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Stafford Rangers - New Start and The Way Forward.
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Thehooperman
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I couldn't see any sign of the Premiership trophy in that footage for some reason.
And yes there is something beautiful about Phil Thompson hanging his head in shame isn't there?
captainpish
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Ill have you know ive been 6 times this season! Plastic? Pffft!
I took by boy to his first game this season. We went to watch the cup game against wolves and sat in the kop
I dont understand why he hasnt asked to go again. 
proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
I most certainly don't speak with a fake Liverpool accent.
I AM NOT from Stoke.
Also I've been a Kop season ticket holder for nineteen (nnn nineteen) years and p jr has had one for four.
Mikinton
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I'm guessing you "scousers" would have said if you were born or raised in Liverpool, so where are you from and what was your local league team?
I'm from South Wales and a Cardiff fan even though I've not been to a game for years though I was a season ticket holder years ago (my father bought it for me the year I moved to London
). I also used to be a regular in the Leazes End when I lived in Newcastle during the Supermac years.
I'm from South Wales and a Cardiff fan even though I've not been to a game for years though I was a season ticket holder years ago (my father bought it for me the year I moved to London
). I also used to be a regular in the Leazes End when I lived in Newcastle during the Supermac years.
proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
I don't understand the relevance of any of that regardless of the team you support.
captainpish
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Theres no rules as to who you should support. I used to go to stafford rangers regularly and also catch a few games at molyneux. As for me i was bought a liverpool kit at the age of about 4, much to my fathers disgust as he was a united fan and since then ive been a red. Once you support a team you cant change that because you dont come from there.I'm guessing you "scousers" would have said if you were born or raised in Liverpool, so where are you from and what was your local league team?
I'm from South Wales and a Cardiff fan even though I've not been to a game for years though I was a season ticket holder years ago (my father bought it for me the year I moved to London
Ive got a mate who was a united fan since he was a kid. One day i go to his house and hes wearing a chelsea shirt? I ask WTF is going on and he explains he was bought it as a gift. I couldnt even wear another clubs colours just for a bet. Anyway, this is shortly after the 2nd title win under mourinho when the money was flowing and they were dominating. A few weeks later hes a full blown chelsea fan.
There is a feeling of resenment from the locals on a match days and ive lost count of the times ive been asked accusingly by a local where im from due to my non-scouse accent. They dont like the out of towners you see, and i can sympathise with them as to why. The commercialisation of the game has outpriced them and they feel that the community is pushed out for day trippers. I totally agree with them, it depletes the atmosphere with non singers who dont know the songs and just want to film everything on a fecking mobile phone or sit down in the feckin kop! I love the fact that the scousers are so protective of THEIR club and thats what makes it such a great club, the community, the history and the passion. Nothing irks me more than fans of rival teams who know nothing about the club they support or dont even watch the games on tv let alone go to matches, and select a team to support based on whos at the top of the table just for the privelidge of goading other teams supporters on a monday morning. (Im looking at you, united "fans")
Try this out its true- think of somebody youve worked with over the years whos a complete numpty, a mouthpiece. Nobody really like them, they just suffer them,always quick to take the piss but doesnt like any banter back. Their name is usually dave or steve. That person is a united fan. Am i right?
Thehooperman
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I'm guessing you "scousers" would have said if you were born or raised in Liverpool, so where are you from and what was your local league team?
I'm from South Wales and a Cardiff fan even though I've not been to a game for years though I was a season ticket holder years ago (my father bought it for me the year I moved to London
Well I WAS born in Liverpool but moved to Manchester when I was two and realised where I was.
My footballing formative years were spent near Bury hence why I support United plus seeing a match when George Best was playing.
I am a season ticket holder at United and go to most home matches and a few away games but I also go to Liverpool with my cousin's occasionally as well as some local games including Rangers, Baggies, Wolves and Stoke with mates.
I don't think there is (or has been for several decades) any relevance between birthplace and who you choose to support to be honest.
I always find it amusing how many Scandanavian Liverpool fans there are or how many City fans there are in London when City are at home.
Thehooperman
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Ill have you know ive been 6 times this season! Plastic? Pffft!
I took by boy to his first game this season. We went to watch the cup game against wolves and sat in the kop
Strange that, eh? I can always take him to Old Trafford if that would help
captainpish
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Oh god no. Hes already told me he supports spurs after my brother who is a season ticket holder told him he would take him and he even taught him to do that bale love heart hand sign he used to do each time he scored. I almost put him up for adoption!Strange that, eh? I can always take him to Old Trafford if that would help
I bought him a liverpool kit and told him you cant change clubs, thats the law.
Thehooperman
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I totally agree with them, it depletes the atmosphere with non singers who dont know the songs and just want to film everything on a fecking mobile phone or sit down in the feckin kop! I love the fact that the scousers are so protective of THEIR club and thats what makes it such a great club, the community, the history and the passion. Nothing irks me more than fans of rival teams who know nothing about the club they support or dont even watch the games on tv let alone go to matches, and select a team to support based on whos at the top of the table just for the privelidge of goading other teams supporters on a monday morning. (Im looking at you, united "fans")
Try this out its true- think of somebody youve worked with over the years whos a complete numpty, a mouthpiece. Nobody really like them, they just suffer them,always quick to take the piss but doesnt like any banter back. Their name is usually dave or steve. That person is a united fan. Am i right?
Wrong I've got a Scouse fan who is exactly like that as well.
As for tourists not singing it's the same at Old Trafford and we even have to have singing sections ffs!!!
Mikinton
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Yes, I guess I'm showing my age and a certain nostalgia for the days when you could just rock up to a top flight game and pay at the turnstile to stand on the terraces*; for the days when Match of the Day meant match (singular) of the day, and for the days when your local league team were "your team" rather than the one that was flavour of the month from miles away that had the Champions League ambitions.
* - I used to play football on Saturday afternoons whilst at Uni. One Saturday our game was called off - waterlogged pitch - which left me 12 miles away from my digs with nothing to do. It was then I remembered Newcastle were playing Man Utd that day, so I just turned up at St James' Park, paid at the turnstile, and stood on the Leazes Terrace stand. Newcastle won 3-2 despite a young Alan Kennedy giving away a real howler of a goal.
Gramaisc
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I have been to three* proper football matches.
Derby v West Ham (or Chelsea) - around 1972.
Stoke v Luton - around 1976.
Port Vale v Hereford - around 1978.
* I would have said there were four, but I can't think what the other one would be now.
I suspect that all this "supporting" is really a specific form of OCD.
Derby v West Ham (or Chelsea) - around 1972.
Stoke v Luton - around 1976.
Port Vale v Hereford - around 1978.
* I would have said there were four, but I can't think what the other one would be now.
I suspect that all this "supporting" is really a specific form of OCD.
Thehooperman
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Jumpers for goalposts et al
I must admit that I really enjoyed the Rangers v Hednesford match this season, not for the quality of the football but for the proper tackling, the absence of diving and the Dad's with lads attending. Added to the "quality" of the food I felt quite nostalgic in a 1970s footy kinda way
Mikinton
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I really must make the effort to go and see the Rangers. Lower league football isn't really my thing - I think you have to go each week to really get the benefit, so you can see which of your players are having a good game, rather than it being a one-off. The last time I went was about 20 years when they played a pre-season game against Liverpool. I forget the score but do remember one guy going into a 50-50 tackle with Steve McMahon (I wonder if he's out of hospital yet).Jumpers for goalposts et al
I must admit that I really enjoyed the Rangers v Hednesford match this season, not for the quality of the football but for the proper tackling, the absence of diving and the Dad's with lads attending. Added to the "quality" of the food I felt quite nostalgic in a 1970s footy kinda way
proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
Ha ha, I remember that.
