What are you views on fandom surrounding this sport?

I look at it like this, we're all bandwagoners to some extent since we're Americans cheering for teams across the ocean, so I laugh anytime another American looks down on me for which Euro teams I support.

When Leeds was in that pre-Bielsa hopelessness era i followed everton a good bit.

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I’ve noticed around the internet that British people gate keep this sport hard from Americans. Seen some hilarious stuff..

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They do, but the fascinating trend for me has been Americans gatekeeping from other Americans.

There's a certain smugness from the American diehard soccer fan that annoys the shite out of me as someone who would like to see the game grow.

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There is a person on this board that is a total blow hard about this type of stuff. Pretty sure they spent some time in England but not actually British. They spew a lot of bs about their teams rivals as if we’re sitting in a pub in northwest England. Takes it way to personal to be talking to a bunch of people in the southeast United States. It’s not that deep and definitely unhealthy to be the way they are.

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Are you referring to SCH who corrects people when they use the word flop, for example?

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we went through a period on this board of Liverpool fans calling people bandwagon fans of other clubs

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This is the shite I find so laughable… we’re all fricking bandwagon trash

It’s not my fault I walked into a Liverpool bar in Ireland, unknowingly, wearing a red polo shirt. Seconds after they won the FA cup almost 20 years ago. Why did someone just hand me a baby? I like that kind of people.

I think that TV distribution in the US has handicapped even EPL for Americans until recently. What channel, what package, what year? Even worse for non EPL teams. Even today, is it on USA, peacock, or P+ (far better sitch.)

And there are EPL fans in every country in the world. I think I counted eight languages spoken in my immediate area the only time I’ve been to anfield. Just because you’re not English or from the broader UK you’re not any lesser, you’re a supporter.

And frankly, I love how much English people that live 30 miles away from each other can insult each other over football at the drop of a hat. I saw a teenager wearing a Man U jersey after the match, I threw up “3” and smiled. His shame was satisfying! lol

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I look at it like this, we're all bandwagoners to some extent since we're Americans cheering for teams across the ocean, so I laugh anytime another American looks down on me for which Euro teams I support.

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This. We’re all bandwagoners. It’s still fun to talk shite to fans of other clubs whether they’re friends or just people on this board.


And just because you’re not a local doesn’t mean you don’t/cant feel a bond with the club after following and watching them nearly every weekend for years on end.

I totally understand why people that dislike the sport would find it weird that Liverpool wins and losses give me the same highs and lows emotionally as LSU sports or the Astros who I have been rooting for since I was a kid, but that’s the honest truth. It dives some of my friends insane It is what it is

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5-7+ years ago sure when this board was wild as frick

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Those were the days, what happened to this place?

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Are you referring to SCH who corrects people when they use the word flop, for example?

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Pretty sure there was a guy in the Wrexham thread last year giving everyone shite about following them, it had to be him.

We’d prefer allegiance to proximity like the clubs origins of the city/culture/history/ownership, but at the end of the day, it’s more a globalized market and entertainment. Just like a message board!