Whenever I was old enough to watch Big League Soccer with me
Dad...
Ooohhhh...
english football clubs!!!
Tottenham, since, sh*t, 1983 I think...
Been a Villa fan since about 1969/1970 when I was around 5 or 6
years old. I've also indoctrinated all three of my kids and
they're mad Villa fans as well now. (Sadly the wife's a Man
Utd. fan, but there's no accounting for taste is there?)
At least I've seen some success in my time as a Villa fan, although the past few years under Doug Ellis have been somewhat lacking in the success stakes. However, with the new owner Randy Lerner, more money and Martin O'Neill in charge, I am very optimistic that we can have more success in the coming years. I think we're still some way off challenging for the Premiership and Champions League, but I believe that top six and UEFA Cup (maybe even Champs League) qualification will be possible in the next three years.
At least I've seen some success in my time as a Villa fan, although the past few years under Doug Ellis have been somewhat lacking in the success stakes. However, with the new owner Randy Lerner, more money and Martin O'Neill in charge, I am very optimistic that we can have more success in the coming years. I think we're still some way off challenging for the Premiership and Champions League, but I believe that top six and UEFA Cup (maybe even Champs League) qualification will be possible in the next three years.
VILLA VILLA VILLA VILLA!
Glad to see a Villian here, cant wait till we play the Brum
scum if they get promoted 
!
!Cant wait till we play European football again and also win an
FA cup or a Carling Cup!
COME ON VILLA!!!
Having said that, as I stated in my previous post, I am very optimistic for the future. We have the right manager and the right owner now. Everything is set for us to move things onwards and upwards. Like you, I'm REALLY looking forward to some silverware - it's been a LONG time (11 years) since the last trophy (I've blanked out the F.A. Cup loss in 2000!) We should set our sights higher than just beating and finishing above the Bluenoses - let them worry about us instead!
BTW - have you seen the new badge/crest? What do you think? I think it's a bit of a missed opportunity, but I don't hate it as much as some of the posters on the heroesandvillains.info forum. Let's see what it looks like on the new Nike shirt next season...
Spurs fan primarily. Inherited this pain from my Father, who grew
up in London. Made the pilgrimage to the lane a few years back only
to watch us go down 4-0 to Chelsea (pre Abramovic days too).
Other team I support is VfB Stuttgart. Saw them play
at Gottlieb Daimler Stadion in 1996. Best ever sporting event I've
been to. Will never forget it.
I loojk for Macclesfield's results for two reasons;
1) Ince is in charge there and I've alwys loved his
whole-heareted approach to the game.
2) Ian Curtis is buried there (I went there just to see his
gravestone).
... but I actually support Leyton Orient (which will give my
identity away to a few folk here, I'm sure).
Yeah - nice to see another Villa fan on here. I hope there
will be a few more that come out of the woodwork! I always
get nervous when we play the Bluenoses - the feeling of elation is
fantastic when we win, but it's the lowest feeling in the world
when we lose. Added to that, I've a couple of Bluenose mates
- one here in Wellington and the other in Brisbane and boy, will
they give me sh*t if they even manage a draw against us next
season!
Having said that, as I stated in my previous post, I am very optimistic for the future. We have the right manager and the right owner now. Everything is set for us to move things onwards and upwards. Like you, I'm REALLY looking forward to some silverware - it's been a LONG time (11 years) since the last trophy (I've blanked out the F.A. Cup loss in 2000!) We should set our sights higher than just beating and finishing above the Bluenoses - let them worry about us instead!
BTW - have you seen the new badge/crest? What do you think? I think it's a bit of a missed opportunity, but I don't hate it as much as some of the posters on the heroesandvillains.info forum. Let's see what it looks like on the new Nike shirt next season...
Having said that, as I stated in my previous post, I am very optimistic for the future. We have the right manager and the right owner now. Everything is set for us to move things onwards and upwards. Like you, I'm REALLY looking forward to some silverware - it's been a LONG time (11 years) since the last trophy (I've blanked out the F.A. Cup loss in 2000!) We should set our sights higher than just beating and finishing above the Bluenoses - let them worry about us instead!
BTW - have you seen the new badge/crest? What do you think? I think it's a bit of a missed opportunity, but I don't hate it as much as some of the posters on the heroesandvillains.info forum. Let's see what it looks like on the new Nike shirt next season...
Yeah i really do think we need to lift our game but i have a
feeling that we aer having a clean out of players in the next
season and also they're thinking of making the stadium bigger so
that should be good to have more voices behind the boys.
We do need to win some silverwear and i dont care if its UEFA
cup or champions league to the Carling cup to a Midlands cup,
we just need one to get the ball rolling and more interest in our
team. I think we need to be in the top 8 of the EPL
ladder next season to have a good future at the least.
Yeah i dont mind the new badge tooooo much, they could have
made a better one but its too late now, i still rather the shield
one with the stripes and the lion in the middle. I'm very
excited to see how our top made by nike looks, so im saving up my
pennies to get one.
QPR because of the cup final loss to Spurs i felt they were robbed and every other bastard at school supported Liverpool or Man utd (1980's)
teamozanne2007-05-29 08:18:48
Forever a Hammer - Di canio remains a legend forever!!!
Gooners since about 1998 (15/16ish). Was never really into football
until that World Cup and with my French ancestry, supporting
Arsenal came naturally.
Supported Millwall longer than I care to remember, choose them over
Charlton my other local club, because they were always under
acheiving.
Been to Wembley with the Lions & we still hold
the record for the most fans of one club at Wembley.
An FA cup final in 2004 @ Cardiff
Folowed them into & out off Europe.
We are what we are no pretence.
Shrewsbury town is the club for me. been supporting them since i
seriously started to follow english football
Liverpool Liverpool what a team, only going to be better.
Sure I'll cop some here but...Chelsea....since 1993.
ehhhhhhhh aston villa
Sunderland. Born and raised there. Haven't seen them
lose on any of the 4 occasions I've been back since 1999.
Millwall born and bred. - We are Millwall, super Millwall, we are
Millwall from the Den. Come on you Lions. Man, do I miss the
aggro.
Can i just butt in there for a mo just to say"great response to
this forum keep it up "see you all august !!!
The mighty Accrington Stanley, cause they are the club
that wouldn't die..
BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBIRDS!!!!!!!
Now where that Jack gone and that lily livered Port Vale
supporter,taxi to the ground indeed.I could understand if he was
going to the Brittania.
If and
when you play the vale you will come in a taxis "Acc" who dummY!!!
And if we ever and i say ever have to travel there we will
bring lots of taxis and less of the stjoke word!!
Supported Millwall longer than I care to remember, choose them over
Charlton my other local club, because they were always under
acheiving.
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I remember that final, I was about 13 when it was played. Millwall gave us quite a fight and if it wasn't for our goalie (David Seaman who I think was about 38 at the time) making a brilliant save near the end it could have ended up a lot different. It was quite an achievement for Millwall to get so far in the FA Cup when I think they were in div 1 (I could be wrong though). I'm happy that Arsenal won though.
I loojk for Macclesfield's results for two reasons;
Yes I can see the connection between a dead body and Macclesfield.
And that's just Ince.1) Ince is in charge there and I've alwys loved his
whole-heareted approach to the game.
2) Ian Curtis is buried there (I went there just to see his
gravestone).
City of course. Anyone else in NZ follow Exeter City? I can't be
the only one. Fifth place, scraping into the play-offs. tense as
ever. We missed out on the play-offs by a point for the last two
seasons so I'm sure we'll do that again this year.
I can say I /dodid. Lived in Devon for a while and went to their FA Cup tie vs Wolves way back when in the late 70's. Helluva game.
Sorry it's taken ages to reply but been to Wemberly. Short
story is we lost.
But I was at that game against Wolves. Must have been about
15. Can't for the life of me remember the score.
I'm a Wolves supporter for my sins, all my life.
I'm going to buy a Phoenix season ticket to support footy locally and hopefully watch the Aussies lose a few, always a joyful occasion.
Lets hope they do well, and get the benign egg chucking stories out of the red neck media.
I'm going to buy a Phoenix season ticket to support footy locally and hopefully watch the Aussies lose a few, always a joyful occasion.
Lets hope they do well, and get the benign egg chucking stories out of the red neck media.
Im a Arsenal fan. When i started following football I
only payed attention to teams with Dutch stars. (Go the Oranje) and
when both Overmars and Bergkamp where playing for Arsenal I got
hooked. Overmars left but i stayed a loyal Gunners fan ever since.
I also supported Old Boys AFC in Invercargill when i was growing
up. My brother was a Goalie there when i started playing as a six
year old.
Leyton Orient!!
GO the O's!
watched them when I was a kid and have forever waited for
their dreadful results
Long may Leyton Orient and Aresnal continue to shine
Glad all over, yes I'm glad all over
The Glaziers, The Eagles
The mighty Crystal Palace are my club, since i saw them play
Aberdeen in a friendly at Pittodrie in 70/71 season. Yogi Bear and
Charlie Cooke were on the Palace books then.
There are a few Palace fans in NZ and have met up with a few
of them.
Liverpool
me old man was a liverpool supporter during their glory years, and that kinda filtered through to me somehow. although I never supported the club cos of him, I didn't even know he was a fan until it came up in conversation!
kept a casual eye on any news when I was young growing up in the mid 90s. The first real game I watched live was the epic FA cup final in 2001 versus arsenal and have been watching closely ever since.
Go the kop!
I've supported Liverpool since the 70's back in the glory days of
Dalgleish, Souness, Hansen, Thompson, Clemence, Toshack,
Hughes etc and of course King Kenny.
My dad was born in Blackburn and my mum in Glasgow but back then you only got First Division footy on TV so, except for the results on the radio on Sunday am, it was impossible to follow a team outside the top league and every kid, even the kids that played rugby, had a favorite english team so it was the Pool for me.
Even then it was hard to follow your team, didn't get to see any of the great European games but I do remember the league titles, FA cups, the feeling of devastation when Arsenal scored the 2nd goal in 1989, Heysel, sitting stunned by the tragedy of Hillsborough and suffering through the 90's.
I've made the pilgrimage to Anfield and seen them play live (although not at home) seeing them beat Ipswich Town 6-0 at Portman Road (sorry HN).
My dad was born in Blackburn and my mum in Glasgow but back then you only got First Division footy on TV so, except for the results on the radio on Sunday am, it was impossible to follow a team outside the top league and every kid, even the kids that played rugby, had a favorite english team so it was the Pool for me.
Even then it was hard to follow your team, didn't get to see any of the great European games but I do remember the league titles, FA cups, the feeling of devastation when Arsenal scored the 2nd goal in 1989, Heysel, sitting stunned by the tragedy of Hillsborough and suffering through the 90's.
I've made the pilgrimage to Anfield and seen them play live (although not at home) seeing them beat Ipswich Town 6-0 at Portman Road (sorry HN).
I'm a Wolves supporter for my sins, all my life.
I'm going to buy a Phoenix season ticket to support footy locally and hopefully watch the Aussies lose a few, always a joyful occasion.
Lets hope they do well, and get the benign egg chucking stories out of the red neck media.
I'm going to buy a Phoenix season ticket to support footy locally and hopefully watch the Aussies lose a few, always a joyful occasion.
Lets hope they do well, and get the benign egg chucking stories out of the red neck media.
DEATH TO YOU!!!
The mighty Heart of Midlothian FC, started watching them in 82...they were less than mighty back then, however the auld man made sure I was a jambo....virtually nothing but pain & disappointment since, but the 2 cup wins have made all the years worthwhile!
Still have a season tckt, have renewed it for next season
even though I leave for Wellington in October.
I live in Wales at the moment, so it's a hell of a
commute every 2nd weekend Moving to Wellington in October, so will
need the phoenix to keep me sane in a land of egg-chasers!
Been a Partick Thistle supporter since I was 10 years old. I was
born and bred in Glasgow and moved to NZ in 1998. My old man (a
Celtic fan) took me to the League Cup Final in 1971 when Thistle
beat Celtic 4 -1 and I've been a fan ever since. Jambo in exile, if
you think you've suffered nothing but pain & disappointment,
you wanna try supporting Partick Thistle 
p.s. Accy Stan - your mob have just signed a very
good goalkeeper from us - Kenny Arthur
I'd have death on my mind if I supported a team from Birmingham.
slacKers 632007-06-29 07:59:28
Been a Partick Thistle supporter since I was 10 years old. I was
born and bred
I remember a Billy Conolly skit "For years I thought the team was called Partick Thistle Nil..."
Sorry AJ, couldn't resist
Middlesbrough supporter since about 1970 when my grandfather used
to send me newspapers and magazines every few weeks. Born in
Crescent Road...Stuck with them through thick and thin..revelled in
Carling Cup win and Europe experience. Been back twice but
always in summer...doh.....Cmon Boro....
Among other non-british teams, I support Arsenal. .
ARSEnal are non-British...!
I remember a Billy Conolly skit "For years I thought the team was called Partick Thistle Nil..."
Sorry AJ, couldn't resist
Aaaargh! Cheers Malky
You don't know the
grief that the bearded twat has caused Thistle supporters because
of that line 
Among other non-british teams, I support Arsenal. .
ARSEnal are non-British...!
Oh dear.
Actually, I guess the fact that Spurs are so "English" is the only reason you fools paid 16.5m for Bent. ROFL.
Arsenal2007-06-29 17:21:52
p.s. Accy Stan - your mob have just signed a very
good goalkeeper from us - Kenny Arthur
Yea I know.He is a hero at your place by all accounts.
There's a minibus full of JAGS coming down to Accy to cheer him on
in our pre season friendly with the 'Dingles' of Burnley.They're
meeting up with our supporters for several bevys prematch.
Glad all over, yes I'm glad all over
The Glaziers, The Eagles
The mighty Crystal Palace are my club, since i saw them play
Aberdeen in a friendly at Pittodrie in 70/71 season. Yogi Bear and
Charlie Cooke were on the Palace books then.
Charlie was still at Chelsea 70/71. Joined Palace
72/73.To much whiskey in the Boveril?????