| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong 07:46 - Sep 23 with 12005 views | WokingR |
Sitting on the overground Saturday morning on the way to the Millwall game. On comes a mid twenties lad wearing a very nice Guinness home top, we nod to each other and he sits opposite. He pulls out his phone, at which point even my wife spotted the problem.
His phone had a Chelsea case with a picture of Ngolo Kante!
Now, unless there was a Chelsea fan on the platform, crying that some big Qpr boy had taken his phone off him, I am struggling to understand how this can be? |  | | |  |
| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 15:27 - Sep 23 with 2060 views | MrSheen |
I had a very strange ride on the train (Shepherds Bush to Hammersmith, two stops but seemed to take forever) after a game about 15 years ago. A small bunch of teenagers sang a song about Muslim bombers on the tube and SO19 before finishing with “We are the Chelsea Rangers” before they ran off to Hammersmith Broadway. Never seen them before or since. |  | | |
| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 15:43 - Sep 23 with 2012 views | Ghost_on_the_Westway |
Not sure if it was on here or the dotorg, but there was a poster called ChelseaR a few years ago, who said he “supported” both teams.
He would post stuff like, “Great win for the bl**s yesterday, come on Rangers, make it a double today”. It didn’t appear to be a wind up.
He didn’t last long, anyway. |  | | |
| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 16:14 - Sep 23 with 1948 views | qprninja |
Some might argue that less tribalism in football is a good thing I guess? Not me. That's what it's all about, that's what makes it matter. Back in the 90's whenever we played Man Utd you could guarantee to get one of their muppet fans stood on The Loft and cheer when they inevitably scored. They'd get filled in and removed. It matters. |  | | |
| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 16:21 - Sep 23 with 1906 views | Spaceman_P |
Here in Spain its the same.... many kids either love Real Madrid or Barcelona.... there's only a handful here who support Sporting Gijon and I always ask them WHY? but they're honest they said that Sporting are shite.
But in UK football, makes no sense, because its longer established etc. |  | | |
| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 16:35 - Sep 23 with 1874 views | Konk |
| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 15:43 - Sep 23 by Ghost_on_the_Westway |
Not sure if it was on here or the dotorg, but there was a poster called ChelseaR a few years ago, who said he “supported” both teams.
He would post stuff like, “Great win for the bl**s yesterday, come on Rangers, make it a double today”. It didn’t appear to be a wind up.
He didn’t last long, anyway. |
In 1994, I got a club coach midweek to Bradford to watch Fulham, as we were earning buttons and couldn't afford to do a hotel overnight. I've only done club coaches in emergencies, and there are generally a fair few oddbods, but this coach had a bloke who loudly announced that he was a Chelsea fan who liked Fulham too - going to watch Bradford v Fulham midweek in division 3 - and unsurprisingly, everyone on the coach told him to fu ck-off. He seemed genuinely surprised that everyone else thought Chelsea were a bunch of cu nts. At the services, for some reason he said to me and my mate, "Lads, I'm going to get a porn mag and have a wa nk - see you in a bit". And ten minutes later, we saw him leaving the bogs and putting a jazz mag in a bin. Absolute wrong un. |  |
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| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 16:39 - Sep 23 with 1857 views | terryb |
| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 11:10 - Sep 23 by Padulas_Shampoo |
The National League South average attendance in 2012/13 was 487. In 2023/24 it was 1,205, having gradually grown to that level with an obvious downturn for COVID.
Looking at Farnborough Town (as an example), their average attendance has gone from 485 to 852 over the same period in the same division.
Given FL and PL attendances aren't down (I don't think?) it feels like either more seats are being filled by tourists and corporations at the top of the game and the average paying punter is going to non league clubs instead. Either that or far fewer games are on at Saturday at 3 o'clock so people are doing both more often. |
I know that they've only played 4 home games in the NLS, but Chesham United are averaging over 1,000 so far this season. Two years ago in the Southern League over 500 was regarded as big!
Torquay, Maidstone & Dorking appear to be the top atendances , along with Truro who are currently reaping the benefits of having moved back home. For those of you in the Surrey area, when did Dorking start attracting the numbers they are getting?
Sitting at home on Saturday recovering from surgery, I felt more involved following the Chesham score at Maidstone than I did watching Rangers on Sky. Really pissed off when Maidsone went in front on 88 minutes, but I had to stop myself celebrating equallising with the last kick of the game!
On the other hand, Hemel are top but struggling to reach 900. |  | | |
| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 16:40 - Sep 23 with 1852 views | Paddyhoops |
| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 11:52 - Sep 23 by Northernr |
Still remember some twt in The Green after a midweek game one night asking "who's your Premier League team?". Couldn't get his head round QPR being our team and fck everybody else. |
Was asked the same question in Barcelona yesterday while watching the City , Arsenal game .
Mind blowing. | | | |
| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 18:02 - Sep 23 with 1705 views | mart_Goblin |
Had a couple of lads or young men behind me Saturday who just nagged through the whole game about haircuts, where they were drinking later on and mostly premier league football . Told them to feck off and watch premier league football then if it’s so important |  | | |
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| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 18:04 - Sep 23 with 1701 views | Juzzie |
If lower leagues attendances are slowly rising due to people being out priced in the PL (and even the Championship) what's the odds on those clubs putting up ticket prices, because greed always comes first?
One of my sons youth team mates and his mum regularly watch Chelsea ladies, have been doing so long before the lionesses came along and made ladies football what it is today.
They could easily get tickets, prices were reasonable etc but now prices are going up and they are being squeezed out as trying to get family tickets together is near on impossible at Kingsmeadow. This has all happened in just 2-3 years.
They do sometimes play at Stamford Bridge but that is not part of the normal season ticket and is a separate 'deal' altogether.
Fans just get fleeced. |  | | |
| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 18:12 - Sep 23 with 1646 views | DavieQPR |
| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 11:39 - Sep 23 by Hayesender |
I've noticed at spurs sparkling new north London rose bowl, entire blocks now seem to be occupied by Koreans, purely to see Son.
The funny thing is, if Son moved to Arsenal in the summer, they'd all up sticks and move across north London |
Koreans follow a player and not a team. |  | | |
| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 18:36 - Sep 23 with 1621 views | Spaceman_P |
| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 11:52 - Sep 23 by Northernr |
Still remember some twt in The Green after a midweek game one night asking "who's your Premier League team?". Couldn't get his head round QPR being our team and fck everybody else. |
yeah that's just wrong!!!
I get having a non-league side, but a prem side... abomination | | | |
| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 18:37 - Sep 23 with 1620 views | Spaceman_P |
| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 15:43 - Sep 23 by Ghost_on_the_Westway |
Not sure if it was on here or the dotorg, but there was a poster called ChelseaR a few years ago, who said he “supported” both teams.
He would post stuff like, “Great win for the bl**s yesterday, come on Rangers, make it a double today”. It didn’t appear to be a wind up.
He didn’t last long, anyway. |
clearly this guy is one who allows his wife to sleep with other men and is totally okay with it. | | | |
| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 18:39 - Sep 23 with 1617 views | Spaceman_P |
| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 16:39 - Sep 23 by terryb |
I know that they've only played 4 home games in the NLS, but Chesham United are averaging over 1,000 so far this season. Two years ago in the Southern League over 500 was regarded as big!
Torquay, Maidstone & Dorking appear to be the top atendances , along with Truro who are currently reaping the benefits of having moved back home. For those of you in the Surrey area, when did Dorking start attracting the numbers they are getting?
Sitting at home on Saturday recovering from surgery, I felt more involved following the Chesham score at Maidstone than I did watching Rangers on Sky. Really pissed off when Maidsone went in front on 88 minutes, but I had to stop myself celebrating equallising with the last kick of the game!
On the other hand, Hemel are top but struggling to reach 900. |
probably when they got a proper ground... the local community of dorking are quite proud of the team. | | | |
| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 18:55 - Sep 23 with 1580 views | kensalriser |
| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 18:37 - Sep 23 by Spaceman_P |
clearly this guy is one who allows his wife to sleep with other men and is totally okay with it. |
Women are allowed to make their own decisions these days, you know. |  |
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| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 19:11 - Sep 23 with 1560 views | Superhoop83 |
| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 11:52 - Sep 23 by Northernr |
Still remember some twt in The Green after a midweek game one night asking "who's your Premier League team?". Couldn't get his head round QPR being our team and fck everybody else. |
A good mate of mine, who I've known since 1990, is a Spurs fan and expressed surprise when I told him that QPR were in the Championship. He said "oh, that's not too bad. I thought they were lower than that." I told him that we'd been in the Championship since 2015 after relegation and hadn't been in the third flight since 2004, but I don't know why I bothered. |  |
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| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 19:18 - Sep 23 with 1548 views | kernowhoop |
| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 19:11 - Sep 23 by Superhoop83 |
A good mate of mine, who I've known since 1990, is a Spurs fan and expressed surprise when I told him that QPR were in the Championship. He said "oh, that's not too bad. I thought they were lower than that." I told him that we'd been in the Championship since 2015 after relegation and hadn't been in the third flight since 2004, but I don't know why I bothered. |
I get that. When we were in the PL, I took very little interest in what was happening in the Championship. | | | |
| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 19:20 - Sep 23 with 1527 views | Dorse |
| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 15:27 - Sep 23 by MrSheen |
I had a very strange ride on the train (Shepherds Bush to Hammersmith, two stops but seemed to take forever) after a game about 15 years ago. A small bunch of teenagers sang a song about Muslim bombers on the tube and SO19 before finishing with “We are the Chelsea Rangers” before they ran off to Hammersmith Broadway. Never seen them before or since. |
That, my friend, was the worst undercover Met sting operation in history: Operation Shitcunce. |  |
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| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 19:22 - Sep 23 with 1523 views | Superhoop83 |
| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 19:18 - Sep 23 by kernowhoop |
I get that. When we were in the PL, I took very little interest in what was happening in the Championship. |
I guess so to a degree, and maybe we've got to know about so many clubs after moving up and down the divisions, but I knew who was in division 2 back in the good old days when we were riding high(ish) in the league. I think. | |
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| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 19:24 - Sep 23 with 1513 views | Dorse |
| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 16:35 - Sep 23 by Konk |
In 1994, I got a club coach midweek to Bradford to watch Fulham, as we were earning buttons and couldn't afford to do a hotel overnight. I've only done club coaches in emergencies, and there are generally a fair few oddbods, but this coach had a bloke who loudly announced that he was a Chelsea fan who liked Fulham too - going to watch Bradford v Fulham midweek in division 3 - and unsurprisingly, everyone on the coach told him to fu ck-off. He seemed genuinely surprised that everyone else thought Chelsea were a bunch of cu nts. At the services, for some reason he said to me and my mate, "Lads, I'm going to get a porn mag and have a wa nk - see you in a bit". And ten minutes later, we saw him leaving the bogs and putting a jazz mag in a bin. Absolute wrong un. |
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| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 19:57 - Sep 23 with 1436 views | ted_hendrix |
Work colleague of mine Is a ST holder at Eastleigh, he used to love talking about our great players from the 70's and 80's.
The modern football fan loves to be seen wearing His half and half scarf, what stupid SOB come up with half and half football scarfs' ? |  |
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| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 20:15 - Sep 23 with 1389 views | charmr |
Who’s your prem team gets constantly asked.
Anyone playing you know who I reply.
You must be an Add another prem club nauseum, the reply.
Bulgarian guy asked me Sunday knowing I followed a London team. Told him he’d never guess. Got it 2nd attempt. Palace 1st. Asked him his reasoning. Went abstract due to me saying he’d never get it.
Asked him if he was part of the brain drain out of Eastern Europe. He laughed confessionally. | | | |
| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 20:18 - Sep 23 with 1351 views | Hayesender |
| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 19:57 - Sep 23 by ted_hendrix |
Work colleague of mine Is a ST holder at Eastleigh, he used to love talking about our great players from the 70's and 80's.
The modern football fan loves to be seen wearing His half and half scarf, what stupid SOB come up with half and half football scarfs' ? |
They're an abomination, but I wish I'd come up with that idea. Kerrching 💰 |  |
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| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 20:42 - Sep 23 with 1344 views | GaryHaddock |
I couldn’t make Saturday, so ended up at a 3pm step 10 FA Vase game.
Punch ups, two sending offs, four goals, and penalties. All while supping a pint 5ft from the pitch alongside 500 others. |  | | |
| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 00:50 - Sep 24 with 1074 views | TomS |
My son supports a Premiership team, but is quite happy to wear a variety of shirts from clubs all across Continental Europe. The reason being that he simply likes the designs and they're cool to wear among his peers. Hardly a month goes by without another shirt arriving from a sweat-shop in Hong Kong or Classic Shirts. Exclusive loyalty to one team's kit is not a rule among many of the young generation. |  | | |
| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 02:07 - Sep 24 with 1037 views | bob566 |
| The Modern Football Fan - What went wrong on 18:36 - Sep 23 by Spaceman_P |
yeah that's just wrong!!!
I get having a non-league side, but a prem side... abomination |
If they got to the prem, would you dump them? | | | |
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