Jan 23 2008, 08:56 PM
QUOTE(Duke Red @ Jan 23 2008, 04:14 PM)
I was initially inclined to support Manchester United, why? This sounds silly but it was because I thought they had a cool name. This was before I actively started watching football. I had a friend back then who was a big Liverpool fan and I heard names like Beardsley, Barnes and Rush being thrown about all the time. I decided to watch Liverpool play, heard "You'll Never Walk Alone" echoing around Anfield and that's when I knew there was no other club for me. Like you I started watching football before we had sattelite and games were far and few in between. Even the weekly roundup was 2 weeks old! This all happened around 1987/88. I then read up about the team (and it was difficult to get material back then when there was no internet) and fell in love with it's rich history and strong traditions. What i loved most was the clubs connection with it's fans, always giving credit to it's 12th man and recognising their contributions. The players were also down to earth and would stop to sign autographs and talk to fans at each opportunity. Stories of Shankly and how he was so in touch with the fans really go to me. Not only do I love the club but I knew that this club would love me back. I will go out on a limb and say that few clubs can rival Liverpool when it comes to support and it's connection with the fans. Anfield is seldom quiet and it's no wonder that we set the record for being the loudest fans a couple of years ago, a record that has since been broken by some American Football franchise.
Schmeichel is a legend no doubt. I try to avoid using records as a gauge of a players calibre. I mean Reina has won the Golden Gloves 2 seasons in succession but no one rates him. Of the keeper that I have seen play and rate at least on par with Schmeichel are Dino Zoff, Peter Shilton, Walter Zenga, Thomas Ravelli and Oliver Kahn. I rate Sergio Goycochea, Pat Bonner and perhaps even Jim Leighton a rung below.
Funny that no one mention Gordan Banks yet...Schmeichel is a legend no doubt. I try to avoid using records as a gauge of a players calibre. I mean Reina has won the Golden Gloves 2 seasons in succession but no one rates him. Of the keeper that I have seen play and rate at least on par with Schmeichel are Dino Zoff, Peter Shilton, Walter Zenga, Thomas Ravelli and Oliver Kahn. I rate Sergio Goycochea, Pat Bonner and perhaps even Jim Leighton a rung below.
I started supporting the team last week only.
On a serious note, i have forgotten when did I started the team, one thing for sure though, is that the term Liverpool is one that got utter a lot in the family, as most of me uncles and father supports the team. I guess one day I just decided to stay upo and watch the weekly highlights and got hooked on since. Back then as mentioned by many here, there's no such thing as internet or Astro or forums. All we have to rely on are books, newspaper and what nots. We find out who the club signed after seeing it in the paper, which could be a couple of days late.
What makes me proud is that despite the lack of resources our generation is managed to learn a lot about the club / team and we certainly appreciate the advancement of technology in this regards where we can discuss, learn as well as gossip about our club 24 hours a day. Compare that to the "newer" fans who had all these when they started supporting yet choose not to do anything about it, which is why I was seething about these glory hunters.
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