keemcfc said:
Obviously City are the only team you 'support', but who are you're other faves from:
1) The Premiership,
2) Other English leagues,
3) UK leagues (Scotland, Wales, Ireland...IOM...)
4) World leagues,
5) Fave international team (non UK)
1. Premier LEAGUE(!): West Ham United FC (don't like anyone else at all!)
2. Other English leagues: Don't like anyone at all
3. UK team: Dont like anyone at all (especially not Rangers or Celtic, it would be anyone but them!)
4. World Leagues: Germany. They have it all bang on there. Everything is in place.
This was a statement by Bayern club president Uli Hoeneß when they moved to their new stadium and made 12500 season tickets available at the equivalent of £104 (it was in German but has been translated):
We could charge more than £104. Lets say we charged £300. We'd get £2m more in income, but whats £2m to us? In a tranfer discussion you argue about that sum for five minutes. But the difference between £104 and £300 is huge for the fan. We do not think the fans are like cows, who you milk. Football has got to be for everybody. That's the biggest difference between us and England.
and just look at this:
Borussia Dortmund's Westfalenstadion
and especially it's die Südtribüne!
Takes the piss out of anything in this country since The Kippax held 30000. And no matter how good City get on the pitch, we will never be the best club in the world until we have a Kippax back to outdo the die Südtribüne. And, of course, it must be along the side of the pitch (East Stand) as that's what set the Kippax apart from the Spion Kop, the Stretford End, the Holt End etc. and what made City so unique. I maintain that when the Kippax came down in 1994 City have never been the same club since and won't be until there is sometheing as good if not better than the old Kippax and die Südtribüne.
In any other world leagues I'd take my pick from any but the big clubs. So ruling out Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus, Internazionale, AC Milan... they are just the Man United's of their leagues. Everything we hate in football clubs.
Maybe I'd go for Sevilla, Sampdoria, Bordeaux... but I don't have any affinity to any, I'm just listing random clubs.
5. International team: Don't like any at all.
Basically I only like City, West Ham and a pick of most German clubs (apart from Hamburg and St Pauli because Rangers and Celtic align themselves to these two clubs so I'd stay away from them) I don't like anyone else at all.