At what point did you become a fan of your current team?

[ShiftyPowers]

Even, I'll die for the club.

If that wasn't a huge exaggeration you really need to understand the concept of prioritizing. You'd die so people can play soccer for one particular club? That's not just a little ridiculous to you? It's just a game.

 

[Chacarita Juniors]

- 1992
Monarcas Morelia, my hometown club.

Real Madrid - 1998
América - 1994
River Plate - 1998

 

[Hopeunited]

watched my first ever soccer game when I was 8... 1996 CL final Ajax and Juve. I decided to dislike Juve because they looked like zebras, so I cheered for Ajax and supported Ajax ever since!

 

[Andrejs]

One side of my family is from Salford and at some point I lived there aswell. Fell in love with United the first time I walked pass Old Trafford...I don't know, I can't come up with some long and sophisticated story about why and since when I support them.

 

[Punkt]

since kid... in my family are all Benfica fans and i started to watch our games in the stadium since very young.

 

[Emte]

Born into it.

agree.

i'm very happy. I've been at Legia match... Legia won 5:0 !!

 

[emmer]

i can't remember how/when/why i became a corinthians fan. in the earliest football memories i have (late 80's) i'm already supporting sport club corinthians paulista!

 

[Moreira_Benfica]

well when i was born i guess i was a sporting fan because my dad was a sporitng fan but w/e then when i was about 5 i went to portugal for vacation and my uncle liked a club called belenses so then he bought me there jersey and hat so i liked them, then when i came back i was neither.. then my godfather just kept bringing me to benfica games each week and so i just started to like them

 

[Johnny_Big]

My dad is the main influence...
I actually started to be a "Sporting" fan when Balakov scored a great goal against Benfica, an amazing lob. In the next week, my dad bought me a shirt. And the love started...

 

[::shinji::]

Was 10-years old ('95-ish) when I first saw a Porto game on TV (on Eurogoals to be exact). Atm I was starting to loose my interest in the game and even planned to stop playing football. It was that game, that the azul-e-brancos won, that got me back into it. Supported them ever since...

Interesting, I always wondered how you came to support Porto..

New England Revolution: Before any of youse accuse me of not supporting my local club, I do. The love affair started when MLS was formed and New England was announced as one of the franchise sites. Unfortunately, I've never been to a match in person (even though I live 30-45 minutes away from their stadium), but I've watched their matches on TV ever since they were formed just over a decade ago.

Yeah, I've got a soft-spot for the Revs myself. Pretty much started during the time when I briefly lived in Danbury, CT. I always watched their games on TV while I was in the area and got hooked on following their progress in MLS.

Even, I'll die for the club.

wow, sounds like you're over-compensating man. I wouldn't even die for my country, nevermind a soccer team.

 

[SCP19O6]

My father is a moderate Benfica fan, but one of my older brothers is a Sporting fanatic, so it was him that influenciated me.
The exact moment I became "sportinguista" was in 1982, when we won Benfica 3-1 and basically won the league that year, with some games left.
I also vaguely remember a great game Sporting did that year in Sofia, where we draw 2-2 with CSKA; that's a game that also contributed.

 

[Daniel David]

My mothers' branch of family (the one which I'm closer to) is almost entirely made of Corinthianos. My father was born in Rio de Janeiro and is a Flamengo supporter, so he could not really have much influence...
But then there was that youngest aunt of mine, which somehow supported São Paulo (rebellious spirit, I guess?), and she brought me to the club. The funny thing is, most of my mother-branch cousins are São Paulinos too, due to the same reasons and regardless of how fanatic Corinthians supporters their parents are . With me it must have been easier, as I was converted with just 4 years old, and that was during the Bi-Mundial years .

As for other countries, I am generally neutral except for Spain (I already though Barça to be cooler and somehow more spirited than Real Madrid like 10 years ago) and France (Olimpique Lyonnais, see quote below).

I started supporting Milan cuz I used to choose them in old FIFA PS1 games when I was little

Haha, great one .

 

[Filipower]

born a porto fan, i'll die a porto fan.

antes morto que vermelho

 

[henry#14]

Kaizer Chiefs - my whole family supports them, that and I wanted to piss off everyone else in the neighbourhood

Juventus - circa 97 when I first saw them play when I went to boarding school "trials"

 

[barthez4]

I started supporting Manchester United when Glazer took over. What a guy.


No, but seriously, I think I was 5 when I saw my first United match on TV, which means that it would have been 1993. I had no idea that they were a great team, I just knew that I liked watching them play and that I didn't really get to see many other teams play. I still don't know what channel I watched those games on, but thank goodness for them. I think I realiezd that they were a great team around the time I was 7 or 8, I noticed that they always seemed to do well. As I got a little older, I watched less but still caught the odd game, and eventually started watching a lot the season before they won the treble. I watched a lot of the treble season, and after that I haven't stopped watching and supporting.

 

[PaPaGeorGeo]

I watched alot of the world cup in 98 on SBS especially enjoying watching Brazil and Holland after the world cup was over i saw there was an english premier league highlights show, i saw Arsenal with Dennis Bergkamp and Marc Overmars and they were my team, i l had little understanding of the league system, i thought it was like AFL top 8 play off in finals etc. As my i got older and watched more i started to understand more.

 

[Klobb]

always liked Germany since 98 world cup, realized my fav german players were mostly on bayern, saw a few of their CL games, fell in love.

 

[Rochester Rhino]

I became a Real Madrid Fan after the World Cup 2002 and became a big fan of Ronaldo, so when he went to Real Madrid I liked them and will always be my favorite eropean team.

My on the side team is Hull City, I became a fan of them becuase of FIFA 2004, and that was the first FIFA with career modde, and I wanted to bring a team up from League 3 at the time, and promote them to Premiership and then win the Champions League. I just picked a random team and it was Hull City, so I decided to follow the, amd became a fan, I guess I mad a good choice they ended up getting back to back promotion, but unfortunately this year they are fighting to stay out of the relegation zone in championship.

 

[Sevillista]

wow, sounds like you're over-compensating man. I wouldn't even die for my country, nevermind a soccer team.

If I had to choose, I'd die for my team sooner than my country. At least while Bush is around, that is. I got a Spanish passport so that I can move my ass to Spain in there's ever a draft.

But yeah, passion is one thing but if you're actually willing to die for your team then you are one of those hooligans that the world laughs at.

 

[AlienSeafood]

Besides, Newcastle played better football in them days. Kamikaze football. Pity Keegan wasn't much at mind games.

i dont know...i liked the other teams too...but there sumthin about man united that drew me to them...no! it was not becks n his pretty boy looks n his lovely hairstyles! his custom cleats by adidas r sweet though...