CountesthorpeFox Posted 22 January 2013 Posted 22 January 2013 I know this is quite hypocritical seeing as I'm starting a thread on it, but can people please stop with this stupid phrase for fvck sake. Circumstances limit others, others aren't "fake fans" just because they go to less games. It's stupid and so many on here seem out there to try and prove they're a real fan, if you've took your time out to discuss the club with usernames that you've never met, I can confirm you are a real fan and have a pretty high degree of interest. It's absolutely tiresome now. Rant over. I agree with your point. Can I ask a question though - Is there a difference between a fan and a supporter? Should loyalty be rewarded? I agree you're no less of a fan if you cant make all the games, but should someone who attends every home and away game have the same priority to say, league cup semi final tickets than someone who has been 4 times in the last three seasons? - I'm not insinuating that's what you're saying . . I'm just saying is there a scale . . . rather than real and fake.
k3ith59 Posted 22 January 2013 Posted 22 January 2013 you must have sat near me in L1. 3 guys always 5 mins late. go for half time pint 5 mins early. always leave at least 5 mins before full time. im up and down like the weather most of the match
CountesthorpeFox Posted 22 January 2013 Posted 22 January 2013 The title of this thread bugs me. Define real fan. "Real fan." Is this real fan as in real fan of Leicester. Or real fan as in real fan of football? Or do you need to be a real fan of football to be a real fan of a team? Also how much do you have to do to become a real fan? Case points: 1) Friend who is a Liverpool fan. Never shuts up about them. Goes to 0 games a season. Why? He says it's too far. He can afford it. He can get there. He also refuses to watch anything other then premier league because everything else is shit. Is he a real fan of liverpool? Is he a real fan of the game? Now have a look at the following: 2) Neighbour who is a Burnley fan (lives in Leicester). Goes to every Burnley game home and away (compare with the Liverpool fan above). Will watch any football. Is he a real Burnley fan? Is he a real fan of the game? 3) Me. I don't go to every home match. I will however travel the length and breadth of this country to watch Leicester (Plymouth is a good example - 0-0 draw as well). I will watch any football match. I have been to see Stockport v Gateshead this season as well.... Am I a real Leicester fan? Am I a real fan of the game? The examples I put up are of the 'stereotypical plastic big 4 fan' (altho Liverpool are no longer big 4), burnley fan who for all intents and purposes replicates a leicester fan who goes to every Leicester game, and me who is neither of the two. My point is as follows. How do you assess what a 'real fan' is? If you answer the above and give reasons you will find that everyone gives different answers.It is subjective. Bang on. Its not a black or white subject.
ozleicester Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 I swear this place is like groundhog day... same threads, same responses... even this one! Foxestalk is stuck on a 60 minute loop! Quote MultiQuote Top
Dan Posted 23 January 2013 Author Posted 23 January 2013 The title of this thread bugs me. Define real fan. "Real fan." Is this real fan as in real fan of Leicester. Or real fan as in real fan of football? Or do you need to be a real fan of football to be a real fan of a team? Also how much do you have to do to become a real fan? Case points: 1) Friend who is a Liverpool fan. Never shuts up about them. Goes to 0 games a season. Why? He says it's too far. He can afford it. He can get there. He also refuses to watch anything other then premier league because everything else is shit. Is he a real fan of liverpool? Is he a real fan of the game? Now have a look at the following: 2) Neighbour who is a Burnley fan (lives in Leicester). Goes to every Burnley game home and away (compare with the Liverpool fan above). Will watch any football. Is he a real Burnley fan? Is he a real fan of the game? 3) Me. I don't go to every home match. I will however travel the length and breadth of this country to watch Leicester (Plymouth is a good example - 0-0 draw as well). I will watch any football match. I have been to see Stockport v Gateshead this season as well.... Am I a real Leicester fan? Am I a real fan of the game? The examples I put up are of the 'stereotypical plastic big 4 fan' (altho Liverpool are no longer big 4), burnley fan who for all intents and purposes replicates a leicester fan who goes to every Leicester game, and me who is neither of the two. My point is as follows. How do you assess what a 'real fan' is? If you answer the above and give reasons you will find that everyone gives different answers.It is subjective. You do realise the thread title was a quote and it's largely a dig at the phrase itself.
MattyLCFC Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 2) Neighbour who is a Burnley fan (lives in Leicester). Goes to every Burnley game home and away (compare with the Liverpool fan above). Will watch any football. Gotta be Tom Brecknell
My Nads Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 The title of this thread bugs me. Define real fan. "Real fan." Is this real fan as in real fan of Leicester. Or real fan as in real fan of football? Or do you need to be a real fan of football to be a real fan of a team? Also how much do you have to do to become a real fan? Case points: 1) Friend who is a Liverpool fan. Never shuts up about them. Goes to 0 games a season. Why? He says it's too far. He can afford it. He can get there. He also refuses to watch anything other then premier league because everything else is shit. Is he a real fan of liverpool? Is he a real fan of the game? Now have a look at the following: 2) Neighbour who is a Burnley fan (lives in Leicester). Goes to every Burnley game home and away (compare with the Liverpool fan above). Will watch any football. Is he a real Burnley fan? Is he a real fan of the game? 3) Me. I don't go to every home match. I will however travel the length and breadth of this country to watch Leicester (Plymouth is a good example - 0-0 draw as well). I will watch any football match. I have been to see Stockport v Gateshead this season as well.... Am I a real Leicester fan? Am I a real fan of the game? The examples I put up are of the 'stereotypical plastic big 4 fan' (altho Liverpool are no longer big 4), burnley fan who for all intents and purposes replicates a leicester fan who goes to every Leicester game, and me who is neither of the two. My point is as follows. How do you assess what a 'real fan' is? If you answer the above and give reasons you will find that everyone gives different answers.It is subjective. You didn't give an answer?. You can't just leave people hangin' like that.
Carl the Llama Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 Boring Fox would you mind not keep showing that excellent peices of footy from the Knock -someone might be watching!! Boring fox? BORING? I'd let that off as an auto-correct error, except you also spelt "piece" wrong (before unnecessarily pluralising it no less), so you clearly aren't having any grammar correction. You've made yourself a new enemy today. Buy some new locks, hide your daughters (or, failing that, sons) and invest in the slipperiest, most lubricating substance you can find, you're going to need it.
Alexikokopops Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 3) Me. I don't go to every home match. I will however travel the length and breadth of this country to watch Leicester (Plymouth is a good example - 0-0 draw as well). I will watch any football match. I have been to see Stockport v Gateshead this season as well.... The 0-0 where we didn't have a shot on target and our closest chance was a 25 yard daisy cutter from Bruno N'Gotty? That was grim. I drove over 700 miles that day. What a waste.
Leicester_Numan Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 Everyone has different circumstances which can dictate how many games you can attend. You are the only one who knows your circumstances, you are the only one who knows what is in your heart and mind and you are the only one who can judge what type of fan you are. Who cares what other people think or say? If I gave a toss what other people thought about it I wouldn't have been a Leicester fan in the first place and that goes double for being a Numan fan.
flowwolf Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 Your not a real fan unless you are prepared to throw a roll of plastic bags at a match and get yourself ejected and banned, then get numerous clowns to fight your cause on Foxtalk. Hats off to that rabbit or squirrel bloke now there is a real fan.
RumbleFox Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 I sometimes inject Steve Walsh's man yoghurt into my eyeballs, paint my tiny penis blue and walk 300 miles to the game, naked and inserting 1970s match day programmes slowly into my twitching anus. Anyone wanna join me? No? Fvking plastic fan cvntoids. Lestoh Lestoh Lestoh! X
Leicester_Numan Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 I sometimes inject Steve Walsh's man yoghurt into my eyeballs, paint my tiny penis blue and walk 300 miles to the game, naked and inserting 1970s match day programmes slowly into my twitching anus. Anyone wanna join me? No? Fvking plastic fan cvntoids. Lestoh Lestoh Lestoh! X Gave up doing that because I looked a bit psychotic with pink eye
The Year Of The Fox Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 The 0-0 where we didn't have a shot on target and our closest chance was a 25 yard daisy cutter from Bruno N'Gotty? That was grim. I drove over 700 miles that day. What a waste. Same herw. Left Coalville at 830am arrived at 145pm. I drove there n back. Knackering
_Fatboyslow_ Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 "Real Fans" want us to make the play offs so they can have a day out at Wemberly. Nothing to do with STH, where you live or if you drink your own piss, get a pie at half time
flowwolf Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 I divorced my wife simply because she insisted on making caustic remarks such as " I don't know why you bother going down to see that lot they don't come and see you when your bad " faced with that kind of continious provocation I diched the bitch. I only did what any REAL fan would have done.
MrSpaM Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 Are these the real fans, Or is this just fantasy?, Sat in their armchairs, No grasp on reality. Open your eyes, Look up to the skies and seeeeeeeeee Im just a poor fan Cant afford tickets you see Because im easy come, Easy go, Snow on pitch, Might not go Any end the ball goes, It dosnt really matter to me, To meeeeeeee Too late, My time has come, Looking at the time, Is it worth the pie and pint. Goodbye everybody, Cant be arsed got to go, Gonna leave you all behind and face the truth Mommaaaaa, oooooooooooo, I dont wanna drive, I sometimes wish id never left home at all!
James. Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 The 0-0 where we didn't have a shot on target and our closest chance was a 25 yard daisy cutter from Bruno N'Gotty? That was grim. I drove over 700 miles that day. What a waste. I was there for that. About 7 hours on trains that day. I think the sun was out though which was nice.
The Doctor Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 That said, if you don't lick the badge with the tip of your tongue in a sexual way, you're not a real fan. Now this is why you should be a mod.
Alexikokopops Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 I was there for that. About 7 hours on trains that day. I think the sun was out though which was nice. Same herw. Left Coalville at 830am arrived at 145pm. I drove there n back. Knackering I drove from Lincoln to Cosby on the Friday, then on Saturday I did Cosby to Groby to Northampton to Plymouth to Northampton to Groby to Lincoln. With Fez, Monk, ld3 and Joe. in the car. What a ridiculous day. That's probably my most idiotic Leicester game. We were all fuming on the Wednesday because Martin Allen had been sacked but had mellowed out by the time it got to the Saturday Thinking about it, was that one of the first times I met you James?
The Year Of The Fox Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 Now this is why you should be a mod. Are you going to reply in that other thread dickhead？
South fox Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 I live bout 250 miles away from the kp I cannot afford to go to every game, I go to the games nearest me, last year the Southampton game at the kp I traveled 120miles round trip further than the away fans to get to the game, does that make me a plastic or fake fan?
RumbleFox Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 I know a guy (not a Leicester fan) who goes to every single game his team plays no matter where in the world. He also has tattoos of his team everywhere and always wear some form of kit. He also likes to throw abuse at players, racially insult people in the crowd and punch people in the face until they bleed. Give me a plastic fan over that kind of nob jockey any day. X
RumbleFox Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 And I'm not saying all passionate fans are like that before you start. Just pointing out that going to every game does not automatically make you a great fan! I love you all.
Leicester_Numan Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 Are these the real fans, Or is this just fantasy?, Sat in their armchairs, No grasp on reality. Open your eyes, Look up to the skies and seeeeeeeeee Im just a poor fan Cant afford tickets you see Because im easy come, Easy go, Snow on pitch, Might not go Any end the ball goes, It dosnt really matter to me, To meeeeeeee Too late, My time has come, Looking at the time, Is it worth the pie and pint. Goodbye everybody, Cant be arsed got to go, Gonna leave you all behind and face the truth Mommaaaaa, oooooooooooo, I dont wanna drive, I sometimes wish id never left home at all!
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