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Inspired by @Mali_Zeus 's posts in the Bluemoon meltdown thread, I was thinking about how fun it is when you don't support who your parents support.
It seems to be a bit of a theme in my family to disappoint your dad when it comes to football. My Grandad is an Everton fan, my Dad a Liverpool fan and I'm a United fan. Literally the only reason I am is down to my uncle. He got my sister supporting United to the point whereby her (and one of my oldest friends from across the road) had United shirts when I was two/three/four. Obviously when you're very young you want what your siblings have so I only wanted a United shirt whether it was a birthday/Christmas or just generally being a bit spoilt and getting a gift off them.
Before my dad even knew I was into football I was a United fan. Still remember very clearly I had a tantrum because my mum threw out my sisters black away shirt when it was too small for her (the great one that Cantona kicked the Palace fan in) and the very next day she took me to Old Trafford for the first time and I came home with my first United shirt (94/96 home shirt with Giggs #11 on the back).
My dad tried his damned hardest over the next few years to turn me into a Liverpool fan. There's an old picture of me which I found the other day (which I won't post on here) stood below the This is Anfield sign wearing a Liverpool shirt because they took me and my sister to Anfield when Patrick Berger signed and I ended up on Sky Sports news that night with him signing my back (thankfully no footage of that has seemingly survived on the internet) but in reality I just wanted football shirts when I was a kid. The Class of 92 (and Cantona + Schmeichel) were too big as heroes in my mind by the time they started winning games that I was never gonna change and my dad has never forgiven me for it I don't think. He got my sister back, and the guy across the road also ended up a Liverpool fan too (I'll never understand why) but not me and bloody hell am I glad.
Also growing up I had lots of Barça shirts (thanks to Ronaldo then Rivaldo and Ronaldinho being heroes) but my dad has always had a thing for Real.
Going off the family history I'll be lucky if I ever have a kid that they don't turn into a City fan.
What about you guys and gals?
(P.S. I was bloody lucky as a kid to have so many shirts, properly spoilt, though absolutely grateful)
It seems to be a bit of a theme in my family to disappoint your dad when it comes to football. My Grandad is an Everton fan, my Dad a Liverpool fan and I'm a United fan. Literally the only reason I am is down to my uncle. He got my sister supporting United to the point whereby her (and one of my oldest friends from across the road) had United shirts when I was two/three/four. Obviously when you're very young you want what your siblings have so I only wanted a United shirt whether it was a birthday/Christmas or just generally being a bit spoilt and getting a gift off them.
Before my dad even knew I was into football I was a United fan. Still remember very clearly I had a tantrum because my mum threw out my sisters black away shirt when it was too small for her (the great one that Cantona kicked the Palace fan in) and the very next day she took me to Old Trafford for the first time and I came home with my first United shirt (94/96 home shirt with Giggs #11 on the back).
My dad tried his damned hardest over the next few years to turn me into a Liverpool fan. There's an old picture of me which I found the other day (which I won't post on here) stood below the This is Anfield sign wearing a Liverpool shirt because they took me and my sister to Anfield when Patrick Berger signed and I ended up on Sky Sports news that night with him signing my back (thankfully no footage of that has seemingly survived on the internet) but in reality I just wanted football shirts when I was a kid. The Class of 92 (and Cantona + Schmeichel) were too big as heroes in my mind by the time they started winning games that I was never gonna change and my dad has never forgiven me for it I don't think. He got my sister back, and the guy across the road also ended up a Liverpool fan too (I'll never understand why) but not me and bloody hell am I glad.
Also growing up I had lots of Barça shirts (thanks to Ronaldo then Rivaldo and Ronaldinho being heroes) but my dad has always had a thing for Real.
Going off the family history I'll be lucky if I ever have a kid that they don't turn into a City fan.
What about you guys and gals?
(P.S. I was bloody lucky as a kid to have so many shirts, properly spoilt, though absolutely grateful)