Why do Football commentators assume that British fans support other British clubs when they play in Europe?
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because most of us do
624727
I support Leicester city fc i support them because they are my local team. Real football fans support there local team and don't jump on the bandwagon when a team is successful ie man utd in the 90's and chelsea today. a real fan supports there team through the good times and the bad what ever league there in.
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to the dickheads above. the question is listed under english football(soccer). there is only 1 country in the world that doesnt call it footbal and that is the arrogant americans who believe their crappy sport has the right to be called football, even though the feet hardly even touch the ball.\nanyway, i support my team(bolton wanderers), because they are my local team,they play to a high standard, and we havent had a dull season in years. whether it be promotion, cup finals or semi finals, relegation battles, play-offs, european qualification,we had it all over the years. plus the ticket prices are still reasonable considering we are now a top 10 premier league team.we have one of the brightest managers in english football, and some fantastic players(nolan,okocha,campo,stelios,diouf,borgetti).
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That's true! British football is always in the middle of media hype due to EPL's commercial success. However, they are not really doing their job on the field...
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It helps if you pick a team to support for the match.  I'm English so obviously I'm behind England, but in the matches where England are not playing I'll often favour one team more than the other, and that makes the game more interesting.\nYou could also watch it with someone who's mad about football, and you may find their enthusiasm infectious.\n\nThe sad fact is that some games can be very dull, even for a die-hard football fan such as myself.\n\nBut on the whole though, football is indeed the beautiful game!
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No you try to open your eyes and see what everybody else See's.\nChelsea are a team of thugs. next time a decision goes against Chelsea watch how many player surround the ref. And what about the referee meeting the Chelsea manager to try to help him, " LIKE he does will all the other managers" ...."NOT"
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The English are proud, and also Loyal. Do we seem bothered that everyone wants us to lose? No, Do we care who you`ll be supporting? No. I think Its jealousy because your teams didnt even make It, Nothing worse than sore losers!! If we win, then that will be great, If we lose....at least we can say we were there, took part, and done our best. To the peoples whose countires didnt make It, Its like the lottery......You have to be In It to win It. Your not and we are. Come on England!!!
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Watching in the UK. They  are a bit emotional during England matches but I must say they have been quite objective especially with the lesser known teams although sometimes you do detect a trace of them patronizing weaker teams.
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Both part of the EU. Both support each other.\n\nOnly hate each other when it comes to football due to England beating Germany 4-2 in the 1966 World Cup final.
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I currently live in the United Kingdom, but I am American. I started enjoying football when I saw Brazil will the penalty shootout at the 1994 World Cup. I currently support England because I kind of have to since my wife is British, hehehe. Club wise I support West Bromwich Albion, again because of my wife, and personally I also am rooting for Aston Villa in the EPL. Don't really have a favourite player. I've watched 1994, 1998, 2002, and 2006 World Cups. 1994 was my favourite, followed by 2002.
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The problem with Team GB as you suggest is that players from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland wouldn't get into the team! It would be made up solely of English players therefore there is no point lad.\n\nBirds are genetically designed to be un interested in football. If you were then us blokes would never get any peace.\n\nOf course you girlies always complain when Coronation Street or Eastenders is taken off for footie. The world cup is every 4 years. That crap is on every bloody night. Lets have some perspective on it.
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1-9 Red Hot Favourites - England \n\nTheir players are the best, their team  will always win (before) and were cheated (after). Their team would have won it anyway, if not for........etc.....etc....\nThey don't bother about where they are, they make fun of locals, think their league is superior, some will tell you Leeds and Boro are the best clubs on the planet.\n\nThey drink too much and can't control. They get into fights and blame the other side.\n\nMost of all, their team has not won anything in 40 years, even Denmark, Sweden, France and Holland have been better than them since then.
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to right why should we support England.i wouldn't want them to win anything cause we never here the end of it they go on and on about 66 .you cant even watch a game that doesn't involve them cause their bias commentators still talk about them and ruin it personally i don't care who wins this world cup as long as its not England
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I have never attended an England game, probably because the tickets were out of my range.  However, I am a fan of the game particularly when England is playing.\nIt was always my belief, that if you attended games, you were a SUPPORTER (because you bought tickets) otherwise you were a FAN.  (No closet though)
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I agree w/ u completely!! I'm a huge England fan too! I'm not sure if other countries get this problem but I think it's mostly England.
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correct! channel 5 are showing Newcastle and Eurosport are showing all Blackburn's games!!\n\nTotally ridiculous...both teams finished lower than Spurs last year,neither club has anything like as good a record in Europe as us,both are just smaller clubs in general...i did hear though that Spurs are trying to do a deal with ITV to start THFCTV,not sure if that is correct,but maybe that's why ITV4 has got most of our games,although they don't appear to be showing tomorrows game!\n\nlook at these 2 web-sites...\n\nliveonsat.com       (no www.)\n\nor \n\nwww.satfootball.com\n\nthey both list everygame played in Europe,and what channels they will be on!\n\nto the "blind" Newastle fans out there....Spurs have the third largest following in the world after Man U and Real Madrid.they get fans from all over europe at every home game! i live in the Czech Republic and most football fans here have never even heard of Newcastle!!\n\nSpurs have more foreign fan clubs than any British team after Man U and also take the biggest away support to games in England and Europe! so get your facts right!!\n\nfor the last 2 seasons White Hart Lane has been the most sold out ground in Britain!! 99.3% sold out for every game,the only games which don't sell out are the league cup games,and that's normally down to the away fans!!
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hmmmmmmm glory hunter!... everyone has a special reason y they support who they do.. sorry most people...\nI support man u cos that where i from!.. now i move to london i still support them!\nit whole point of being a fan is you support your team through the highs and lows!.....