Supporting a local team is hardcore fandom not being alternative

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Sat 17 Nov 2012, 19:33, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

But I'm an Aberdonian living in York.
See how alternative Kettering Town would be?

EXACTLY.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Sat 17 Nov 2012, 19:34, Reply)

I don't see how choosing a random distant football team is "alternative"?
Surely a little known sport so hip as to be inaccessible to those not "in the know " would be the thing?

Such as Kaabaadi , or camel racing?
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Sat 17 Nov 2012, 19:40, Reply)

Man, Kaabaadi was on telly in the 90s.
I was doing (or thought I was) with fitba teams what some people just assume I do with music- picking someone that is far removed from the mainstream (premiership) and going with them instead.

I wasn't just picking a 'random' or distant town.

The only two sports which I will actively watch are snooker and skateboarding. I also watch big football matches (like World Cup final and that), but purely to appreciate the flow and the skill. I find the whole supporting a team thing just really weird. I also find it fucking stupid how some football fans refer to the team they support as 'we'.

I don't know any professional footballers, but know plenty of people who do that. So when I go and see a band, I always say that 'we' played a great gig, it's our best gig in ages etc.

Same principle applies.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Sat 17 Nov 2012, 19:47, Reply)