Do you have any interest in football outside of The Albion?

Hiney · Mar 17, 2016

There was a thread earlier about the announcement of the England squad. I was surprised to read some comments saying they had never heard of Danny Drinkwater and Erik Dier.

I am obviously an Albion fan but I am also a football fan, interested in the wider game. I love watching the Premier League, European football etc. and take an interest in those players.

Am I in a minority?

Buzzer · Mar 17, 2016

Hiney said:
There was a thread earlier about the announcement of the England squad. I was surprised to read some comments saying they had never heard of Danny Drinkwater and Erik Dier.

I am obviously an Albion fan but I am also a football fan, interested in the wider game. I love watching the Premier League, European football etc. and take an interest in those players.

Am I in a minority?

That'll be me then!

Nope, I'm not much of a football fan at all. It's Brighton and that's about it. I probably couldn't name more than 10 non-Albion players in the Championship without struggling.

spence · Mar 17, 2016

Buzzer said:
That'll be me then!

Nope, I'm not much of a football fan at all. It's Brighton and that's about it. I probably couldn't name more than 10 non-Albion players in the Championship without struggling.

Snap but i could name more players though

Surrey_Albion · Mar 17, 2016

nope, I watch BHA and that's it, especially today's football , if we had gone in those dark days I don't think I'd have bothered with football now

Fungus · Mar 17, 2016

Buzzer said:
That'll be me then!

Nope, I'm not much of a football fan at all. It's Brighton and that's about it. I probably couldn't name more than 10 non-Albion players in the Championship without struggling.

Me too. I could probably name more of Man Utd's 1968 team against Benfica than the current squad.

Icy Gull · Mar 17, 2016

Nope, not normally, except now I am interested in the top six in the Championship

severnside gull · Mar 17, 2016

Must admit my football knowledge tends to be limited to England/Wales and I generally can't get excited by the BPL although I'm reasonably well up on it
I know precious little and care even less about European clubs or the would-be secessionists to the north but I have a grandson who has a truly encyclopaedic knowledge of world football. Reminds me of me at his age

Justice · Mar 17, 2016

I now know Adam Johnson is a nonce if that helps

Tom Hark Preston Park · Mar 17, 2016

Hiney said:
There was a thread earlier about the announcement of the England squad. I was surprised to read some comments saying they had never heard of Danny Drinkwater and Erik Dier.

I've heard of Danny Dier. Does that count?

el punal · Mar 17, 2016

Hiney said:
There was a thread earlier about the announcement of the England squad. I was surprised to read some comments saying they had never heard of Danny Drinkwater and Erik Dier.

I am obviously an Albion fan but I am also a football fan, interested in the wider game. I love watching the Premier League, European football etc. and take an interest in those players.

Am I in a minority?

No, not really. Back in the late 1970s, if the Albion were playing away, my friend and I would rock up at Fratton Park to watch Pompey lose, which was often and great fun as well!

I also admired Nottingham Forest, watched them too, when they won the League in 1978. A bit like the feeling a lot of fans have for Leicester now - new kid on the block and all that.

Nowadays there is only one team, my beloved Brighton and Hove Albion! All other clubs are irrelevant unless they have a direct influence on helping the Albion achieve success i.e. beating our rivals. I do however have a chuckle at any demise relating to Palace, Pompey and Saints!

sussex_guy2k2 · Mar 17, 2016

Love it. Total football geek :albion2:

Johners · Mar 17, 2016

All football, plus all other sports.

big nuts · Mar 17, 2016

As a kid and probably up to 25 I was a statto and knew everything worth knowing. Now I couldn't give a toss, money has pretty much ruined the game so my only tie to the game is the Albion and playing football. I haven't watched a live Prem game for ages and would rather watch the Championship highlights than MOTD.

Cheshire Cat · Mar 17, 2016

No, although I have a nostalgic fondness for Hull City (before they were any good).

Thunder Bolt · Mar 17, 2016

I watch MOTD; keep an eye on ex Albion players for results, but that's the limit of my interest apart from international matches.

Meade's Ball · Mar 17, 2016

Aye i like a bit of football. I can't say i have a deep fascination for other teams in our league, or really know who to be at all afraid of prior to being up against them, but the Premier League lot i keep an eye on and have a strong and healthy dislike for Man U, who i gladly watch losing at this very minute. I love seeing some quality play, and on most of my brief and fleeting travels i try and get the girlfriend to agree to going to a game to get a flavour of the atmosphere and culture and style of that club and its fans. England i'll watch at times, on the box, but i don't have a feel for them, so won't open anything to do with squad selections or much of their internal dramas.

atfc village · Mar 17, 2016

I think as you grow older it doesn't mean that much .Now up until Football began in 1992 facts and figures and stats i knew it all ,now i'd struggle to name the last 5 FA Cup Finals. Visiting new Football Grounds now thats a different matter . Give me a 3rd Division game in Europe and i'm made up .

StonehamPark · Mar 17, 2016

Buzzer said:
That'll be me then!

Nope, I'm not much of a football fan at all. It's Brighton and that's about it. I probably couldn't name more than 10 non-Albion players in the Championship without struggling.

Same here.

I couldn't name many Premier League players at all, and would totally fail at naming players who play outside of England.
I love playing more than I do watching/following.

atfc village · Mar 17, 2016

StonehamPark said:
Same here.

I couldn't name many Premier League players at all, and would totally fail at naming players who play outside of England.
I love playing more than I do watching/following.

If i could knock off 15 years so i could play again .Enjoy it while you can.

savanah · Mar 17, 2016

I like watching football at all levels.If i pull up at traffic lights by a park when theres a game on and one team is attacking or gets a corner I watch.if walking through a park during a match I have watched the whole game.

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