18 Feb 2026 17:21:28
Has the profile of the football fan changed? I find myself reading posts about FOS sponsorhip, player trading, stadia development, commercial departments, what the owners are doing blah, blah, blah. Maybe I'm just old school but all I really care about on a day to day basis is our next game and what the side will be, travel arrangements and what lads will be going.
Equally, the only thing that really matters to me is winning trophies.
Now don't get me wrong, I have no problem with people worrying about the clubs finances etc but back in the day that was never an issue although I do remember some of the faces collecting money in buckets for the fines picked up by the likes of Hickmott and one armed babs!
{Ed001's Note - do you not think it comes from the fact that fans now have to spend huge sums to go to a game? In the past it was a cheap pastime, so you would just go along and have fun. Now people are paying so much, they expect more for their money. Even if you just sit at home and watch it on TV, you have to pay so much for the privilege.}
18 Feb 2026 17:33:30
That's a really good point ED01, it was so easy back in the day, tickets were affordable and easy to obtain and then we got to watch MOTD and The Big Match on a Sunday for free. Now we have SKY, TNT and the rest fleecing us!
18 Feb 2026 17:41:37
Ed, maybe but I think it's a more general expectation about most things in life.
Success is craved, maybe achieved and then demanded.
I hope that makes some sort of cynical sense.
18 Feb 2026 17:47:54
In all honesty ed001 I totally get what you are saying.
But from my point of view what can I change. So I don't worry about it and in honest don't care. All I care about is if we are winning or playing well.
18 Feb 2026 18:06:07
Greenaway, I agree with you entirely;it's about the football and winning: unfortunately we get distracted about things we have no control over.