Firegrande Posted 16 February 2017 Posted 16 February 2017 For most of us, it’s a birth right. Our dads/brothers/uncles took us to our first game and it gets inside you. There’s nothing you can do about it. It’s your fate! There is no concern of prestige or standing in the rankings we are so beleaguered by today, it’s a belonging! You can all remember your first game. The sights, the smells, the anticipation, the noise of the crowd. Who you played. The score. Those older lads singing their hearts out. You want to be a part of it all. It never goes away; ever! Why? It’s instinct. It harks back to the cavemen. It’s a pack mentality. It’s defining, it’s who you are. You can’t change it, why would you…these are your people. You feel a sense of pride at defending “your team”. You’re safe here. You belong. Those other people, wearing different colours, singing different songs…. we must be louder than them, always. Your 11 men on the pitch are a goal behind, what can we do? Shout louder, scream, sing, fight, support them! They seem to find energy from your cries. They burst forward with an attack, you shout louder, the anticipation grows. It seems like it takes forever for that ball to reach the foot of your star striker. he hits it sweet, it’s a goal!!! The elation is beyond belief, this is everything. The power of being as one has got us a goal! Were back in this. Can we get another… And on it goes. The walk home is filled with talk of what we should have done. What we could have done. The conversation and arguments go on and on. This is why we do it to ourselves. Our Leicester City. It’s mine, and it’s yours. We all have our reasons, and those reasons differ greatly. What doesn’t differ is our love for those boys in blue, the mighty Leicester, by far the greatest team, the world has ever seen! The managers right, the managers wrong. The players aren’t performing. They don’t deserve to wear our shirt. They come and go, managers and players. We like some, others not so much. Some become legends, some become forgotten. For them it’s a job, a pay packet. Not for us though. We’ll be here long after they have gone, screaming cries of despair, singing songs of elation. Why did I write this? Because right now were in the shit. We’ve achieved the unachievable. We want more, we deserve more, we crave more. Well, if we get what we want or not I’ll guarantee you one thing. We will still be there, week in week out supporting our beloved Leicester.
Bossman Blessed It Posted 16 February 2017 Posted 16 February 2017 Haha love this post - there's a hell of a lot of times I'm sure we've all thought it too. Especially when you get that feeling when we concede, like the stomach ache you get when you slap your bollocks by accident. I read somewhere that the psychological need for your football team to succeed mimics the desire for your children to maintain health and do well in their lives. The amount of pints I'm sure we've all sunk on behalf of Leicester will probably be the death of us, but it's great way to go if so!
Dr The Singh Posted 16 February 2017 Posted 16 February 2017 I was born with blue blood, I have no choice
weller54 Posted 16 February 2017 Posted 16 February 2017 Supporting LCFC should carry a Government health warning... Like on cigarettes and alcohol... 'Warning supporting LCFC can seriously damage your health leading to heart attacks or strokes '!
foxinsocks Posted 16 February 2017 Posted 16 February 2017 It's never dull. Its all the struggling that made last year so glorious. Nietzsche said the view from the top of the mountain is more rewarding if you have struggled to climb the mountain
Livid Posted 16 February 2017 Posted 16 February 2017 40 minutes ago, foxinsocks said: It's never dull. Its all the struggling that made last year so glorious. Nietzsche said the view from the top of the mountain is more rewarding if you have struggled to climb the mountain I'll grant you that it's never dull. All Cov have had in the last 30 years is one FA Cup win and two relegations, no top six finishes nothing, could you imagine having to watch that ?? Not being pedantic about the OP but I honestly have no idea who my first game was. I must have been about 4 or 5 when I got took down the Filbert St for the first time in the early 70's. I get the sentiment though. I'd feel better about the mountain if we hadn't jumped off the top having forgot to pack the parachute. I do know some out there who have followed this club home and away for decades who may not be renewing next year. They've put up with the struggle for decades but after last year they finally believed a platform was in place where we could leave our past of continuous yo yoing between divisions behind us. That doesn't appear to be the case.
boots60 Posted 16 February 2017 Posted 16 February 2017 The rollercoaster ride that is supporting Leicester City is a mirror image of life in general. Good times, bad times. Highs, lows. Loyalty to your own. The difference between supporting one of the "big sides" & following a club of our size or smaller is we can savour the occasional triumph with far more honest passion than a glory supporter. In real life last season was the equivalent of a lottery win.
norwichfox Posted 16 February 2017 Posted 16 February 2017 Leicester born, bred and semi educated, I've not lived in Leicester for many a year now, but the feelings the OP so aptly describes NEVER go away, not even for a moment.
Tielemans63 Posted 16 February 2017 Posted 16 February 2017 I'd say it's rarely dull. Anyone saying it's never dull has obviously forgotten about the Levein years - they were almost as drab as Levein himself. Almost.
norwichfox Posted 16 February 2017 Posted 16 February 2017 1 minute ago, Paddy. said: I'd say it's rarely dull. Anyone saying it's never dull has obviously forgotten about the Levein years - they were almost as drab as Levein himself. Almost. Ahhh, that was the part of the roller coaster going uphill without the rack and pinion to help it along,,,,
Benji Posted 16 February 2017 Posted 16 February 2017 Ha, just brought a smile to my face thinking about the Levein era. It's hard to explain quite how bad the football was around then, and some of the players! I daren't go back and look at some of the starting 11s.
davieG Posted 16 February 2017 Posted 16 February 2017 Even during the dull Levein era it wasn't always dull
jmono84 Posted 16 February 2017 Posted 16 February 2017 5 hours ago, Bossman Blessed It said: Haha love this post - there's a hell of a lot of times I'm sure we've all thought it too. Especially when you get that feeling when we concede, like the stomach ache you get when you slap your bollocks by accident. I read somewhere that the psychological need for your football team to succeed mimics the desire for your children to maintain health and do well in their lives. The amount of pints I'm sure we've all sunk on behalf of Leicester will probably be the death of us, but it's great way to go if so! I did that against swans!! Tried to play it cool in a room full of family - the bollocks part
sylofox Posted 16 February 2017 Posted 16 February 2017 21 minutes ago, davieG said: Even during the dull Levein era it wasn't always dull Our players should be made to watch that and read the banner at the end. The make the fvcking brats write it 500 times.
Ted Maul Posted 16 February 2017 Posted 16 February 2017 No matter what is going on in your life, your football club will always be there to take your mind off it. Whether they put a smile on our faces on Saturday night, ruin our entire week or give us incredible memories to last a lifetime like last season, we'll keep going back for more. Leicester City are like a drug which you will never kick, no matter how hard you try. There's nothing I'd rather do at the weekend than have a few beers and go to watch the City with my mates. Even looking back on the bad memories makes me strangely happy- sitting with my head in my hands as Levein's misfits inevitably fail to clear their lines and go 1-0 down to another 80th minute headed goal by a stocky journeyman striker- it's times like that that make us who we are and mean that the good times are special.
one F in Fox Posted 16 February 2017 Posted 16 February 2017 37 minutes ago, davieG said: Even during the dull Levein era it wasn't always dull Wow, that De Vries fella was on fire!
jammie82uk Posted 16 February 2017 Posted 16 February 2017 1 hour ago, Livid said: All Cov have had in the last 30 years is one FA Cup win and two relegations, no top six finishes nothing, could you imagine having to watch that ?? Just look at West Ham, Southampton and Hull Nothing significant won in the last 35 to 50 years http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/0/long-has-since-every-premier-league-team-last-won-major-trophy/
KBHFox Posted 16 February 2017 Posted 16 February 2017 8 minutes ago, jammie82uk said: Just look at West Ham, Southampton and Hull Nothing significant won in the last 35 to 50 years http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/0/long-has-since-every-premier-league-team-last-won-major-trophy/ HA! How does Hull winning the division 3 title 50 years ago count as a major trophy!
foxy boxing Posted 16 February 2017 Posted 16 February 2017 because supporting the foxes is ingrained in all of us and we accept the ups and the downs in equal measure because it is part and parcel of being a football fan.the pleasure and the pain we carry hoping that it will be pleasure this week and knowing that the pain will be coming.because when the highs and the pleasure do come the memories will last forever even the painful ones too i suppose
weller54 Posted 16 February 2017 Posted 16 February 2017 Wish I could of enjoyed last season more now to be honest.. Was a nervous wreck during the final 10 games or so.. The pressure felt immense!... ...but I'd swap those feelings with the current feeling of numbness / disbelief anyday!
jammie82uk Posted 16 February 2017 Posted 16 February 2017 1 hour ago, KBHFox said: HA! How does Hull winning the division 3 title 50 years ago count as a major trophy! Because 50 years ago it was a major trophy
desertfox2 Posted 16 February 2017 Posted 16 February 2017 1 hour ago, one F in Fox said: Wow, that De Vries fella was on fire! That day he was an absolute beast. Shame that was his only good game I can remember. He bullied and pummeled Spurs in to submission.
one F in Fox Posted 16 February 2017 Posted 16 February 2017 4 minutes ago, desertfox2 said: That day he was an absolute beast. Shame that was his only good game I can remember. He bullied and pummeled Spurs in to submission. I think he had the odd half decent game. One I remember was against Reading in the cup, I think that was the game when we first started to sing "De Vries, De Vries, De Vries on fire?" after the Mercury headline. He did some weird step over cum body swerve thing. Funny as fvck. ?
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