Favourite `other` footy team

There are a couple of threads on this forum regarding our beloved football clubs.

I believe most fans have a `second` team they may have a soft spot for.

I`m a Man City fan and my favourite `other` club on a local basis is Rochdale. For some unknown reason I always look out for Bristol Rovers results. In the Prem I have soft spots for Villa,Albion and West Ham. I also have great respect for Liverpool and Arsenal-except when they play us !!!

Do other fans have a second fave team and for what reason if any ?

Blackpool - because we always used to go there on holiday when I was younger and it always seemed to be the first or second week of the season and more often than not they seemed to be at home. My other one is a bit odd - it used to be Meadowbank Thistle, later changed their name to Livingston, in Scotland. When we were at school (in Yorkshire) and being a group of teenagers we all supported different teams so we chose a scottish team that we could all support and at that time Meadowbank had just come in to the scottish leagues so we chose them and then tried to work out how we could get there. As this ties in with the other thread 'born before 1986' can you imagine a group of a dozen thirteen year olds going from south yorkshire to scotland, several times a year, unaccompanied by parents etc now, someone would ring social services - but we all lived to tell the stories.

In England my fave second team is Liverpool. As a Cov City fan I always used to look forward to playing Liverpool when I was a schoolkid. They were THE team in the late 70's/80's. I've always liked their style of play and I still love watching them now.
In Europe, it's Barcelona. Their football this season is breathtaking. By far the best team in Europe possibly the world at the moment. They make the premiership look like Sunday league football.

i am a forest fan but mansfield is my second team!

waycov Wrote:In England my fave second team is Liverpool. As a Cov City fan I always used to look forward to playing Liverpool when I was a schoolkid. They were THE team in the late 70's/80's. I've always liked their style of play and I still love watching them now.
In Europe, it's Barcelona. Their football this season is breathtaking. By far the best team in Europe possibly the world at the moment. They make the premiership look like Sunday league football.

Agree with your comments on Barca waycov. I have to say my fave club in Spain is Athletico Madrid. I empathise with their fans being in the shadow of their more `glamourous` and successful nieghbours yet the fans remain loyal and passionate for their club despite lack of silverware. Likewise for Torino in Italy.

I've got loads of "other" teams. Hearts in the SPL, Hartlepool, Blyth Spartans and Berwick Rangers near where I live as well as a shitload of foreign teams including but not limited to, Dumbarton (The wife's maiden name is Barton, oh the fun I've had with that one!), Sampdoria, St Ettienne, Borrussia Monchengladbach (I freakin' LOVE that name! Do you know who the least popular guy is at their home games? The one who shouts "Give me a B!":D) The Yellow Submarine-Villareal and Sporting Lisbon. I've also got a soft spot for Hull City as I once scored over a milion points managing them on CM3, shallow? Yep! and I couldn't care less. Oh, and gloriously named Deportivo Wanka.

none really, live and breathe man utd, don't mind watching barca tho, messi is an amazing player and he's still only 21!!