'Neutral' teams not related to Leicester you like or dislike

[Bayfox]

Like

 

Torquay, got relatives down there, often go to see them play, not been for a few years tho.

 

Rangers, Got friendly with a season ticket holder years ago on holiday, never been to see them play but it's on my bucket list.

 

Lazio, Gazza, infact that's probably another reason for the Rangers like.

 

Barca, from the minute I saw them on TV lifting the 92 European Cup at Wembley, really are interesting club to read about, even if a lot of it maybe one sided.

 

Past that, never really had any inclinations towards any other clubs and dislike most others for some reason, however I have to say I really grew a soft spot for our european opposition this season, not sure if it's a like for the clubs or the City's tho  

 

I will add I occasionally head out to Holland, and whilst I am yet to visit any of the big clubs out there, going to Excelsior is always good fun as the 3rd club in Rotterdam, it's amazing to see them survive on crowds as low as 3000 sometimes. Maybe that's the underdog thing.

[Ted Maul]

Always liked Bristol Rovers and disliked Bristol City, even before I learned much about their clubs and fanbases.

 

I like Burton a lot, lovely little ground and their rise through the leagues has been amazing.

[Milo]

Like

 

Brighton

Fulham

Bournemouth

Rangers

Spuds - family connection, don't judge me

 

 

Dislike

 

Arsenal

Liverpool

Birmingham

Blackpool (except under Ollie)

Blackburn

Any Mourinho team

Celtic

[PhillippaT]

Like

Notts Forest  - were always my 2nd team when growing up, and much easier to like once LCFC outgrew them (and thanks for Wes!)

York & Lincoln  - these were always my go-to starter teams in football manager, so... - (Haven't played that since the 2006 edition, though - I never really got into the later versions for some reason).

Sheffield Wednesday - my boss in Leeds was a Wednesday fan, and I joined him just to wind up the locals

I suppose I have to put Arsenal here now too   Dammit.

 

 

Dislike

Spurs

Leeds - had to put up with too many local fans when living there.  Never again

Millwall - They're even worse than Leeds   (Not quite sure which is closer to me now, out of them or Charlton - (better be Charlton!))

Aston Villa - One of the earliest memories of my Dad caring about anything to do with football (especially locally) - (I'm a rugby/motorsports fan too because of him...) - is when Little left, so...

 

[DatfoxesKid23]

like

Bournemouth - underdogs that achieve a lot for who they are

Athletico Madrid - fantastic club that plays good football although I hated them for a month for the UCL quarter finals

 

dislike 

millwall -  fans are hooligans

all of the clubs that have ever been under mourinho

man city, PSG and chelsea - their money ruined football

[Bossman Blessed It]

Like:

Atletico Madrid - just the way they try to outmuscle the big boys in Spain is something to be admired. 

Newcastle - Just want them to do well - great club with a great history and a complete moron at their helm. Goal was a brilliant movie imo too. 

Dortmund - Probably more so under Klopp when they had that Champions League run - great on Fifa too. 

Brazil - Because we need someone to cheer for when we go out in the group stages next summer. 

 

Dislike:

Arsenal - Absolute calamity.

United - Can't stand their arrogance 

Harry Kane - Deeply saddens me every time he scores and posts shit pics on instagram - then puts an England shirt on and looks like he's never played football in his life. 

 

[Mike the Metal Ed]

Like:

AFC Wimbledon - See Milton Keynes

Macclesfield Town - Started noticing them as a kid because they were the first new team in the Football League I remember when I was still figuring out what happened below Division Three, also I went when we played them in the League Cup in 2009 and they're the friendliest club I've ever visited.

Boston United - My parents moved to Skegness and they're the easiest to get to by train.

Southend United - Cheap uni tickets when I was at South Essex College.

Montreal Impact - I have friends in Montreal who have been fans right from the USL days. 

 

Dislike:
Peterborough United

Hull City

Both arrogant, small time clubs who treat you like scum.

 

Leeds United - Stewarding

Milton Keynes - See AFC Wimbledon

Villa, Forest, Derby - Old enemies

Northampton Town - Sad, moaning bastards who tried to point out Leicester fans in the home end just for trying to watch the match in 2009.

Luton Town - Pound shop Millwall.

[Arriba Los Zorros]

43 minutes ago, wardyfox86 said:

Is it strange to have a soft spot for Derby? Have a few friends who support Derby as die hard as I support Leicester, so it's nice to see them doing well. 

 

(although the inevitable post Christmas slump is always good fun) 

Have to say their fans are more reasonable than most but still can't bear to see them do well

[Who ate all the pies?]

Like:

Burton (No reason I can think of)

York (Folks live up that way and I have seen a couple of friendlies)

Lincoln (No reason I can think of)

Mansfield (Watched them a couple of times when I was at uni)

Notts County (family connections)

 

Abroad

1FC Koln (lived there for two years and had a season ticket)

Dynamo Dresden (no real reason)

Guangzhou Evergrande and Guangzhou R&F (I live in Guangzhou and these are my local teams - haven't been to a match yet but watched them on TV).

River Plate (saw them play at the Antonio Liberti and it was immense).

 

Dislike

Coventry (I was born in Coventry and grew up near there everyone took the piss as they were top flight and we weren't)

Millwall  (obvious)

Spurs (Had a boss that loved them always gave me stick...it was nice bumping in to him again last year).

[dylanlegend]

I bet Leicester will be on every other fans dislike list now because

 

'what they did to Ranieri was out of order- snnakkkkessss' 

 

the whining knobs 

[Livid]

Like

 

Burton

West Ham - Just don't seem to be up themselves like most of the London clubs

QPR - Love Loftus Road

Chelsea - Just for "That" night.

Newcastle - Mis-managed to Feck and yet they still turn up.

 

Dislike

 

Arsenal/Spuds - There must be something in the North London water which makes them what they are innit blood!

Everton/Palace - Both sets of fans are seriously screwed up!

Sheffield Wednesday - Sorry don't share the love in. I know a few of them and they seem to have the idea they should be in the PL because they're massive. That's not how it works lads.

[Dan]

Like:

Huddersfield (Decent fans, good away day, probably helps that we always beat them too. I just find them quite an interesting club and I'm glad they came up)

 

Burton Albion (What they have achieved is incredible and they have their Leicester connections too)

 

Southampton (Model club for their size, superb academy, scouting system and ability to find managers)

 

Lincoln City (Got on board with the Lincoln cup run a bit last year and think they've got excellent fans)

 

Barnsley (Again it's probably sentimental as I've had some of my best ever away days there, but they're a decent club doing it the right way)

 

Middlesbrough (Respect their owner and think they've got pretty good support as well)

 

Atletico Madrid (Had so much time for these since their title win in 2014. It was Atletico doing that that really did make me think... maybe the unbeatable aren't unbeatable after all. Sure enough it was me thinking that that saw a title follow for Leicester 2 years later. Sure enough it's them who end our European run, again, but in a league that's become horribly based around two clubs they have my backing)

 

Sevilla (Very well run club with good fans, although admittedly the latter has been tainted)

 

Las Palmas (Entertainers. Nice kit, good team. Likeable club)

 

Dislike:

Arsenal (Cringeworthy fans and the epitome of football club that's become solely about money. While the likes of Man City and Chelsea have definitely had an unfair leg up, Arsenal are kind of the opposite but in such a backwards way. They have a depressing lack of ambition for a club of their size and are happy to rip their fans off for privilege)

 

Tottenham (Most arrogant fans in the country, most rimmed club by the media, yet ultimately all over a side that time and time again fails to actually deliver when it matters. The whole attitude that we pipped them to the title unjustly when we finished 11 points ahead of them and spent only 19 minutes all season below them. Sheer snobbery)

 

Liverpool (I've never really bought into the Liverpool hate but I'm getting there. They really are deluded beyond belief)

 

Man Utd (Likewise Man Utd I kind of stopped disliking, but it's back again. A club totally disconnected with its local fanbase and one that acts to appease the global glory hunting lot instead. Any respect I had for them is long gone)

 

Derby (Think they're bigger than they are, have got a strange dose of this style of play snobbery about them as well - surprising for a club who hasn't been in the top flight in ten years)

 

Forest (Even more delusional than Derby fans. Astounding levels of arrogance and this delusion that they're a sleeping giant when I would argue that, under Clough, they were the polar opposite - like us, a provincial club who had a purple patch. The Forest v Derby rivalry is also enormously cringeworthy, totally convinced both of them sign each others ex players on purpose just to prop it up)

 

Coventry (It's Cov)

 

Real Madrid (Awful, awful club)

[VIKTOR-LE5]

Likes

 

Manchester United - Grew up watching United as a kid when i  stayed at my uncle house whose a big United fan. Loved Eric Cantona and Paul Scoloes.

 

Netherlands - Loved their Orange kits.

 

Dislikes

 

Arsenal - Awful fans, song stealing, geniric songs for a big club, entitled bankers,

 

Tottenham - bells.

 

Liverpool - Always bang on about history.

 

Everton - Acting like their massive because the've spent a few bob, when in reality the've spent jack shit.

 

Brazil - Overrated has beens, media pucking love fest.

[TAFKA Castroneves]

Like:

 

Oxford City - used to go to Uni up there so it was a lovely non-league day out for £3 - going to Oxford Utd back then was more expensive than going up to Leicester

Toronto FC - used to live in Toronto so got a lot of love for them, Giovinco as well - supreme player still.

Inter Milan - always liked the design/colours combo with their side

Newcastle Utd - had an uncle who used to play for them just after the war, extended family ties as well.

Forest Green Rovers - small, lovely little club who i have a lot of time for

 

Burton Albion - been to a few Brewers games, like Forest Green they are just a nice little club

Yeovil Town - pretty local to me, were a lovely set of friendly, happy fans when i went to us vs them away in the Championship title season, very welcoming

Exeter City - once again - local - but love how they've had Tisdale around forever despite the ups and downs, run well.

 

Dislike:

 

Southampton - such a plain/boring club that tries to jazz itself up, stadiums boring, average place, all a bit grim

Norwich City - horrible green/yellow kits and logos everywhere

Birmingham City - bland, miserable, never got a good vibe about Birmingham

 

i'm sure there are a tonne more dislikes but i can't think right now, like positivity in my football

[Brooksy]

How did I forget about Liverpool, surely the most entitled fanbase in world football.

[Fox92]

Don't like Wednesday. Having been brought up around here, most of my schoolmates were Wednesday / Unted fans. Wednesday fans hammered me during our relegation battles... The 1-4 defeat, the 1-3 defeat, when we were finally relegated... man, it never stopped. (Never had a problem with Blades fans though - probably because they were always going for promotion at that time!).... Wednesday fans think they are massive too, when in reality, they aren't. They are on par with Forest fans. So annoying.

 

I like Everton. Well run club, likeable club, historic, well followed... always have a lot of time for Everton fans.

 

[David Guiza]

Like -

Bradford City

AFC Wimbledon

Dislike -

I think I could probably make a case for every club in the football league.  

[Fox92]

9 minutes ago, Livid said:

Like

 

Burton

West Ham - Just don't seem to be up themselves like most of the London clubs

QPR - Love Loftus Road

Chelsea - Just for "That" night.

Newcastle - Mis-managed to Feck and yet they still turn up.

 

Dislike

 

Arsenal/Spuds - There must be something in the North London water which makes them what they are innit blood!

Everton/Palace - Both sets of fans are seriously screwed up!

Sheffield Wednesday - Sorry don't share the love in. I know a few of them and they seem to have the idea they should be in the PL because they're massive. That's not how it works lads.

Beat me to it. Read my post. They think they are massive. Haven't been in the PL since 2000. Don't want them to come up, ever.

[VIKTOR-LE5]

Add Royal Government Madrid, scum club.

[Melbourne Fuchs]

Like:

Sheffield United - Lots of clubs could learn from their focus on youth development.

Norwich and Hull - Similar to us to some extent (are those days past us?), I feel sorry for Hull fans having to deal with awful owners.

Gladbach - Enjoy watching them play when the Bundesliga's on.

Chelsea - I don't know why, but I dislike them a lot less than the other 'big clubs'. 

Fulham, Barnet, Morecambe and Eastbourne, Swansea, Wimbledon - Couple of different reasons.

 

 

Dislike:

Spurs - Entitled Cvnts and way too popular in Aus for what they are.

Sunderland - Fans don't seem to like us.

Millwall - Fans

Atletico - I respect them, but I can't like them.

Roma - Mahrez is ours. I'd rather have Kingy than Totti .

Liverpool - Klopp annoys me. 

 

 

 

[David Guiza]

1 minute ago, Fox92 said:

Beat me to it. Read my post. They think they are massive. Haven't been in the PL since 2000. Don't want them to come up, ever.

I get that it's frustrating when fans of bigger clubs believe they have a God given right to be in top flight (see Leeds, Forest, Villa numerous other clubs) but I think fans of any club outside the top division, bar the likes of Wigan and Barnsley perhaps, whom have been in the top flight expects their club to be 'where they belong'. The infrastructure of the city and club is a Premier League outfit, not that it means anything of course.

 

If we didn't storm League 1 at the first attempt and ended up languishing there for a few years like Leeds, Forest and Wednesday have in the past our fans would have been exactly the same.  

[RonnieTodger]

Like:
Wolves
Leeds
AFC Wimbledon
Cheltenham

Ipswich

Everton

 

Dislike:
All of top 6, apart from Liverpool.

I despise Millwall so much that I was glad Forest beat them on Friday. 

Birmingham, Villa and West Brom. 

Any of the fanboy foreign teams like Real or Barca. 

[jimmer]

Dislike - SPURS utter cockwombles 

[UniFox21]

Dislike: 

 

MK Dons - for just destroying the old wimbledon

 

Genuine dislike for Palace, distant family support via a box and try to "out do us" at every attempt and generally just dislike the way they play football. 

 

Leicester Road (people who owned old Hinckley Utd) - people that own it do it out of spite for the fans who remade hinckley as AFC and just a not nice bunch.

[Far Post Gerry]

Always hated Rushden & Diamonds - a couple of non-descript Northants villages who had a bit of cash. Should never have got close to the football league when some teams with actual heritage fester in the non-league. Those annoying vegans from Forest Green can piss off too.