Premiership arrogance

[Shropshire Seagull]

Love those conversations round here - Shropshire, like Sussex, has only one [ok, 2 if you count Crawley] pro clubs so when you ask "who do you support?" - if the repsonse is Man U, Man C, Ar$e, Chelski, etc, I ask "how many times have you watched them play live [not on the TV] this season?"

If the response is "none" - I advise them that they are not supporters, but followers of said club.
When they ask me and I say "Brighton" they try the same response until I reel off the away fixtures I've attended.

These people should be labeled "followers" as they are not really "supporters" in the true sense ......

 

[alfredmizen]

Was it not just a joke?

exactly, because he didnt get his arse kissed , a bit of banter becomes ''arrogance''.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

I have a colleague whom is a top bloke. However he is palace. The other day he shocked me saying he liked Brighton as well, has been to see us about ten times and wants us to be promoted.

Is he gay
regards
DR

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Is he gay
regards
DR

Nope, not at all.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Nope, not at all.

regards
DR

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

my mate used to call Llanelli walking stick city..........................he has not been to Eastbourne lately

Is it true that the shop windows in Eastbourne are bifocal?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

We all know some, the pain in the arse if we go up, is these armchairs will be asking if you can get them a ticket sat next to you when we play their team.
We need to get our diplomatic responses ready for this, as they will not understand why this is a no no.

'I'll look into it' is a reply I have already had to use

I was a kid in the 70s and we all took our homework, sandwiches and PE kit to school in a bag adorned with the schmutter of our favourite footy team. It was all Leeds, Chelsea, Man City, Everton. No Brighton at all. However . . .

We were kids. Can anyone over 70 tell me if the adult population of B&H was infested with 'supporters' of 'proper' clubs back then? And did they go to games (highly unlikely I would imagine).

An ex neighbour of mine here in Fav regularly used to mock me for driving all over the country to watch BHA. The further it was (Exeter, Carlisle) the funnier he thought it. He was a ManUre 'supporter'. The ONLY time he'd seen them 'live' was the 1967 European Cup final (and only becauase it was in Wembley, and he lived in Shephard's Bush at the time, and you could walk up and pay at the gate). It is hard to be annoyed with him now, though. Dead (drink).

 

[glasfryn]

Is it true that the shop windows in Eastbourne are bifocal?

 

[Triggaaar]

We'll have plenty of these "supporters" come August should we go up, so i'm loathed to criticise too much.

So people in the north of England will just start supporting Brighton?

Local fans who watch on TV are not the same as those who are fans of a team hundreds of miles away, just because they're at the top.

 

[Triggaaar]

We all know some, the pain in the arse if we go up, is these armchairs will be asking if you can get them a ticket sat next to you when we play their team.
We need to get our diplomatic responses ready for this

F*** off.

Glad I could help.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Is it true that the shop windows in Eastbourne are bifocal?

Brilliant!