Question: Is it possible to support more than one team?

[rgrayson]

It seems that if you like Arsenal remotely you should hate Man U and vise versa. I can see if they were in the same city but aren't they pretty far apart. Im just trying to understand how it all works. Maybe since i dont live over there i dont quite get it all.

[its called football]

It seems that if you like Arsenal remotely you should hate Man U and vise versa. I can see if they were in the same city but aren't they pretty far apart. Im just trying to understand how it all works. Maybe since i dont live over there i dont quite get it all.
Arsenal fans should hate Spurs, and Man U fans should Hate Man City. However, since they have been fighting it out for the league between themselves for far too long, a rivalry has grown up. This is added to by acrimony such as "the battle of Old Trafford." Its also grown because the Man City/ Spurs rivalry is dilluted as more and more "fans" flock to these clubs without living locally, taking away the local rivalry. It will fade as soon as one or other of the two sinks from the top of the league.

[mixmastermatt]

is it possible to support more then one team?

so long as they are playing man utd it is by me

only kidding, supporting a team is like being in the army - u aint gunna fight for both sides!

[usscouse]

Arsenal fans should hate Spurs, and Man U fans should Hate Man City. However, since they have been fighting it out for the league between themselves for far too long, a rivalry has grown up. This is added to by acrimony such as "the battle of Old Trafford." Its also grown because the Man City/ Spurs rivalry is dilluted as more and more "fans" flock to these clubs without living locally, taking away the local rivalry. It will fade as soon as one or other of the two sinks from the top of the league.
Yeh! A little like how an Evertonian in LA and a Liverpudlian near Seattle would beat the crap out of each other with handbags if they met... :)

Why (How) would anyone support two clubs, dumb question..!

[mixmastermatt]

wheres our multi teamed chum (oops, i meant chump) imox77?

he will explain to all of us about choosing to support another team when the original team u support gets relegated! and then adding another team on top of that

[rgrayson]

Yeh! A little like how an Evertonian in LA and a Liverpudlian near Seattle would beat the crap out of each other with handbags if they met... :)

Why (How) would anyone support two clubs, dumb question..!

Not quite the dumbest question (if there is such a thing). I was just curious because I like more than 1 basketball or baseball team. Maybe the "dumb" thing was the use of the word 'support'. MY bad http://www.vortexmediagroup.com/images/banghead.gif http://www.dtmpower.net/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Motterman]

Question: Is it possible to support more than one team?

Sure, club team and national team. :D

[comme]

Not quite the dumbest question (if there is such a thing). I was just curious because I like more than 1 basketball or baseball team. Maybe the "dumb" thing was the use of the word 'support'. MY bad http://www.vortexmediagroup.com/images/banghead.gif http://www.dtmpower.net/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

Its perfectly possible to like more than one team, but you can't really support two teams, especially not in the same way. I like Milan and Cardiff City but Spurs are the club I support.

[rgrayson]

thanks everyone for your replies. I used the term support too loosely i meant like which some of you mentioned. thx

[jtowns3]

is it possible to support more then one team?

so long as they are playing man utd it is by me

only kidding, supporting a team is like being in the army - u aint gunna fight for both sides!

well said! couldnt have put it better!

[Dave_M]

However, since they have been fighting it out for the league between themselves for far too long, a rivalry has grown up. .

Actually the rivalry goes back waaaay before the premiership. It was there with Man U in the 60's....

Also Spurs fans do stil hate us. Though most Arsenal fans are fairly apathetic towards Spurs....mind you, moving north of the river, stealing their captain on a free transfer and winning the league at the Lane (twice). You can understand why they dont like us :)

As for supporting more than one club - what happens when they play each other? That said I know several people who support a Premier League club, as well as their local Low Division / Non League team

[Intermission]

It's not uncommon for a fan of London's bigger clubs (your Arsenal's, Spurs' and Chelsea's) to follow Orient. I have a huge soft spot for Sheffield United because of my grandparents ... they can get stuffed when we play them, of course ;)

[NattyBo]

well


i like 2 teams

dc united / manchester city, but since they're in different universes, its not really cheating :]

[3 Lions Sport]

You can only truly support one team and it doesn't matter which division they play in.

Being in the stands supporting your favourite team will provide you with your own special pieces of nostalgia that will lodge themselves in your consciousness and will forge and shape your identity. No matter how many times you go, each visit is a different experience that will be etched in your memory forever.

If you are a football fan and have never experienced any of this, you have no idea what you are missing. No end of watching games on the TV can compare to being there, living the dream and feeling the passion.

[Andy Bennett]

I don't HATE any other teams or their supporters. They just support a different team from me - that's all.

Maybe when I was a child I did but then something changed - I think it's called growing up and, let me tell you, it's not as much fun as it looks.

[sydtheeagle]

You can have two women on the go, but not two football teams. Doesn't matter where they are or how far apart (the football teams). If they're up for it, keeping the two women close together can be a lot of fun.

[kerpow]

Define "Support".

If that is dying for your team then no, it would be impossible to support more than one. But if "Support" just means going to several games a season and getting excited when they win then yes.

I could say I support (aside from Everton) AFC Wimbledon, Columbus Crew and Eintracht Frankfurt as I have lived very near each of those teams, have gone to many of their games, formed a bond with their fans and will probably always cast an eye over their results in the future. Also, it is extremely unlikely that any of them will ever play eachother, which of course makes it alot easier on my consceince.

[jfh9]

I think if you're in a place like say the US it is entirely possible and ok to support two teams. Even if they are fierce rivals. Especially for people who have never been to England and never experienced the rivalry. We only get so many games over here on the tv. That would be like saying somebody from England who has never been to the US can't like the Red Sox and the Yankees. Support whoever you want.

[Tottenham Hertspur]

The whole nature of support is one that intrigues and baffles me because it is so illogical.

I am a life-long Spurs supporter but I don't understand why. When I was nine the club offered free admission to the kids at the Catholic convent I attended (five miles from the ground) and I was hooked. Other clubs were nearer but that didn't come into it.

From that point onwards I have followed Spurs, spending a fortune going out of my way to watch them. Sometimes they thrill, but nowadays they mostly frustrate.

The whole thing is so utterly irrational, yet I cannot let go of it.

The club is owned by businessmen trying to make a profit, so they might just as well be running Tesco. The club extorts fans for admission and pays in a week what it takes me years to earn.

The new management team, Arnesen, Santini and Jol, had absolutely nothing to do with the club two months ago. I knew little or nothing about them prior to their arrival, nor did I care, yet here they are, swearing allegiance to the cause and attempting to put Spurs back on the map.

The players are almost all outsiders from all over Britain, Europe and the rest of the world. I don't know any of them, have never even met them. Most are here today, gone tomorrow. Some have joined from rival clubs, some are life-long supporters of rivals, most will sooner or later be joining rivals.

Occasionally a player commits a cardinal act of treachery by joining arch-rivals down the road - on a Bosman.

A player is always a hero whilst he performing for Spurs but often a villain when he departs to do the same for a rival. When rivals play for England they are my heroes, when back to their clubs once again villains.

Players have only come to Tottenham for the money or as a stepping stone in their careers, and if another club offers them a better contract they'll be off.

It's all so obviously one big merry-go-round.

These things don't just apply to Spurs, they are typical to a greater or lesser extent of all clubs. Just more so of the biggest.

So why? Why can't I just stop supporting Spurs or any club and just watch the footy for its own sake?

I have tried being neutral, but I just can't do it. In any match involving Spurs there is only one team for me.

The fact that the Gooners down the road are doing well is of course utterly galling. There is just no way a molecule of my being could ever be persuaded to support them instead. As someone said, it would be like fighting for the enemy.

By stating all of this I'm wide open to flippancy and snideness, but any such responses are contemptible and will only serve to underline my point and handsomely illustrate the absurdity of it all.

So.

Can anyone offer me a reasoned and rational explanation as to why we fans commit so irrationally and totally for life to a complete bunch of strangers?

[Winston Smith]

If you weren't a follower of God's eleven, I'd swear Nick Hornby had just crept onto these boards.

To answer the question, yes it is possible, like being in love with more than one woman. But you'll always have your far ahead favourites, where your heart is.

1st team: Tottenham Hotspur, 2nd team: Leyton Orient.

As for supporting Spurs AND Arsenal, or Man Utd AND Liverpool. That is absolutely depraved. In fact it's usually dodgy to support more than one team in the same division.