Jagdinho Posted 11 January 2012 Posted 11 January 2012 I have a season ticket, have done 5th year now and im 16. Ive been to about 8 away games this year. I sort of agree with you, but i class Man Utd, Liverpool, Chelsea them fans to by part-time at best if they don't go to there games. I think the Forest game just annoyed people, because if it was somewhere not as appealing, example Bury away or Sunderland away, even if the prices were the same we definatly wouldn't have 8,000 there. People just go Forest because it's a rivalvry. I agree with you though. Theres no simple way to define better fans to others, were all football fans, we all have different interests, some are wealthier than others.
UpTheLeagueFox Posted 11 January 2012 Posted 11 January 2012 I'm a part time fan because I don't see them every week. I'm also lower down the 'fan' pecking order because of my job which means when I see them play I don't pay and actually get paid for being there. That said, I have been known to jump up and down in press boxes around the country when I hear we've scored / nicked a last minute draw / winner, much to the bemusement of other journalists. I suspect if I had a 9 to 5 Mon-Fri job, I'd have a season ticket and go as much as I physically could. I used to go and pay (1981-1990) before I started doing what I do now (and had a season ticket 1997-2000) so I guess I'm just a part timer. But a part timer that cares about my club. A lot.
Captain... Posted 11 January 2012 Posted 11 January 2012 I have a season ticket, have done 5th year now and im 16. Ive been to about 8 away games this year. I sort of agree with you, but i class Man Utd, Liverpool, Chelsea them fans to by part-time at best if they don't go to there games. I think the Forest game just annoyed people, because if it was somewhere not as appealing, example Bury away or Sunderland away, even if the prices were the same we definatly wouldn't have 8,000 there. People just go Forest because it's a rivalvry. It was also close, and at 3 o'clock on a Saturday and not on TV, true Coventry is just as close so the fact it was Forest meant we attracted more but I think the main attraction was that it was easy to get to. Just out of interest would you think of any Thai people watching the games on TV, and getting in to the team that way, were plastic fans, never coming to England not even being able to pronounce Leicester properly but going crazy in their living room when we score? That is pretty much how the chinese Liverpool fans in the orignal post started suporting Liverpool.
purpleronnie Posted 11 January 2012 Posted 11 January 2012 I love how sensitive football fans are thesedays.
RowlattsFox Posted 11 January 2012 Posted 11 January 2012 Having recently moved away from leicester, I am unable to go to many games anymore but if i do go then it will be a big game or a local one in the north west. If you knew me then the last thing you would call me is part time, ask my girlfriend. I follow every game either on soccer Saturday, final score, phone or the internet and celebrate every goal as if I was there.
Guy Posted 11 January 2012 Posted 11 January 2012 Well if LCFC could somehow manufacture an extra seven hours (or more!) on a matchday Saturday and pay for my petrol money - in order for me to make the 500 miles round trip from my home to the home games - then I'd definitely be a season ticket holder like I last was back in 2003-04 when I still lived within a 30 miles radius of Leicester! Also the last time I had a season ticket was NOT because that was when we were last in the Prem,. either! Yes, we've had some some pretty dire times (Levein then Rob Kelly years) as well as some pretty horrific and exhilirating times since 2004 but I'd definitely be there for every home game still if the logistics allowed me to be so more readily! I dare say many fans are in the same boat as me too who live away from the area these days in a different part of the country. For now though I have to make do with attending a handful of games per season.....of which I even do well to manage that if the truth be known!
Ozwin Posted 11 January 2012 Posted 11 January 2012 I don't know how any Leicester fan can call themselves a plastic fan. It's not like we're winning every game and have the most attractive players in the world. The people who support Manchester United or Chelsea or Arsenal etc and are from bloody Scunthorpe are the ones who need slapping. Picking their teams from the cover of that year's sticker book means nothing, support your home team you scum. /Overreaction.
Guy Posted 11 January 2012 Posted 11 January 2012 I'd imagine the majority of us who support LCFC are not plastic or glory hunters by any stretch of the imagination! - they're more likely to be Arsenal, Chelsea, Man.Utd or Liverpool fans! - as has been said by a few posters on here already. I was born a mere 15 miles down the road from Leicester and have always supported the team - and many are probably of the same ilk as me with their reason in supporting City. Some of the older generation (who aren't from Leics) probably still do as they liked the flambuoyant style of the team in the 70s that we had and have since continued to support the team as that's the general habit football followers get in to. Either that or perhaps they had other family members who supported the team and were brought up to follow them, despite the fact that they maybe never lived in Leicester or any of it's nearby surrounds..
MrFox781 Posted 11 January 2012 Posted 11 January 2012 Id rather these people attend a few games a season than be a fvcking glory hunter. glory hunters just do my head in supporting a club they have no link whatsoever with.
Mack Posted 11 January 2012 Posted 11 January 2012 Couple of points. I wouldn't judge any fan by the amount of games they go to but I would suggest that some on here make serious comments on games, performances etc without actually having been at the game and that really pisses me off. If you have not been then leave it to the others who have to make a more accurate opinion or alternatively preface you comments with the explanation that your opinion is based on Stringer and chums or a hazy internet stream. Secondly anyone who supports Leicester AND another English club at the same time to me is not a true fan. That really is PAP.
Donut Posted 11 January 2012 Posted 11 January 2012 Football has become a game that is ''fan-unfriendly'' in many ways. Any supporter with leicester at heart is not a ''part time'' fan
Mission Unlikely Promotion Posted 11 January 2012 Posted 11 January 2012 I'm sick of hearing the term 'Part time supporters'. Not everyone can make the trip down to southampton on a monday night and some people probably can't make it to the away games! but does that make people part time supporters? Take the forest game on saturday.... Many of the fans that went probably don't have the money for a season ticket or the money to buy away tickets every week, but that doesn't mean they don't love the club any less! But at least they came out and made some noise! How about we drop the term part time supporter and see we all love the same club! no matter how many games we go to! Well said
CountesthorpeFox Posted 12 January 2012 Posted 12 January 2012 I think using foreign students to make your point makes about glory supporters is an intresting one.. People who have been on Foxes talk for years have been called Glory supporters for only making it to the big games and i would doubt many people actually know the reason they can not make as many as they would like.. For several years i made every game home and away and loved it to,,, there was a group of us who would do it. There was absolute shock and silence in the pub after one game when one of our group announced he was getting married. Even more shocking was the news that he wasnt going to go to many away games any more as the compromise with his wife was that he was going to go to the home games but stay home for the away games. Apparently she wanted to do this thing called ' spending time' with her husband. Well we felt like our left leg was missing on those first couple of away games but it just made it even more special when the group was together.. the games became more enjoyable. He did a couple of big away games but not many at all. Then came the biggest shock of all. a BABY was on its way... nothing changed at first but then he needed to help ' get things ready' and once the baby was here he spent even less time at the games.. he apparently had to 'prioritize' his money and stupid stuff like that. We saw him at a couple of the really big games but does that make him a glory hunter as he wasnt able to get to most others. After one game where we were talking about how we missed him it finally dawned on us... He had gone and gotten himself a life. He married young but we are now all at that stage he is and in fact i am also facing the complication of living in the US doesn't mean any of us love City less we have just grown up and realized there is more to life than beer and football. I ( obviously) dont go to many games these days. but when i am able to get to one you know what? I don't care what the score is going to be... and how much we lose by its going to be the best game ever as i will be there wearing the badge and supporting my team. Foreign in that they lived in Singapore. English by nationality. Parents had moved out there for work. If my post came over as a pop at fans who live abroad then that was not my intention. I was simply stating that when they were over here, living within an hours train of their beloved football team, they never went. Not because they had children, not because they had a wife and certainly not because they could not afford to. They did not got because they could not be bothered and would rather watch the game in the comfort of their armchair. This is entirely different to the situation you describe. The situation with your friend group is one that is beginning to unfold within my own. You say quite bluntly that he had got and gotten himself a life, but life has different stages and priorities differ throughout them. I am not in a relationship, have no children and have a decent job out of university. I have a season ticket and go to as many away games as possible. I think I have a life though. I dont suddenly think that when I enter a relationship or have my first child I will have "gotten a life". If it takes an event like that for you to get a life than you're living your life wrong in the first place! I find your post quite patronising if I am honest. Why does someone who follows their team up and down the country not realise there is more to life than football? That is quite an assumption. Like I said as life progresses priorities change. I would never categorise you as someone who is a glory or part time supporter because you cannot attend due to travel/family. So please dont categorise people who do chose to attend on a regular basis as people who do not have lives.
JmorsonLCFC Posted 12 January 2012 Posted 12 January 2012 my dad is blind and had listened to every game on the radio for the past 11 years without fail...does that make him any less of a supporter than me because he doesnt go down to the games?
lookwhaticando Posted 12 January 2012 Posted 12 January 2012 I love how sensitive football fans are thesedays. It's a way of getting more women to the footy. I will have attended just one match this season when all is said and done (home to Southamption). That's better than most seasons - my record was three games ( away at Coventry and Derby, home to Barnsley) last seasons. Very part-time.
z-layrex Posted 12 January 2012 Posted 12 January 2012 I barley get time to even see my girlfriend or friends because of my job, let alone go to loads of football games. Doesn't make me a sh** fan.
Dan Posted 12 January 2012 Posted 12 January 2012 Sick of reading, "my blah blah blah lives in blah blah blah, does that make them less of a fan?" No, it doesn't. We all know this. When you support a side like Leicester, it's quite hard to have glory supporters or what not. Another point I'd make is fans who could attend but refuse to pay the prices. I have nothing against that and I do respect them. Monday 23rd January, I've got nothing on, or on the Tuesday from what I'm aware, not paying £27 for a game on TV though.
burni Posted 12 January 2012 Posted 12 January 2012 Personally for me i live in northampton, not far away but its 20 pound for a ticket, 10 pound for fuel, so atleast 30 pound + food when i dont have any money as it is. I always try and go 10 games a season though and tune in on the radio whenever im not working. might not be the 30+ games some people make but its alot of effort to make them 10 games i just have to make the most of the opportunitys i get!
MPH Posted 12 January 2012 Posted 12 January 2012 Foreign in that they lived in Singapore. English by nationality. Parents had moved out there for work. If my post came over as a pop at fans who live abroad then that was not my intention. I was simply stating that when they were over here, living within an hours train of their beloved football team, they never went. Not because they had children, not because they had a wife and certainly not because they could not afford to. They did not got because they could not be bothered and would rather watch the game in the comfort of their armchair. This is entirely different to the situation you describe. The situation with your friend group is one that is beginning to unfold within my own. You say quite bluntly that he had got and gotten himself a life, but life has different stages and priorities differ throughout them. I am not in a relationship, have no children and have a decent job out of university. I have a season ticket and go to as many away games as possible. I think I have a life though. I dont suddenly think that when I enter a relationship or have my first child I will have "gotten a life". If it takes an event like that for you to get a life than you're living your life wrong in the first place! I find your post quite patronising if I am honest. Why does someone who follows their team up and down the country not realise there is more to life than football? That is quite an assumption. Like I said as life progresses priorities change. I would never categorise you as someone who is a glory or part time supporter because you cannot attend due to travel/family. So please dont categorise people who do chose to attend on a regular basis as people who do not have lives. it was more pointing out how we viewed our own lives at the time But yes, the simple fact we have this thread is an indication there are people who do actually think like that here in FT And if you think the last post was patronizing you wait till you read this part... I noticed you only joined in July.... Hang around a bit longer and you will soon meet the sort of person i mean....
liamsm Posted 12 January 2012 Posted 12 January 2012 i have had a season ticket for the last few seasons but due to health problems i probably don't even attend half of the home games, you might say i should'nt bother with a sesason ticket but i like to sit in L1 so i have to have a season ticket, i don't support any other team but my beloved L.C,F.C, am i a plastic?
FoxyPV Posted 12 January 2012 Posted 12 January 2012 I was going to comment on this but I only support LCFC on matchdays, or if there is more than one game a week, the more important one. PAP
James. Posted 12 January 2012 Posted 12 January 2012 Seems this PAP thing is gaining momentum. Maybe as a condition of being a PAP you should report in to this thread before every match to explain why you won't be attending. On Saturday I will be at my fiance's parents place cooking an Indian meal. I will however endeavour to periodically check my iPhone for score updates (however occassionally I may be guilty of checking the Premiership scores first to see how my dream team is getting on).
CountesthorpeFox Posted 13 January 2012 Posted 13 January 2012 it was more pointing out how we viewed our own lives at the time But yes, the simple fact we have this thread is an indication there are people who do actually think like that here in FT And if you think the last post was patronizing you wait till you read this part... I noticed you only joined in July.... Hang around a bit longer and you will soon meet the sort of person i mean.... I only joined in July because I used to have a life . . .
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