Annoying things being a lower league fan

[TimeyWimey]

It is probably down the the fact the number of listeners who support Stoke are more than Vale and Crewe combined?

I would have thought so. Was more a jibe at how Stoke fans never shut up about the queues on the car park.

On a different note, the BBC almost gave us BBC Cheshire a few years back till a hoo-ha about what they were spending money on. Now that'd have been lovely. Not a hope in hell of it happening now.

 

[DaveOAFC]

Having Peter Beagrie and Gary Birtles commenting on everything football league. Utter clueless them 2.

 

[TimeyWimey]

On the flip side, one of the upsides to being a lower league fan though is we get less "pundits" and "experts" and next to no squiggly lines on oversized iPads whilst spending 15 minutes over-explaining a goal when all that needs to be said is: "Look at this, he fucking smacked it". Though I'm sure the day will come when Steve Claridge is drawing squiggly lines telling us how clever Michael Higdon is for running in the opposite direction of the ball.

 

[THE TERRACEMAN]

Supposed bigger clubs at this level referring to us as tinpot, when in fact they are playing us on a level playing field because they have been financial mismanaged over time whereas they should be giving Albion credit for being run on a financially sustainable and progressive manner and a model for other clubs !

 

[The Alex]

Who's referring to Burton as tinpot? Think most people have got a lot of respect for that club

 

[Cashis]

They kept the bar open for the entirety of the match when I went to watch us there once, meaning we only ended up watching around 15 minutes of football. That's not tinpot, it's fucking brilliant.

 

[THE TERRACEMAN]

Oxford United, Bradford City ,oh I can't be bothered but many teams fans chant derogatory stuff at us. Was really nice at the Shabby stadium when Cambridge went 2-1 up against our 10 men and started with the "who are ya", they were silenced when we equalised and the whole Albion end chanted it back.

 

[BCFC David]

I had some c*** ask me who I supported when I was on holiday in Spain a few years ago I said Coventry he then said "but what proper team do you support?" I laughed a little because I thought he was joking, he stood there stone faced 100% serious. Tosser.

That's why I have nothing but respect for fellow fans in the lower leagues. Obviously most of our clubs aspire to be in the Premier League but that would only bring out all the plastics in the city/town who used to laugh at the team you support but are now interested because you're playing United and Liverpool.

Respect? I thought we were just a nothing club?

I take pride in who I support. When you see people wanking themselves silly over a top four club when all they do is tune into sky makes me laugh. You have no link to that club at all, there's no deep feeling there, you don't get down when they don't win, you don't keep up to date with all the club's news. You're just jumping on the wagon. While it does wind me you, you've got to laugh. They'll never know what it really feels to be a fan.

 

[Bartonyellow]

I hate the coverage the bottom two leagues get. It's fucking wank. Have to wait till gone midnight on a sat night to see 15 seconds of your team playing. And if the championship are off, forget it as the program is not on. Thank god for local papers and you tube. Talk sport piss me off as they would rather talk about Barcelona than send a reporter to a game in league two. And now we only get a mention because of our manager. It's not burton Albion, it's Jimmy floyd hasselbanks burton Albion...to appeal to the premier league fan.

Fuck them all. I read the league and non league paper on a Sunday. They are great read if u get chance to buy them.

 

[TomPNE94]

And Joe Garner one word, disgrace

 

[EricSabin]

When your Uni mates ask how your team got on and you have to explain that getting beat 3-1 away at Morecambe is actually not as bad as it sounds because the Globe is a hard place to go.

 

[WhiteRussian]

Given our way of coming to MK when there was no credible football team here we have a horrendous problem with glory hunters. It's all Chelsea, Man U, Arsenal and Spurs. In my local pub before an MK match there will be a full house watching whatever footy is on television when 15 minutes walk away is a live match. They will never go to Stadium MK unless ManU or someone like is playing.

That's why our supporters demographic is so young. It's the youngsters who are the supporters, not (all) the Dads. I've seen a man in the family enclosure with his kids, him in a Chelsea shirt and his kids in MK attire. I suppose the good thing is he takes his kids so shouldn't moan too much.

 

[sam_arvey]

Premier league fans coming to watch a game and expecting premier league quality!
Then bitch about how bad the football was, and tell me how they should be playing.

 

[SaddlerJonny]

Vale, Crewe, Scunny, you think you have it bad with the amount of coverage on the radio?

Imagine having Aston Vile, Bagladies, Dingles and the Brummies on the same radio station as you!

We get mentioned for about a minute, and it is usually patronising at that. Not to mention BBC WM reporting lies about our fans being racist about 2 minutes after a game has finished, which later gets disproved by a proper investigation, but it still drags our name through the dirt all the same. Still get annoyed by that.

 

[Scumarmy.]

Premier league fans coming to watch a game and expecting premier league quality!
Then bitch about how bad the football was, and tell me how they should be playing.

To be fair though, I could play for Shrewsbury Town.

 

[UTS]

When your Uni mates ask how your team got on and you have to explain that getting beat 3-1 away at Morecambe is actually not as bad as it sounds because the Globe is a hard place to go.

Haha this is so me.. Having to justify why the Tranmere away game is "massive".

 

[GFC4EVA]

I had a delivery driver come into my my last week saying he had been a Manchester city fan all his life, so I told him I've never gotten over their play off victory against us to which he asked who I supported so I told him I was a gills fan he looked bemused and said who are we? and he had never realised they had ever played against us., he was straight faced and looked deadly serious.

Typical glory hunting fans, I think if it wasn't for the play off final against us I don't think they would be where they are today as a second season at this level could have spelled the end for city

 

[Bottega Don]

Your club not having Wi-Fi at the stadium so you have to watch Fake Taxi on Data while watching Paddy Madden rip it up.

 

[earwig]

I was browsing a Chelsea forum (theshedend.com) the other day and there is a thread called 'Support Local vs Non Local' If anyone has any spare time it's quite funny to read.

That's brilliant

'' I've never been to the Bridge but hope to do a tour of the ground anytime soon ''

Unbelievable

 

[Big Bird]

Explaining the play offs to my girlfriend:

"What's an aggregate?"

"Who are we playing on Monday?"
"Sheffield United"
"Oh I thought we played them on Thursday"

"The worst part is we could have gone on holiday with that Wembley money"

 

[sam_arvey]

To be fair though, I could play for Shrewsbury Town.

4:30 ...

 

[UTS]

That's a good point, gloryhunters who seem to forget that we still play in professional leagues...

My flatmate (Chelsea fan, from Cheshire) genuinely believed he could play for Macc Town if he wanted... He's as average as they come.

People who genuinely think they could play for Bury or other lower league clubs.. They utterly underestimate the quality of the professional standard..

 

[Scumarmy.]

4:30 ...

All I see is a foul and a goal which should never have been allowed to stand.

Anyway, you should have been flattered by my interest, I am a young, talented centre back, a "wonderkid" who will go on to sign for Chelsea and be loaned out 17 times, released, before finding my level three divisions below the Conference South. You had your chance and you blew it.

 

[joethegill]

Just having a conversation with my Man United 'attachees' at work, in a vain attempt to show an interest in their club. When asked about next season, the response I'm hearing is 'we just need a plan B and some new players'. When pressed on WHICH new players should be signed and what that fabled 'Plan B' might be, the reply is 'I don't know, I'm not a manager'. Now - I'm not asking for in-depth tactical analysis here, more a simple understanding of formations/systems to help develop a basic conversation. But no. Without MOTD to help, they seem lost.

This is going to be a long summer.

 

[Derbyshire CFC]

All of this.

Where's the fun in watching a Premiership team winning on the telly every week? When Gills have the occasional decent season or a bit of a cup run it actually MEANS something for us fans because it's a rarity; a beautiful ray of sunshine in an otherwise grey sky of supporterdom. We're shit, we've almost always been shit and will continue to be so, and for that I will be eternally grateful. I don't want us to get to the Premiership, to be priced out of going to our own games, so thousands of plastic, part-time West Ham, Spurs, Chelsea and Arsenal fans can fill the seats of Priestfield instead.

Point being, apart from a couple of cup competitions most Premiership Teams, although very wealthy, have not the slightest chamce of winning anything. Their fans have nothing to look forward to but simply making up the numbers. It must be so dispiriting. At least in League's One and Two it is possible for most teams to challenge with a good manager and good youth, scouting system.
I have little interest in the Premiership now. It's a four/five club monopoly.

 

[Zeus]

Point being, apart from a couple of cup competitions most Premiership Teams, although very wealthy, have not the slightest chamce of winning anything. Their fans have nothing to look forward to but simply making up the numbers. It must be so dispiriting. At least in League's One and Two it is possible for most teams to challenge with a good manager and good youth, scouting system.
I have little interest in the Premiership now. It's a four/five club monopoly.

Oligopoly*.

 

[Notts-Joe]

Taptalk keeps posting in the wrong topic, please ignore. Lol

 

[Pliny Harris]

Fans of your club or fans at your level saying the standard of football is shit and they only watch it because of their allegiances. A really uninspiring attitude that drives people away from being part of their local team.

It's clearly a world away from the millionaires on Sky Sports but it's still thoroughly enjoyable. Even down in the glue leagues the players you watch will have run rings around their mates in the park, displayed some preternatural talents for their local U9s team that will have bewildered the other kids, and are still able to pull of the odd wonder goal or whatever. In other words they're miles better than the lardy pundit who reckons "I could do that". One of the beauties of football and chiefly the English game, for me, is that there are dozens of levels of skill in playing the game. There are different levels of technical quality and consistency at every tier, usually miles of it between multiple tiers, yet you can still enjoy any level provided the game has talking points and passion, so long as you drop your cynicism. There's a lot more in football to enjoy that way. I'm sure I'd come out more entertained by a 4–3 win for Leek Town than a 1–0 formality by Bayern Munich. There are more enjoyable dads vs. lads games out there than some I've seen my teams play this season. Likewise, there are big TV games I've buzzed off too. It's a rich tapestry.

 

[LordJord]

My boss not understanding that asking for a half day on a Tuesday to go to Hartlepool away IS urgent.

Also people finding out Alan Smith plays in league 2 and saying "surely he tears up that league". No mate that was 10 years ago he is wank now.

 

[LordJord]

Also trying to explain to everyone why your team is training at goals on the pitch next to a load of overweight men on the pitch next to them when it is wet, not everyone has indoor training facilities..