Arsenal.

Supported Southampton because I watched one of their matches where they played pretty nice...and also because of the red and white stripes XD

I thought that time they wanted to ban ciggie adverts, thats y Dunhil dun wan sponsor for matches for our RTM

not dunhill dun wan sponsor, gov dun let them sponsor.

Whoa...it's clayclws man I'm not sure if this thread will go very far without discussion as this is more of a sharing instead of a discussion thread. Hopefully it'll grow.

I myself started off with the influence from my Dad. He loves Man Utd since he started to kick around the field in a relatively small village called Binatang in Sarawak, very near to Sarikei (it has changed its name to Bintangor now). Me and my brothers were influenced by his love for Man Utd (and almost everything else such as music, movies, etc...well him and Mom, but Mom don't watch football). He loved England, but me and my Elder bro don't. I preferred Brazil while my elder bro, Germany...due to the game console.

So, we started liking Man Utd when we were very young...I was not even in primary school yet that time. Of course, I wasn't a real fan back then. Too young to be bothered. Was busy studying That was before 1990.



I'm with you mate. Cantona tops the list of my favourite Man Utd player (Pele is best though ), and that gigantic Schmeichel, best goalie that football has ever seen. The Pele of the goal post.