Haha not me he won't. I remember when my old man got him to do landscaping for him, just so he could say he had macca around his house for a beer!
Why do you support your chosen teams?
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Haha not me he won't. I remember when my old man got him to do landscaping for him, just so he could say he had macca around his house for a beer!
- Jul 13, 2012
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As an 18 year old having him as a coach was a number of things.
enlightening, frightening, hilarious
Norwood or payneham? He's a great bloke from the handful of times I've chatted to him. Did a few things on field to tarnish himself, but that's macca. Still wear my signed #14 AGC guernsey to games.
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Payneham, though I'm not there any more.
Was my first senior coach, what an initiation.
Is a great bloke FWIW. White line fever definitely, but when he played he looked out for the young blokes and that was the extent of it.
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Adelaide Crows: My dad supported the crows and was taking me to games and then before I know it I was hooked.
Norwood: Use to live in that area and they were the strongest team at the time.
Norwood: Use to live in that area and they were the strongest team at the time.
Adelaide Crows: They joined the AFL when I was 7 - It was a no brainer, an SA team was going up against the Vics.
Norwood: My old man is Port Adelaide, his old man (my grandpa) is Norwood, my Mum is Norwood. It seemed like a good thing to gang up against Dad. Good thing I did, too -
Norwood: My old man is Port Adelaide, his old man (my grandpa) is Norwood, my Mum is Norwood. It seemed like a good thing to gang up against Dad. Good thing I did, too -
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Adelaide: Being a Victorian I actually have no idea how this started. Have been told by my parents I picked out the Adelaide jumper when we went into a sports shop as a wee youngster and ever since then have supported them. Dad was originally South Australian from Glenelg but I don't think he influenced me in anyway as he was a Richmond supporter until I picked the Crows and he started following the Crows as well.
Brooklyn: Had followed New Jersey there for a while and liked the fact that they were the little brother as such to the Knicks. Didn't necessarily want to bandwagon either on OKC, Heat etc. Has taken me a fair while to choose a team in the NBA as I just love watching it it was tough to choose one there for a while.
Chelsea: Started with Didier Drogbra. I couldn't play FIFA without having him in my side so it was always Ivory Coast on FIFA WC and Chelsea. I know what I said about bandwagoning with NBA but I hardly understood soccer back then but now it has grown on me.
Melbourne Victory: State ties I suppose
Victorian Bushrangers: See above
Melbourne Renegades: I seriously hate the ****ing Stars...
Indianapolis Colts: Peyton Manning. Simple man love again like Drogba got me following a side.
North Ballarat (VFL): Seeing as I am a Vic Country lad they were the closest team to me and were always on our local news so it sort of made sense. And having worked for them now makes more sense to support them than anyone else.
Brooklyn: Had followed New Jersey there for a while and liked the fact that they were the little brother as such to the Knicks. Didn't necessarily want to bandwagon either on OKC, Heat etc. Has taken me a fair while to choose a team in the NBA as I just love watching it it was tough to choose one there for a while.
Chelsea: Started with Didier Drogbra. I couldn't play FIFA without having him in my side so it was always Ivory Coast on FIFA WC and Chelsea. I know what I said about bandwagoning with NBA but I hardly understood soccer back then but now it has grown on me.
Melbourne Victory: State ties I suppose
Victorian Bushrangers: See above
Melbourne Renegades: I seriously hate the ****ing Stars...
Indianapolis Colts: Peyton Manning. Simple man love again like Drogba got me following a side.
North Ballarat (VFL): Seeing as I am a Vic Country lad they were the closest team to me and were always on our local news so it sort of made sense. And having worked for them now makes more sense to support them than anyone else.
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Adelaide Crows - Long story short I started a clueless Port supporter when I didn't know any better (around 5-6 yrs old, only knew about Matthew Primus and my friends were Port kids). My Year 4 Primary School teacher got me into footy and her love of the Adelaide Crows inspired me. Became a sports nut at 11 and have followed the Crows since then. I was a latecomer to sports but whatever. Crows all the way! My long version of this story is somewhere in one of the old threads on the main Adelaide board.
Orlando Magic - Long story short got into the NBA through their games and now love the sport of basketball. Rashard Lewis on NBA Live 08 was a boss but in real life he was an overpayed scrub. My long version of this story is somewhere in one of the old threads on the basketball board.
Orlando Magic - Long story short got into the NBA through their games and now love the sport of basketball. Rashard Lewis on NBA Live 08 was a boss but in real life he was an overpayed scrub. My long version of this story is somewhere in one of the old threads on the basketball board.
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On the Centrals thing, I'm kinda like you - my parents met in the Centrals cheer squad in 1967, just as it was being set up.
Still together today - she's more Crows now, but she does have a poster for each Centrals flag in the rumpus room.
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Crows - Was a Hawks (will always be my second side) supporter before the Crows, Found myself defending the crows against rabid port Flog supporters in the early years, Finally admitted being Crows as we dumped Cornes and employed he who will not be named. The port supporters are still flogs.
Sturt - I made a well informed life decision in year 1 when everyone had to have a team and my favorite colour is blue.
Blazers - was a Bulls (Jordan) fan but after a couple of basketball trips to the US where the Kids got to meet Patty Mills (before he was spurs) I changed. Cemented When I went with them for Lillards rookie year, Gun. Saw him live hit the big 3 clutch against the Pelicans, Crowd went nuts. Bucket list moment.
Sturt - I made a well informed life decision in year 1 when everyone had to have a team and my favorite colour is blue.
Blazers - was a Bulls (Jordan) fan but after a couple of basketball trips to the US where the Kids got to meet Patty Mills (before he was spurs) I changed. Cemented When I went with them for Lillards rookie year, Gun. Saw him live hit the big 3 clutch against the Pelicans, Crowd went nuts. Bucket list moment.
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Crows - a Hawks fan prior to 1991 and then stayed Hawks fan until moved to Darwin. Came back to Adelaide in 1995 and switched allegiance. Never regretted.
Woddville West Torrens - an old West Torrens supporter and was one due to parents and grandparents. Remember going to footy in the late 60/70’s as a youngster and lining up at 11am to get good seats in grandstands.
Utah Jazz - the era of Karl Malone and John Stockton in the late 80’s and 90’s. I’m not a Mormon!
New England Patriots/Boston Red Sox - didn’t have any baseball or NFL team and my Oz friends moved from Adelaide to Boston in 2000, so decided to follow those teams as they lived in that city. Visit them every 18 months/2 years. Thank god they didn’t move to Cincinnati back in 2000!
Woddville West Torrens - an old West Torrens supporter and was one due to parents and grandparents. Remember going to footy in the late 60/70’s as a youngster and lining up at 11am to get good seats in grandstands.
Utah Jazz - the era of Karl Malone and John Stockton in the late 80’s and 90’s. I’m not a Mormon!
New England Patriots/Boston Red Sox - didn’t have any baseball or NFL team and my Oz friends moved from Adelaide to Boston in 2000, so decided to follow those teams as they lived in that city. Visit them every 18 months/2 years. Thank god they didn’t move to Cincinnati back in 2000!
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- Sep 17, 2015
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Crows - supported from the begining, switched over from Carlton
Glenelg - had no choice, my dad supported Glenelg so was only natural for me to follow suit
New York Yankees - when i was 8 in 1982, my uncle brought me a Yankee hat from his trip to New York, been a fan ever since
Adelaide Giants - my dad worked for them at the begining in the late 80's
Glenelg - had no choice, my dad supported Glenelg so was only natural for me to follow suit
New York Yankees - when i was 8 in 1982, my uncle brought me a Yankee hat from his trip to New York, been a fan ever since
Adelaide Giants - my dad worked for them at the begining in the late 80's
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Crows:
Adelaide connection and it felt very SOA in the early days
North Adelaide:
My father played Senior Colts for them in the mid-late 50’s
South Fremantle:
My father again. Played ressies for them late 50’s while in WA with the navy.
Sunderland:
Ever since watching them win the FA Cup as massive underdogs against the night of Leeds United in 1972
Adelaide connection and it felt very SOA in the early days
North Adelaide:
My father played Senior Colts for them in the mid-late 50’s
South Fremantle:
My father again. Played ressies for them late 50’s while in WA with the navy.
Sunderland:
Ever since watching them win the FA Cup as massive underdogs against the night of Leeds United in 1972
Norwood- Dad, Grandfather and older brother all went for them so I went to games with them.
When crows came in we transitioned to the Afl. I was 9
I was Melbourne before that due to red and blue
When crows came in we transitioned to the Afl. I was 9
I was Melbourne before that due to red and blue
Westies: wore the colours of my U10s team and Grantley Fielke and Roger Luders were my favourite players. Rest of family were all Norwood.
Supported bombers before the crows came in for the same reason.
Crows: Grantley Fielke was one of the first crows signed. Also just made sense.
Supported bombers before the crows came in for the same reason.
Crows: Grantley Fielke was one of the first crows signed. Also just made sense.
Crows - they are not Port
Bays - they are not Port
Leeds - they are not from Liverpool, Manchester or London
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Bays - they are not Port
Leeds - they are not from Liverpool, Manchester or London
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Adelaide Crows - Grew up in western Sydney, didn’t have that connection to Sydney as the scg was too far away for fortnightly trips. So followed my dad’s team. We did move to the inner west around when Homebush games started, so I attended a many Homebush games.
North Adelaide roosters - supported who my dad supported
North Queensland cowboys - even though I lived in Sydney didn’t care much for rugby league. But the second I found out the cowboys existed (when the media were going on about, why should North Queensland host Brisbane in Brisbane for a final based on contracts) I jumped on board
Oklahoma City thunder - I had been a Lebron fan in Cleveland. But I didn’t love the Cavs. I was a basketball noob at the time and was about to follow him to Miami. Yeah, no. I’m not jumping on that bandwagon. Saw this young kid called Kevin Durant. Cool, okc has only made playoffs once and lost 4-0. This ain’t a bandwagon so let’s jump onboard.
Buffalo sabres - Jim Carey’s character in Bruce almighty name dropped them so why not. Needed a team.
Boston Red Sox - you avoid following them after watching the 30 for 30 after 2004 alcs.
Atlanta Falcons - in 2006 I followed the Jets (because I heard Aussie ben graham was a captain). Didn’t enjoy the playoff games I saw. But you know who I did enjoy? The pats. Both in divisional vs jets and conference vs colts. Throw in moss (who I loved in madden 07) and I supported the patriots. 1 16-0 season later, I’m avoiding the bandwagon. - I will say this. If they only went 12-4 or something. I probably support them. In 08 I gave the eagles a go (sav Rocca) but still not falling for a team. So I expediate following 1 team by cutting down a list and just sticking with them. It came down to Arizona and Atlanta. I went Atlanta because matt Ryan was a rookie and Kurt Warner was on his last legs.
Fc United of Manchester - my family name comes from the Manchester area. I initially went man United, then I heard about the glazers. Stuff this corporate shit. Ignorantly went Manchester City when the Malaysian owner it. But when I heard about the sheikh buying them I left. By this time fc United (a fan owned club) was on its feet and I support them
Real Madrid - no reason besides Just liking cristiano.
Ac Milan - no reason besides not liking juventus and inter Milan.
1899 hoffenheim - in their first season in the bundesliga (08-09) they were top 2 (maybe top) at the Christmas break. Loved that underdog story, they collapsed to midtable though, ah well.
Shakhtar Donetsk - in 2009 I was following the UEFA cup and seeing these 2 random Ukrainian clubs doing really well. The UEFA cup semi-final was basically the final for who I supported in Ukraine. Good win by shakhtar. Certainly my favourite soccer team now behind fc United.
Dynamo Moscow - in 2011 I was about to travel to Russia. Wanted a team to support and dynamo was 1 which had an Aussie on the team. Luke wilkshire.
Adelaide United - local club
Boise State Broncos - in 2007 I was reading about and watching highlights of Appalachian State upsetting Michigan. If they were top tier back then I probably support the mountaineers, but alas, they were 2nd tier at the time. But when reading there was a lot of comparisons to it being a huge upset in the mold of boise State over Oklahoma. I check out the highlights of that match and am in awe. I read about them and found out about the blue turf and I remember seeing that on tv the year prior. After a few seasons of just score checking I see news again. 2009 week 1, lagarette Blount lunches hout in the face post match. Got me a little more interested knowing we beat a ranked team and pissed them off like that so I start trying to follow them a bit more. Watched the 2010 fiesta bowl and I’m like, cool. But the 2010 season opener vs Virginia tech. Fell in love that night.
These days, I tier them
Love and will go out of my way to watch
1. Boise State
2. Adelaide
3. Atlanta
Love and will check scores on a weekly basis
4. Fc United (used to be top tier. But my love of soccer has dropped off since Optus took over. Thankgod the Leicester run was on Foxtel)
5. Shakhtar Donetsk
Will check scores whenever they play
6. Buffalo
7. Oklahoma City (used to be tier above, but I’ve started to fall off basketball. I don’t enjoy the first 46 minutes of a game. It should just too monotonous. Then when you get the close finishes. It drags on because of timeouts. The only games I enjoy are the close ones when the teams have already burnt their timeouts - yeah, it’s rare)
8. North adelaide
9. Hoffenheim
Will check scores sporadically
10. Boston
11. Adelaide United
Will check table randomly to see how they’re going
12. North Queensland
13. Dynamo Moscow
14. Real Madrid
15. Ac milan
North Adelaide roosters - supported who my dad supported
North Queensland cowboys - even though I lived in Sydney didn’t care much for rugby league. But the second I found out the cowboys existed (when the media were going on about, why should North Queensland host Brisbane in Brisbane for a final based on contracts) I jumped on board
Oklahoma City thunder - I had been a Lebron fan in Cleveland. But I didn’t love the Cavs. I was a basketball noob at the time and was about to follow him to Miami. Yeah, no. I’m not jumping on that bandwagon. Saw this young kid called Kevin Durant. Cool, okc has only made playoffs once and lost 4-0. This ain’t a bandwagon so let’s jump onboard.
Buffalo sabres - Jim Carey’s character in Bruce almighty name dropped them so why not. Needed a team.
Boston Red Sox - you avoid following them after watching the 30 for 30 after 2004 alcs.
Atlanta Falcons - in 2006 I followed the Jets (because I heard Aussie ben graham was a captain). Didn’t enjoy the playoff games I saw. But you know who I did enjoy? The pats. Both in divisional vs jets and conference vs colts. Throw in moss (who I loved in madden 07) and I supported the patriots. 1 16-0 season later, I’m avoiding the bandwagon. - I will say this. If they only went 12-4 or something. I probably support them. In 08 I gave the eagles a go (sav Rocca) but still not falling for a team. So I expediate following 1 team by cutting down a list and just sticking with them. It came down to Arizona and Atlanta. I went Atlanta because matt Ryan was a rookie and Kurt Warner was on his last legs.
Fc United of Manchester - my family name comes from the Manchester area. I initially went man United, then I heard about the glazers. Stuff this corporate shit. Ignorantly went Manchester City when the Malaysian owner it. But when I heard about the sheikh buying them I left. By this time fc United (a fan owned club) was on its feet and I support them
Real Madrid - no reason besides Just liking cristiano.
Ac Milan - no reason besides not liking juventus and inter Milan.
1899 hoffenheim - in their first season in the bundesliga (08-09) they were top 2 (maybe top) at the Christmas break. Loved that underdog story, they collapsed to midtable though, ah well.
Shakhtar Donetsk - in 2009 I was following the UEFA cup and seeing these 2 random Ukrainian clubs doing really well. The UEFA cup semi-final was basically the final for who I supported in Ukraine. Good win by shakhtar. Certainly my favourite soccer team now behind fc United.
Dynamo Moscow - in 2011 I was about to travel to Russia. Wanted a team to support and dynamo was 1 which had an Aussie on the team. Luke wilkshire.
Adelaide United - local club
Boise State Broncos - in 2007 I was reading about and watching highlights of Appalachian State upsetting Michigan. If they were top tier back then I probably support the mountaineers, but alas, they were 2nd tier at the time. But when reading there was a lot of comparisons to it being a huge upset in the mold of boise State over Oklahoma. I check out the highlights of that match and am in awe. I read about them and found out about the blue turf and I remember seeing that on tv the year prior. After a few seasons of just score checking I see news again. 2009 week 1, lagarette Blount lunches hout in the face post match. Got me a little more interested knowing we beat a ranked team and pissed them off like that so I start trying to follow them a bit more. Watched the 2010 fiesta bowl and I’m like, cool. But the 2010 season opener vs Virginia tech. Fell in love that night.
These days, I tier them
Love and will go out of my way to watch
1. Boise State
2. Adelaide
3. Atlanta
Love and will check scores on a weekly basis
4. Fc United (used to be top tier. But my love of soccer has dropped off since Optus took over. Thankgod the Leicester run was on Foxtel)
5. Shakhtar Donetsk
Will check scores whenever they play
6. Buffalo
7. Oklahoma City (used to be tier above, but I’ve started to fall off basketball. I don’t enjoy the first 46 minutes of a game. It should just too monotonous. Then when you get the close finishes. It drags on because of timeouts. The only games I enjoy are the close ones when the teams have already burnt their timeouts - yeah, it’s rare)
8. North adelaide
9. Hoffenheim
Will check scores sporadically
10. Boston
11. Adelaide United
Will check table randomly to see how they’re going
12. North Queensland
13. Dynamo Moscow
14. Real Madrid
15. Ac milan
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Orioles/Ravens/Maryland Terrapins -- moved to Baltimore when I was 6 and picked up the local teams.
Blue Jackets -- first job was in Ohio, and it was my first opportunity to follow one hockey team to the exclusion of others. I could have picked the Red Wings or Blue Jackets and I picked the one in a non-traditional hockey market with no history of success
Knicks -- was nominally a Suns fan when Steve Nash was there (he's Canadian!), but then moved to New York and they were on the TV at work every night and Melo was on the team and he's from Baltimore, plus they're terrible and always will be so I wasn't bandwagoning.
New Zealand cricket -- started following cricket in 2012, neither of my countries have teams of any note, and my ancestral country (Ireland) didn't play Tests (the only worthwhile format) at that time. Ruled out SA, Zimbabwe and all the subcontinent teams due to time zones, England was #1 in the world at that point, Australia historically too good, so that left New Zealand and West Indies, who it just so happened were playing each other in a test match at that point. I decided whoever lost that match would be my team, and that was New Zealand.
Adelaide Crows -- the only thing I knew about the sport was that there was something called "Vic Bias" which looked like a lot of fun to complain about, so that ruled out ten teams right away. I wanted a team in a traditional footy state, which ruled out another four, and Adelaide Oval > Subiaco narrowed it down to two. Then it came down to aesthetics: one team wore teal and was named after an intangible concept, the other wore simple, clean tricolour hoops and was named after a corvid, just like my favourite American football team, so it was no contest: pick the one that doesn't scream "established 1997" in every possible way. Plus, legendary Maryland kicker Brad Craddock is a Crows fan.
St. George Illawarra Dragons -- in a league full of really ugly uniforms, the red V stands out
Toronto Wolfpack -- Canada's got a rugby league team and it makes the Brits incredibly mad, which I appreciate.
Blue Jackets -- first job was in Ohio, and it was my first opportunity to follow one hockey team to the exclusion of others. I could have picked the Red Wings or Blue Jackets and I picked the one in a non-traditional hockey market with no history of success
Knicks -- was nominally a Suns fan when Steve Nash was there (he's Canadian!), but then moved to New York and they were on the TV at work every night and Melo was on the team and he's from Baltimore, plus they're terrible and always will be so I wasn't bandwagoning.
New Zealand cricket -- started following cricket in 2012, neither of my countries have teams of any note, and my ancestral country (Ireland) didn't play Tests (the only worthwhile format) at that time. Ruled out SA, Zimbabwe and all the subcontinent teams due to time zones, England was #1 in the world at that point, Australia historically too good, so that left New Zealand and West Indies, who it just so happened were playing each other in a test match at that point. I decided whoever lost that match would be my team, and that was New Zealand.
Adelaide Crows -- the only thing I knew about the sport was that there was something called "Vic Bias" which looked like a lot of fun to complain about, so that ruled out ten teams right away. I wanted a team in a traditional footy state, which ruled out another four, and Adelaide Oval > Subiaco narrowed it down to two. Then it came down to aesthetics: one team wore teal and was named after an intangible concept, the other wore simple, clean tricolour hoops and was named after a corvid, just like my favourite American football team, so it was no contest: pick the one that doesn't scream "established 1997" in every possible way. Plus, legendary Maryland kicker Brad Craddock is a Crows fan.
St. George Illawarra Dragons -- in a league full of really ugly uniforms, the red V stands out
Toronto Wolfpack -- Canada's got a rugby league team and it makes the Brits incredibly mad, which I appreciate.
Crows: Dad was a Hawks supporter in the VFL until the Crows entered. Safe to say that round 1, 1991 secured the change. I was 3 at the time, never really had a choice, did I?
Chelsea: Dad grew up a Chelsea fan. First match I ever recall staying up to watch was the 1997 FA Cup final. Been on board ever since.
Dallas Mavericks: Dirk Nowitzki. Just love the bloke, plus I thought Dallas Mavericks sounded cool. Was also a big fan of Josh Howard.
Dallas Cowboys/Stars: Instead of supporting teams from all over the country, I just decided it was easier to support Dallas in everything.
Chelsea: Dad grew up a Chelsea fan. First match I ever recall staying up to watch was the 1997 FA Cup final. Been on board ever since.
Dallas Mavericks: Dirk Nowitzki. Just love the bloke, plus I thought Dallas Mavericks sounded cool. Was also a big fan of Josh Howard.
Dallas Cowboys/Stars: Instead of supporting teams from all over the country, I just decided it was easier to support Dallas in everything.
