Wearing Your Team's Shirt On Holiday

[Pretty pink fairy]

Couldn't you just wear a BHA pin badge or sport a tat on your leg
regards
DR

 

[User removed 4]

Come on Brakespeare, don't be coy. Do you disapprove of or disbelieve me? If it's the latter then please feel free to introduce yourself to my two sons and I tomorrow in WSU, I can PM where we usually stand in the concourse abd you can ask my them yourself. If it's the former then sorry but I don't care and I'm not changing. Football is all about irrational likes and dislikes. I dislike a lot berks who wear Palace tops in Albion country or vice versa.

I've got to go to croydon with my kids straight after the game today , so sadly I've had to sayno Albion tops to be worn today

 

[User removed 4]

That hilarious comment about Celtic fans serves to make you look rather foolish...

It really didn't.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

I wonder how much money those childish people are contributing to help their club survive and prosper?

I see Brighton tops when I'm away from Sussex and it makes me feel happy, whether the wearer is young or old, it shows our common allegiance to the club I love. I travel to the ground on matchday, I see thousands of Brighton shirts. I see families, Mum, Dad, boys and girls, sometimes grandparents, all excited and proud to wear their teams colours. I see old men meeting up, having worn the club shirt for decades, still displaying the allegiance that was founded when they were lads all those decades ago. I see people at bus stops and people waiting for lifts, happy faces, hearts full of anticipation, sporting Albion tops. I see people in cars with Brighton car stickers, the driver invariably wearing his blue n' white stripes. I see people crammed on trains, some quiet and anxious about the game ahead and the result, some loud and lairy, already fuelled by a few pints but all keen to display their allegiance. I see droves of people walking to the ground, the multitude of Brighton shirts is uplifting, colours from the last 20 years or more, too many to count. And then in the stadium, the moment arrives, the stands crammed with people, thousands of blue and white tops, yellow, a sprinkling of black and green, even one or two red/blacks and blue/blacks. And I'm there in my own theatre of dreams and I see those people like me, displaying their allegiance with pride and passion and my heart swells with joy.

I feel sad for you and mikeysj and any of the other small-minded and judgemental posters on this thread; you're very welcome to your sour dispositions.

Hats off to you

Besides, as someone has also said, polyester feels good to wear.

 

[Commander]

Haven't read past the first page so this has probably already been said, but if you're staying in hotels on holiday with lots of people wearing football shirts then you're going on holiday to the wrong places.

As for wearing them day to day, I actually think its a shame that's its seen as cool to not wear them to football. If everyone who went to the Amex wore an Albion shirt it would look amazing. I don't think I've worn an Albion short to a game since I was about 15, because I would feel like a bit of an idiot. But if everyone wore one, I would. A sea of blue and white in the ground would look superb.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

haven't read past the first page so this has probably already been said, but if you're staying in hotels on holiday with lots of people wearing football shirts then you're going on holiday to the wrong places.

As for wearing them day to day, i actually think its a shame that's its seen as cool to not wear them to football. If everyone who went to the amex wore an albion shirt it would look amazing. I don't think i've worn an albion short to a game since i was about 15, because i would feel like a bit of an idiot. But if everyone wore one, i would. A sea of blue and white in the ground would look superb.

couldn't we just hold up coloured placards
regards
DR

 

[Commander]

couldn't we just hold up coloured placards
regards
DR

Look at those grounds in Germany and Turkey etc where everyone wears colours. You telling me that doesn't look good? Or intimidating? You wouldn't like it if the Amex was like Besiktas? It would be ****ing amazing!

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

look at those grounds in germany and turkey etc where everyone wears colours. You telling me that doesn't look good? Or intimidating? You wouldn't like it if the amex was like besiktas? It would be ****ing amazing!

can you imagine some of our duffers carrying on like that
regards
DR

 

[Buzzer]

People who support their local team I will give them all in the time in the world, regardless of who they support.

Absolutely this. This times one million percent. And the ones in the Premiership tops are the ones I like to avoid. I would rather (and have done lots of times) sit and have a drink with a Palace fan than a plastic Man U fan any day of the week.

If you see a family on holiday and the kid has a Blackburn or Derby or Bristol Rovers or Ipswich or Oldham or Hibs or Aberdeen top then you know there's an affinity with the kid and his dad. We follow football for the same reason and it's not the reason why Premiership fans 'follow' their team.

And I do own lots of football shirts - I like to but the national or local club shirt when on holiday or work.

Errrr....why a "poxy" Celtic top? You're not a part time Hun are you?

Why 'poxy' Celtic? Because they're ubiquitous with the types of bars and clubs I avoid on holiday. Dunno why but I seldom see a Rangers shirt but loads and loads of green hoops even down here. my Grandad supported St Mirren and moved away because of the bigotry and I've inherited his dislike for both Old Firm teams.

 

[Commander]

can you imagine some of our duffers carrying on like that
regards
DR

I know. Be good if we could just get one stand like it though. Cauldron of hate. Welcome to hell. The rest of the ground can be as happy clappy as they like.

 

[LeicestershireGull]

I'm more concerned with middle-aged men wearing three quarter length trousers,or middle-aged men with baseball caps,or middle-aged men with dirty white trainers and track-suit bottoms.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

I'm more concerned with middle-aged men wearing three quarter length trousers,or middle-aged men with baseball caps,or middle-aged men with dirty white trainers and track-suit bottoms.

CHANGE YOUR WARDROBE
regards
DR

 

[life on mars 73]

many seek an identity when their work life is not happening (e.g on holiday) - and the voice inside starts to tell some they have no identity - then some rush quickly for a show of 'who they are' by showing an allegance to a football team. It is almost religious.

an identity is pretty much folly and a childish illusion really....the taoist would say 'be nothing,' but hey, football is pretty special, and grabs people that way.

That's a very interesting observation - I've often noticed how unnaturally fast people are to assert their identity on holiday. People feel cut off from their familiar surroundings, feel a bit insecure, so overcompensate.

Next time you chat to someone on holiday, see how long it takes for him to follow up the standard "So where do you come from ?", with "So what do you do then ?". In the absence of familiar markers, some people get very anxious to show their relative status, which they'd normally be able to do by type of car, home, standard of dress, etc.

That Harry Enfield guy "Considerably Richer" had it down to a T.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

That's a very interesting observation - I've often noticed how unnaturally fast people are to assert their identity on holiday. People feel cut off from their familiar surroundings, feel a bit insecure, so overcompensate.

Next time you chat to someone on holiday, see how long it takes for him to follow up the standard "So where do you come from ?", with "So what do you do then ?". In the absence of familiar markers, some people get very anxious to show their relative status, which they'd normally be able to do by type of car, home, standard of dress, etc.

That Harry Enfield guy "Considerably Richer" had it down to a T.

i'd make my excuses and leave their company , haven't got time for people BANGING ON ABOUT I'VE GOT THIS AN I'VE DONE THAT , BAR FLYS ARE JUST AS BAD
regards
DR

 

[Steve.S]

Having a sense of identity and feeling secure in yourself is a good thing to have. It's the insecure people who knock, they sit and sneer at people for wearing football shirts, to make themselves look superior.
I bet you feel great when you are on holiday and someone dares to walk past you wearing a football shirt. Have a good laugh and make yourself feel better, I always wear my shirt on match days, even if I can not make the game. I am sitting around a pool now with it on. Looking around and it seems to me, everyone is far to busy having fun to be bothered by what I am wearing.

 

[Steve.S]

That's a very interesting observation - I've often noticed how unnaturally fast people are to assert their identity on holiday. People feel cut off from their familiar surroundings, feel a bit insecure, so overcompensate.

Next time you chat to someone on holiday, see how long it takes for him to follow up the standard "So where do you come from ?", with "So what do you do then ?". In the absence of familiar markers, some people get very anxious to show their relative status, which they'd normally be able to do by type of car, home, standard of dress, etc.

That Harry Enfield guy "Considerably Richer" had it down to a T.

I find if I wear my football top, the conversation normally starts along the lines of you are a long way from home. The conversation then is about football and how well or not our teams are doing. Never really had a chat with anyone that was interested in what job I do!

 

[BN9 BHA]

I'm more concerned with middle-aged men wearing three quarter length trousers,or middle-aged men with baseball caps,or middle-aged men with dirty white trainers and track-suit bottoms.

Have you been to Butlins on holiday?

 

[Stat Brother]

This afternoon I have been mostly looking at full kit w*****s twitter feed.
Clearly one is as bad as the next but there's no way I can not bring this one to the masses:-

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[Vegas Seagull]

This afternoon I have been mostly looking at full kit w*****s twitter feed.
Clearly one is as bad as the next but there's no way I can not bring this one to the masses:-

[tweet]406874525767172096[/tweet]

You haven't

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Slightly off topic ....

When my two girls were younger [circa under 12] and we first moved away from Brighton we would often find ourselves in sports shops like JJB or Sports Direct with me promising to buy them a new Brighton shirt. Always the same SOLD OUT ! Could never find one on the shelf. I told them it was because Brighton were so popular all over the country that shops were always sold out of Brighton shirts.

Now they are older, they don't wear Brighton shirts anymore .....