lionel hutz Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 family reasons and the fact I've always lived in Dundee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas_sjfc Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Say someone who lives in Ayr/Kilmarnock/Perth and supports Ayr United/Kilmarnock/ St Johnstone despite the fact that a local non league/junior/amateur team play closer to their house, does that person really support their "local team" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiepiemuncher Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 I support my local team. and it's fucking horrible. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oracle666 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 I'd say it's acceptable if, say, your local team is not involved in the pyramid system (which is sadly still very, very lacking in Scotland) to support one slightly further afield than you.My definition of team here really is limited to clubs within that system. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oracle666 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 I support my local team. and it's fucking horrible. If more people from the area did though, it wouldn't be so horrible at all. Kilmarnock would have a really solid support and good finances coming from a decently populated area with few teams playing within the pyramid system. Look I supported Partick Thistle for years while they were playing down in the lower leagues and that was fucking rough as well, but at the end of the day there really isn't such a drastic gulf in quality between lesser teams in Scotland and the Ugly Sisters for example. I mean at best Celtic and Rangers are average teams with a poisonous, foreign culture pervading them both at their very core to boot. If you're a glory hunter why not just support Bayern Munich or Barcelona.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forever_blue Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Naw, cos celtic ar my local team and just naw. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Of course I do. Because I'm not a scumbag. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mkregan Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 If any of my kids ever came home wearing a Celtic or Rangers strip I'd kick them down the bloody stairs. What would happen if you bought a bungalow in Cumbernauld? The people demand answers! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booker-T Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Shettleston Juniors would be my local team. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeSAFC Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 No 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshall2012 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Of course I do. Because I'm not a scumbag. You. I like you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Originally being from Larkhall my local team would clearly be Rangers however I have chose the righteous path and supported Hamilton. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshall2012 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Good man. Like has been said by a few people in the thread Celtic and Rangers are exceptions to this rule. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluetooth Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Like the OP i grew up supporting Celtic again through religious/pier pressure For the last few years since moving back to south west scotland after 10 years in England i have been going to Queen of the South and i have never enjoyed my football more.(QOS were my local team growing up but have never been watched regularly until now) However if i moved to Motherwell,Edinburgh or Dundee i would quite happily watch the closest senior team to where i lived. I would even watch Celtic if living closest to Celtic Park Draw the line at watching Rangers though (even if living on Edmiston Drive) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiderDee Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 My Dad took me to Dens when I were a lad so its in the blood. Most my mates are dayglo wearing helmets so I went to Tannadice a few times when Dundee were playing away...hated it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussellAnderson Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 My local junior team would be Culter but I've seen them play Aberdeen in a bounce game and I was rooting for the Dons. I've watched a few of the Culter game but I don't know the players, the management, anything about the history of the club, whereas with the Dons there's more at stake I reckon. Dunno its a weird one, I find it interesting to hear of people who have changed their team (aside from switching away from the Old Firm). I remember my neighbour was Scottish but raised in England. All through his youth he supported Scotland but when he moved back north he said people gave him grief for being a Scotland fan with an english accent, and so he now supports England. I couldn't believe it! Maybe sport doesn't run too deep for him, I dunno. I support the Dons mainly because my dad does but also I'm from there and lived there since I was a wee kid. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Only reason people support the vast majority of teams in Scotland is because they're their local side. It's terrible at times but incredibly satisfying at other times, can't beat it. Feck supporting a team that won 8 times out of 10 every season, be far to boring. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haggis pakora Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 I support every team that is winning all the time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Oh Jesus. Not this "local team" shite again. What a bunch of utter cretins who think that an accident of geography matters more than any other arbitrary factors. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 (edited) Ross County haven't been my "local" team since 2001. And I'm not sure I went to any more than 2 or 3 games when they were my local team. Edited November 30, 2014 by yoda 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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