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Post by harryburrows on Jul 31, 2015 21:17:08 GMT
football must be so boring for this guy... "damn city lost it this year... Oh well better move on to Chelsea quickly before anyone realises I didn't win the league this year!" I mean, it would be so pointless just for the simple reason that they wanna look like theyre part of a winning team so look cool... But in reality look like absolute dicks! You missed the tat then
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Post by newsteadst3 on Jul 31, 2015 22:02:35 GMT
A lot of season ticket holder i no, at the Brit have previously been Man United or liverpool, happens every where
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Post by StokeAz on Jul 31, 2015 22:05:51 GMT
football must be so boring for this guy... "damn city lost it this year... Oh well better move on to Chelsea quickly before anyone realises I didn't win the league this year!" I mean, it would be so pointless just for the simple reason that they wanna look like theyre part of a winning team so look cool... But in reality look like absolute dicks! You missed the tat then no was just putting it into context
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2015 22:13:25 GMT
We play at dimensions on Thursday nights and the lads that follow us on are of Pakistani/Indian/Asian decent all with local accents but not one has a Stoke/Vale shirt on plenty of Arsenal,Barca shirts and the like just a bit disappointed that they seem not to pledge any allegiance to the home counties. There's a group of south asians (presumably Muslims) who I see at the power league on Sundays and a fair few of them wear stoke shirts, which is very nice to see indeed.
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Post by deliasmith on Jul 31, 2015 22:59:39 GMT
They affect an alliance - fellow racists
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Post by riccyfuller93 on Jul 31, 2015 23:40:49 GMT
All the Man Utd fans when I was at school that talked about the team with "We won the league" "We signed this player" "We have Ronaldo" "We will beat you" Fucking cringe worthy.
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Post by JoeinOz on Aug 1, 2015 0:18:16 GMT
My worst was on the back of the Daily Mirror when I was a child.A kid from the South loved Liverpool so much he had tomato ketchup on his food because it was red.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Aug 1, 2015 1:25:39 GMT
In fairness that could have been a bet between mates.
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Post by njkk on Aug 1, 2015 1:41:27 GMT
We have them, its not just the Mancs,Arse,Chelsea & scousers I know a few blokes who back in the dark days used to come out with the " You're still not following that shit are you, you must be mad ?" when we returned to the local after a jaunt to Darlington or Barnsley etc, lots of them now are season ticket holders go home & away and according to them are the biggest Stoke fans ever to draw breath, its funny how times change. On the flip side of it without these fans we would still be in a stadium more than half empty so well done in coming in from the dark side . But don't ever forget I remember you lot when you were twats
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Post by bathstoke on Aug 1, 2015 1:43:00 GMT
In fairness that could have been a bet between mates. That's too complexed to even start to consider
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Post by Stoke711 on Aug 1, 2015 2:44:57 GMT
Just been away on holiday in Italy, met an Arsenal fan who said he used to be a Liverpool fan. I said, how on earth can you go from being a Liverpool fan to then becoming an Arsenal fan? He said he swapped allegiances the day Arsenal won the title at Anfield, when Michael Thomas scored at the death. Unbelievable. Wow, that is bad. How can you be a fan if you can do that.
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Post by Stoke711 on Aug 1, 2015 2:53:55 GMT
Who gives a fuck about glory hunters. Glory hunters fade, fans don't. I'm not from Stoke. My parents were but I was the only one out of their kids who wasn't born in Stoke. If Stoke had been as successful as say Madrid , Liverpool , Manu etc, would I be classed as a glory hunter ? My point is, even though you see people wearing the footy tops or tattoos of different teams, your never quite sure why they support a certain team. I don't get that sort of hassle because Stoke have never been that successful but if they had been, would I be seen as a cunt in waiting ? For all you know the bloke with the tattoo may have lived in Madrid since a young boy. Well, maybe not, but you get my point. Support your team and don't give two shits about who thinks you shouldn't. My brother is a Liverpool fan, even though we were both born in Stoke. They were the first team he saw on TV when he was a kid and followed them since, even when our dad tried to convert him to Stoke by taking him the matches, he stayed loyal to Liverpool and now I get my own back and rub it in how shite they are.
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Post by meirparkpotter on Aug 1, 2015 4:03:35 GMT
In a supermarket in Warwick earlier today I saw a guy with a great big real Madrid tattoo. He was as Spanish as I am and spoke with a local accent. He also had a grotty t shirt with 'futsal' written on it so naturally I thought 'what a weapon'! Has anyone else seen such a bad glory hunter / loser? I'm thinking mostly of British people rather than the foreign hordes who think they support the shit etc He could have Spanish heritage despite speaking with a local accent?... I now live in Australia, so would my kids not be allowed a Stoke tattoo cos they'll more than likely have an Aussie twang? You find people switch allegiances with Premier League clubs over here too, it's bizarre when you get on to 'proper' football talk (not Australian crap), people go: "Oh, I used to go for Man City, but now it's Chelsea"... ... ...
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Post by rawli on Aug 1, 2015 4:44:19 GMT
I used to swan around 1970s Barnsley in my Stoke top. Glory hunting tit.
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Post by cobhamstokey on Aug 1, 2015 5:22:54 GMT
All the Man Utd fans when I was at school that talked about the team with "We won the league" "We signed this player" "We have Ronaldo" "We will beat you" Fucking cringe worthy. I had that in the 80s with Liverpool. I have a mate in his 50s who's been following Chelsea since the days of Harris and Webb. Winds him up rotton when I call him a glory hunter and when he sees all the mid 30s locals swanning round in there blue shirts as they weren't about in the days of Dixon and Speedie.
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Post by muglump on Aug 1, 2015 7:48:13 GMT
In a supermarket in Warwick earlier today I saw a guy with a great big real Madrid tattoo. He was as Spanish as I am and spoke with a local accent. He also had a grotty t shirt with 'futsal' written on it so naturally I thought 'what a weapon'! Has anyone else seen such a bad glory hunter / loser? I'm thinking mostly of British people rather than the foreign hordes who think they support the shit etc He could have Spanish heritage despite speaking with a local accent?... I now live in Australia, so would my kids not be allowed a Stoke tattoo cos they'll more than likely have an Aussie twang? You find people switch allegiances with Premier League clubs over here too, it's bizarre when you get on to 'proper' football talk (not Australian crap), people go: "Oh, I used to go for Man City, but now it's Chelsea"... ... ... Nah if he was in any way Spanish it was very well hidden. He might have been there on holiday perhaps. Maybe he got pissed and ended up with the tat, which was crap, by the way
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Post by muglump on Aug 1, 2015 7:59:53 GMT
A glory hunter isn't a fan. Anyone who can switch teams isn't a fan. You get one team, wherever you're from. You can like a foreign team if you want, like when I used to watch the Italian football and cheered on Juve. But I wasn't a fan, and if they had played Stoke I would have given them dogs like everyone else. Following any football team involves some suffering and in 43 years since my first match god knows I've done that. It's what makes the good times so damn good
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2015 9:03:38 GMT
That's what Manure fans were like when I was at school. Loved it when they lost. Should have seen the pans on them!
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Post by spongebobflathead on Aug 1, 2015 11:41:45 GMT
In fairness that could have been a bet between mates. A bet ???? I would rather cut my fuckin leg off !!
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Post by njpotter on Aug 1, 2015 14:50:49 GMT
A glory hunter isn't a fan. Anyone who can switch teams isn't a fan. You get one team, wherever you're from. You can like a foreign team if you want, like when I used to watch the Italian football and cheered on Juve. But I wasn't a fan, and if they had played Stoke I would have given them dogs like everyone else. Following any football team involves some suffering and in 43 years since my first match god knows I've done that. It's what makes the good times so damn good This pretty much sums up how I feel about glory hunters. Your first team is your last team, regardless of location.
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Post by yeokel on Aug 1, 2015 18:52:37 GMT
A glory hunter isn't a fan. Anyone who can switch teams isn't a fan. You get one team, wherever you're from. You can like a foreign team if you want, like when I used to watch the Italian football and cheered on Juve. But I wasn't a fan, and if they had played Stoke I would have given them dogs like everyone else. Following any football team involves some suffering and in 43 years since my first match god knows I've done that. It's what makes the good times so damn good .....Your first team is your last team, regardless of location. Does it really have to be? When I was a kid (living in Madeley, not Stoke) we all "supported" Everton. They had just won the league (1970 (I was ten)) , FA Cup finalists in '68 and a few near misses, and were one of the top teams in the land. A few of the kids supported Stoke but most were Everton at my age. Fast forward twenty or thirty years (many of which I didn't bother about football at all (because of family, marriage, kids etc) and I now live in Somerset, have been a season ticket holder at Yeovil Town for the last eleven years (support your local team!) but 'follow' Stoke and get to a few games each season. Does that make me a glory hunter? And, should I still be supporting Everton? No, I think not. (and, as I was born in Burslem I should really be a Port Vale fan, although the only time I ever see them play is when we (Yeovil) play them. You see, it's sometimes not quite as easy as "Your first team is your last team, regardless of location", in my view.
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Post by njpotter on Aug 1, 2015 19:59:02 GMT
.....Your first team is your last team, regardless of location. Does it really have to be? When I was a kid (living in Madeley, not Stoke) we all "supported" Everton. They had just won the league (1970 (I was ten)) , FA Cup finalists in '68 and a few near misses, and were one of the top teams in the land. A few of the kids supported Stoke but most were Everton at my age. Fast forward twenty or thirty years (many of which I didn't bother about football at all (because of family, marriage, kids etc) and I now live in Somerset, have been a season ticket holder at Yeovil Town for the last eleven years (support your local team!) but 'follow' Stoke and get to a few games each season. Does that make me a glory hunter? And, should I still be supporting Everton? No, I think not. (and, as I was born in Burslem I should really be a Port Vale fan, although the only time I ever see them play is when we (Yeovil) play them. You see, it's sometimes not quite as easy as "Your first team is your last team, regardless of location", in my view. I get what you're saying, I definitely made it out to be black and white when it clearly isn't. There are exceptions to every rule, and of course there is no set rule on what is right and what is wrong. In my opinion however, "your first team is your last team, regardless of location," is a good measure of someones loyalty/how much of a glory hunter they are. There are going to be people like you who have good reason to root for a team that wasn't your first, but in my experience, most people who switch teams are bandwagoners and/or not very serious fans.
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Post by gazscfc on Aug 1, 2015 22:31:49 GMT
I recently got talking to an Irish bloke in a bar (I was trying to chat his female mate up) and the conversation turned to football, he asked me who I support and sniggered a bit when I told him, so I asked him who he supported and he proudly said Man Utd, so I said "Oh are you from Manchester? You sound Irish? Do you get to many of the games?"
He said no so I asked him why he supported them and he just laughed and said "I support a better team than you".
So I said "right ok then, I support Barcelona, now I support a better team than you" fucking idiot.
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Post by JoeinOz on Aug 2, 2015 0:33:41 GMT
Sentnull seller uo Castle. Liverpool glory hunter. Nobbo.
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Post by gilberto on Aug 2, 2015 1:54:25 GMT
I wasn't there but my brother was and so were quite a few on here I bet. When we went to Old Trafford in the first season after promotion, we got smashed 5-0. At half time the announcer was going through the birthdays. One particular one was something like "A big happy birthday to Reg from Huddersfield, been a Utd supporter for 25 years, it's his first visit to Old Trafford today. Have a good one Reg."
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Post by potterglen on Aug 2, 2015 6:39:06 GMT
In a supermarket in Warwick earlier today I saw a guy with a great big real Madrid tattoo. He was as Spanish as I am and spoke with a local accent. He also had a grotty t shirt with 'futsal' written on it so naturally I thought 'what a weapon'! Has anyone else seen such a bad glory hunter / loser? I'm thinking mostly of British people rather than the foreign hordes who think they support the shit etc Try working with a 'born n bred' Yorkshire man who supports Arsenil - especially when they're doing well and isn't interested in football when they're on a bad streak. Utter tool.
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Post by ttownstokie on Aug 2, 2015 9:33:08 GMT
There's a lad who goes in my local here in Torremolinos, He's a Man U "fan",but used to be Forest, he's from Notingham and , I asked why no longer Forest and he said that was just under Clough and now they are shit.
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Post by dwr17477 on Aug 2, 2015 21:47:58 GMT
I am not sure how any Stoke fan could be considered a gloryhunter?
A gloryhunter is someone who chosen the easy way out and taken to supporting a side they have no connection with but that is successful. You know who they are...generally, they have a go at you for supporting Stoke and can't understand why, even with a family connection, you would continue to do so. They know near to fuck all about any other club outside the top six, and even then that knowledge is limited.
I just hate the bastards - they have driven me from being a football fan who supports Stoke City to a very unsular Stoke City fan with the sole interest of Stoke City and that Stoke fuck people off as much as possible - I will not engage with a gloryhunter in conversation about 'their' club or, indeed, Stoke City as I don't want to lsten to the patronising, ignorant twats.
In it's way, I believe these bastards are in no small way responsible for Englands decline as they have no sense of attachment/loyalty to their local clubs and therefore leaving those local clubs to suffer rather than thrive with the local support and, potentially, produce good home grown youngsters.
Oh, and what's all this with the foreign tops, Barca and the like? It seems to be the new craze in gloryhunting - I've seen whole families decked out in the kits - wtf???
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Post by britsabroad on Aug 3, 2015 1:10:20 GMT
Pisses me off no end when i meet all the Man Utd 'fans' speaking the Queens English and half of them have never been North of the Watford Gap.
The foreign fans don't bother me. It's money for the club.
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Post by stokiemac on Aug 3, 2015 7:58:39 GMT
I used to hate glory hunters when I was younger but now I feel sorry for them, they'll never feel the lows and highs of being a real fan, they will never cry like I did when we got relegated and never go mental like I did when Diouf scored against Citeh last year.....being a fan isn't a tattoo or a shirt or where you were born...its being moody with your loved ones for 4 days after were shit and sneaking your phone at weddings/funerals/birth of children just to check the score. Let them 'support' whoever they want...they won't feel a thing
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