Advice from dads

[innsaneink]

It’s just dumb.
I started following Balmain because I liked the colours and the mascot.
First time I went to Leichhardt was in my late teens and I was astonished at what a shithole it was.
Having said that, I’ve entered my 5th decade or supporting and following the useless club.
Nothing fake here…

Mid 70s I thought LO was a modern marvel compared to Lidcombe... Big spotlights... Plastic bucket seats... Concrete grandstand and concrete footpaths....it was miles ahead of Lidcombes dirt tracks and splintered benches

 

[carltonleach]

it’s a hard one I’m in the same boat with my boys, I’ve just told them that if they want to follow another team that’s fine but when we finally get it right don’t come crawling back. Other teams have been in positions like we have been and bounced back and have had good success. They are all still on the bus at the moment

 

[bigsiro]

Disagree completely. There are only 2 reasons to support a team, 1 your dad did, or you grew up in the area. Anything else is fake.

Well…I kinda agree but there are exceptions. I am one.
I loved watching soccer as a kid (on SBS highlight shows) but never had a club I supported. I knew nothing of the histories, just really enjoyed watching.

Being a mad Beatles fan, I went to Liverpool on pilgrimage a number of times, so it seemed logical to support the local team as it was the only English city I had an affinity with. They weren’t a top team at the time and if they were I reckon I would have had a problem supporting them; I love an underdog and bandwagon support doesn’t get much respect from me. I see that as fickle and unless they become a die-hard (rare), they usually only show up (and gloat) when the team wins a premiership.

Anyway, I had never seen Liverpool play live at that stage, but when I was in England (nearly 30 years ago now) I managed to get tickets to Old Trafford to watch the great Man United. Incredible atmosphere but I felt nothing, no connection.
I knew then that it was Liverpool and no other and have been madly in love with the Reds ever since. (Ironic that going to Old Trafford cemented my love for Liverpool).

In terms of rugby league, my family have been Tigers fans for 70+ years and I was born into it…. (tragically 😆).
So, I have both been born into team fandom and chosen it.

Btw, that’s why for me 2005 will therefore always be the most special year.
I said that in my wedding speech…
in 2008. 🤣

 

[Winston Churchill]

Disagree completely. There are only 2 reasons to support a team, 1 your dad did, or you grew up in the area. Anything else is fake.

That's alright KS, I've never agreed with anything you've written on this forum. Not exactly the greatest intellectual on here.

 

[Winston Churchill]

You basically miss every single point being made on this forum by every poster. Every single one, no matter what thread it's in. Winston just never gets it.

Fan girling again Betty?

I know its hard to keep up.

Still upset I called you out on your obvious fake 'a friend told me' thread or your constant simping for Brooks in his thread.

It'll get better in time, people will forget how embarrassing all that was.

 

[Spartan117]

How are the other dads out there keeping the kids interested? I’m worried if we keep it up we will lose a generation of fans

Also - Tigers have been pretty much garbage for 55 years since 1969. With the exception of some years in the 80's, 2005 and 2010/11. Hasn't effected Tigers from having fans over generations. I'm more concerned with asking about the mental health condition of Tigers fans that draws them to and keeps them in such a known toxic relationship.

I have lost 4 of my 5.

My eldest who is 19 is locked in for now.

Very few young Tigers fans

 

[king_sirro]

Fan girling again Betty?

I know its hard to keep up.

Still upset I called you out on your obvious fake 'a friend told me' thread or your constant simping for Brooks in his thread.

It'll get better in time, people will forget how embarrassing all that was.

It’s just dumb.
I started following Balmain because I liked the colours and the mascot.
First time I went to Leichhardt was in my late teens and I was astonished at what a shithole it was.
Having said that, I’ve entered my 5th decade or supporting and following the useless club.
Nothing fake here…

Missed again mate.

 

[carltonleach]

Disagree completely. There are only 2 reasons to support a team, 1 your dad did, or you grew up in the area. Anything else is fake.

No one in my family followed tigers, my dad is a dragons supporter always has been and my mum followed the magpies. I grew up in Penrith until my late 20s and have followed the tigers since before I can remember. Still to this day I’ve no idea what made me decide the tigers but I’ve not changed in 34 years