Okay, so here's my story.
When I was a kid I LOVED playing footy (always have and always will) but I really didn't care to watch it or support a team, don't know why. I had a Liverpool kit as most of my friends did, but really didn't have an 'affinity' to them as such. It was weird cause I used to play for Springfields and a good bunch of the lads in the team were North End fans (including Ben Astley, who you all know of) but as I say, I just wasn't really into watching games so I guess that's why it never pulled me in.
Fast forward to 1996, I was living in Leeds (final year at Uni) and would come back to Preston every now and again (mostly virtually living in the Fighting Cock). Anyway, I rock up one weekend (at the FC) and Euro 96 was happening and I got swept up in it all and found myself enjoying the matches as well as the atmosphere (pile ons in the road, Marsh Lane, whenever England scored). THIS is what got me into watching and supporting footy. I ended up coming back to the FC for every England game and then after it was all over I found myself wanting to watch and have a team to follow and, again, cause I had a good few mates who were Liverpool fans, and I figured, well, I used to have the kit, I would follow them. So I did.
Side note: it wasn't long after that we started Fighting Cock FC and played Sunday league, fun times (apart from getting my ribs broken by some fat cunt from the Lovatt).
On to 1998, my mate wanted to go to a PNE game for his birthday and then out on the town afterwards. There was a bunch of us and we sat on the Pavilion. I absolutely LOVED it and from then I never looked back. I ended up going on the next match on the Town End with some other friends who were long term Nobbers and then went on every game possible, eventually getting a season ticket for many years.
I still watched Liverpool games when they were on TV with my mates (and yes, in the pubs of Preston, but not in a Liverpool top), and always wanted them to win, but my full support by now was with PNE and always will be.
The last 4 years I've barely even followed the Prem, but I guess unless we're in the Prem ourselves then I'd still want Liverpool to win the title.
@MrHodgeheg123 maybe we can be friends? Lol 😛😄
When I was a kid I LOVED playing footy (always have and always will) but I really didn't care to watch it or support a team, don't know why. I had a Liverpool kit as most of my friends did, but really didn't have an 'affinity' to them as such. It was weird cause I used to play for Springfields and a good bunch of the lads in the team were North End fans (including Ben Astley, who you all know of) but as I say, I just wasn't really into watching games so I guess that's why it never pulled me in.
Fast forward to 1996, I was living in Leeds (final year at Uni) and would come back to Preston every now and again (mostly virtually living in the Fighting Cock). Anyway, I rock up one weekend (at the FC) and Euro 96 was happening and I got swept up in it all and found myself enjoying the matches as well as the atmosphere (pile ons in the road, Marsh Lane, whenever England scored). THIS is what got me into watching and supporting footy. I ended up coming back to the FC for every England game and then after it was all over I found myself wanting to watch and have a team to follow and, again, cause I had a good few mates who were Liverpool fans, and I figured, well, I used to have the kit, I would follow them. So I did.
Side note: it wasn't long after that we started Fighting Cock FC and played Sunday league, fun times (apart from getting my ribs broken by some fat cunt from the Lovatt).
On to 1998, my mate wanted to go to a PNE game for his birthday and then out on the town afterwards. There was a bunch of us and we sat on the Pavilion. I absolutely LOVED it and from then I never looked back. I ended up going on the next match on the Town End with some other friends who were long term Nobbers and then went on every game possible, eventually getting a season ticket for many years.
I still watched Liverpool games when they were on TV with my mates (and yes, in the pubs of Preston, but not in a Liverpool top), and always wanted them to win, but my full support by now was with PNE and always will be.
The last 4 years I've barely even followed the Prem, but I guess unless we're in the Prem ourselves then I'd still want Liverpool to win the title.
@MrHodgeheg123 maybe we can be friends? Lol 😛😄
