David Brent wrote:Dutchy wrote:Just finished Sunderland til i die, took a few eps to get into it but then really enjoyed it, love seeing how organisations like they work behind the scenes and also the passion for their town/team.
x2 It's a great show.
The English do their passion for sport so much better than us. I love they way they still love their club despite having dropped two divisions of top flight footy.
Yeah couldnt agree more.
I think the big difference in english football is that 99% of clubs were formed by the people for a certain group of people eg the club i support West Ham were originally Thames Ironworks with only ship builders allowed to play in the side. My great great grandfather was a ship builder in east london so there was only one club you could support...it wasnt a choice! Slightly changing in recent times but being a supporter of an english club you simply dont get a choice, you support your local club...it's that or nothing.
You dont get to pick Adelaide or Port, you dont get to pick Tigers because they have a cool nickname it simply doesnt work like that in England. (the nickname thing has never really taken off in english football like it has here in Australian sports)
You look at the AFL and lets be honest Adelaide, West Coast, Fremantle, GSW, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sydney were all born in board rooms and either loosely associate with their region or generically associate eg Adelaide- apart from playing at AO in recent years nothing about them is 'Adelaide' based.
Probably also helps that clubs can move through any tier so you only have 1 club, i dont have a premier league, championship club (eg SANFL level), non football club (eg Amature) so when West Ham get relegated there still my only team.
Probably explains why ive never been able to follow an AFL team. Centrals is my team, i grew up in Elizabeth to a british working class family. They are the team im born into, the only team i support.