maffew
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Liverpool appear to be the most supported club in South Africa. And the demograpic? Indian/black race in their early teens and 20s its massive!
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[Football] The Brighton Kop
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Liverpool appear to be the most supported club in South Africa. And the demograpic? Indian/black race in their early teens and 20s its massive!
Lickers, the lot of ‘em
middletoenail
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I cannot begin to tell you how exacerbated this is in Asia. I've seen local Leicester supporter clubs pop up in China that can filll a pub!
Unfortunately, if you want to be commercially successful in modern football, this sort of nonsense is something you need to embrace.
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I was wondering about this when they did the "match day ritual" crap at the start. So that's your routine for...er....when Liverpool matches are on Sky or BT then?
What a bizarre film.
I remember a few years back when I saw that some BELLEND in America had posted on Twitter that after the summer transfers he had his "Uk and Spanish teams good to go!".
It was Real Madrid and Chelsea and he obviously picked a different team each season based on who he thought was most likely to win.
There is no helping some people.
Nixonator
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You'll neeeeeeeeevvvvveeeeerrr waaaaaalk alllooo...
whilst waiting for Jeff Stelling to tell them they're a goal to the good probably.wigman
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I just don't get it.
Never been to Anfield but call themselves the Brighton Kop.
Very sad.
Never been to Anfield but call themselves the Brighton Kop.
Very sad.
Garry Nelson's Left Foot
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That's ****ing embarrassing. If any of them, and by their accents many could be, are from Brighton they should be tarred, feathered, branded with a giant L on their foreheads and dumped outside the city limits, banished never to return. The pricks.
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Nixonator
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I always feel that's different though since they're from another country and are probably just passing interests just to say that they support someone. Football tourism is, in my book, different from british people born and raised glory supporting clubs on the other side of the country just to be associated with success, then coming out with some utter cop-out like suggesting they 'relate' to said club. I mean for ****s sake. We all know why they 'support' them, they'd get more respect being honest about it.
The sad thing is the people in this video seem an alright bunch (for the most part), and if they had been introduced to live football, would have gotten far, far more out of supporting the albion through these years than their faux support group.
Jackthelad
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Embarrassing, they are proud of Brighton the city but can't even support the local team on their doorstep, the ironic thing is gay fans are far more likely to be accepted by Brighton fans than any other EPL team so there is no real excuse. 100% Cringe.
Yes that's a fair point and these tits are far worse offenders. But he was still a prize cock.
I don't pay that much attention to the NFL but I'm a Seahawks fan and have been for over 30 years. I'd never switch teams and even if I did then I definitely wouldn't be bragging about it on Twitter!
It's taking glory seeking to another level.
I don’t think it’s different. I’m surrounded by it here in Norway where most people support Man U, Arsenal or Liverpool (and a few stuck with Leeds and Blackburn after their late 20th century exploits) and the time, money and dedication they put into their support of a club they have no connection to is cringeworthy. A lot of truckers have YNWA plastered across their lorry and the same acronym must be one of Norway’s most popular tattoos.
I always wonder what state Norwegian football might be in if they spent all the money they use on plane tickets, hotels and match tickets at agent rates on going to see their local club, buy the kit and create a decent atmosphere there.
My local club Brann is decent enough team with a traditional stadium near the city center which can generate some noise when enough people turn up. Unfortunately most football fans are the sofa cheering on ‘their’ teams and hoping they get some sort of bragging rights at work the next day.
Postman Pat
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Went to school with the guy 20 secs in. Born in Bradford, been a Liverpool fan as long as I've known him (35 years), has/had a season ticket at Amex.
No idea who he's supporting Saturday. Liverpool I would guess.
No idea who he's supporting Saturday. Liverpool I would guess.
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HellBilly
I actually see a Brighton season ticket holder wearing a Liverpool top in the celebrations around 4.40mins
He is still a Liverpool fan, two clubs ?
He is still a Liverpool fan, two clubs ?
As an Albion fan that works in Liverpool I will be christening the local pub “West Stand Upper”. All are welcome.
Nixonator
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Yep, the irony lost on them it seems. They can 'relate' somehow to a club 300 miles away whose fans would no doubt rip the absolute shit out of them for who they are, yet there's a club round the corner with some of the most accepting fans in the country.
We don't have a european cup though, so you know, it balances out I guess.
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The thing is, many people do just like watching football on the box, they don't want to go to games, so for them I guess there is a logic to picking a team that is on TV a lot more than others.
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Feel free to mock their choice of football team (hell: I'm about to) but I really don't see the need to bring their sexuality into it.
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On to the video, meanwhile: what a load of old crap.
They've made out like the K&Q is some sort of red enclave in the heart of Brighton. It's just a massive pub that has big TV screens and shows a lot of football, which lets them hang their flags up when they come in. There's no permanent Liverpool decor to my knowledge. And "3000 Liverpool fans"? Give over: that pub never accommodates 3000 people (and even if it did, I'd imagine hundreds of fans with considerably better taste will go and drink elsewhere, in pubs that are actually good.
If this was a load of Man United fans, the Guardian would never have bothered, as they'd be getting absolute pelters for it. Why are Liverpool any different? Plastic fans, (almost) the lot of 'em.
They've made out like the K&Q is some sort of red enclave in the heart of Brighton. It's just a massive pub that has big TV screens and shows a lot of football, which lets them hang their flags up when they come in. There's no permanent Liverpool decor to my knowledge. And "3000 Liverpool fans"? Give over: that pub never accommodates 3000 people (and even if it did, I'd imagine hundreds of fans with considerably better taste will go and drink elsewhere, in pubs that are actually good.
If this was a load of Man United fans, the Guardian would never have bothered, as they'd be getting absolute pelters for it. Why are Liverpool any different? Plastic fans, (almost) the lot of 'em.