Please list at least 3 or most club supporters that you consider to be extremely passionate/devoted. Thanks.
Off the top of my head, when i think devoted Fan ithink of clubs with amssive following but very little trophies:- Borussia Dortmund Newcastle United A.S.Roma
Milwall, Spurs, Newcastle, West Ham, Chelsea, Leeds, N.Ireland. Loads of clubs in the English lower divisions.
Thank You CAPTAIN OBVIOUS! I know this, but what i mean is that they are not a team which is expected to win silverware anymore, with the team they have!
FC Twente fans. FInanced new chairs in their section of the stadium in the supporters association colours. Also recently built a hall of fame in the stadium (again without club money) where each fan can leave a message for eternity. Together raised and donated 300,000 Euros to the club when it was declared bankrupt last summer. We take turns to visit and place a fresh Twente flag on the grave of the most legendary Twente player ever, Epi Drost, every week. We were voted footy fans of the year in Holland for the second time in a row last season, jury report stating that the Twente stadium has the best football atmosphere in the country.
Newcastle have only started pulling in crowds since Hall invested loads of money in the 90s. Before Keegan arrived attendances were about 10,000. Their fans are always crowing about how good and loyal they are but they were nowhere when Newcastle had a poor side.
This was about Europe and not EPL, wasn't it? and I don't think fenerbace fans suffer bad, except being turkish maybe ;-) I like the Glasgow fans though, travelling to spain without a ticket is really great!
Keith's Response: In my opinion and not caring how much they win: Germany: Top: Dortmund Others: Schalke, Kaiserslautern England: Top: Man City Others: Arsenal, Spurs Italy: Top: AC Milan Others: Fiorentina, AS Roma Spain: Top: Barca Next: Atletico Madrid Again, just my opinion.
I would really like to see how Dortmund does after playing a decade or so in the third division. In the last ten years, they won 3 championships, the champions league, the Toyota cup and they reached an UEFA cup final. Of course (from the late 70s on) Dortmund had one of or the highest attendances in Bundesliga most of the time. I don't want to take anything away from them, but i think it's a bit strange that the definition of loyality for some people seems to be "sticking to your team even if it doesn't win the championship". That said, i think teams like Dortmund, Schalke and Kaiserslautern would get high attendances in lower divisions too and have loyal supporters. But in my opinion there are some clubs that should get more credit than them at the moment. I refer to this thread: https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=149232
The East Stirlingshire fans probably deserve a special mention. They've won 3 games in their last 75 (or something crazy like that) and there isn't many draws in there either.
Portsmouth fans were still singing when they were 6-1 down vs arsenal now that is loyalty. also my club leicester has been going up and down in their whole history and have been to 2 fa cup finals and lost both, we also raised alot of cash to get our team out of administration. no1 shud mention italian fans as they have trouble being loyal to their wives yet alone their team!
id say fiorentina have some really passionate supporters. They stuck with the team when they were relegated to the fourth division and now just four years later they are back in Serie A. what a loyal group.
Why I even bother reading certain posts is beyond me. On that note, I would say overall Napoli fans are the most loyal in Italy. 60,000 in Serie C pretty much says it all. Don't know too many teams in Europe that would draw that many fans in third division... Leeds fans are pretty impressive in their loyalty. Man City was already mentioned as well. A few teams in Spain are noteworthy, especially Real Oviedo who is in a similar position to what Fiorentina was in 2 years ago (i.e. fourth division) but still draws very good crowds, especially when you consider how small the town is.
Loyalty and LOUD AS HELL has to be GALATASARAY. Arriving hours before games singing to the beat of an non relenting drum! Lighting the flairs and bouncing up and down in a show of passion and faith in their team. Travelling from Istanbul to Spain, Spain to France, France to Germany, Germany to England, and never for one moment losing site of the objective to win, even with all of EUFA against it. The referees against them, It doesn't matter for CIM BOM, they are the champions of my heart!! Watch out next year they will be back in the Champions league!! CIM BOM BOM!!!
They're all murderers, are they? Stop trolling. Back on topic: NEWCASTLE FANS ARE CR@P AND WERE NOWHERE BEFORE KEEGAN AND HALL'S MONEY CAME ALONG.
No we are not all Murderers at Galatasaray or in Turkey for that matter. I can understand your anger however let it be known that I along with 99% of Galatasaray fans and Turkish people condemned the murders of any football fans anywhere in the world. It is the most beautiful game and the atmosphere at a Galatasaray (Besiktas or Fenerbahce honestly) is intense exciting and non stop from hours before the game untill way after the game it is just something to witness in person. PS: My mother is English and I was born in Cambridge, I am a reall MAN U fan as well, I think ROONEY is the best player born EVER!! (thats how i feel this week anyway hehe)
yeah, but it's not like they are averaging 60,000 is it? Their last few years have seens their crowds average... 2000/1 39,000 (Serie A) 2001/2 17,000 (Serie B) 2002/3 28,000 (Serie B) 2003/4 14,000 (Serie B) 2004/5 45,000 (Serie C, first 2 games, don't know about the rest) rather than loyal it strikes me as classic fair-weather support. There have been loads of clubs who've been forced to drop down a few divisons after folding. Pretty much all of them have retained their support, and in some cases got more supporters after doing so. I don't see it as being remarkable. Newcastle fans do go on about it a bit too much, but contrary to what was said earlier, crowds weren't down to anywhere near 10,000 before Keegan took over. 20,000-25,000 seemed to be pretty much normal for their spells outside of the top division. I've no idea why Millwall are being touted as having loyal support. The New Den isn't a particularly atmospheric ground either.