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I guess you should thank a bully for giving you the privilege of supporting such a successful club.
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I guess you should thank a bully for giving you the privilege of supporting such a successful club.
* Ablett Senior
* Exciting attacking style during the 90s
* Colours appealed to me more than any other Melbourne club. Flirted with the idea of barracking for the Blues for a while but the insipid unimaginative Guernsey made me think better of it.
*A real separate identity that indistinguishable nondescript suburbs from Melbourne simply don't have.
* The only drawback is that I can't stand domesticated cats but like Bob Hope's film love interest once said,'Nobody's perfect'. Besides I kinda warmed to the 80s/90s WEG drawn cat.
* Exciting attacking style during the 90s
* Colours appealed to me more than any other Melbourne club. Flirted with the idea of barracking for the Blues for a while but the insipid unimaginative Guernsey made me think better of it.
*A real separate identity that indistinguishable nondescript suburbs from Melbourne simply don't have.
* The only drawback is that I can't stand domesticated cats but like Bob Hope's film love interest once said,'Nobody's perfect'. Besides I kinda warmed to the 80s/90s WEG drawn cat.
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- Apr 3, 2016
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was about 5 when i started supporting sydney, was right in the middle of 92-93-94 when we finished last every year.
i wasnt a smart child.
i wasnt a smart child.
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- Jun 15, 2012
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I chose Richmond because the tiger was my favourite animal and because there were several players at the time who shared the same first name as me (including one very popular player). My dad (not born in this country) chose Geelong because he wanted to be different and not barrack for a Melbourne-based Victorian club. My grandma chose Hawthorn because that's where she lived when she first moved to Australia and used to watch the Hawks play down at Glenferrie.
- May 3, 2014
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Like many kids do I changed teams & supported one was that succesful at the time when I was 8. Not a day goes by that I don't regret that decison.
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I don't remember ever being given a choice. Being a Cats fan is all I know
- Apr 28, 2008
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I chose the Eagles early in the '95 season (without knowing about their recent flag successes - I knew the Bombers won in '93 because a family friend one day had the photo framed on their wall, but knew nothing about the '94 season). The few years before that, the Swans had been crap, we'd been living in Victoria, and only recently got a television. I was aware my parents liked the Swans but it wasn't pushed or ubiquitous or terribly identifiable at that point in time. He had no living Swans mates by then. We moved to NSW in mid-'95, but I didn't attend a game until the '98 pre-season. Recognition of my father's passion for the Swans wasn't all that noticeable until the '96 prelim, so I was able to pick my own team before outside intervention, like attending the odd Swans game or seeing them weekly on television, was feasible.
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Family. I find in Melb, almost always has to do where family originally grew up, settled. Still find it weird when people support a team when they have no links to the area.
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- Jul 13, 2015
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My family were Essendon. Dad changed to Hawthorn in the 1950s. His brothers followed, though one moved on to Carlton.
Sister went to North Melbourne in the early 80s.
When living in Adelaide in the 80s went for Norwood as it was close. Sister went for Woodville.
Sister went to North Melbourne in the early 80s.
When living in Adelaide in the 80s went for Norwood as it was close. Sister went for Woodville.
- Jul 4, 2011
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When I was in Prep some kid had a Bombers hat and the jet looked pretty cool.
EFA..
Yeh, seems like you really ended up on the better side there
If I know Hawthorn supporters it was more like ‘if you don’t support Hawthorn I’m gonna go cry to the principal.’
- Apr 16, 2014
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Always good to remember that someone's always worse off.Yeh, seems like you really ended up on the better side there
Yeh, Freo, sooooooooo much better off than the Saints...
- Aug 17, 2006
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I think it's going to be less common in Melbourne in years to come for kids to just automatically support their parents' team(s), especially if their parents support a less successful club.
If my kids want to support Geelong, great. Not going to make them though. And you can already see with my oldest starting primary school, there's a very strong chance that their friends are going to have more say than me.
If my kids want to support Geelong, great. Not going to make them though. And you can already see with my oldest starting primary school, there's a very strong chance that their friends are going to have more say than me.
And now United are shit and City are successful..
- Apr 16, 2014
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Why are you getting salty in a fun thread. Have a laugh, take it easy.
We both support shit clubs.
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Usually based on where you grow up or which teams are successful when you're in ~primary school years.
In the case of Collingwood fans I think they are formed when older Collingwood fans eat after midnight and get wet.
In the case of Collingwood fans I think they are formed when older Collingwood fans eat after midnight and get wet.
Back in the 70's my Ma took my siblings and I to games at Claremont oval to watch the mighty Tigers play.
This is how I became a Claremont man. This is also why, as much as the modern AFL supporter finds it hard to believe, I am a Claremont man as much as someone who goes for Collingwood, Essendon, Footscray et al is a supporter or identifies with their teams.
I barrack for Freo and WCE whenb I watch them, but they aren't my first footy love.
This is how I became a Claremont man. This is also why, as much as the modern AFL supporter finds it hard to believe, I am a Claremont man as much as someone who goes for Collingwood, Essendon, Footscray et al is a supporter or identifies with their teams.
I barrack for Freo and WCE whenb I watch them, but they aren't my first footy love.
- Mar 28, 2010
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I'm one. Mum is Richmond, Dad is Western Bulldogs. Mates at school were all Essendon, uncle on Mum's side has always been Essendon. 2016/17 got me thinking about what if I had gone with one of my parents' teams. Having said that, I know a crazy amount of passionate Dons fans and very little WB or Richmond fans that are keen on going to the footy.
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As soon as I was born, dad me into pies clothing, and the end is history. You don't have a choice, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
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