The thread on Rangers and which Scottish team people follow got me thinking about this.
Personally, I try to see a game if I get the chance while visiting other countries. I then find myself vaguely looking out for that team's results from then on.
For me it's:
Schalke 04 (Germany)
Barcelona (Spain)
Valerenga (Norway)
Dundee United and Berwick Rangers (Scotland)
Atalanta (Italy)
Some of these go back 20 odd years for me.
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England: FC Halifax, Welling United
Scotland: Rangers, Partick Thistle
wudnt lose sleep if they lost but...falkirk and energie cottbus
I used to collect football shirts when i was a little bit younger, but offiially i follow or have a fave team from each major nation. Charlton.....AC Milan, Barcelona, Sporting Lison, PSV, Hoffenheim, Lyon etc....
But then i love football. Any football. Whether its Kettering vs Grimbsy or Pumas vs Chivas i will watch it
Definitely.
And the Rudd Rule is that whichever (home) team you watch first in a new country becomes your team.
So, Real Madrid, AEK Athens, Aarhus, Bordeaux, Hellas Verona, FC Vikiingit, Inverness CT, Cardiff, Djurgardens, Roda JC and Tarbert out of the Isle of Harris (OK not a new country, but almost a different planet).
By the same rule, my MLB team is the New York Yankees (sorry) and Oulun Kärpät in the Finnish ice hockey league.
No prizes for guessing why.
Spain-Tenerife, Las Palmas, Granada & Malaga
Wales-TNS
Scotland-Rangers & Greenock Morton
USA-Green Bay Packers
(and before any smart arse says it, no, not that sort of 'family' in Palermo
I should also follow the Canadian MLS teams (Vancouver & Toronto) but I forget they are playing most of the time, I do like the Portland Timbers, but that's solely based on the fact it's such an utterly fantastic city.
Stuffed Airdrie 7-2 the other week :0))
Scotland - Rangers
Like watching Barcalona bu not really bothered about them.
Only Charlton for me. I live in the States and I didn't even know about that MLS thingy last week with Beckham and Keane until after it had happened. No interest whatsoever unless it is Charlton related.
Even in English football I'll browse through what is happening in the other divisions but, again, unless it is Charlton related I can't be bothered.