Family members supporting rival teams

[blue_danube]

Any of your family rags? I am talking immediate family.

I was born in Manchester and lived there for a few years but mostly grew up in London, but I support City because of family and being born there.

What I found in London quite often was that you'd get siblings that supported different London based teams. No doubt some families are staunch supporters of certain teams but plenty aren't.

It's something I never encountered much up north. I don't know families that have immediate members supporting different Manchester teams. Same with the Sheffields teams, Liverpool/Everton etc.

 

[J.G.Blue.]

Whole family is & always has been blue appart from one brother who is a rag, to be fair he has always been a bit odd & mum and dad used to say he may have been dropped on his head when he was a baby :-)

 

[mrbelfry]

My sister and nephew are united fans along with a cousin or two. We just laugh at them now. My wife's family are all united fans but I'm a good winner

 

[mindmyp's_n_q's]

Every single person in my immediate family is a rag.

They all stopped wanting to have "discussions" about football a long long time ago and it's great.

 

[roach3]

Yep , the wife and her 3 lads us no doubt their kids as they grow older.
One or two are undecided as they love their grandad and I’m working in the other 7 but yeh wife and her 3 boys, my lad big city fan
Derbys cannot be watched together it’s that bad.
I have a family connection to the rags aswell but thanks to my dad (rip) he saved me.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Yep , the wife and her 3 lads us no doubt their kids as they grow older.
One or two are undecided as they love their grandad and I’m working in the other 7 but yeh wife and her 3 boys, my lad big city fan
Derbys cannot be watched together it’s that bad.
I have a family connection to the rags aswell but thanks to my dad (rip) he saved me.

What? I’ve read those first two sentences a few times and still don’t understand it

 

[Paladin]

My dad wasn't really into football. My mum's family were blues though.

My choice was made for me by my older brother though. When I was about 5, he was 6 ish, in the mid-sixties, he chose United, leaving me with Hobson's choice - City. Thanks Paul!

 

[mancboy]

A while ago my cousin decided that he was going to be a dipper in order to annoy his dad (he was 11 and thought it was funny), my uncle flat out refused to speak to him and said he wasnt having no dipper as a son, long story short my cousin broke and saw the blue path before my uncle would speak to him.

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

My whole family are blue. Sometimes we get new members joining that are reds and on the whole they are respectful if a little bit snarky.

 

[Eccles Blue]

My siblings consist(ed) of 7 brothers and 2 sisters. All 7 brothers support(ed) Trafford and the sisters don't support anyone.

My offspring, 2 girls and 2 boys, 1 boy supports City, 1 supports the team on the wrong end of the East Lancs. 1 girls isn't that interested in football and the other one supports Wigan Rugby!!!
Luckily the grandchildren make up for it. 2 Canadian granddaughters are avid City fans and 1 English grandson attends most home games. Great-Grandson supports City as well.

So a mixed bunch.:-) ;-)

 

[Mancitydoogle]

My older brother and all my cousins are rags and so is my wife and all her family, I love derby day !

 

[surprisedbygrass]

Sister . Tottenham season ticket holder .
Brother . Bristol Rovers season ticket holder.
Sister .Luton Town season ticket holder .
Nephew Luton Town season tickets holder
Brother . Sarpsborg season ticket holder . That's in Norway .
Niece Tottenham season ticket holder .

I'm from North London , moved to Manchester at eighteen, fifty years ago , married a blue . Never looked back . They all hate City now ( oil rich cheats ) after enjoying Cityitis for years ( loveable clowns ) , Arsenal ( them ) Chelsea ( rent boys ) except for the Sarpsborg fan .

 

[TinFoilHat]

Old man: City
Me: City

Everyone else on his side of the family: Rags

Foster parents: Forest
Foster Brothers: Forest

 

[Phil1]

I'm not a busy **** so like to go by a live and let live life motto.

It's just coincidence that my mum and one sister who support utd are the only two in a very large family I don't talk to.. :-)

 

[horlock_was_super]

Real dad was a rag (****)
Step dad was a Blue (he was a **** too)

 

[Jack74]

Real dad was a rag (****)
Step dad was a Blue (he was a **** too)

Out of interest what do you get them for Christmas?

 

[1961_vintage]

Yes all of them.

They even set the parish priest on me to do an exorcism when I was a kid after I told them that I would be a City fan

 

[Phil1]

Out of interest what do you get them for Christmas?

A bottle of finest red from the vineyards of the wonderful little man known as El Mago..


:-)

 

[JRockBlues]

Dad (was) & 1 brother a Blue
2 brothers are rags
1 brother was a Liverpool supporter (note past tense as he's no longer with us and I'm not admitting having anything to do with it).

 

[Winchester]

My Wife and Son Support Utd
No big deal as king Astley are healthy and happy , That's ok with me