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What football (soccer, to our american friends) team do you support?

I Support Portsmouth. Also have a soft spot for Glasgow Rangers.

Everyone I know wants to kill me for it, but I'm an Arsenal fan.

BLACKPOOL FC!!!!

When you walk.. through a storm. Hold your head up high,
And don't be a afraid of the dark

At the end of the storm, is a golden sky
at the sweet silver song of the lark

Walk on, through the wind, walk on through the rain
though your dreams be tossed and blown

walk on, walk on, with hopes in your heart
And you'll never walk alone, You'll never walk alone.

Liverpool fan. :)

Mmm, guess vc Ter-Heide.

I'm beginning to love English soccer... have been watching it on Fox Sports World in the US for a couple of years now. My favorite teams in the world:

1. Liverpool
2. AC Milan
3. Manchester United
4. Juventus
5. Tottenham Hotspur

Favorite European players:

goal: G. Buffon (Juve)

left back: Ashley Cole
center-back: Fabio Cannavaro
center-back: A. Nesta
right back: Gary Neville

left wing: christiano ronaldo
central midfielder: steven gerrard
attacking midfielder: francesco totti
right wing: arjen robben (i'd put him there on this team)

striker: andriy schevchenko (sp?)
striker: jermaine defoe (sp?)

defoe is vastly underrated, imo

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a soccer team has 11 players :D

i like ManU, and Arsenal, and Chelsea, hell, every team that has a dutch player :D

ewwwwwwwwww! Man Ure supporters!


also, i forgot to mention, this season i started supporting Seville as my my Spanish team

I used to support Tranmere, for no other reason then I liked the name.

But I grew out of that phae and can't be bothered supporting anyone.

Barcelona are my Spanish Team.
Lazio are my Italian Team
None of these teams compete with the great POMPEY!

ewwwwwwwwww! Man Ure supporters!

How do you confuse a Man Utd supporter

Show him a road map of Machester :D

Is it just me... or has the Bundesliga really fallen to the level of Ligue 1 (france)? Didn't the German top league used to be cocmpetitive with English, Italian and Spanish top leagues?

I mean... it seems like Bayern Munich would be fighting for the last Champions League spot with Everton and Liverpool if they were in the EPL.

and if we're picking favorites by league/country, then:

England: Liverpool

Spain: Valencia

Italy: AC Milan

Germany: Leverkusen

Holland: Ajax

France: uhhh... I guess Marseilles

Mon the Gers! Rangers fan right here. However, I do enjoy watching the English Premiership more than the SPL, n down there it has to be Chelsea (supported em since about 7 years ago, mainly because I was just startin to get into football and Zola was my fave player).

ewwwwwwwwww! Man Ure supporters!


also, i forgot to mention, this season i started supporting Seville as my my Spanish team
and for British team you support ARSEnal? :D

Stormvogels Telstar all the way :D (dutch, second league)

what i have yet to understand about the FA is how an all-time great club like West Ham could be in the second-best league... how did West Ham end up out of the EPL?

and what about Nottingham Forest? They won the Champions League twice (as many times as Man U) and are also not in the EPL.

I support Liverpool. Always have. I don't even know why. And I'm too young to have been a glory supporter, back in Liverpools great days.

Is Merseyside a street? Isn't their stadium called Anfield?

were gonna win the legue
were gonna win win win
were gonna win the league
com on the only real red men
da scouse patrol

and for British team you support ARSEnal? :D


i think i made it quite clear that i acyually support BLACKPOOL FC!!! and not Arsenal, i just remebered a really good joke though (actually it's an awful joke but i'm gonna tell it anyway!)

there were 3 men walking through the desert and they hadn't eaten in days when suddenly they come across a camel, so the first one says 'well i support Liverpool, so I'll eat the liver' so the second one says 'ok, well i support Hearts so I'll eat the heart' the third one turns to them both and says 'well i support Arsenal but all of a sudden i don't feel quite so hungry'

what i have yet to understand about the FA is how an all-time great club like West Ham could be in the second-best league... how did West Ham end up out of the EPL?

and what about Nottingham Forest? They won the Champions League twice (as many times as Man U) and are also not in the EPL.

That is the beauty of the English game. We have no teams which always dominate. Granted we get periods, such as Man U in the 90's and the almighty Liverpool of the preceeding 2 decades. But nothing like the old firm in Scotland, or Barcelona and Real Madrid in Spain.

Is Merseyside a street? Isn't their stadium called Anfield?
LMAO!

Is Merseyside a street? Isn't their stadium called Anfield?

Merseyside is the area, what with being around the river Mersey. Anfield is the road, hence the name of the stadium.

I support Crystal Palace atm, I change every few years.

ah, okay. hence it's the "Merseyside Derby"

danke schoen, fimble loving peoples.

i think i made it quite clear that i acyually support BLACKPOOL FC!!! and not Arsenal, i just remebered a really good joke though (actually it's an awful joke but i'm gonna tell it anyway!)

there were 3 men walking through the desert and they hadn't eaten in days when suddenly they come across a camel, so the first one says 'well i support Liverpool, so I'll eat the liver' so the second one says 'ok, well i support Hearts so I'll eat the heart' the third one turns to them both and says 'well i support Arsenal but all of a sudden i don't feel quite so hungry'
it's ok, and i already knew the joke but it stays funny :D

And on the subject of foreign teams I am partial to.

Celtic in Scotland.
Barcelona in Spain.
Roma in Italy.
PSG in France.
And I always had this thing for Red Star Belgrade and Dinamo Kiev.

ah, okay. hence it's the "Merseyside Derby"

danke schoen, fimble loving peoples.

No problem. (Mentally translate to Dutch.)

Sporting CP (portugal)

there were 3 men walking through the desert and they hadn't eaten in days when suddenly they come across a camel, so the first one says 'well i support Liverpool, so I'll eat the liver' so the second one says 'ok, well i support Hearts so I'll eat the heart' the third one turns to them both and says 'well i support Arsenal but all of a sudden i don't feel quite so hungry'


This remainds me of a joke. First of all I have nothing against anybody in this joke. I'm not even from england. I've just heard how tight rivalry between clubs can be.

the hole arsenal sguad is in a pub before a match. It's against Tottenham. Suddenly Bergamp says he could beat Tottenham all by himself. Other Arsenal players doubt him and ask Bergamp to proof it. So Bergamp goes to the match alone. Other Gunners watch the game in the pub. At half-time Arsenal (Bergamp) is leading 1 to 0. All the players think that bergamp was'nt lying and this was a easy game. So they leave the pub to go the stadium congratulate Bergamp. But when they reach the stadium they find out that the match ended 1-1. "What went wrong?" Henry asked Bergamp. I would have won but I got a red card 10 minutes before the second half was over.

Sorry if my english ruined the joke... :p

Lol. Thats pretty good

I already red that joke, but with Belgian teams. :p

BLACKBURN ROVERS!!!


Our aim for the season: don't go down!
*curses the moron, Souness*

Okay, english folks and others who are FA fanatics:

If change is a constant in the success of English teams, then.. who are the most consistently good teams in English football? Which clubs have been, oh, in the top ten for most of their existence?

I would imagine that we could start with three teams:

Manchester United
Arsenal FC
Liverpool FC

...assuming that they've been among the best teams in England for some time.

What are other such teams?

Chelsea FC

Not playing terribly this year.

Manchester United and Liverpool have been relegated once or twice I believe - Arsenal are the only team to never drop out of the top flight (correct me if I'm wrong).

Anyway, I support Arminia Bielefeld of Germany, so there! :D

I've noticed that Germans tend to wave lots of flags at their matches. Brits sing. And Spaniards whistle.

I've noticed that Germans tend to wave lots of flags at their matches. Brits sing. And Spaniards whistle.
Americans just sit and drink beer.

there are no americans at our soccer matches... unless it's the US national team against a world power. hehe

among the americans who attend soccer games here, the latinos seem to like blowing those plastic horns (can't think of a name for them... makes a shrill "toooooooooooooot" noise). Or maybe they all use the horns.

And they drink beer. lol

Tottenham Hotspur!

Last question (I promise.. hehe):

What is the most vicious derby in England?

I've heard from an English source that it is the Merseyside Derby -- Liverpool vs. Everton.

thoughts?

Last question (I promise.. hehe):

What is the most vicious derby in England?

I've heard from an English source that it is the Merseyside Derby -- Liverpool vs. Everton.

thoughts?

Leeds v Manure.....this goes back to the English Civil War....

oh and I'm Leeds...

Come on you Whites!

Manchester United and Liverpool have been relegated once or twice I believe - Arsenal are the only team to never drop out of the top flight (correct me if I'm wrong).

Anyway, I support Arminia Bielefeld of Germany, so there! :D

you are wrong

it's Arsenal AND Everton (believe it or not)

and i'm a Man Utd supporter and you can all kiss my ass if you think I'm a glory supporter because I'm really not.

my reason for supporting them is because I'm welsh and back when I knew nothing about football, Ryan Giggs was Wales' hero, and he plays for Man Utd.. the end. I love them and I've been to Old Trafford 3 times so unlike many 'fans', at least I've seen my team play!

We're on awesome form and we still can't catch Chelsea, 'tis all quite depressing really

Chelsea fan since the days of Peter Osgood.

(not a jump on the Abrahmovich bandwagon fan). I wish Mourinho would stop whingeing.

Milan!

Chelsea fan since the days of Peter Osgood.

(not a jump on the Abrahmovich bandwagon fan). I wish Mourinho would stop whingeing.

haha, he really made me laugh today

they were talking about the Ashley Cole probe thing from Chelsea and José Mourinho just said "i don't care"

hes an arrogant bastard but he's well funny

Chelsea are really good and Man U have been playing great lately... which makes for an interesting Champions League knock-out round. I think that there are five clear favorites (alphabetically):

Barcelona
Chelsea
Juventus
Manchester United
AC Milan

With the following three teams able to crash that party, if they play to their ability:

Arsenal
Inter
Real Madrid

Sadly, the match-ups are not very fair -- for instance, Man U vs. AC Milan in the round of 16. That should be a semifinal match-up or finals match-up.. not the stinkin' round of 16. Man U should be matched with maybe PSV and Milan should get Bremen.

Chelsea are really good and Man U have been playing great lately... which makes for an interesting Champions League knock-out round. I think that there are five clear favorites (alphabetically):

Barcelona
Chelsea
Juventus
Manchester United
AC Milan

With the following three teams able to crash that party, if they play to their ability:

Arsenal
Inter
Real Madrid

naaaaah,
Milan are gona win it.
Man Utd close,
the end

Livingston FC (we're shite and we know we are), I also have a soft spot for QPR for some reason.

I think whoever wins between Chelsea and Barcelona will win the whole thing. I also think Bremen will pull of a shock or two, but that's just me.

you are wrong

it's Arsenal AND Everton (believe it or not)

and i'm a Man Utd supporter and you can all kiss my ass if you think I'm a glory supporter because I'm really not.

my reason for supporting them is because I'm welsh and back when I knew nothing about football, Ryan Giggs was Wales' hero, and he plays for Man Utd.. the end. I love them and I've been to Old Trafford 3 times so unlike many 'fans', at least I've seen my team play!

We're on awesome form and we still can't catch Chelsea, 'tis all quite depressing really

So how's Devon these days? Prawn sarnies any good? ;)

Leeds v Manure.....this goes back to the English Civil War....

oh and I'm Leeds...

Come on you Whites!
:eek: i forgot to mention Leeds! how could I?!

Leeds are my second team!

:eek: i forgot to mention Leeds! how could I?!

Leeds are my second team!

Don't tell me your main team is Manure?