Does your child/children support your team?
Poll: Does your child/children support your team?
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I followed my dads team (rangers)and my son will follow mine its the natural order of life 
My son is 18 months old and has had two full strips and I’ve got an agreement in place with the guy who sits next to me for first dibs on his season book. Hopefully he will be old enough by then
I have a friend who’s a blades fan so have a soft spot for them but don’t blame you for rebelling
My son is 18 months old and has had two full strips and I’ve got an agreement in place with the guy who sits next to me for first dibs on his season book. Hopefully he will be old enough by then
I have a friend who’s a blades fan so have a soft spot for them but don’t blame you for rebelling
Edited by dalzo on Friday 23 September 13:34
I remember the boy being asked (aged 5 or 6) what his favourite team was, his answer - 'yellow'. He had absolutely no concept of football as anything other than a kick around at school. To be fair, at 10 I think he still doesn't, but we are not really a football family. The girl isn't interested either. I wouldn't really object on principle if either of them decided to adopt a team, as long as it didn't become some tribal obsession. **trigger warning** It's only a game.
I'm a Villa fan, from a family of Villa fans who were all born and raised within 6 miles of the ground, as was I until I was 23.
However I have lived 100 miles south in Reading since 1995.
I still go and watch Villa at home and (mostly) away at London games. My 7yo son chose to follow them, with abit lot of encouragement from me.
He's mostly excited because he has the same squad number (23) in his U8s team as Phillip Coutinho does in the Villa team. I've yet to break it to him that young Phil is currently viewed as an overpaid fancy dan trading on his former glories and not really setting the world on fire in claret and blue, so we'll see how that pans out when he's flogged on to someone silly enough to pay his wages.
For many years I had a season ticket at Reading because I could cycle there or go on the bus in 15 minutes, enjoy a few beers and be back home in time for Saturday night telly without too much spousal grief.
So if he decides to follow his local team instead I'll have no problem with that, happy to take him.
What I found from that is that it's really quite relaxing watching a team when you're not 'lifetime invested' in them. If Villa lost I used to get really narked about it, but watching a 'second team' meant that win/lose/draw I wasn't particularly bothered, it was just a good day out watching sport and seeing mates.
However I have lived 100 miles south in Reading since 1995.
I still go and watch Villa at home and (mostly) away at London games. My 7yo son chose to follow them, with a
He's mostly excited because he has the same squad number (23) in his U8s team as Phillip Coutinho does in the Villa team. I've yet to break it to him that young Phil is currently viewed as an overpaid fancy dan trading on his former glories and not really setting the world on fire in claret and blue, so we'll see how that pans out when he's flogged on to someone silly enough to pay his wages.
For many years I had a season ticket at Reading because I could cycle there or go on the bus in 15 minutes, enjoy a few beers and be back home in time for Saturday night telly without too much spousal grief.
So if he decides to follow his local team instead I'll have no problem with that, happy to take him.
What I found from that is that it's really quite relaxing watching a team when you're not 'lifetime invested' in them. If Villa lost I used to get really narked about it, but watching a 'second team' meant that win/lose/draw I wasn't particularly bothered, it was just a good day out watching sport and seeing mates.
Edited by PurpleTurtle on Friday 23 September 14:41
Been a season ticket holder at Exeter City for nigh-on 40 years. When my kids were aware that dad and their two uncles went to the footy each week they were always asking if they could come too. Once each one reached five I started taking them, and soon enough they became season ticket holders too. Life, jobs and other things conspired to mean season tickets are no longer viable for them now, but my youngest son, now 24, when asked what he'd like for Christmas this year, straight away said this season's City shirt.
Once you're hooked, there's no going back!
Once you're hooked, there's no going back!
I am a Brighton & Hove Albion fan, having been brought up on the south coast. I have one son that is interested in football and I took him to see a number of matches but he has remained, resolutely, an Arsenal fan. Which is about the worse thing possible in our family, as grandparents/great grandparents came from the Chelsea and Fulham areas!
I’m a Liverpool fan but my son, 13, is a Tranmere fan. Tranmere are my EFL team (used to go and watch them as a kid) and Liverpool are his Prem team, so there is harmony in the house. I’m actually pretty sure that anyone on The Wirral who supports the red or blue side of Liverpool must by law also support Tranmere as a second team.
Anfield is the closest ground to my place of birth (by about half a mile) so I’m not a glory hunting plastic scouser. Both my grandads, father and father-in-law were/are reds along with two blue uncles.
Anfield is the closest ground to my place of birth (by about half a mile) so I’m not a glory hunting plastic scouser. Both my grandads, father and father-in-law were/are reds along with two blue uncles.
Edited by benny.c on Friday 23 September 23:52
Granddad,Dad,Me and my son are hand me down West Ham fans..no choice. My son played in their academy and he travels down from Sheffield Uni for every home game. I’ve had a season ticket on and off for 30 odd years and he’s had once for 16 years since he was 4. I’m proud that he stuck with it as a youngster through relegation and god knows how many false dawns when all his school mates were only following teams that won things. Having said that,over the years there’s been many a time we’ve walked out the ground and he’s asked why I made him support the club !
The jiffle king said:
Simple question. I have a 2 year old and I rebelled from supporting the same team as my Mum and Grandfather who were ardent Sheffield United fans.
Have you encouraged your offspring to follow your team or have they chosen another team?
Who the hell did you go to? Have you encouraged your offspring to follow your team or have they chosen another team?
I'm a Sheffield United fan! My kids follow them, but their first team is Liverpool.
It's all good. (I think my youngest, 7, is starting to gravitate more to The Blades anyway).
Murph7355 said:
The jiffle king said:
Simple question. I have a 2 year old and I rebelled from supporting the same team as my Mum and Grandfather who were ardent Sheffield United fans.
Have you encouraged your offspring to follow your team or have they chosen another team?
Who the hell did you go to? Have you encouraged your offspring to follow your team or have they chosen another team?
I'm a Sheffield United fan! My kids follow them, but their first team is Liverpool.
It's all good. (I think my youngest, 7, is starting to gravitate more to The Blades anyway).
Never lived there, but chose them aged about 7 and you cannot swap your team
Brought up in the Midlands and most mates were Leicester or Cov.... mainly Leicester to be honest
Born and raised in the Lakes, so not many options for proper teams in Cumbria. Followed Carlisle for that reason.
Moved with Derbyshire/Derby County supporting wife to Derbyshire where our children have been born and raised.
Not in a rebellious way, our children follow neither.
Eldest was young when Man United were still good and had been for a long time, so fell in with that crowd. How we laugh that he has only really seen the worst spell for god knows how long.
Youngest decided one day, when he was very young that he liked Crystal Palace. Stuck with it, we’ve taken him to a couple of games and now I find myself a kind of passive Palace fan as well. Obviously helps that my actual team will never be in the top flight, so I get to have a Premier team that isn’t one of the plastics as well as my actual side.
Mostly watch our local northern premier league side together as we can walk to the ground and I can sneak a couple of pints in.
Moved with Derbyshire/Derby County supporting wife to Derbyshire where our children have been born and raised.
Not in a rebellious way, our children follow neither.
Eldest was young when Man United were still good and had been for a long time, so fell in with that crowd. How we laugh that he has only really seen the worst spell for god knows how long.
Youngest decided one day, when he was very young that he liked Crystal Palace. Stuck with it, we’ve taken him to a couple of games and now I find myself a kind of passive Palace fan as well. Obviously helps that my actual team will never be in the top flight, so I get to have a Premier team that isn’t one of the plastics as well as my actual side.
Mostly watch our local northern premier league side together as we can walk to the ground and I can sneak a couple of pints in.
I’m Arsenal. I was born in High Wycombe (The Chairboys are my 2nd team). My Dad wasn’t really massively into football when I was growing up (Sheffield Wednesday Fan) so probably not a big influence. My Mum’s side and particularly my Grandad were Arsenal and age 5 I decided to support them.
My kids sort of had a choice within reason. Either Arsenal or a local team to where they were born (we now live in the North West), but never Man United as my in laws are all United. Both are Gooners. Tbf my son had Arsenal stuff from birth so it was always likely!
My kids sort of had a choice within reason. Either Arsenal or a local team to where they were born (we now live in the North West), but never Man United as my in laws are all United. Both are Gooners. Tbf my son had Arsenal stuff from birth so it was always likely!
Edited by Ben Jk on Saturday 24th September 06:04
I was born in Crewe, grew up in Nantwich, now live in MK.
Mums dad was a Leeds fan (he died same day I was born), dads dad was Man United, dads mum was Liverpool.
My mum and dad not interested in football at all. I was taken to a few Crewe matches by a family friend who was the accountant at Crewe but wasn't really interested in them, I wanted to be a Man Utd fan as a kid but never went there, I stopped interest in football when I was about 7/8 but got back into it when I was about 10/11, at the time I was starting out interest in music mainly punk at the time, I wore Dr Martens to school and West Ham were sponsored by Dr Martens, I also had been watching Serie A on TV for years and started following Lazio. ex Lazio player Paolo Di Canio joined and that was it, West Ham fan since.
My younger sister also now supports them, and we even got my dad to come to a few matches at Upton Park and away (Bolton, Wigan, Man Utd, Man City).
Last few seasons though since the OS move, I've been to more Lazio matches than West Ham.
I now have my first child, hes approaching 3 months now, he has last seasons shirt/shorts/socks with his name on it and a few baby grows, cant wait to take him to his first match with my sister, just wish my dad was still here to come as well.
As we live in MK and he was born here, few people have said you should take him MK, but nah couldn't do that to him. Just hope he doesn't do what the fashion seems to be at the moment and buy/wear PSG rubbish.
I'd like him to get into playing football, I always wanted to do it but with parents who weren't interested it was never going to work. Get him into football and language (Italian, I can speak it a little) and get him out to the Lazio academy *pipe dreams*
Mums dad was a Leeds fan (he died same day I was born), dads dad was Man United, dads mum was Liverpool.
My mum and dad not interested in football at all. I was taken to a few Crewe matches by a family friend who was the accountant at Crewe but wasn't really interested in them, I wanted to be a Man Utd fan as a kid but never went there, I stopped interest in football when I was about 7/8 but got back into it when I was about 10/11, at the time I was starting out interest in music mainly punk at the time, I wore Dr Martens to school and West Ham were sponsored by Dr Martens, I also had been watching Serie A on TV for years and started following Lazio. ex Lazio player Paolo Di Canio joined and that was it, West Ham fan since.
My younger sister also now supports them, and we even got my dad to come to a few matches at Upton Park and away (Bolton, Wigan, Man Utd, Man City).
Last few seasons though since the OS move, I've been to more Lazio matches than West Ham.
I now have my first child, hes approaching 3 months now, he has last seasons shirt/shorts/socks with his name on it and a few baby grows, cant wait to take him to his first match with my sister, just wish my dad was still here to come as well.
As we live in MK and he was born here, few people have said you should take him MK, but nah couldn't do that to him. Just hope he doesn't do what the fashion seems to be at the moment and buy/wear PSG rubbish.
I'd like him to get into playing football, I always wanted to do it but with parents who weren't interested it was never going to work. Get him into football and language (Italian, I can speak it a little) and get him out to the Lazio academy *pipe dreams*
Edited by the-norseman on Saturday 24th September 09:36
Edited by the-norseman on Saturday 24th September 09:38
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