What Is A Real Fan ? (2 Viewers)

mds · Jan 20, 2014

Keep seeing the comment from posters talking about real fans.
What is a real fan?
Im a little embarrassed to admit to seeing us play live less than 6 times over the last decade, lots of reasons, circumstance and all that.
Does that mean im not a real fan, or i am less of a fan than the person that currently goes religiously?
Is their opinion more valued than mine or the next persons.
Ive supported the club all my life, seen hundreds of games home and away over the years and would consider myself to be a real fan, but if my opinion differs from yours then im not a real fan?
How do i/we qualify as a real fan?

stupot07 · Jan 20, 2014

This is what Real fans look like

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RoboCCFC90 · Jan 20, 2014

There is no such thing as a "real fan" in the way it is being put across, this term has been dreamt up by the people who don't attend Sixfields because they feel they're better than those who attend Sixfields, I am a real fan who doesn't attend Sixfields, Torchy is a real fan who attends Sixfields. Anyone using this term in the manner it has been our about is a 'real' moron in my opinion.

LJC_CCFC · Jan 20, 2014

mds said:
Keep seeing the comment from posters talking about real fans.
What is a real fan?
Im a little embarrassed to admit to seeing us play live less than 6 times over the last decade, lots of reasons, circumstance and all that.
Does that mean im not a real fan, or i am less of a fan than the person that currently goes religiously?
Is their opinion more valued than mine or the next persons.
Ive supported the club all my life, seen hundreds of games home and away over the years and would consider myself to be a real fan, but if my opinion differs from yours then im not a real fan?
How do i/we qualify as a real fan?

Less than 6 times in a decade is pretty horrific, saying that it doesn't make you less of a fan, you just have a lesser gauge of how the team is playing

skybluenorth · Jan 20, 2014

I have lived away from Coventry for 24 years and go and watch when we play in the north and will go back to my half a dozen home home games once we move back to Coventry, despite not going to every game I know I'm a true city fan because the first thing I feel the morning after a defeat is sick.

Broken Hearted Sky Blue · Jan 20, 2014

mds said:
Keep seeing the comment from posters talking about real fans.
What is a real fan?
Im a little embarrassed to admit to seeing us play live less than 6 times over the last decade, lots of reasons, circumstance and all that.
Does that mean im not a real fan, or i am less of a fan than the person that currently goes religiously?
Is their opinion more valued than mine or the next persons.
Ive supported the club all my life, seen hundreds of games home and away over the years and would consider myself to be a real fan, but if my opinion differs from yours then im not a real fan?
How do i/we qualify as a real fan?

I would imagine that in the next decade your record in the last decade would qualify you as Super never mind Real fan.

hill83 · Jan 20, 2014

It's you. It's me. We are all real fans.
It's people that aren't you or me that aren't the real fans.

bigfatronssba · Jan 20, 2014

For me a real fan is someone who, if they had it within their power, would do anything to help the club.

For instance, if a city fan won a billion pounds I would expect them to sort this mess out.

skybluetony176 · Jan 20, 2014

If you ask someone which team do you support and they answer Coventry, that's a real Coventry fan and also a true football fan.

Any idiot can pick a team who wins trophies on a regular basis. It takes someone who understands what football is really about to choose to follow your local team or a team you have a strong and real connection with, whatever that may be.

cornoccfc · Jan 20, 2014

Real Fan; anyone that has an emotional tie to a club?

Silly debate, some think having a ST makes you one, some think travelling the country makes you one... all nonsense, unless the first point I make is true.

skybluelee · Jan 20, 2014

skybluenorth said:
I have lived away from Coventry for 24 years and go and watch when we play in the north and will go back to my half a dozen home home games once we move back to Coventry, despite not going to every game I know I'm a true city fan because the first thing I feel the morning after a defeat is sick.

Exactly the same here if you replace 24 with 34, and north with south!

Kingokings204 · Jan 20, 2014

We are all real fans but some of us care so much and show passion a different way that we get frustrated and say this. I know I get frustrated at it all.

Ashdown1 · Jan 20, 2014

bigfatronssba said:
For me a real fan is someone who, if they had it within their power, would do anything to help the club.

For instance, if a city fan won a billion pounds I would expect them to sort this mess out.

If I won a Billion pounds I'd sort this shite and have us up there competing for Champions league, somewhere along the line I'd also buy Leicester and instruct the purchase of the biggest load of donkeys to ensure a succession of relegations !!

Mr T - Sukka! · Jan 20, 2014

Anyone who follows CCFC in any capacity. Thats if you go one game or every game.

Which is why alot of people cry with laughter when this glory hunter crap gets banded about.

One thing CCFC fans are not is glory hunters. As there is no glory following CCFC.

Real fans all of us. That includes the extra fans at the Crewe JPT game.

Samo · Jan 20, 2014

One who is not imaginary?

The Gentleman · Jan 20, 2014

I've found RFC

Otis · Jan 20, 2014

Mr T - Sukka! said:
Anyone who follows CCFC in any capacity. Thats if you go one game or every game.

Which is why alot of people cry with laughter when this glory hunter crap gets banded about.

One thing CCFC fans are not is glory hunters. As there is no glory following CCFC.

Real fans all of us. That includes the extra fans at the Crewe JPT game.

You mean 12,500 and 32,000?

bigfatronssba · Jan 20, 2014

Otis said:
You mean 12,500 and 32,000?

There's over 100k "registered fans".

That is people who have a supporter number.

bigfatronssba · Jan 20, 2014

Ashdown1 said:
If I won a Billion pounds I'd sort this shite and have us up there competing for Champions league, somewhere along the line I'd also buy Leicester and instruct the purchase of the biggest load of donkeys to ensure a succession of relegations !!

Just put Ken Dulieu in charge.

stupot07 · Jan 20, 2014

Is there a difference between fan and supporter?

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torchomatic · Jan 20, 2014

We all are.

asb · Jan 20, 2014

First team I watched (outside of the street, or school). First result I always look for. Only Team that can grab my attention across a crowded bar because they are on SSN. Would buy a paper just to read a story about the team. When I dream of playing / watching they are the one team I am always on. The only regular 90 minutes (97 minutes for the PNE fans) that can alter my mood. Something I can't change.

It is not unique amongst fans to feel like I do, and others will have differing opinions what makes up the feeling. It is a feeling above all.

Attendance is a shit way to judge who is a better fan, or who can be a fan when you think of it.

I enjoy the stories of people that live miles away sometimes even 1000's of miles that have never been privileged to have seen a live game, but still have a passion for the team, and a dream that one day they might be able to see them play live. I am always impressed especially when it is not a fashionable team that they choose to follow. To me they are real fans.

The only people that are not real fans as far as I am concerned are the corporates that have more interest in the half time food then the game. The people that consider the game as a business, a means to make a profit. To them the score means little, 1-0 is the same as a 9-0. A local derby is just another game, and legendary players are commodities.

Grendel · Jan 20, 2014

Samo said:
One who is not imaginary?

Yep I think so!

SkyBlueBlood · Jan 20, 2014

I am a real fan.

That is because everybody's idea of a real fan will be someone exactly like themselves!

Hobo · Jan 20, 2014

RoboCCFC90 said:
There is no such thing as a "real fan" this term has been dreamt up by the people who don't attend Sixfields because they feel they're better than those who attend Sixfields, I am a fan who doesn't attend Sixfields, Torchy is a fan who attends Sixfields. Anyone using this term is a 'real' moron in my opinion.

I agree with most of your post, except it is something dreamt up by people who don't attend SIxfields. No, a lot of Sixfields fans are claiming to be the Real fans and keeping the club alive. I have read all sorts of accusations on here from both sides. Criticisms about floating support part time support.

How do you judge fans of 30 years against fans of 2 years. People who were season ticket holders, 60s, 70s, 80s or 2012? We are all fans our situations are all different.

In my book anybody who claims to be more worthy than another Sky Blues Fan.....probably needs to take a look at themselves. The I've got more programmes than you argument is childish and irrelevant!

letsallsingtogether · Jan 20, 2014

I was always lead to believe that anyone can be a fan.

Man U have millions of them from all over The world, yet few have ever seen them play live football.

But a supporter is someone who gives them money in one guise or another to help them survive.

So Manu have millions of fans but only thousands of supporters.

stupot07 said:
Is there a difference between fan and supporter?

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RoboCCFC90 · Jan 20, 2014

Hobo said:
I agree with most of your post, except it is something dreamt up by people who don't attend SIxfields. No, a lot of Sixfields fans are claiming to be the Real fans and keeping the club alive. I have read all sorts of accusations on here from both sides. Criticisms about floating support part time support.

How do you judge fans of 30 years against fans of 2 years. People who were season ticket holders, 60s, 70s, 80s or 2012? We are all fans our situations are all different.

In my book anybody who claims to be more worthy than another Sky Blues Fan.....probably needs to take a look at themselves. The I've got more programmes than you argument is childish and irrelevant!

I'll be honest I try not to get involved in those sorts of threads but Torchy who does go to Sixfields doesn't shout about being a real fan as an example.

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bigfatronssba · Jan 20, 2014

letsallsingtogether said:
I was always lead to believe that anyone can be a fan.

Man U have millions of them from all over The world, yet few have ever seen them play live football.

But a supporter is someone who gives them money in one guise or another to help them survive.

So Manu have millions of fans but only thousands of supporters.

Surely though the classic Man Utd fan (the one with all the merchandise who lives nowhere near Manchester) fits that description of supporter because they buy a shirt?

Broken Hearted Sky Blue · Jan 20, 2014

letsallsingtogether said:
I was always lead to believe that anyone can be a fan.

Man U have millions of them from all over The world, yet few have ever seen them play live football.

But a supporter is someone who gives them money in one guise or another to help them survive.

So Manu have millions of fans but only thousands of supporters.

So you're neither then:thinking about::facepalm:

Sky Blue Harry H · Jan 20, 2014

One for the boys!

Hobo · Jan 20, 2014

RoboCCFC90 said:
I'll be honest I try not to get involved in those sorts of threads but Torchy who does go to Sixfields doesn't shout about being a real fan as an example.

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I don't have a problem with people who go or stay away. I don't have a problem with people who are limited to what games they attend.

I do have a problem with people who promote themselves as better fans/supporters than others especially when they resort to abuse.....anybody who can't understand why big games get better attendances is small minded and in fact trying to restrict the potential growth of the club. But most in the boosted attendance are regular fans.

bringbackrattles · Jan 20, 2014

I've been a supporter of the club for fifty years but don't attend "home" games this season,so in the eyes of some I'm not a real fan. So five decades of going through all the highs and lows mean nothing then ?

Broken Hearted Sky Blue · Jan 20, 2014

bringbackrattles said:
I've been a supporter of the club for fifty years but don't attend "home" games this season,so in the eyes of some I'm not a real fan. So five decades of going through all the highs and lows mean nothing then ?

Same here except that if I'd known what was to happen to us I would never have complained about the previous lows because they were actualy highs compared to now!

covmark · Jan 20, 2014

God, you two are old

bringbackrattles · Jan 20, 2014

Broken Hearted Sky Blue said:
Same here except that if I'd known what was to happen to us I would never have complained about the previous lows because they were actualy highs compared to now!

Well put as this is the lowest I've felt in all the years I've been a City fan.You see clubs moving forwards and prosper whilst we go backwards.
Swansea were on the verge of extinction but look where they are now,and even Southampton and Leicester have been down but are clubs on the up. But we carry on supporting the club but it does half piss you off !

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