Heart-Shaped Fox Posted 31 May 2009 Posted 31 May 2009 Well I am born and raised in Peterborough My Dad and all of his side of the family are Leicester born and bred. So he went regularly from Peterborough and then I went with him, simple really. When growing up there was actually no Posh fans at primary school or early years of secondary and everyone supported the big 4 (of course never actually going apart from seeing a under 18 Man Utd team play Posh in a friendly every year!). And no way would my Dad let me be a glory hunter as well! Oh and since Fergie took over at Posh with their double promotions they of course have a whole new set of fans. In which 90% of them support Man Utd AND Posh or Posh and another team!
demon_dog Posted 31 May 2009 Posted 31 May 2009 Nice to see so many loyal fans. A good friend of mine is a Geordie, a Newcastle fan as well, he was telling me the other night over a beer, that the last time the Toon were relegated and Sunderland were in the Premiership, that a lot of Toon fans (including him) started going to Sunderland games. I said that there was no way I would go and see another team other than Leicester. His explanation was that they only went to see them lose! Wonder how many will stay loyal to Toon next season.
chesterfield_fox_91 Posted 31 May 2009 Posted 31 May 2009 Hello. as you can tell i live in Chesterfield, I was born and bread in Leicester, but moved up 2 chesterfield in 2005. I still come to Leicester to watch matches, like I made it to 14 home games last season just going 2 watch chesterfield aint the same....................
New England Fox Posted 31 May 2009 Posted 31 May 2009 I was born in Leicester, but only lived there until I was 6, then followed a somewhat nomadic path to Chesterfield, Weston-super-Mare, Fort Lauderdale Florida and currently New Haven Connecticut. All my family are City supporters and a good deal of them still live in the Leicester area so its been with me through all my travels and will without a doubt always be with me. In fact, other than my family, the only thing I miss about England is going to City games.
GloverFox Posted 31 May 2009 Posted 31 May 2009 Born and raised a Leicester lad ... travelled the world with the forces, always supporting the City where ever I was ... and yep, I too am a sucker for punishment as I'll support Leicester forever ... and strangely my lad (born in a foreign country 'the son of an active duty serviceman of God's own England') is also a Leicester supporter ... are we both proud of our heritage and club? You'd better know it and believe it ... LEICESTER CITY ... C'mon you beauties!!!
Uncle Monty Posted 31 May 2009 Posted 31 May 2009 What's all this born and bred bollox?- trying to wear it like a badge of honour. I don't think that this thread started out like who is the biggest fan but it seems to be going that way. Personally I don't think that anyone has to justify being a city fan. Like the city, the club it is welcoming and unjudgemental why take it any further. Unless you feel the need to explain yourself for an unbinounst reason.
Maybes Posted 31 May 2009 Posted 31 May 2009 What's all this born and bred bollox?- trying to wear it like a badge of honour. I don't think that this thread started out like who is the biggest fan but it seems to be going that way. Personally I don't think that anyone has to justify being a city fan. Like the city, the club it is welcoming and unjudgemental why take it any further. Unless you feel the need to explain yourself for an unbinounst reason. Probably just stating the fact they were born in Leicester and grew up in the area.
Fox Genius Posted 31 May 2009 Posted 31 May 2009 When my dad was a kid he was dragged along by is uncle who policed alot of the home games....Think he quite often sat in the old police box at Filbo... My dad then dragged me along as a kid, and basically I've never forgiven him for sadlling me with teh foxes for a lifetime. . Still regularly ask him why he didn;t take me to see a better team in the frist place. Wouldn't have it any other way though if truth be told :thumbsup:
DJ Barry Hammond Posted 31 May 2009 Posted 31 May 2009 No family connections, born in the South West, and so no logical reason why I support the foxes but a number of factors that all fell into place... 1.) Swindon vs Leicester play off final at Wembley - the 4-3. With Swindon being the local side I was 'chearing' them on to start with, but come the end I was gutted for the boys in blue 2.) Martyn O'neil - I first became aware of him at Wycombe following the London Soccer sixes that was on Sky where he took the then Wycombe first team and won the competition against the likes of Arsenal and Spurs reserve sides. Wycombe were then in the conference, and after a couple of seasons of non-promotions from the confrence it was good to see them come into the league and then go on to win what is now league 2. I didn't pay much attention to his move to Norwich, but took note when he moved to Leicester and started following the scores even more. 3.) Cult players - Matty Elliott, Muzzi Izzet, Stevie Walsh, Theo Zakeragis, Peggy Arppexhead, Gerry Taggart, Robbie Savage, Frank Sinclair - we've had so many its hard not to like us! 4.) They played football how I like to see football during the O'neil era - hard, honest, high energy and commited and they were the underdogs that overachived. 5.) We're never boring - always in the news, whether it be us going bust, players being held in prision, sacking managers etc, etc, etc
J.Lisemore Posted 31 May 2009 Posted 31 May 2009 No family connections, born in the South West, and so no logical reason why I support the foxes but a number of factors that all fell into place...1.) Swindon vs Leicester play off final at Wembley - the 4-3. With Swindon being the local side I was 'chearing' them on to start with, but come the end I was gutted for the boys in blue 2.) Martyn O'neil - I first became aware of him at Wycombe following the London Soccer sixes that was on Sky where he took the then Wycombe first team and won the competition against the likes of Arsenal and Spurs reserve sides. Wycombe were then in the conference, and after a couple of seasons of non-promotions from the confrence it was good to see them come into the league and then go on to win what is now league 2. I didn't pay much attention to his move to Norwich, but took note when he moved to Leicester and started following the scores even more. 3.) Cult players - Matty Elliott, Muzzi Izzet, Stevie Walsh, Theo Zakeragis, Peggy Arppexhead, Gerry Taggart, Robbie Savage, Frank Sinclair - we've had so many its hard not to like us! 4.) They played football how I like to see football during the O'neil era - hard, honest, high energy and commited and they were the underdogs that overachived. 5.) We're never boring - always in the news, whether it be us going bust, players being held in prision, sacking managers etc, etc, etc
Steven Posted 31 May 2009 Posted 31 May 2009 Born and bred in London. I have never lived in Leicester or Leicestershire. Indeed I never was a football fan, coming from a totally Rugby family, until the 1970 World Cup (the Lions triumph in New Zealand in 1971 was a much bigger deal in our household). After that I didn't have a team and didn't want to follow Chelski like everyone else in my part of London. One Sunday on the Big Match I saw Frank Worthington in City shirt. From that moment onwards I persuaded my father to take me to City games at Filbo (rarely until I was older ) and away games in London. That all started 36 years ago and I wouldn't swap anything apart for the second half of the eighties and being relegated to Div 1.
weiba80 Posted 1 June 2009 Posted 1 June 2009 Well, it was a nasty habit i picked up somewhere in the Far East!
Steven Posted 1 June 2009 Posted 1 June 2009 God, you're not a Wasps fan are you? London Welsh. I have always had a good welcome whenever I have been to Old Dear Park and I remember going to watch London Welsh as a lad and see great games against sides from England and Wales.
lookwhaticando Posted 1 June 2009 Posted 1 June 2009 From Leicestershire. Only lived there for the first two years, etc, etc.
Finnegan Posted 1 June 2009 Posted 1 June 2009 London Welsh. I have always had a good welcome whenever I have been to Old Dear Park and I remember going to watch London Welsh as a lad and see great games against sides from England and Wales. ! I love London Welsh! One of the first rugby shirts I ever owned was a London Welsh shirt. A proper fan's club that is, absolute quality. Rugby's equivelant of FC United or one of these other titbit clubs the kids get funny over. I'd have loved to have been alive to see the likes of JPR Williams and Gerald Davies play. Do you still go down? I tried a lot to get my friends to go to games when I was at uni but, as you can imagine, interest wasnt great.
Steven Posted 1 June 2009 Posted 1 June 2009 ! I love London Welsh!One of the first rugby shirts I ever owned was a London Welsh shirt. A proper fan's club that is, absolute quality. Rugby's equivelant of FC United or one of these other titbit clubs the kids get funny over. I'd have loved to have been alive to see the likes of JPR Williams and Gerald Davies play. Do you still go down? I tried a lot to get my friends to go to games when I was at uni but, as you can imagine, interest wasnt great. I was. That said I have not been for five years or so, but your are right it is a proper club.
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 1 June 2009 Posted 1 June 2009 Only new a few teams as came from an AFL family and decided to give soccer a go and my pop gave me an old leicester shirt to wear to training (never wore it and it is hanging up on my wall). Since getting that shirt i started to follow them and just got more involved in it from there.
Shadow_King Posted 1 June 2009 Posted 1 June 2009 My dad was born in Leicester and lived there for 18 years but never supported the team same with his brothers, and so i guess my dad wanted someone to be a leicester fan so when i went to england for the first time in the summer of 96, he bought me a leicester jersey and ever since then i have been a fan of the team.
HarboroughFox90 Posted 1 June 2009 Posted 1 June 2009 My next door neighbour was a City fan(because my family hate sport) and he took me to Filbert Street when i was 7 and i was hooked from then (having never been to a match before) nowadays i got my uncle and younger brother going with me and i still get those butterflys walking up those steps to our seats at the walkers before a match.
Southern Fox Posted 1 June 2009 Posted 1 June 2009 just followed in my footsteps of my old man and during the war he stayed with a family in leicester that supported Leicester
ACF Posted 1 June 2009 Posted 1 June 2009 My dad, being born in Wolverhampton, goes for the Wolves., and when I was youung(er) i asked him why he went for them. Thinking it was a very good reason, I decided then and there I was a Leicester man. So by not even looking at scores, managers or players I became a Fox. And ever since then I've been hooked.
Darkzzz_ Posted 1 June 2009 Posted 1 June 2009 My reason might sound ridiculous at first, but first things first:I neither have family nor relatives in or around Leicester. I've never partiularely been attracted to the "big" clubs in England, hence my support for the "underdog". I used to play football as a junior myself, but thanks to the rising popularity of video games, I got hooked on FIFA back in 1994. And to set myself a challenge in the Premiership, I had the choice between Leicester and Ipswich as the weakest teams. What it was exactly that got me to pick the Foxes, can't recall. Probably the lack of any sort of "success" baggage that the others had, like F*4çest. Or maybe I just wanted to be different and not join the glory hunters of the bigger clubs here in Switzerland who acted and still act like the pest. In the years to follow, I've learnt myself what a great home (and especially away) support Leicester has. My trips to the area have been a real pleasure and I've made a bunch of good friends. Wouldn't trade in this experience for any other club support in the world. It's easy to be a glory hunter with the Big Four or Celtic/Rangers in Scotland, but it's the ups and downs with an institution like Leicester that brings out the best in people! And to be honest, the recent decade has again proved that we just love our own little scandals - on and off the pitch. That is quality. What a way to become a fan. Fair play to you.
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