Could you ever go an watch/support a different team?

[Everlasting Seconds]

I do go an watch a couple of Serie A teams whenever it coincides with me being in Italy. But that's not instead of Spurs, so it's a bit different.

 

[IGSpur]

Been thinking this for quite some time. Is it ever acceptable to change the team you go to see?

Ive supported Spurs for 30 years now. But for the last few seasons Im wondering why?

I don't have any affinity for 95% of our current players. Quite a few of them I can't stand.
Who could blame me when we buy and sell so many every year?
I dont agree with our transfer strategy.
I don't particularly like the chairman.
Our kits are a bit hit and miss. Childish maybe, but it would be nice to wear a good one now and then.
We sell our best players continuously.
We are boring to watch.
Our ticket prices are high considering the quality on show.
Its difficult to convince a neutral/friend/family to come to game because of the price puts them off
Tottenham itself is a bit of a shithole
There isn't any nice pubs near by.

But most of all, I hate the journey to and from the game. It takes up about 6 hours of my Saturday all said and done. A rush to get to white hart lane, always late lol. Never time for a beer and some relaxing. Is it really worth it if you don't enjoy it?

There is a club (no name) in a nice area close by that would take 20 minutes to get to. It has street upon street of lovely pubs to sit in pre and post game. Great places to eat (as much as I would miss tottenham jerk centre). The whole match day experience outside the stadium would be great. My friends have expressed they would be interested to come if I could get tickets.

Is it wrong to go to games of a club you don't support, just to have more enjoyment of your Saturday? I feel guilty lol.

I think a lot of the negative atmosphere at Spurs at the moment is because people feel obliged to go, because they always have done, rather than they want to be there. The Paxton for example, is near suicidal.

Again depends if it supporting or watching if so I don't think it is an issue, but it matters what league the team is in. If it's another PL team then no, but if it's your local club then why not. I know many people that support Leyton Orient and have season tickets but then also support Spurs, West Ham or Arsenal. They will go to both games and support them just as much, though they go to Os matches more as it's cheaper and their local team.

It's your saturday and you can watch who you want. The fact that you have pumped so much money into Spurs in the first place through attendance, as long as you watch on TV like most do anyway what's the issue. Someone else who wants to be there can get your spot.

If it is another PL club then no

 

[degoose]

I live in Norwich and have done for ten years now and i've probably watched them 20-30 times including getting a few games seeing spurs. I do i guess support Norwich and i celebrate them winning and scoring if i see a live game or live on TV but the feeling is never like supporting spurs and never will be as i was born and grew up in north london and supported spurs since as long as i can remember. I have that connection that i will never get with another team , in regards to supporting another team you can i think and have them as your second team, i also have a love for all things football so seeing any game live or on TV is something i always enjoy.

 

[HotspurFC1950]

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Rangers.

 

[HotspurFC1950]

Having travelled a great deal you wouldn't believe the lengths I have gone to following Tottenham.

Many clubs in many countries have been handy to me.

It will always be Tottenham Hotspur for me and my grown up kids who have never been to whl.

Almost on the same footing is the club I founded myself and am engaged with every day. AFC Fury !

 

[TheHoddleWaddle]

Stick with it, soon, the gentrification of Walthamstow will spread like a disease to Tottenham. Then you can drink in posh pubs and have a nice high street with over priced organic cucumbers shoved up rich people's arses whilst supping over priced organic coffee.

Nowt wrong with watching other teams for entertainment, as a.fan of the game thats sensible. but it's not the same as loving your chosen team.

I don't get what the shirts have to do with it?

 

[waresy]

I can go to watch another team and will do from time to time just to watch a game of football and the enjoyment the game brings, however when I have been to the local teams (Pompey and Havant & Waterlooville) the excitement isnt there. I appreciate the play, the goals and so forth but I'm detached from it compared to a visit to the Lane.

 

[Hoops]

There is no wrong or right, tbh. In an ideal world everyone would go along every week and sing their hearts out, but that's not the way it is at Spurs, or ever had been as far as I can remember (late '80s).

You get the young lads and lasses, beered up who want to sing, and you have the older fans, perhaps going with their kids, who've can't or won't.

For, me it's all about the Kop stand in the new stadium, and making sure young fans, particularly those who go to away games are placed in the centre of it, hopefully in safe standing rail seating. It may be social engineering, but then place younger, season ticket holders around them, and we should see a focus for the songs and atmosphere which the rest of the stadium will feed off.

This is the clincher. Some people want to sing. Some people want to be in a more family friendly environment. Some people want to drink wine and enjoy a cheese board.

The club has to make sure they all sit in their own section. Then everyones happy. Otherwise it will be shit, like the emirates.

 

[dirtyh]

it'll always be spurs. they're in my blood and it's as simple as that. love spurs, hate everyone else.

 

[danielneeds]

This is the clincher. Some people want to sing. Some people want to be in a more family friendly environment. Some people want to drink wine and enjoy a cheese board.

The club has to make sure they all sit in their own section. Then everyones happy. Otherwise it will be shit, like the emirates.

This is it. You could never find a more passionate Spurs fan than my old man, he's been going to the Lane since the double winning side. But he's never ever been into singing and chanting. He wants to sit as close to the halfway line as possible, with a couple of mates, and watch the game unfold. And increasingly as he gets older and older, moan how shit modern players are compared to Mackay/Cliff Jones/Greaves etc etc etc.

 

[Hoops]

This is it. You could never find a more passionate Spurs fan than my old man, he's been going to the Lane since the double winning side. But he's never ever been into singing and chanting. He wants to sit as close to the halfway line as possible, with a couple of mates, and watch the game unfold. And increasingly as he gets older and older, moan how shit modern players are compared to Mackay/Cliff Jones/Greaves etc etc etc.

I can relate to your old man. Sometimes I feel like signing. Sometimes I can't be arsed and just want to enjoy the game.

 

[tommo84]

I can go to watch another team and will do from time to time just to watch a game of football and the enjoyment the game brings, however when I have been to the local teams (Pompey and Havant & Waterlooville) the excitement isnt there. I appreciate the play, the goals and so forth but I'm detached from it compared to a visit to the Lane.

Was about to post along these exact lines.

Living in Milton Keynes I've quite literally had a new club spring up on my doorstep after supporting Spurs for years. I'll go to watch MK Dons a couple of times a season, but think I've only done it once when Spurs were playing at the same time, as I know otherwise I won't be able to pay any attention to what's going on in front of me. I've gone along to watch Northampton at Sixfields a few times and Ipswich on lots of occasions during my teens and I've even been at some big games (was there in May when MK Dons got promoted and have seen Ipswich clinch a playoff place a couple of times). But on almost every occasion, the whole experience washes over me a bit. I don't absorb what's going on and I've always got one eye on what's going on elsewhere (especially if other games have an impact on Spurs). For this reason I cannot comprehend how some fans claim to support 2 clubs - as someone else mentioned, I just don't have the capacity for it as I'm so invested in Spurs and the 2 hour journey door to door each way is just part of the routine.

However, having been at Stadium MK when they got promoted in May I can totally understand the appeal of supporting a local team. I was being waived on to invade the pitch at full time by a steward who I've known all my life. On the halfway line I bumped into the guy I lived with for 2 years who has been a season ticket holder since they moved up to the area in 2004. And within 20 mins of leaving the ground I was in a pub around the corner from my house talking about the game and watching Super Sunday. All of which are things I couldn't do while living in MK and supporting Spurs.

But I didn't feel the ecstasy that my old housemate was feeling. To me it was a great moment to live in Milton Keynes and I was delighted for everyone around me, but it wasn't my moment. And as much as I was delighted for everyone around me, it all became much less significant once I got to the pub and Spurs kicked off against Man City.

If somebody doesn't enjoy going to Spurs anymore then they should stop going, and without meaning to sound rude they won't be missed at this point in time as demand for games is more than sufficient to fill the ground most games. But personally I can't imagine ever experiencing highs (or lows) watching any other team to rival the joy (and despair) that Spurs give me, whether I'm watching them on tv, whether I'm just checking for score updates on an App, and definitely not when I've made the journey to be there and be part of it. And sometimes, even when the result hasn't gone the way I'd hoped, any disappointment I feel is tempered because I at least know that I was watching something I genuinely cared about, and wasn't just there to take in the experience.

 

[michaelden]

Well honestly I've watched & supported Brentford for a long time part-time, when I can

Will be a bit awkward if they carry on this rise & gain promotion

This is my future father-in-laws team, and closest team to my home. So I'll be watching out for them too. Just like I did Palace when I lived in Selhurst. I see nothing wrong with going & enjoying a live event, even if my team isn't playing

 

[ajspurs]

I could never support any team other than Spurs, even if I wanted to. It's a connection that can't be taken away just by wishing it.

 

[yiddo_4eva]

I have family links to Tottenham, hence all of the family supporting Spurs, myself and my dad have season tickets and go to as many away games as we can aswell and love being a Spurs fan through the good and the bad times.

Both of my sons, who are also Spurs obsessed, play for a Chelsea Foundation Academy squad after being 'spotted' at some holiday football workshops and since then, when playing matches and wearing the awful Chelsea blue, I've supported my son and his friends, not the Chelsea name. Although, when at general training, they are both always fully committed and appear in the full Spurs kits!

Besides this then no, I wouldn't ever dessert the roller-coaster life of being a Spurs fan!

 

[Spurslove]

I've often visited Brisbane Road to watch The O's and have thoroughly enjoyed the experience. No, they're not in my heart as much as Tottenham, nobody ever could be, but I do have a bit of a soft spot for them, nonetheless, and was gutted when they got relegated at the end of last season.

 

[Blake Griffin]

watch? yes.

support? no. well, maybe if they're playing arsenal.

 

[Mullers]

I've watched and supported other teams but not instead of Spurs. I do know people who started off as Spurs fans and got fed up with us not winning anything and went to support Chelsea and Man City.

 

[BuryMeInEngland]

Acceptable only if you are supporting a non-league, lower league (Leyton Orient would be a good example) or foreign team .

Prem League though, no fucking way.

 

[KingsDodgyKnees]

I've had this conversation many times with my Tranmere supporting mates - they don't understand how I don't support my local team like they do. I grew up in the countryside and chose Spurs when I was 7 (Teddy was/is my idol), in my mind nothing comes close to Spurs - the elation, despair, indifference...it's all part of the package and I wouldn't have it any other way. They still call me a plastic/glory hunter because I chose a Premier League team instead of my local teams (Shrewsbury, Hereford, Kidderminster). I don't get to the Lane very often, the last time was the 9-1 vs. Wigan, but when I do go I love it. I've been to many Everton matchs, Hartlepool matchs and hope to get to some Swans games next season - I love football and will go to watch teams local to where I'm living.

If you love football and want to enjoy a day out, go and see any team you want, no problem in that. That's not supporting them though. Support is what you feel in your heart and your gut. Once a team has burrowed in, gives you butterflies and makes you feel physically sick, in my opinion you can't change who you support.