| Favourite sporting sides 17:29 - May 25 with 5395 views | 442Dale |
A few on here talk of their support for other teams in football and other sports, so from an idea shamelessly nicked over on a Hill-loving forum.... Rules: you don't have to support a team properly, just want them to do well. Add more if you want, but at least we'll finally establish who else supports someone as much as Chaff loves United.
Favourite English football teams apart from Dale:
Foreign football teams:
Cricket teams:
Rugby:
American Football:
Basketball:
Baseball:
Boxer:
Jockey:
Wrestler (!):
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| Favourite sporting sides on 11:03 - May 26 with 1402 views | DaleFan7 |
Favourite English football teams apart from Dale: Bolton
Foreign football teams: Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund
Cricket teams: Lancashire
Rugby:
American Football: New England Patriots
Basketball: Boston Celtics
Baseball: Boston Red Sox
Boxer: George Groves
Jockey: Paul Hanagan
Wrestler (!): Steve Austin |  | | |
| Favourite sporting sides on 11:13 - May 26 with 1382 views | ColDale |
| Favourite sporting sides on 09:31 - May 26 by 442Dale |
My mention of Hornets up until the early 90s was a sincere one. Used to go most weeks when they were doing really well about a year or so after moving to Spotland. In fact what put me off was when they reached the Super League, or whatever it was back then, and they clearly thought they'd made it. Their crowds were crazy for a while, bigger than Dale's and about 8-9000 when they played Oldham. Rugby was starting to get more exposure nationally and I got bored of it, the regime at Hornets gave no indication that they'd be a club worth supporting if their success continued. Which of course it didn't, and when they became rubbish again it looks like many like me weren't ever going to go back. |
as thinking about that this morning. It's astonishing that I've seen bigger league crowds at Spotland watching Hornets than I ever have watching Dale at Spotland. I don't know if its down to RU turning professional but there can be few sports that have fallen as far as RL has done, and I say that as a RL fan. I remember the days even in the 90s where tabloids like the Sun and Mirror would have weekly pull outs on RL on a Monday morning. Maybe its down to the direction of the Sport that the top few clubs retain the same popularity but below that the game is all but a shadow of its former self with no interest from the media / sponsorship. |  | | |
| Favourite sporting sides on 11:14 - May 26 with 1379 views | Ralphs12 |
Foreign football teams: Ajax - Grandma bought me a rucksack as she passed through Schipol on the way to Australia around the time they won the Uefa Cup. Really helps that I now work for a Dutch company
German Football has been great to watch recently if I had to pick a Favourite team it would be Dortmund for Klopps style of play - Guardiola really bores me.
Rugby - I'll watch it if its on but don't have a team, prefer union.
American Football - Have two close american friends one being a Seattle Seahawks fan (great year for them) and the other is a San Fran 49ers fan. So I pay more attention to those two.
Ice hockey is my main second sport and I'm a Calagary Flames fan, growing up watching on channel five I think, they must have been the first team I saw or something because they have always been my favorite team even though the recent years have been poor to say the least. |  | | |
| Favourite sporting sides on 11:27 - May 26 with 1366 views | R17ALE |
| Favourite sporting sides on 11:13 - May 26 by ColDale |
as thinking about that this morning. It's astonishing that I've seen bigger league crowds at Spotland watching Hornets than I ever have watching Dale at Spotland. I don't know if its down to RU turning professional but there can be few sports that have fallen as far as RL has done, and I say that as a RL fan. I remember the days even in the 90s where tabloids like the Sun and Mirror would have weekly pull outs on RL on a Monday morning. Maybe its down to the direction of the Sport that the top few clubs retain the same popularity but below that the game is all but a shadow of its former self with no interest from the media / sponsorship. |
I don't recall the media coverage that way Col.
In fact, I recall reading the papers backwards, trawling through the football, and after about three turns you might see the Rugby League results in a small box next to the Greyhound results and the Speedway scores.
Obviously, The Guardian may have been different!! |  |
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| Favourite sporting sides on 12:15 - May 26 with 1332 views | DomDale |
Favourite English football teams apart from Dale: Man City
Foreign football teams: FC Augsburg
Cricket teams: No tah
Rugby: Sale Sharks
American Football: Nope.
Basketball: No.
Baseball: No.
Boxer: Calzaghe
Jockey: N/a
Wrestler (!): Shite |  |
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| Favourite sporting sides on 12:45 - May 26 with 1299 views | eitoof |
Favourite English football teams apart from Dale: Used to be United, nobody else now
Foreign football teams: Celtic, Ajax and Benfica
Cricket teams: No
Rugby: I like watching the All Blacks, not a "supporter" though
American Football: Jets
Basketball: No
Baseball: No
Boxer: Like boxing, don't have a favourite since Roberto Duran finished up!
Jockey: McCoy and Walsh - don't follow the flat
Wrestler: Not a sport | | | |
| Favourite sporting sides on 13:05 - May 26 with 1282 views | boromat |
Favourite English football teams apart from Dale: Bolton W(Dads team), Liverpool(Mums team), Burnley (Other half of the family)
Foreign football teams: Can't really admit to having a favourite.
Cricket teams: No
Rugby: No
American Football: No
Basketball: No
Baseball: No
Boxer: I'll watch the big fights but don't follow it properly
Jockey: No
Wrestler: When I was a kid Ultimate Wrestler | |
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| Favourite sporting sides on 15:55 - May 26 with 1251 views | Nigeriamark |
Favourite English football teams apart from Dale: Non
Foreign football teams: Botafogo ( Rio, Brazil). Rangers ( season ticket holder 3 years)
Cricket teams: Lancs, England, Dolphins ( south Africa)
Rugby: Sharks (South Africa)
American Football: Cleveland Browns ( member of supporters club)
Basketball: Non - boring
Baseball: Chicago cubs
Boxer: Tommy "hit man" Hearns
Jockey: Non
Wrestler (!): The Undertaker |  | | |
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| Favourite sporting sides on 17:24 - May 26 with 1232 views | Thran |
Favourite English football teams apart from Dale: West Ham United
Foreign football teams: Real Sociedad
Rugby: Salford City Reds
Boxer: Manny Pacquiao currently but was Ricky Hatton before he retired
Wrestler: Matt Hardy when I watched it [Post edited 26 May 2014 17:27]
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| Favourite sporting sides on 17:35 - May 26 with 1209 views | joecooke |
Favourite English football teams apart from Dale: Man United
Foreign football teams: Athletic Bilbao
Cricket teams: Lancashire
Rugby: Leigh
American Football: LA Raiders
Basketball: Harlem Globe Trotters
Baseball: Red sox
Boxer: Kirkland Laing
Jockey: Bob Champion
Wrestler (!): Rollerball Rocco |  |
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| Favourite sporting sides on 08:36 - May 27 with 1104 views | electricblue |
National hunt flat racing....
Boxing Mayweather..froch. |  |
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| Favourite sporting sides on 09:31 - May 27 with 1094 views | fermin |
Favourite English football teams apart from Dale: Oxford City, Wimbledon, FCUM (fan-owned clubs in general)
Foreign football teams: Stranraer
Cricket teams: Glamorgan, England & Wales
Rugby Union: Wales, Cardiff (before all the re-organisation and I lost track)
American Football: not that bothered really, but perhaps Green Bay because they struck me as the nearest equivalent to Dale in terms of size in the NFL and I liked the weather
Basketball: No
Baseball: No
Boxer: No
Jockey: No
Wrestler (!): Kendo Nagasaki is the one I remember from my childhood. It's not exactly a sport, though, is it (apart from the versions you see in the Olympics).
To be honest, it's football only for me these days. I used to get really worked up about Wales Rugby Union games, but not so much these days, even when they play England. |  | | |
| Favourite sporting sides on 09:41 - May 27 with 1092 views | Scunnydale |
Favourite English football teams apart from Dale: Goole. Plus honourable mentions to family teams Liverpool, Man City and York.
Foreign football teams: Viktoria Plzen, Vaslui, Honved, Wofoo Tai Po.
Cricket teams: Lancashire, England
Rugby: Leicester in the posh version, Salford in the other.
American Football: Erm.. New England Pats?
Basketball: Dallas Mavs.
Baseball: Not really interested, but the Red Soxs I guess.
Boxer: Couldn't give a twopenny.
Jockey: Ditto.
Wrestler (!): Ditto. |  | | |
| Favourite sporting sides on 15:15 - May 27 with 1052 views | SaxonDale |
Favourite English football teams apart from Dale: Arsenal
Foreign football teams: Enjoy watching Barcelona when they're playing well
Cricket teams: The Bears
Rugby: No
American Football: No
Basketball: No
Baseball: No
Boxer: Only ever watch the big fights
Jockey: No
Wrestler: Not a sport. [Post edited 27 May 2014 15:17]
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| Favourite sporting sides on 15:58 - May 27 with 1041 views | TomRAFC |
English team : AFC Wimbledon
Foreign team: St Pauli (Germany)
Wrestler:Mick Foley (in all his bizarre incarnations)
Snooker player: Steve Davis [Post edited 27 May 2014 16:03]
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| Favourite sporting sides on 18:09 - May 27 with 954 views | RAFC_JS |
Favourite English football teams apart from Dale: Bolton
Foreign football teams: Hamburg, Genoa, Lyon
Cricket teams: Lancs & England
Rugby: Warrington wolves
American Football: Pittsburgh steelers
Basketball: Boston celtics |  | | |
| Favourite sporting sides on 22:52 - May 27 with 902 views | USADale |
Favourite English football teams apart from Dale: Manchester City
Foreign football teams: Peterhead
Cricket teams: Lancashire
Rugby: Used to be Hornets but only really follow England RU these days.
American Football: New England Patriots (season ticket holder)
Basketball: Crap sport
Baseball: Red Sox (tickets for a few games over the summer)
Hockey: Boston Bruins
Boxer: Barry McQuigan
Road Racer: John McGuiness |  | | |
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