Comments on: 21st Century Football Fan: A Guide

By: Guy Gorman

Guy Gorman — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:44:30 +0000

Very, very good point Matthew!

By: Kevin Coleman

Kevin Coleman — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:24:15 +0000

Terrific comment.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:08:17 +0000

God, I mean this is really just a terrible article. You all ought to have a good word with yourselves.

By: John

John — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:20:11 +0000

Good to know that once again true fans ONLY come from within 30miles of the stadium.

If you are one of these “true” fans from a top club, I guess you like that your team is so amazing, but I wonder how amazing they’d be without all the money brought in by those who live outside of the 30mil radius.

If you are one of these “true” fans from a shitty team, you probably are just a miserable cunt looking for something else to complain about, so you might as well target those people who didn’t end up supporting your team and sharing in your own misery.

By: The Evolution of Fan « Back Page Football

The Evolution of Fan « Back Page Football — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 13:04:18 +0000

[...] from last week’s guide essential guide to being a modern day football fan, Eamonn Power takes a look at how today’s supporters have gotten to where they are and [...]

By: Guy Gorman

Guy Gorman — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 13:41:19 +0000

Thank you everyone! I’m sure we’ll get those oxygen bars installed around the nations top stadiums one day…

By: Graeme Wallace

Graeme Wallace — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:43:07 +0000

Brilliant article. I think I prefer the recreational hooligan fan, to be fair..

By: Neil Sherwin

Neil Sherwin — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:28:45 +0000

I can safely say I qualify.

Now to adjust my snood.

By: Jonathan O'Shea

Jonathan O'Shea — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:02:34 +0000

Top-notch cynicism, Mr Gorman. Your final five points are sickeningly accurate.

By: the internet?

the internet? — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 13:23:15 +0000

Yes, the only acceptable route to becoming a fan of a club is hereditary!

Come to think of it, we should totally reinstate hereditary rule too! And the caste system!

And we should also devolve into city-states based around football clubs, and consider a club to be an accurate and flawless depiction of the people who happen to live around the neighbourhood.

Also we should completely cut access between the city-states, so that no word could get in or out and that football matches would be a clash in which “our guys” clash against them damn heathen barbarians.

Ah, the Middle Ages sure were wonderful. Progress is only for hipsters and pussies.