Olympique Marseille + You/How did you become an OM supporter?

[Catfish]

I started this thread in another forum. Thought it might be fun to have in here.

How did you become an OM supporter?
Why not another Ligue 1 club?
List your football background.
Tell us where you are from?
How many OM matches do you see a year on TV?
Have you been to the Velodrome?
How many OM kits do you own? Which ones?
What other clubs do you follow and why?

MODS: Please sticky this thread.
Thanks.

[sl7vk]

How did you become an OM supporter?
I lived in Nice for 1 year.... It was the year OM went to the UEFA cup final. Passionate supporters.

Why not another Ligue 1 club?
I acutally prefer Nancy.

List your football background.
I'm a soccer super fan. I played Keeper in High School, not much more.

Tell us where you are from?
From New York, living in Utah. I have duel citizenship with France and the US, and Married a Frenchwoman.

How many OM matches do you see a year on TV?
As many as FSC shows.... 6 maybe 7?

Have you been to the Velodrome?
Many times.

How many OM kits do you own? Which ones?
3. Khalifa airways, Ericcson, and 9 telecom.

What other clubs do you follow and why?
Nancy. My parents are from Nancy. Plus you can't argue with Platini's club.

[Catfish]

How did you become an OM supporter?
I lived in Nice for 1 year.... It was the year OM went to the UEFA cup final. Passionate supporters.

Why not another Ligue 1 club?
I acutally prefer Nancy.

List your football background.
I'm a soccer super fan. I played Keeper in High School, not much more.

Tell us where you are from?
From New York, living in Utah. I have duel citizenship with France and the US, and Married a Frenchwoman.

How many OM matches do you see a year on TV?
As many as FSC shows.... 6 maybe 7?

Have you been to the Velodrome?
Many times.

How many OM kits do you own? Which ones?
3. Khalifa airways, Ericcson, and 9 telecom.

What other clubs do you follow and why?
Nancy. My parents are from Nancy. Plus you can't argue with Platini's club.
Did Platini play for OM? How many years and how many goals did he score?
Thanks. My wife is 1/2 Irish + 1/2 French decent. She looks very French (basically stunningly beautiful....she took 7yrs of French growing up).

[sl7vk]

Did Platini play for OM? How many years and how many goals did he score?
Thanks. My wife is 1/2 Irish + 1/2 French decent. She looks very French (basically stunningly beautiful....she took 7yrs of French growing up).
No Platini played for Nancy..... This was before his glory days with Juventus.

[Catfish]

No Platini played for Nancy.....
Thanks for the info. Do you like anyone in MLS? Real Salt Lake or NY/JY Metros?

[sl7vk]

Thanks for the info. Do you like anyone in MLS? Real Salt Lake or NY/JY Metros?
RSL is fine with me. I've been to 4 games this year. But MLS will never be as good as European football until it's big enough to develop a promotion/relegation system. If finishing last has no consequences, then a league loses something IMHO.

[Catfish]

RSL is fine with me. I've been to 4 games this year. But MLS will never be as good as European football until it's big enough to develop a promotion/relegation system. If finishing last has no consequences, then a league loses something IMHO.
I want MLS to do well and watch Fire games on TV, been to a few in the last 2 years, but European footie is waaaaaaaaaaay better to follow. The passion, tradition, and quality of play is just amazing.
I couldn't agree more. That is something that I wish all American sports had, it also creates much needed motivation, so the players are not just out there earning a paycheck even if they stink.

[Gringocholo]

When Adres Mendoza singned. :)

[sl7vk]

So you've been a fan for what, a week now? Best week of your life I imagine.... :)

[guignol]

No Platini played for Nancy..... This was before his glory days with Juventus.and in between he played for a club... that will remain nameless. ;)

[anakmelayu]

How did you become an OM supporter?
when they won CL

Why not another Ligue 1 club?
love at the first sight

List your football background.
playin in midfield, but now days playing a lot of futsal

Tell us where you are from?
sax alam, malaysia

How many OM matches do you see a year on TV?
none...only highlight and post match result

Have you been to the Velodrome?
none...but someday, i will

How many OM kits do you own? Which ones?
ericcson

What other clubs do you follow and why?
juve (die hard fan of del piero) and chelsea (at my country, they only showed live EPL match, so i have to pick a team, since a couple of marseille player played there before )

[Niko1700]

How did you become an OM supporter?
-because my dad was assistant coach , and also main coach for couple of matches with l'OM
Why not another Ligue 1 club?
-L'OM has something special, its the same with where im from, HAJDUK SPLIT, same mentality, and crazy fans
List your football background.
-my dad is ZORAN VUJOVIC
Tell us where you are from?
SPLIT, CROATIA
How many OM matches do you see a year on TV?
-though to watch L"OM on tv in the USA
Have you been to the Velodrome?
-yes
How many OM kits do you own? Which ones?
4 of 2002/2003 khalifa airways of leboeuf, olembe, ferreira, RUNJE
1 of 2004/2005 9 telecom of MEITE
What other clubs do you follow and why?
i follow Hajduk Split (my hometown club)
and Bordeaux (cuz my dad played for them)

[gaijin]

No shit?

Your dad is Zoran Vujovic?

I have a picture of him and Tomislav Ivic crying on the pitch in 1980, when it was announced that Tito had died.

I remember that Yugoslavian side in 1982, because it had some great French connections in there. Halihodizic, Pantelic, Sljivo, Surjak...

Yeah your dad was a good player with Bordeaux during the mid 80's...

What a cracking team that was (Battiston, Roche, Tigana, Vercruysse, Ferreri) :cool:

[ugly_hooligan_east]

....aha the famous Vujovic brothers...Zoran and Zlatko....also members of the once Yugoslavian national team.....my dad used to talk about that team of Hajduk all the time...it was his favourite team besides our hometown Prishtina team of course......

[gaijin]

....aha the famous Vujovic brothers...Zoran and Zlatko....also members of the once Yugoslavian national team.....my dad used to talk about that team of Hajduk all the time...it was his favourite team besides our hometown Prishtina team of course......

Yeah, they both played for Bordeaux together didn't they?

[ugly_hooligan_east]

....yep....I believe they joined bordeaux in mid eighties....too young to remember but from what I've heard...I also believe they never played apart from one another....

[Cana19]

Hi, my first post to BigSoccer :)

How did you become an OM supporter?
- after Cana moved from PSG, I became more curious about OM

Why not another Ligue 1 club?
- I used to follow PSG when Cana played there, but after that transfer and way they treated him make me dislike them really

List your football background.
- I like to play in defence

Tell us where you are from?
- same place as Cana

How many OM matches do you see a year on TV?
- depends, not much though... I rely on videos, highlights...

Have you been to the Velodrome?
- No

How many OM kits do you own? Which ones?
- I dont have any right now, but I will soon... no19 :rolleyes:

What other clubs do you follow and why?
- AC Milan, I grew up with this team. WestBrom, I just like this team.


Nice to be here :)

[blackjack]

Welcome. Don't expect much sympathy from the Paris fans though.

[Niko1700]

yea, played in bordeaux, and won almost everything, french cup, league, and semifinals of coupe des coupes, against leipzig. after that my dad went to AS cannes, while my uncle( zlatko) went to PSG, had 2 good seasons there.

im glad to see lot of people remember them. thanx guys

[navid90]

i come from a half French descent so my moms side are like crazy Marseille fans and still live in france and have a home in marseille and bordeaux but thats merely for bussiness and Fabien Barthez has been my favorite goale since WC98 and this when he moved to marseille it was like the perfect fit and i've gotten a marseille jersey every christmas for the past 4 years.