@_duggie_100 @DanielLawrance0 @DannyReard58632 @Jedimynds That’s not the question. The question was are the relegated, which they wouldn’t be.
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@DanielLawrance0 @DannyReard58632 @Jedimynds U see West Ham winning a game by 12 goals or something?
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@lekgotla_felix @jackluckhurst16 @paniniboy7 Most local fans can’t do that, you’re right. But all local fans have something in common. They’re from the community that Aston Villa represents. It’s deeper than a 4 hour train ride bc you like a random club. I’m not saying you’re not a fan but there is tiers to it.
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@doh2360 @jackluckhurst16 @paniniboy7 The people who go to matches weekly are a very small percentage of the clubs fanbase, die hards. Most local fans can’t do that for a plethora of reasons, family, money and may have had to move for better work and etc
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I don’t think it’s ridiculous to say that supporting your local club and going to games frequently gives you a stronger connection to your club? Doesn’t mean international fans aren’t real fans though, two things can coexist
Zac Djellab@ZacDjellab
"You have no connection to that club..." @Tgarratt10 argues that football means more when you support your local team.
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@jackluckhurst16 @paniniboy7 Respectfully pal, is easier to get out of bed and walk to the tv than it is to go to the match every week home and away.
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@paniniboy7 Lastly, some people live in different countries and sometimes they have very different time zones from their club, and they still stay up late or wake up early to watch their team play live at inconvenient times. That shows a really strong connection and loyalty to their club imo
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@HolteEnders Obviously these are rough drafts. Not sure about the home or third. Away could be cool
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Kit Rumours
— Based on leaks/info, here's a rough visual of how Aston Villa's 2026/27 kits are supposedly set to look. Which is your favourite and would you be happy with this set of kits?
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Call me crazy but I'm still confident we get Champions League #avfc
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@alfiecoulson08 @Jdutch010 @adamgj03 @georgia_wwfc From the age of about 5 years old playing with friends, you want to beat your friends on the playground. You want to win things. It’s engrained in the human brain to want to win. So literally every fan in the world is in it for success.
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@doh2360 @Jdutch010 @adamgj03 @georgia_wwfc their success HELPS YOU DISCOVER the team. especially for fans abroad who are new to the sport/league
obviously a good chunk of people will see the good team as a kid and their child brains will like the team bc of that. doesn’t mean they’re in it for the trophies
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“I’ve religiously supported Chelsea since they were the best team in the world”
Yeah that’s kind of Tom’s point…
Alex Coleman@DarkOfTheMovie
If you love & support a club it doesn’t matter where you’re from. I’m American but I’ve been religiously watching Chelsea since 2014, learned our history and I’ve gotten to visit the Bridge twice. I’d be damned if someone said I wasn’t a real fan😭
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@doh2360 @alfiecoulson08 @adamgj03 @georgia_wwfc There is no inherent benefit to a club winning things, it literally doesn't do anything for you, especially if you're from like Indonesia or Korea or wherever the fuck. They will follow a club because it entertains them, and that makes them fall in love. And that's fine.
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@Jdutch010 @alfiecoulson08 @adamgj03 @georgia_wwfc You don’t start following Arsenal, city, Liverpool etc ONLY bc of the “art” on the pitch. You start following them bc of that PLUS they win shit. You guys can dress it up however you want it doesn’t change the facts 🤣
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@alfiecoulson08 @doh2360 @adamgj03 @georgia_wwfc These people don't get that if you have no prior connection to football, what will charm you is the art that players draw on the football pitch. That's the whole reason some of these players play, to entertain, but losers get mad when fans want to support the entertainers.
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@FootySammers @EuropeanBob26 It’s easier to turn on the tv abroad than it is to go to the stadium every week pal.
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@doh2360 @EuropeanBob26 Yes it is. It’s harder to stay connected when you’re abroad because of the time zone difference, lack of fan community, inability to attend matches, etc.
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You’re not. You have no connection to the social history of the club. You have nothing to back up your support of a club you decided to follow when they were winning things.
Alex Coleman@DarkOfTheMovie
If you love & support a club it doesn’t matter where you’re from. I’m American but I’ve been religiously watching Chelsea since 2014, learned our history and I’ve gotten to visit the Bridge twice. I’d be damned if someone said I wasn’t a real fan😭
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@danidoestwt @CFCMart It’s just the classic American mindset to barge in and make everything about you. You can be a fan all you like. You’ll never be a true supporter. These clubs were founded in small communities and only locals went. Obviously it’s evolved but you’ll never be from those towns.
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why do we act like vicinity to the club is the only way to have a true meaningful connection to it? this talking point is tired and weird
Tom Garratt@Tgarratt10
No one denies you’re not a committed fan, but you are inherently a glory hunter, otherwise you’d follow your local mls team or Brentford. You chose Chelsea cause they are successful, simple.
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@dani18424 @DarkOfTheMovie And lastly, that racist remark from you is ironic as fuck seeing as who is in your pfp.
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@dani18424 @DarkOfTheMovie Very simple: football clubs are part of communities. If you’re not from that community you can fully be the same fan as those who are.
Also, You’re joking with me if you think what Arsenal UTD, and Chelsea fans have been through any real bad times.
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If you love & support a club it doesn’t matter where you’re from. I’m American but I’ve been religiously watching Chelsea since 2014, learned our history and I’ve gotten to visit the Bridge twice. I’d be damned if someone said I wasn’t a real fan😭
Zac Djellab@ZacDjellab
"You have no connection to that club..." @Tgarratt10 argues that football means more when you support your local team.
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@ThomasTParker @LinehamAlex Got a mate who I remember him wearing WBA kits when he was young. His dad goes down WBA. Somewhere along the way he became a Utd fan, but still hates Villa/wolves/blues, but Utd fans wouldn’t give a toss about those sides? So bizarre from him.
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@LinehamAlex I've always said, I'd sooner see Brummies in Blues shirts than go for one of that lot.
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For once, Garratt is talking total sense here. I cannot describe the revulsion I feel about glory hunting, when I see Brummies cutting around in "big six" shirts. They'll never get it.
Zac Djellab@ZacDjellab
"You have no connection to that club..." @Tgarratt10 argues that football means more when you support your local team.
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@alfiecoulson08 @adamgj03 @georgia_wwfc No it isn’t. It’s someone who chooses to follow a team bc they are winners. How’d you become a fan of your nba team btw?
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@adamgj03 @georgia_wwfc glory hunting is something where loyalty to a team is not a thing, only loyalty to trophies. success increases exposure, especially to a global audience, and so people choosing to support teams because they enjoy them/a player, isn’t glory hunting. such a pointless conversation
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@FootySammers @EuropeanBob26 No it is not 🤣🤣. As someone who has lived in England and attended matches for years, and now lives in USA, all I have to do is walk to my couch and turn on the tele
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@EuropeanBob26 It is more impressive. You don’t choose where you’re born. Following from abroad is much harder than locally.
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Utter garbage. It’s ignorance and jealousy because they’re always coming for non-local supporters of United, City, Chelsea and Arsenal because of success in the 00s and 10s but do they come for non-local Liverpool ones? Nah because they’re “loyal” and “connected” aren’t they?
Zac Djellab@ZacDjellab
"You have no connection to that club..." @Tgarratt10 argues that football means more when you support your local team.
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@doh2360 @MulattoOrfeu2nd Supporting Roma, Fiorentina or Schalke is considered glory hunting? Good to know.
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International football fans not grasping the idea of club culture because a good 90% of them bandwagon teams on other continents that they have 0 familial, communal, or cultural connection to
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Living in Barcelona and deciding to support espanyol
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I wonder if this only a conversation in England or do other top European teams local fans also have the same sentiment?
Zac Djellab@ZacDjellab
"You have no connection to that club..." @Tgarratt10 argues that football means more when you support your local team.
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