You can take the born thing out of the equation.
My granddad was born in Spain and moved to Putney, Fulham when he was two and that's how he started supporting the local bunch of shithouses. He passed it onto my dad who lived in South West London until he met my mum. Then the unkind twat passed on Fulham to me.
If you grew up in Shropshire then someone around there I reckon. West Midlands ain't it?
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Mon 29 Aug 2011, 15:41, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

why? I have no connection to shropshire bar a childhood where I had no choice where I lived.
I moved to London as soon as I could and I would never go back to live there. It holds nothing important for me, why should I have a football team from there?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 29 Aug 2011, 15:45, Reply)

Question Badger.
Do you actually like football?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 29 Aug 2011, 15:46, Reply)

I prefer cricket and rugby
but, yeah, football is OK.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 29 Aug 2011, 15:47, Reply)

I merely don't see the point of Barry's argument.
It would have some relevance if football teams had any connection to their local communities bar accidental geography, but that hasn't been the case for any high-level club for years. It's this pseudo-tribal local loyalty stuff from fans that's just the worst kind of deluded arse-gravy. IMO.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 29 Aug 2011, 15:50, Reply)

Man U supporter, aren't you?

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 29 Aug 2011, 15:54, Reply)

In so far as I ever paid any attention as a child, yeah
my mum was the only member of my family to have any passion for it and she's manc.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 29 Aug 2011, 15:55, Reply)

I remember you mentioning it a while back, I think.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 29 Aug 2011, 15:56, Reply)

If I was more interested in the game I'd probably go and watch Hibs
as they are my local team now. But the stupid bigotry does my head in up here, and I've got two decent rugby sides less than 100 yards from my flat so I'll stick to that when I'm not playing of a saturday.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 29 Aug 2011, 15:59, Reply)