[goonersf]

I sense the majority of Big Soccer board users might be too young for this question, but I'm doing a little research for a fictional story I am writing. Would like to hear from people who lived in the States and yet supported a English club team in the 70's and 80's.

I remember being introduced to Arsenal and Manchester United when my older sister returned from a trip to England in 1979. However, I didn't end up becoming a proper Arsenal supporter until years later.


Things I'd be interested in here about:

What team did you support?
How did you get introduced to your team?
How did you follow your team in the years before the Internet and satellite/cable television?

[pookspur]

Originally Posted by goonersf

What team did you support?

tottenham hotspur

Originally Posted by goonersf

How did you get introduced to your team?

can't recall, actually. my earliest two recollections are of a spurs fa cup match on pbs back in the 70s (wolves? not sure), and an article in a magazine (world soccer, i think) on the current side. i can't remember which came first. regardless, whenever i would read or see anything about english football, tottenham was the club that always had my interest.

Originally Posted by goonersf

How did you follow your team in the years before the Internet and satellite/cable television?

old magazines and, by the 90s, the london sunday times, which i would see on monday mornings. it would be disingenuous for me to imply that i followed the club (or english league football) closely prior to the late 80s/early 90s; but, as stated above, if asked who my favorite football club was, the answer - without hesitation - would've been "spurs" as early as the mid 70s.

[Toon³]

Originally Posted by goonersf

What team did you support?

Newcastle Utd

How did you get introduced to your team?

Jesus

How did you follow your team in the years before the Internet and satellite/cable television?

I went to the games

[Clan]

Originally Posted by Toon³

I went to the games

From the States?...

[NYC Footy Junky]

I grew up in the States but moved to Manchester at age 12 in 1983. Thru family connects, we had season tickets to MUFC and so since that time, I have been a Red Devils supporter. I moved back to the US one year later and have been following footy by any means necessary. I subscribed the World Soccer watched whatever was on TV. Before moving to England, I liked Liverpool best.

[Toon³]

Originally Posted by Clan

From the States?...

No, most of the time I was in a state.



and yes I didn't read the opening post very well did I, infact I had no right to post in this thread since i wasn't born until 84 and have never lived in the US.