Father Ted Posted 10 January 2013 Posted 10 January 2013 Think its fair to say that most Asians support Man U or Liverpool, from personal experience anyway. Went to a secondary school which is mostly Asian, and I think there was only me and one other in the whole year whom you could call Leicester fans, with most supporting Man U or Liverpool... Think this is more because they simply don't get into going down to the football from a young age and simply just watch it on TV, hence why most support Man U or Liverpool... I was lucky enough to have a Leicester supporting family and been taken to watch games from when I was young, which is what obviously got me into it. I have hundreds of Asian friends, yet I only know you and 2 others who support Leicester! Crazy really and there is a definite disproportion between the number of Asians in Leicester and the number that support Leicester in comparison to British White people.
RonnieTodger Posted 10 January 2013 Posted 10 January 2013 I think a lot of the glory hunting stems from them having no affiliation with the club other than locality. A lot of us will have families with a strong background of supporting Leicester City and appreciate the history behind us. My dad was actually born in Derby but he eventually supported Leicester through living here despite his family actually being from Derby and his dad was more into cricket. Luckily, this lead to him taking me to watch Leicester when I was around 6 as opposed to watching the rams (Strangely my first game we lost 2-1 at home to Derby in 99). Whilst I am waffling, my point is that a lot of the Asians' parents or whoever get them into football, wouldn't have told you stories about watching Leicester and they get into football by watching live games on Sky, hence their "support" for Man United, Arsenal etc. I've got a lot of Asian mates and just 2 of them are Leicester fans.
The Year Of The Fox Posted 10 January 2013 Posted 10 January 2013 Have a couple of season ticket holders in K1 who are very vocal. Im sure they are. My point is that there doesn't seem to be MORE than other teams who have less asians in their city's population
The Year Of The Fox Posted 10 January 2013 Posted 10 January 2013 Yeah, there the ones who sit in K1 Probably the ones who ended up in front of me in l block v Huddersfield. Fair play to tjem though i dont sit there saying, oh thats good, we have some asians at the football' It makes no difference to me who they are. If they're singing great. If not they shouldnt be in l block
themotivator Posted 10 January 2013 Posted 10 January 2013 i think it probably got more to do with the fact that they have a different cultural heritage rather than the fact they are asian. i support lcfc because i was born here, but also because my dad, who is a fervent villa fan (), always thought i should support leicester as it is my hometown. that is something i really took too as a kid. that sense of belonging which i am much more comfortable engaging in than national pride. I think its brilliant that we have a diverse set of cultures and dont believe it is a travesty that there aren't more asian lcfc fans. its disappointing but these kind of cultures seem likely to take generations to set in.
The Year Of The Fox Posted 10 January 2013 Posted 10 January 2013 When you saw 'pride of the midlands' had posted a thread, hands up who guessed it'd be a Villa fan？!
Guest Col city fan Posted 11 January 2013 Posted 11 January 2013 Isn't some of the Asian support diluted cos of the other sports they are into? Cricket, Badminton, Hockey... I'd say as many Asians play these sports as much as football, whereas the white indigenous population are still pretty much into mainly football, playing and watching. This is one of the reasons why Soccer still hasn't taken off, big time, in the USA I believe. Baseball, basketball, American Football are all vying for 'supporters'.
THEBIGJOHNSTEADER; Posted 11 January 2013 Posted 11 January 2013 I know a man with a turban who supports Alex Ferguson, but not Man United. He sticks layers of blue tack under his eyes to give him the fergie bags and punches himself in the face to give him a big purple nose
Guest Col city fan Posted 11 January 2013 Posted 11 January 2013 I know a man with a turban who supports Alex Ferguson, but not Man United. He sticks layers of blue tack under his eyes to give him the fergie bags and punches himself in the face to give him a big purple nose ? Is that you Bernie?
shiv Posted 11 January 2013 Posted 11 January 2013 Isn't some of the Asian support diluted cos of the other sports they are into? Cricket, Badminton, Hockey... I'd say as many Asians play these sports as much as football, whereas the white indigenous population are still pretty much into mainly football, playing and watching. This is one of the reasons why Soccer still hasn't taken off, big time, in the USA I believe. Baseball, basketball, American Football are all vying for 'supporters'. That's true in terms of playing. As for watching, Asians tend to love football. It's a shame most of them end up supporting big Premier League clubs, although there is a growing number of Asian Leicester fans.
bluesbrothers Posted 11 January 2013 Posted 11 January 2013 We're not the only club who fail to attract a big number of Asian fans against our city's population demographic. Watching the Bradford vs. Villa game, there was barely a face in the full house crowd that wasn't white in a city famous for it's large asian population. I think as has been said, it's a matter of family - fans that just "decide to start going down" are few and far between, and most have their roots as fans in a long family history. If your family has only been here for 2 or 3 generations, it's going to be less likely that your predecessors ever "decided to go down," got their friends into it and grew the fanbase in their community, and so the roots for being a fan aren't there. Give it another 20-30 years and a couple of generations and I can see more Asian fans naturally starting to come and watch Leicester. What I don't want to see is some sort of patronising "drive" from the club or the FA to attract fans from Asian communities - we're all human beings here, capable of our own decisions.
The Year Of The Fox Posted 11 January 2013 Posted 11 January 2013 We're not the only club who fail to attract a big number of Asian fans against our city's population demographic. Watching the Bradford vs. Villa game, there was barely a face in the full house crowd that wasn't white in a city famous for it's large asian population. I think as has been said, it's a matter of family - fans that just "decide to start going down" are few and far between, and most have their roots as fans in a long family history. If your family has only been here for 2 or 3 generations, it's going to be less likely that your predecessors ever "decided to go down," got their friends into it and grew the fanbase in their community, and so the roots for being a fan aren't there. Give it another 20-30 years and a couple of generations and I can see more Asian fans naturally starting to come and watch Leicester. What I don't want to see is some sort of patronising "drive" from the club or the FA to attract fans from Asian communities - we're all human beings here, capable of our own decisions. This exactly.
kingfox Posted 11 January 2013 Posted 11 January 2013 For the Huddersfield game, in the family stand, there was a big group of asian fans who went to the game, there were about 15 of them altogether, and unfortunately left early, which I don't like to see. But Leicester certainly attracts them, I meet my friend there and sit one row behind him and he is Asian. Might not be a big amount, but I have seen some Polish going to the Leicester games as I walked down the Great Central way to Upperton Road, so we attract a variety which is good to see.
acooling08 Posted 11 January 2013 Posted 11 January 2013 I don't give a shit what ethnicity our fans are. As long as they want to stand and sing, I welcome everyone!
Yastafox Posted 12 January 2013 Posted 12 January 2013 Being an Asian city fan myself I agree with a lot of the points raised so far. I think generally (at least when I was a kid) Asian families were quite reserved and taking their kids out to a footie match just wasnt thought of. My dad who came over from abroad to work I think started picking up the British culture from his work colleagues and although he didn't go to matches was always looking out for their results. Speaking for myself I remember the first time I paid attention to any football match was when I was small and randomly turned the tv on to see city playing palace in the play off final. Since then have always been a city fan and my love of football came from then! With regards to Asian supporters being glory hunters I'm going to have to agree! From the countless number of Asian frends I have I am the ONLY one who is a city fan!!!! That's not to say all other ethnicities support their home town club though! But that's another story. I think as time goes on more ethnicities should hopefully fill the KP.
flowwolf Posted 12 January 2013 Posted 12 January 2013 Being an Asian city fan myself I agree with a lot of the points raised so far. I think generally (at least when I was a kid) Asian families were quite reserved and taking their kids out to a footie match just wasnt thought of. My dad who came over from abroad to work I think started picking up the British culture from his work colleagues and although he didn't go to matches was always looking out for their results. Speaking for myself I remember the first time I paid attention to any football match was when I was small and randomly turned the tv on to see city playing palace in the play off final. Since then have always been a city fan and my love of football came from then! With regards to Asian supporters being glory hunters I'm going to have to agree! From the countless number of Asian frends I have I am the ONLY one who is a city fan!!!! That's not to say all other ethnicities support their home town club though! But that's another story. I think as time goes on more ethnicities should hopefully fill the KP. So from the minute we get into the premiership we can expect half of Melton road to be empty on a Saturday home match. Good that's the kind of intergration that football can lead too. That should add a few more thousands to the gates and we can show the racist twats from other clubs how it can and should be done.
mohammedsaqib Posted 12 January 2013 Posted 12 January 2013 Being an Asian city fan myself I agree with a lot of the points raised so far. I think generally (at least when I was a kid) Asian families were quite reserved and taking their kids out to a footie match just wasnt thought of. My dad who came over from abroad to work I think started picking up the British culture from his work colleagues and although he didn't go to matches was always looking out for their results. Speaking for myself I remember the first time I paid attention to any football match was when I was small and randomly turned the tv on to see city playing palace in the play off final. Since then have always been a city fan and my love of football came from then! With regards to Asian supporters being glory hunters I'm going to have to agree! From the countless number of Asian frends I have I am the ONLY one who is a city fan!!!! That's not to say all other ethnicities support their home town club though! But that's another story. I think as time goes on more ethnicities should hopefully fill the KP.
mohammedsaqib Posted 12 January 2013 Posted 12 January 2013 I'm a first time poster on here. Reading your post was like reading my exact experience of Lesta. That Palace play off final being the first game I saw. I'm a British Asian and go to games home and away. Am at uni in Bristol so will be at the game today singing my heart out.
K1FOX Posted 12 January 2013 Posted 12 January 2013 I'm Asian and was on the back row of p2 against burton singing my heart out and ill be at Bristol today! It's a fact that most Asians for whatever reason feel the need to support a premiership top 4 side and I just don't understand why. The way I see football it's a loyalty and a commitment thing and I struggle to understand how people who say we're born in Leicester feel passionately about Manchester United (no connection).
NewburyFox Posted 12 January 2013 Posted 12 January 2013 Went to the toilet during a home game recently, and saw 4 Asians watching the game on a TV in the concourse. I resisted the temptation to point out that they could actually watch the match in the seats they'd paid for just upstairs
Guest Bilo Posted 12 January 2013 Posted 12 January 2013 I think we'd see far more of the Asian community if we were to get promoted. The lure of the 'big four' would bring in a lot of new fans who might currently 'support' Manchester United, Chelsea et al in the first season. The club could retain them thereafter once they realise that 'support' can be much more than a Sky Sports subscription and a replica shirt from JD Sports, so long as we stay in the Premiership and ticket prices don't take the piss.
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