Glory Hunting

[PaulMacC]

i doubt you have been to one arsenl match let alone 30. who takes you to arsenal games? your dad who supports villa?

My uncle, who's 21 and also supports Arsenal.

[Flamedragon3]

I've been a Manchester City fan since I was born. My dad made me a junior blue on the day I was born, so I would be an official Manchester City fan and get some kiddy Manchester City magazines with some news/games/events for Manchester City. They stopped the junior blue's when Maine Road was demolished.

I live in the West Midlands, so it takes me 2 hours - 2 hours 30 minutes every day to get to a game. I've been going for the last seven years and got a season ticket in 2004 when we moved to the City Of Manchester Stadium. I remember a Manchester United Glory Hunter. He supported Manchester United, and had never seen a game of any football lol. He said to me the day before our rival match (I went) and said, "Manchester United are going to kick your butts and your going to lose like 5-0". I went to the game and we won 3-1. He didn't go to school on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday... lol.

[Alan_Carr]

you stopped supporting man united because of glory fans? :S

Yeah

He stopped because he found out there were millions of people like you following 'em.

Couldn't agree more man, +rep

[Invent]

My family have been supporting Liverpool for years. I live in Cheshire - which is in the North West so I live like 30mins-1hr in a car away from Liverpool, so I think I'm not a glory hunter and if anyone called me one I'd be annoyed.

[Flamedragon3]

you actually think he goes to 182 in 5 years? thats 36 games a season :rolleyes:

I've been to around 150 games in the last 5 years?

95 League games.

15-25 Cup Games

20-30 Away Games

So thats about 130-150 league games... and I don't go to that many away games, so he could have gone to 182 games in the last 5 years (Cup games includes UEFA)

[Mortalized]

Please not this you have to live within XX miles of Old trafford to be a supporter discussion again

[UnitedRoad]

I support Northampton Town because im from there.
I also support Manchester United in a way, i was a big fan WAY BACK in the years when they werent as popular as they are these days.
But i got fed up, there were too many glory boys coming into the equation.
Then at the Manchester Derby at Eastlands ( City's ground ), when City won, i celebrated, as it felt good in a way, because it would have shut up the glory boys.
Now im starting to like Man City, as its a team which has came out of nowhere, and is starting to achieve great things which the club is owed.

I've been a Northampton Town supporter since i was 9, and have had a Season Ticket for about 3 Years now, and go to most Away games aswell. And i LOVE it, i'd rather watch my team, instead of watching the "BIG BOYS".

I admire all Loyal Supporters.

you admire all loyal supporters? how can you say that when you supported united and stopped supporting them? its ******* ******** mate.

He stopped because he found out there were millions of people like you following 'em.

i was probably born before this kid and started supporting them before him. he probably was a glory supporter and was ashamed of it so he supported a local side because his mates were ripping him irl.

[Minstrels]

you actually think he goes to 182 in 5 years? thats 36 games a season :rolleyes:

The only games I don't go to are in London, and I've been to two in London this season (West Ham first game 'cos I wanted to see what we'd be like under Sven and the Arsenal one 'cos we were doing so well). So yeah, I have been.
183 against Everton.

[Ashley 12344]

Technically it is glory supporting. Thats what I've always called it.

[Pillsbury]

Id say glory supporting is supporting a club because they win when you dont really have any connection to the club whatsoever.

I support liverpool, I was born there, grew up there, and the whole side of my dads family has lived there as far back as I know. When I first got into football, I supported Blackburn because they won the league that year, and then the next year when they dropped down again, I started supporting Liverpool because they were a proper team I could relate to.