Valencia CF - Currently living in Valencia and am only 5 minutes from the Mestalla. It's great that they're in the Champions League, on a match day the city centre is packed with foreigners having a party. The Ghent fans were really good.
EA Guingamp in Ligue 1- have a place near there and go to see them if they're playing when I'm over. They followed CAFCs fortunes for a while in being relegated from the top division down to the third then back up. Hopefully one day before I shuffle off, CAFC will follow what they have done and end up back in the top flight, winning the (French equivalent of) FA cup and getting into Europe. Can't see it though.
Deportivo de la Coruña in Spain. I used to travel to see them playing away about once a season, and I still try and go when they play Espanyol in Barcelona. Dartford in uk non-league, and used to follow them home and away back in the mid eighties ( couple of good nights and a few bad ones at Park View :-) ) Look out for St Mirren in Scotland and RKC Waalwijk in Holland, but Charlton, the Darts and Super Depor are the biggies.
Plymouth Argle. Always had a soft spot for them largely because of their fans. Considering there location and a complete lack of success, that have some of the largest traveling support in the lower leagues. They are proper fans.
When you live in NW London and support Charlton, then apart from the wonderful Curbs years, you tend to get, how shall we put this, mocked a little. Worse culprits are all the Moan Utd and Liverpool fans from Surrey (who have never seen their team play live) and the Chelsea/Arsenal glory boys.
It's really easy to ram their insults back down their throats by taking the pi8s out of them when Barcelona (usually) thrash them in the European tournaments. Had some wonderful times recently after Barcelona have played Moan Utd off the pitch, particularly when they clashed in the European Cup Final at Wembley.
Dartford as that's where I'm from and that is where I first started watching football there with my dad and also Northampton town thanks to football manager been following them for about 10 years thanks to that game.
Viktoria Plzen. I even created an ongoing thread about them. And people seem to read it!
They will never replace Charlton, just as I will never become Czech, but the Euro night when they beat Napoli - not so much the game, played in minus 8 degrees, but the epic scenes in the pub afterwards, is one of my best footie memories, ever.
I have a season ticket for fourth division Madrid team Puerta Bonita. It's pretty awful but gets me my fix of live football and I have learnt a lot of useful Spanish swear words.
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Just miserable blokes with beards and skirts
Dartford in uk non-league, and used to follow them home and away back in the mid eighties ( couple of good nights and a few bad ones at Park View :-) )
Look out for St Mirren in Scotland and RKC Waalwijk in Holland, but Charlton, the Darts and Super Depor are the biggies.
When you live in NW London and support Charlton, then apart from the wonderful Curbs years, you tend to get, how shall we put this, mocked a little. Worse culprits are all the Moan Utd and Liverpool fans from Surrey (who have never seen their team play live) and the Chelsea/Arsenal glory boys.
It's really easy to ram their insults back down their throats by taking the pi8s out of them when Barcelona (usually) thrash them in the European tournaments. Had some wonderful times recently after Barcelona have played Moan Utd off the pitch, particularly when they clashed in the European Cup Final at Wembley.
Oh, and Barcelona do play fantastic football.
Berwick - always liked them because they have always been rubbish and I love
Fremad Amager (Danish Div 2 East)
Sittingbourne FC (Ryman South)
I wouldn't say I support any of them but I follow their results for various reasons.
I only support the Addicks.
COYR
They will never replace Charlton, just as I will never become Czech, but the Euro night when they beat Napoli - not so much the game, played in minus 8 degrees, but the epic scenes in the pub afterwards, is one of my best footie memories, ever.
Rangers
Look out for Port Vale and Rochdale due to mates met following England.
Had a soft spot for Man City for years, most notebly due to my hated of their neighbours and their loyal support.
Torino
Bromley
Celtic
And tonight Burton Albi on
Also have a soft spot for Aston Villa because I like their history.
Juve. Half Italian, they were my dad's team.