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One of my pet hates is football fans that do not support the clubs of their hometown.
For instance if you are born in Hartlepool you support Hartlepool and if you are lucky to be born in Middlesbrough you are or should be a fan of the “Boro”.
Of course there are severe abnormalities and personally one particular couple I know, both born within the sounds of the ‘Boro’ roar, support Swansea and Spurs.
Of course the biggest ‘fiends’ from this perspective are Manchester United fans, who appear to have a bigger fan base south of Watford rather than their own hometown.
Yet over and above all this are Juventus fans. With the majority of Turin’s fans supporting Torino, Juve tend to take many of their fans from the provinces and Edinburgh.
Of course every young boy likes to support a winner which is understandable but surely these “fair-weather” fans should grow out of this but in reality they don’t.
In Italy clubs like Juve, Milan and Inter have a stupid amount number of fans outside their own cities, which for me is unhealthy.
In Sicily for instance, an island that has three top teams Catania, Palermo and Messina, the most popular club was always Juventus, even if it played over a thousand kilometers away. Fair-weather fans or not?
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