Your colleague sounds like he never goes or is a jcl, here's a quote from one of our (Chelsea ) fan sites
"You know, walking out of the ground, most of the older fans took it on the chin, but alI I heard from the kids was 'we lost to Bradford, we lost to ****ing Bradford', well it was shit...
you obviously do or you wouldn't have replied, I'm simply telling you you're wrong , and are simply coming out with the stock bullshit about so called plastics that seems so popular amongst Brighton fans , it's ridiculous, this constant justification of your 'real' fan status.
Hahahaha , cough, splutter, wipes tears of mirth away from eyes, oh how I love these 'ironic' posts that really, really, honestly aren't designed to reassure people (probably the actual poster as well)what a longstanding 'real' fan they are.
what the Fvck are YOU on about ? I know the area very well too, and I know loads that are regulars there, the ones that come in from Essex, Hertfordshire etc all grew up in Bethnal green/Islington/Camden area.
yeah sorry, my mistake , you've got two arsenal fans in your workplace who only chose them just because they're good , I'll make sure to discount the thousands of them that live, come from, or have solid roots in North/East London, they obviously didn't choose arsenal because they're local ...
im struggling to recall ever seeing a more sanctimonious load of bollox posted on NSC, Try quoting your view of arsenal ( BTW I'm Chelsea and detest them) around Islington/Finsbury park/holloway etc , you really haven't got a clue , out of the so called top teams I'd say that arsenal definitely...
The court field ? Anyway you could have walked throught to West Brompton and gone through the cemetery , would have brought you out right by your desired hostelry.