I think a lot of people like supporting a team for the "crack"
as it were. I have worked in Newcastle for 18 years and I love the piss taking and wind ups. I fucking hate it when it goes beyond that.

See: Geordies who just hate EVERYONE from Sunderland as they are from Sunderland (and vice versa). It should be about a laugh and taking the piss, no further than that.

Case in point was a "friend" who is a copper. He came back from a Newcastle - Sunderland match a while ago, looking forward to going to work in Sunderland that night quote "to crack some Mackem heads in". FFS, he is now most certainly an ex-friend
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:16, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

He sounds like a cunt.
The Liverpool vs United arguments at my place are just entertaining, the silence after we beat them is simply magnificent.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:18, Reply)

He is a major cunt
I can't even bring myself to look at him now
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:20, Reply)

part of it is regional
I lived in High Wycombe till I was 8 or so, then moved to Devon, where there are only a few teams, all shit.

but the main thing is that I just can't begin to make myself even pretend to care about some cunts playing sport.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:18, Reply)

There is care and care though
I've supported Sunderland all my life but if they get beat, nothing changes. I just enjoy watching football and have "my" team to cheer

You mentioned that you watched the Grand Prix at the weekend. Did you really not give a fuck who won? If so, why watch it?
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:21, Reply)

I'm exactly the same.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:21, Reply)

because it's interesting to watch even with no vested interest
I appreciate a display of skill or a spectacle as much as anyone
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:30, Reply)

Do you watch football then?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:34, Reply)

I wouldn't seek it out
but I don't have anything against it. I'm not saying it's bad or anything, just that I don't have any interest in it, and I find extended conversations about it really really tedious.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:38, Reply)