Dave I tend to pick based on fitting up with a trip to see family, us playing decent football (regardless of results), a game with a guaranteed good atmosphere (Chelsea, Man Utd, Liverpool), game against a really great team such as the Arsenal of 12 years ago.
The problem is that once you stop going it's very easy to lose the habit and find plenty of other things to do. Ticket price doesn't come into it for a long distance supporter but it did when I lived in Leeds. It would be stupid to miss a game costing a tenner. Sent from my iPhone Did > On 2 Nov 2016, at 20:25, Matt Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Great question. We played Northampton and Yeovil back in the day and their > fans turned out in droves to see the mighty leeds team. Since 2004ish our > team has been made up of journeymen, loan players, league 1&2 players and > misfits. No one really of note. They wear the leeds shirt but they are not > bremner hunter charlton radebe batty yeboah etc.... But they sell out and now > we are selling out to a team we consider a peer > > What's the difference between watching newcastle's Dwight Gayle and Ross > McCormack or that guy we are supposed to sign from Barnsley > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 2 Nov 2016, at 13:18, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The OS has announced that even with the ESU open the game v Newcastle is a >> complete sell out (with a couple of weeks to go)I have a genuine question to >> occasional visitors to ER (the name 'part-timers' is a bit derogatory and >> this is not a 'better fan than you' type email)How do you decide which games >> to go to ?I have pretty much gone every week / had a ST for as long as I >> have been a fan so it has never been a thing for me - unless I am holiday >> etc I go to the game, simple as that. >> I realise that every fan picks their 'level' of fandom - but I just wondered >> how you pick and choose ?I go and watch Leeds United and therefore have >> little or no interest in who we are playing - I can only ever recall wanting >> to watch two opposition players - Gazza post Italia 90 and Paulo Wanchop >> (who in the event was injured on the day) >> I think if I was having to choose, for whatever reason, then I would not go >> when it is on TV, I would prefer teams like Burton who I have not seen >> before,and if money is the issue - cheaper games.Yet our history seems to >> show that fans turn up to watch games against what are viewed as 'bigger >> teams' eg Scum, Scouse Arsenal in Prem and Huddersfield and now Newcastle >> (and no doubt Villa) in this Division.I get that a winning team also brings >> fans back.I understand that you may take your kids to the nearest game to >> their birthday or as a Christmas treat etc, or non UK fans going to games >> when they are in England >> But my genuine question is to those who could go every week but who opt to >> pick and choose their games, how do you choose ?Dave >> _______________________________________________ >> Leedslist mailing list >> Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >> To unsubscribe, email [email protected] >> >> >> MARCHING ON TOGETHER > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
