Some football fans want success almost immediately. I am not one of them, I have supported the same team all my life, in my lifetime my team have won the league twice, FA cup twice, a European cup once and have playing top division football all through that time. I am very happy with my club, to me they would be considered to be in the top 5 biggest teams in England, but other fans might not think that, I look at fans that support many teams in the UK and think have your team enjoyed the same success as my team have in your lifetime?
Fans or plastic fans, the ones that jump ship because the latest team they support are not winning aren’t fans of football at all. The joke at the moment is Man City fans are on loan from Chelsea. But i know a few Chelsea fans that have supported them even when they were terrible, before Gullit, Zola and Vialli. What i’m trying to say is, don’t ever laugh at somebody because of who they support, a bit of banter is ok, but if they are true to their team then they are the same as you, a football supporter.
Football is a family game, we are rivals on the pitch but the same off the pitch. I just feel sorry for “plastic” fans, they should stick to other sports or just watch the game for the sake of it!
I’ll use 1991 as a turning point, when United were on the rise and Liverpool the descent. So to all the 22 year old United and Liverpool fans have a look.
Man Utd since 1991- 24 major trophies
Chelsea since 1991- 15 major trophies
Arsenal since 1991- 11 major trophies
Liverpool since 1991- 9 major trophies
Spurs since 1991- 3 major trophies
Man City since 1991- 2 major trophies
