[IainMorton]

The nearest ground to my house is Pollok Juniors, I think I am right in between Hampden and Ibrox so I could pick either Queens Park or Rangers as my local senior side but support Morton despite never living in Greenock in my life. I must be mad...

Edit - quick Google maps search - Hampden is 2.2 miles and Ibrox is 3.4 miles - so Queens Park is my local senior side!!

This post has been edited by IainMorton: 08 February 2012 - 21:51

[Monkey Tennis]

DomDom, on 08 February 2012 - 21:15, said:

I tend to hold the view that it doesn't matter why you support a team. You want to support a team because they win things? Fine. You want to support a team because they're close to you? Fine. You want to support a team because they play nice stuff? Fine. As long as you stick with that team and they're yours, why does anything else matter?

I tend to get more annoyed by the kinds of people who think they have any right to tell anyone that they're wrong for supporting a team for any reason.

You're most definitely wrong.

Teams play in the same place each fortnight and have references to place in their names for a reason.

Everyone should support the team closest to them during their formative years and then stick with that team until they die.

I know it's a free country, but in this respect it shouldn't be.

[Toby]

Monkey Tennis, on 08 February 2012 - 21:58, said:

You're most definitely wrong.

Teams play in the same place each fortnight and have references to place in their names for a reason.

Everyone should support the team closest to them during their formative years and then stick with that team until they die.

I know it's a free country, but in this respect it shouldn't be.

With all due respect, that's complete bollocks. My town doesn't have a senior team, and the closest senior club is Hamilton, from a town I have no affiliation to whatsoever. As one side of my family were from Millport, and neither had any great affiliation to any team, a friends dad took me and him to Cappielow as kids and I've followed Morton ever since.

Why on earth should I be forced into supporting Hamilton ahead of Morton?

[Cruoninga]

BerwickMad, on 07 February 2012 - 21:30, said:

I couldn't imagine supporting a team that I didn't have a local link with the same passion.

Neither could I, yet one day it just happened to me.

[Rob1885]

Isaiah Osbourne, on 08 February 2012 - 21:47, said:

I thought you supported Rangers?

side splitting

[WILLIEA]

Monkey Tennis, on 08 February 2012 - 21:58, said:

You're most definitely wrong.

Teams play in the same place each fortnight and have references to place in their names for a reason.

Everyone should support the team closest to them during their formative years and then stick with that team until they die.

I know it's a free country, but in this respect it shouldn't be.

Christ! After nearly 50 years you now tell me I have to go buy a Motherwell scarf.
What about parental influence?

[DomDom]

Monkey Tennis, on 08 February 2012 - 21:58, said:

Everyone should support the team closest to them during their formative years and then stick with that team until they die.

I've still to see a good reason for why this is the case. The reason I got into Morton was that it was the first team I was taken to see in person numerous times. Had it been Ibrox, and it could well have been, who's to say it wouldn't have been different? And why is that wrong in any way? Am I to suddenly be forced into giving a shit about a team that I don't give a shit about?

So much ignorance to so much, just to be able to say "I support my local team", and to lord it over others.

[huckleberrydrewe]

Coming from Portsmouth I used to watch Pompey as a boy but never had any affinity for them, my grandfather was a life long Pars fan as is my mother, although she has seen the light, but my grandmother took me to Cowdenbeath as a teenager bought me a shirt and the affection stuck, moved to Scotland and it was only natural to follow Cowden, although I live in perth I occassionally go and watch St Johnstone or Jeanfield Swifts, and I cheer them on hoping that they win and follow their progress, but I don't support them, I believe your team chooses you and Cowden chose me back on that fateful day

[tartanterrier]

My team are Watford as they were the 1st team I supported.My dad would take me to see
them when I was a kid playing friendlies in Scotland,during the Taylor era.But I finally managed
to go down to Vicarage Road,and have been hooked on them ever since.The only games I
get to now,are the away matches they have in the north of England.

I don't really have a Scottish team apart from the national side.My dad is a Rangers fan,his
brother was a Celtic fan and Grandad was a Hearts fan,despite his great grandparents coming
over from Donegal So it's a bit of a countdown conundrum