Opinion Why are you a North Melbourne fan?

[Hatchy1992]

Not sure if there is a thread already. Can't be stuffed searching. Mods move it if you want.

Title says it all. How did you become a North supporter? I'll start.

Was playing soccer until I was 14 but gave it up to begin playing footy. Was picking and choosing teams for a season floated between Eagles, Port and God knows who else but North was rumoured to be relocating to the GC back then (only half an hour from where I live) so ended up supporting my "local" team, although it never eventuated, during that time 4 of the players came to watch one of my matches and got to meet them afterwards. Have been a huge fan ever since.

 

[Hard_to_Beat]

It was foretold in the scriptures.

 

[Dickie Greenleaf]

Wayne Schimmelbusch.

 

[mark73]

And support who? Richmond, Footscray? Is this a joke?

 

[Ischenko]

'Cos of my old man - had no choice - not that i'm ungrateful.
Although his old man barracked for Richmond.
Really dodged a bullet there.

 

[theduckfan]

Wayne Carey.

 

[SMaturin]

Brainwashed at birth by Mum. Her parents moved to O'Shanassey Street in the depression, she grew up there. the rest is history. Sorry Dad.

 

[Marstermind]

I was 6yo living in country Vic and I got a bad report for PE. Dad thought that he'd help by getting me into the yard after school and kick the footy with me each day. Apparently I really took to it, but then came the concept of picking a team to follow. Dad was/is a St.Kilda man but living in the sticks he never went and wasn't that passionate about them. So I looked at the VFL ladder, midway through 1978, and North was on top and St.Kilda were last. I then found out that North were reigning premiers so I was sold. Dad wasn't too pleased but thought I'd get over it, but then Mum went out and bought me a North jumper with Malcolm Blight's No15 on the back and it was game over...completely committed to North. I later found out that Dad was horrified about the jumper and he and Mum had a bit of an argument over it. When we moved back to the city in '83, Dad kept on taking me down to Moorabbin to watch the Saints and hopefully get me to change, but they were bloody awful then and North, well they finished top again that year. So Dad gave up and I've been a North addict ever since.

Oh, and my PE marks got better but my sporting ability remained average.

 

[Dan]

Embarrassed to admit that when I was little fella, I barracked for Collingwood. I was persuaded by uncles and friends to follow the black and white path, I had a poster of Gavin Brown in my room. Luckily my Dad never gave up putting me on right path. It took him a few years, but eventually he got me over to the blue and white side. My Collingwood jumper, Gavin Brown poster weren't burnt in the back yard but replaced with a blue and white jumper and a Wayne Carey poster in my room.

At the time I was upset but looking back it's probably the best thing he has ever done for me.

 

[Chog]

Old man and his old man have been North since birth, same as me. Wore the number 18 to the 99 granny and watched us win as a 6 year old.

Even if (god forbid) we do fold, i could never follow anyone else

 

[Event Horizon]

I arrived in the country as a refugee in 1990 with my parents and sister. By 1991 I started to look for a team to support and North were a young and up and coming team starting to play some exciting footy. Longmire in particular was a strong factor. And I did like the colors.

Watched my first live match in a close win over West Coast who were top of the ladder. That was it.

 

[tazaa]

Uncles. No choice. That or a bashing. Did the right thing. End of.

 

[Hard_to_Beat]

Old man and his old man have been North since birth, same as me. Wore the number 18 to the 99 granny and watched us win a 6 year old.

Even if (god forbid) we do fold, i could never follow anyone else

A pure blood.

Welcome.

 

[TheKanga]

Not entirely sure, but it may of been a stupid childish reason.
When i kid i remember liking the Kangaroo mascot.
Also i enjoyed watching the team of the 90's winning nearly every game.

 

[Chron]

Mum and my grandmother both followed them and when they took me to my first ever training session in 1999, as a 5 year old and Anthony Stevens had a kick, a photo and signed a footy for me, no more incentive was required. Been a member ever since that day as well.

 

[wandering123]

brainwashed as a child by my father and the few North supporters in my family. being in my early twenties I can't really remember the grand finals unfortunately. So its all been rather mundane, yet I still love to go watch North play.
I do wonder why he didn't just let me be a Geelong supporter like my mother

 

[Boozeroo]

Father was a fan since the 60's, wasn't hard to convert me in the mid-to late-80's with Matty Larkin, Phil and Jim and a young lad named John Longmire.............

 

[scottywiper]

Phil.Kelly.

 

[Hazey1977]

Fate saw me born on 01/10/1977 - who else could I possibly follow (or want to)!

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Had no choice.

Not that there would have been one.

Plus, it was pretty ****ing good rocking up to school most Mondays knowing North had won.

 

[QueenslandRoo]

No-one in our family followed footy.

But I distinctly remember the first game I ever saw on TV (as a kid in the 70s) was North V Hawthorn. I loved the game and decided to support the Blue and White team cause who would barrack for that other mob with the UGLY jumper.

It was that simple. I reckon I was about six years old.

Mum and Dad recognised the decision and not long after bought me a Roos jumper with Blight's 15 on the back.

I've never wavered.

I have two sons (twins aged 7) both of whom are fanatical North Melbourne supporters. When playing kick to kick (every afternoon and by every I mean every) one boy wears #9 and the other #8.

 

[marklovesbeer]

i rotate teams every five or six years.
hopefully we can win the big one this year as its almost time to move on.

 

[ozzyoslo]

Confession time:- from birth I was brainwashed to follow Collingwood (old man was saving all of his beer bottles for me to play in the little league back then) then from about the age of 8, I lived near princess park and went to see my 1st game ever !!, a Carlton game and was then a navy blues fan. I moved away from the city (north of Echuca) and when I returned (aged 12 ) I lived in one of those horrid flats in Kensington ( 4 storey ones) but was able to go every second week to Arden street, this is where the love affair started and still holds true til Im 6ft under. My memories include:- I was able jog with Slug Jordan and Barrassi from Arden st to Kensington's football ovals, had the chance to meet Malcom Blight at training the day after he won the Brownlow. Keith Greig asked me to pass a football to him one day at training but it was too hard for me to handball so I threw it only to have the champ scold me and offered a chance to redeem myself ( I still remember the pain but manage to disguise it) Even cut short a preseason training session of my own undertaking by giving the players too much water in 36 degree heat.
As I got older I admired the qualities and values that Nth stood for and the intangible spirit the club has, it was very easily done, to support!!

 

[chrissy]

North Melbourne runs deep in my family , my dad grew up in Bent st just a 6 iron from Arden st . Can remember going to games with my dad very early on and loving going to all the different grounds , except StKilda .
I've put the same effort into my son who is now 22 months old and about to have his 3rd season as a member , I now understand why my dad put the effort into taking me to the footy , going to the game each week with my little bloke is by far the highlight of my week .

 

[Aussie_Roo]

My grandfather and his sister were born in North Melbourne back in the 1920's. They both followed North, all their children followed North, most of their grandchildren followed North, some of their great grand-children follow North except mine. As the years go by, there is always plenty of people in the same generation that follow North.