Whats the point of supporting a football club?

[night-watchman]

If you dont go to see your team i can't really see the point of supporting your team from the sofa.

But standing outside the pub today, waiting for 3 o'clock to see Berba, Keane, Torres, Gerrard, eating meat and chips and drinking a magners in the sun.

Thats why i support them.

Us overseas supporters are just as passionate as the lucky people who get to see the games every week and we have as much of a reason to support the club as you do mate.......simply for the love of the club.

It something that is hard to explain and to be honest I dont really know why I love spurs so much, I just do. As someone said earlier in the thread if your parents support a football team than its naturally gonna be passed on to you. my dad is a massive fan of spurs and football so naturally it was passed on to me. Its just a way of life, supporting spurs and loving football

 

[DC555]

Is there any real point to supporting a football club? Why should a club (that has no idea who you are) affect how you feel? I mean like what do you actually get out of it? It costs alot of money and what do you get back? Discuss ...

Is there any real point to any hobby? I suppose I see it as that, a hobby, an interest, something to do other than work. In the same way some people like fishing or train spotting we like football.

You have to have some interests in life??!!

 

[DC555]

Some interesting responses..I have friends that are not into football and cant understand me putting in time and effort into something, that doesnt give me a living. I mean they say if its not on TV, you look for it in the paper, and then you are on forums and football websites. Its taking up too much time, I wish I wasnt so addicted, but I cant help it.

If you follow that idea, then surely you just spend all your life working??

 

[Dougal]

What's the point of anything? :shrug:

*blows brains out*

 

[Flatters]

What's the point of anything? :shrug:

*blows brains out*

Well, exactly. You could probably ask what the point of doing many other things are that prove much less meaningful than supporting a football club.

 

[TheBlueRooster]

I love being a spurs supporter. But I love being a neutral too. I just love watching football.

I dont understand the religion consept because in the past their where sports which where followed like football and at that time religion was a very important thing, which the world centered apon

I'm the same I'll watch most matches, not as many as I use to, I'm not over big on the Champions League, but I may watch the odd game. I love the perverse pleasure of watching Woolwich beat the Bar-Codes as it means we will finish above them. I hate Che$ki & Manure with the same passion so I didn't really care who won the PL this season, it wouldn't have bothered me if Chel$ki had turned it around on the last day and then won in Moscow.

One of my mates is a Leicester fan so I've spent a lot of hours on the road with him following them. Next year I might go to watch Plymouth a bit more, but it always comes back to Spurs, and they are my passion in football, well in life really. No matter what happens they will alway be there, and so will all the fans. We might not always agree but we still have the same burning passion, our club, Tottenham Hotspur.

 

[cozzo]

Is there any real point to any hobby? I suppose I see it as that, a hobby, an interest, something to do other than work. In the same way some people like fishing or train spotting we like football.

You have to have some interests in life??!!

Wouldnt you say supporting Spurs is more than an interest, if it was only a interest then I would understand. But for me its more than that, it actually consumes me, I look for them in the papers, internet, TV, and its become part of my identity.

 

[Bonjour]

Wouldnt you say supporting Spurs is more than an interest, if it was only a interest then I would understand. But for me its more than that, it actually consumes me, I look for them in the papers, internet, TV, and its become part of my identity.

Weirdo.


(just kidding)

 

[Flatters]

I'm the same I'll watch most matches, not as many as I use to, I'm not over big on the Champions League, but I may watch the odd game. I love the perverse pleasure of watching Woolwich beat the Bar-Codes as it means we will finish above them. I hate Che$ki & Manure with the same passion so I didn't really care who won the PL this season, it wouldn't have bothered me if Chel$ki had turned it around on the last day and then won in Moscow.

One of my mates is a Leicester fan so I've spent a lot of hours on the road with him following them. Next year I might go to watch Plymouth a bit more, but it always comes back to Spurs, and they are my passion in football, well in life really. No matter what happens they will alway be there, and so will all the fans. We might not always agree but we still have the same burning passion, our club, Tottenham Hotspur.

This ain't a movie. :-|

 

[DC_Boy]

It adds excitement to the fairly boring everyday life a lot of people live.

I'll go along with that - just to add tho as a kid I wasn't as bored or boring as I am now - but I got sucked in by the sheer grandeur and enormity that was the lane and its players in the 60s

 

[funkycoldmedina]

Really good thread this one.

I have a couple of other questions I'd like to throw into the mix.
Spurs are obviously a relatively successful side, competing in and around the top teams all the time. My family are all lifelong Leeds fans and have had a more rollercoaster ride.
If spurs dropped down one or 2 divisions and werre signing players like Kandol and you were still expected to pay 20-30 quid for a seat would your love diminish or do you think a true fan would still stump the bill?
If it was a fiver, like Bill Oddies dad is paying to watch Bath cityt, then fine but a true test comes when you're struggling to find the cash and watching players on still relatively high salaries that are little better than sunday leaguers

 

[cozzo]

I think as humans we have an innate need to believe in something. This is where I think supporting a team comes into it. All we need is just to believe. Because as football fans we are not treated the best. We have to pay for the privilege to watch our team play whether its by TV or in the Stadium.

 

[milkman]

TOTTENHAM TILL I DIE! Tottenham is my religion.. end of... :snooty:

 

[C0YS]

Really good thread this one.

I have a couple of other questions I'd like to throw into the mix.
Spurs are obviously a relatively successful side, competing in and around the top teams all the time. My family are all lifelong Leeds fans and have had a more rollercoaster ride.
If spurs dropped down one or 2 divisions and werre signing players like Kandol and you were still expected to pay 20-30 quid for a seat would your love diminish or do you think a true fan would still stump the bill?
If it was a fiver, like Bill Oddies dad is paying to watch Bath cityt, then fine but a true test comes when you're struggling to find the cash and watching players on still relatively high salaries that are little better than sunday leaguers

well firstly even if we went down to the conference, they are more then just a little better then sunday leaguers (and belive me I would know). But yes of cource I would support them, just has I support 1980 Pontestura (which is only a little higher then sunday league) not Pontestura athletico....evil!!! :lol: but maybe you wouldnt understand the passion in a small town with a small club in Italy. Same as me supporting my school team, sure we are the best in yorkshire and one of the best in england (not bragging :wink I still try and watch them every game!! But for me spurs are my favourate!? why well because of its eithos, and just going down a couple of divisions will change nothing