Your "Other Teams"

[Palpatine]

NBA: Massive Phoenix Suns since 1992, mainly because of Barkley, and I didn't want to jump on the Bulls bandwagon. I watch 1 or 2 games a week. Favourite players Barkley, KJ, Majerle, Nash, Marion, Stoudemire, Booker, Bridges.

EPL: Big Liverpool fan since watching as a kid in the late 70s. In hindsight its nice to follow a worldwide massive team that is always competitive in every competition. Favourite players Steven Gerrard, Michael Owen, Mo Salah. Don't watch much lately as I have no access. Just the highlights, socials etc.

NCAA Basketball : Started following the Kentucky Wildcats when watching "March Madness" in about 2016. Always competitive and as a mostly "one and done" team multiple players are drafted every year, so once drafted I can follow their progress in the NBA. There are about 28 former Wildcats in the NBA right now. (Kentucky wear blue and white as well)

F1 : Ferrari since televised in the late 70s thanks to my Dad, follow the Aussie drivers as well.

Cricket: Australia, just tests the last few years. The 20-20 is garbage and the 50 overs have little interest these days.

NBL: Jack jumpers, but not a huge follower of the NBL anymore.

MLB: Arizona Diamondbacks, lucky enough to watch them closely the year they won the "World Series" in 2001.

 

[Wild Kangaroo]

NFNL ( Northern Football Netball League)- Epping
EDFL - Craigieburn
VAFA - Fitzroy
WGFNL (West Gippsland Football Netball League) - Inverloch - Kongwak Eagles
SANFL - Norwood ( Soft spot for West Adelaide)
WAFL - East Perth
NRL - Melbourne Storm
NFL - Houston Texans also a massive soft spot for the Detroit Lions, always keeping an eye them.
NBA - Golden State Warriors ( since early 90's the days of Chris Mullin, Tim Hardaway)
NPL Vic - Craigieburn City
EPL - (more the players than teams, Calafiori, Chiesa, Vicario) but if it was a team - Crystal Palace
Serie A- Roma
International Football - Italy
MLB- New York Mets

 

[MrSlippyFist]

Prior to this year, i would have said Knicks, Seahawks and SSC Napoli

However, at the start of the year I started going to Storm games with my partner who is from QLD

Since then, I've become a complete Storm nuffy and have been to pretty much every home game that doesn't clash with a North game

Once I realised rugby league is basically a faster, more fun version of american football, i've gotten into it heavily.

I've largely lost interest in all my 'other teams' as nothing beats actually being able to attend games and follow a club that represents your city.

 

[CURVE]

NBA: Massive Phoenix Suns since 1992, mainly because of Barkley, and I didn't want to jump on the Bulls bandwagon. I watch 1 or 2 games a week. Favourite players Barkley, KJ, Majerle, Nash, Marion, Stoudemire, Booker, Bridges.

EPL: Big Liverpool fan since watching as a kid in the late 70s. In hindsight its nice to follow a worldwide massive team that is always competitive in every competition. Favourite players Steven Gerrard, Michael Owen, Mo Salah. Don't watch much lately as I have no access. Just the highlights, socials etc.

NCAA Basketball : Started following the Kentucky Wildcats when watching "March Madness" in about 2016. Always competitive and as a mostly "one and done" team multiple players are drafted every year, so once drafted I can follow their progress in the NBA. There are about 28 former Wildcats in the NBA right now. (Kentucky wear blue and white as well)

F1 : Ferrari since televised in the late 70s thanks to my Dad, follow the Aussie drivers as well.

Cricket: Australia, just tests the last few years. The 20-20 is garbage and the 50 overs have little interest these days.

NBL: Jack jumpers, but not a huge follower of the NBL anymore.

MLB: Arizona Diamondbacks, lucky enough to watch them closely the year they won the "World Series" in 2001.

NFNL ( Northern Football Netball League)- Epping
EDFL - Craigieburn
VAFA - Fitzroy
WGFNL (West Gippsland Football Netball League) - Inverloch - Kongwak Eagles
SANFL - Norwood ( Soft spot for West Adelaide)
WAFL - East Perth
NRL - Melbourne Storm
NFL - Houston Texans also a massive soft spot for the Detroit Lions, always keeping an eye them.
NBA - Golden State Warriors ( since early 90's the days of Chris Mullin, Tim Hardaway)
NPL Vic - Craigieburn City
EPL - (more the players than teams, Calafiori, Chiesa, Vicario) but if it was a team - Crystal Palace
Serie A- Roma
International Football - Italy
MLB- New York Mets

GO THE BRAVES!

Sorry, had to take a shot after the last couple of days, not that it is doing us any good, we are getting slaughtered by the Padres early in game 1.

 

[Boro]

My username gives away my football team. I'm a Middlesbrough supporter due to my family coming from there. We've won 1 trophy in 148 ish years. That was a League Cup win in 2004 and I was lucky enough to be there for it. One of the better days of my life

I was a huge Heidelberg fan in the old NSL days but ended up playing for a different club so my loyalties changed.

I am a Chicago Cubs fan. That came about due to being on a flight by myself as a 10 or 11 year old. I got sat next to some Americans from Chicago and chatted to them for the flight. At some stage they must have asked when my birthday was and when that came around I received every type of Cubs gear you could think of...jersey, tracksuit, cap, stickers, badges...the whole lot. I never heard from them again but it made me a Cubbies fan for life. They have also won 1 title in my lifetime when they won the World Series in 2016...their first since 1908

The Celtics are my basketball side and I followed them in the 80's (I'm old) due to them having a football teams name. They would be the one team I follow that actually do well historically.

No real other teams tbh...I was a Balmain fan in League but never seriously. Have never been able to get into NFL but chose Redskins as a kid...both of those sides are terrible too

I think I have masochistic tendencies when it comes to who I support. The highs are bloody high though!

 

[Lomas]

My username gives away my football team. I'm a Middlesbrough supporter due to my family coming from there. We've won 1 trophy in 148 ish years. That was a League Cup win in 2004 and I was lucky enough to be there for it. One of the better days of my life

I was a huge Heidelberg fan in the old NSL days but ended up playing for a different club so my loyalties changed.

I am a Chicago Cubs fan. That came about due to being on a flight by myself as a 10 or 11 year old. I got sat next to some Americans from Chicago and chatted to them for the flight. At some stage they must have asked when my birthday was and when that came around I received every type of Cubs gear you could think of...jersey, tracksuit, cap, stickers, badges...the whole lot. I never heard from them again but it made me a Cubbies fan for life. They have also won 1 title in my lifetime when they won the World Series in 2016...their first since 1908

The Celtics are my basketball side and I followed them in the 80's (I'm old) due to them having a football teams name. They would be the one team I follow that actually do well historically.

No real other teams tbh...I was a Balmain fan in League but never seriously. Have never been able to get into NFL but chose Redskins as a kid...both of those sides are terrible too

I think I have masochistic tendencies when it comes to who I support. The highs are bloody high though!

Kudos to those people who sent gear to a kid they met on on a flight. As a parent, however, I hope you gave them a po bic number.

 

[hellas_johnny]

My avater speaks for itself. South Melbourne FC I also follow wellington in the A League to an extent no victorian teams for me.
EPL - Arsenal my fathers team due to being born in London
Cricket - Australia and the Renegades
Dutch Erdevisie - Go Ahead Eagles - went there in 2016 for a game and they gave me and my brother VIP treatment, tour of the stadium, out on ground before the game, even a post of us was put on their twitter saying the aussies have arrived.

 

[Uncle_Leo]

Eagles - NFL - Sav Rocca connection, was lucky enough to do a stadium tour at their home ground in 2017 and been hooked since

Arsenal - EPL - had Arse in their name and goalkeeper named Seaman. As a 12 year old that was all I needed for the laughs, a couple of years later really getting into soccer and finding out they were good and I was a gunner for life

Clippers - NBA - loved basketball my whole life, never had a team but loved Shaq, once he retired needed to pick a team and liked the lob city clippers so went with them, been fortunate to see them play a couple of times and will be sticking with them

 

[Boro]

Kudos to those people who sent gear to a kid they met on on a flight. As a parent, however, I hope you gave them a po bic number.

Yeah I’m not even sure why a 10 or 11 year old was on a flight alone tbh. It was the 80’s I guess…I wouldn’t have had a clue what a P.O. Box was and those types of safety issues weren’t really in my thoughts as a child. Times have changed.

 

[Orange Peanut]

The Celtics are my basketball side and I followed them in the 80's (I'm old) due to them having a football teams name.

The Admiral does not like this.

 

[Philosophical Grendel]

I am a Chicago Cubs fan. That came about due to being on a flight by myself as a 10 or 11 year old. I got sat next to some Americans from Chicago and chatted to them for the flight. At some stage they must have asked when my birthday was and when that came around I received every type of Cubs gear you could think of...jersey, tracksuit, cap, stickers, badges...the whole lot. I never heard from them again but it made me a Cubbies fan for life. They have also won 1 title in my lifetime when they won the World Series in 2016...their first since 1908

This is an amazing story every way you look at it. An unaccompanied 10 year old on a plane chatting up strangers, the random couple that somehow get your address and ship hundreds of dollars of Cubs gear to the other side of the world, someone from Australia following an American baseball team that didn't win a championship for more than a century... I'd like it 100 times if I could.

 

[ferball]

Yeah I’m not even sure why a 10 or 11 year old was on a flight alone tbh. It was the 80’s I guess…I wouldn’t have had a clue what a P.O. Box was and those types of safety issues weren’t really in my thoughts as a child. Times have changed.

In those days you could send a kid on a plane, provided they were over 5 or maybe 8 years old. There had to be arrangements made with airlines first and there'd be a stewardess looking after you who'd escort you to whoever was picking you up. Once you were 12 or 13, in high school, you could travel on your own.

I never flew to the US but went from Tassie to the mainland a few times that way. Hugely different flight tho.

 

[Chip Scab1]

In those days you could send a kid on a plane, provided they were over 5 or maybe 8 years old. There had to be arrangements made with airlines first and there'd be a stewardess looking after you who'd escort you to whoever was picking you up. Once you were 12 or 13, in high school, you could travel on your own.

I never flew to the US but went from Tassie to the mainland a few times that way. Hugely different flight tho.

Loved flying alone as a youngster, from Melbourne Dad to USA Mum. You could! Nowadays probably not, but that's only because of all the airport bullshit because of COVID etc

 

[KingNorth23]

AFL: North Of Course (Main Team)

NBA: I am a dire hard overall NBA Fan and 2k Ante Up Stage player player when it was packed in 2k20.
Golden State Warriors- In 2012 I saw Steph Curry and Iggy at the original original Oracle Stadium at home when that dynasty was 3 years before starting. Had went over to watch a game and stay for a while. Met Allen Iverson as a little kid which I took a photo and have it on my wall till this day. When he was starting to become my favourite PG at that time, watching all of his highlights.

Have a whole history of the OG GSW team before dynasty plus many players it would go for hours and hours to talk about it.

NFL: Buffalo Bills- This would take too many hours to explain but all i’ll say here is we are frauds for now after that loss against The Ravens.

 

[Wild Kangaroo]

GO THE BRAVES!

Sorry, had to take a shot after the last couple of days, not that it is doing us any good, we are getting slaughtered by the Padres early in game 1.

All good.
Its a fleeting interest, Id be the type of person to wear a Mets hat in NY just to pis5 of Yankee fans.