[Football] Your second team and why ?

[Uncle Spielberg]

Yeovil Town FC - National League South
The Glovers
14 wins in a row

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Brighton U23s, I guess.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Isn't just supporting the Albion enough for people?

 

[Marty McFly]

I've seen a couple of Atletico Ottawa games over the last couple of seasons, so it'd be them I guess.

 

[Guinness Boy]

What a great thread. Might as well tag the Palace dweebs now.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

City of birth - Norwich, so three fingers to all who don’t like having a second team.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Worthing probably, as I now live there.

 

[BBassic]

I've got a few thanks to playing too much Football Manager. I get invested in clubs so easily.

Notts County - made them the biggest club in the world in FM2019
Millonarios - Colombian club I managed a bit in FM2023
FC Energie Cottbus - German 4th tier team. Took them to the Bundesliga title in FM2015.
Napoli - Won basically everything with them in FM2022

There's more but I can't be arsed to list them out. I wouldn't call myself a fan of any of these clubs but I do keep up with their results.

 

[Simster]

What a great thread. Might as well tag the Palace dweebs now.

Only if someone replies "Brighton".

I have a few clubs I don't mind doing well, but I'm not emotionally invested in any of them.

 

[Ike and Tina Burner]

There's a few European teams I keep an eye on. I don't support them in any sense of the word though.

 

[Mustafa II]

Adopted Worthing as my 2nd team over the last couple of seasons.

Nice story. Good atmosphere. Frequent Albion links.

Nice to get a non-Premier League fix.

 

[London Irish]

Pretty much any other Sussex team, it's nice to get away from the hurly-burly of Prem football every now and then

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

I have been a loyal Brighton fan for49 years does not have a soft spot for another team

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Hull City- although it was a long time ago now since I lived there when Horton was still kicking lumps out of the opposition as player manager.

 

[Titanic]

Yeovil Town FC - National League South
The Glovers
14 wins in a row

I have been a loyal Brighton fan for49 years does not have a soft spot for another team

eh?

 

[Braggfan]

Lewes. Watched them years ago when a friend played for them. But a few years back I started going to watch them regularly with a group of mates. The standard of football is decent, and you can stand on a terrace drinking beer.

 

[brightonbaz]

Southend Utd. Wife is from there. Her old man used to support them and I got on very well with him. I used to go with him some Fridays to matches back in the early 80's. Thinking about it has brought back the smell of Bovrill....horrible stuff!!

 

[SteveU]

Elche FC as the closest club to my casa en el España

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Bradford Bulls is the one other team I’d consider myself a fan of. Totally different sport and it’s still nowhere near the love I have for Brighton and Hove Albion.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

When I lived in Wolverhampton, I had a lot of fun following Wolves away on alternate weekends with Albion matches for two years in 1987-89. Zero affection for them since as they have been regular rivals and I've no reason to like them.

I don't have a second team. Eastbourne Borough could possibly win me over to be my second team at the moment as we live nearby and my son would like to go there - but they are rubbish to watch, and the matchday experience/value is generally shocking, so that hasn't happened.

I guess like everyone - of the other professional teams, the most common reason for me having a soft spot for a team is friends/family who are made happy by that team winning... for me, my top 3 of those such teams are Sunderland, Ipswich, and Exeter.