Hasselbaink is a bit of a gloryhunter too. Can't think of any others off the top of my head. Joined May 20, Messages 8, My mate supports Birmingham City. Don't know why, he has no connection to Birmingham that I know.
He just does. He's gone through torture these last few years, and finally they got promoted. Does that make him a glory hunter? Of course not. He's one of the most passionate, committed fans I know, I wouldn't insult him by saying otherwise.
These days, economic circumstances force people to be more mobile than they ever had to be in the past. There are fewer large local employers with strong bonds to their communities. Local communities themselves now have large immigrant populations from abroad and from other UK towns.
You aren't old-fashioned mate, you're completely out of date. This is why it's crazy and wrong to say that only locals can be 'proper' supporters. Also, you can hardly castigate supporters with few connections to the local community when ever fewer players share those connections themselves.
The person on this thread who said it's hypocritical to label non-locals as glory hunters while happily reap the benefit of them coughing up the cash for new players, was bang on. Joined Oct 1, Messages 25, TBH i don't mind outside support.. Martin Henry Full Member. Joined Feb 13, Messages 2, Location Manchester. Well I get called a "glory hunter" myself, now the fact that I went to my first game in seems to be dismissed Also the fact that I was going home and away in the seventies and eighties despite us never winning much but the term "glory hunter" has been coined by jealous scousers and Leeds fans mainly to mean any United fan The scousers also get upset at the term "bin-dippers" whilst conveniently forgetting that when they're not calling us "glory hunters" they are calling us "scum" Football's very tribal isn't it FresnoBob Full Member.
Martin: The only true measure of a fan is loyalty. Those who chose correctly are occasionally rewarded for their support--and after 26 years in the wilderness, your side seems to have rewarded the fans quite nicely the past decade. My support of Arsenal was "vindicated" once again, last year with a double.
Those "glory hunters" so eloquently discribed in other posts on this thread are a world wide phenomenon. Remember that bit during the world cup about some villagers in either India or Pakistan who got in a fight about which flag was going to fly above the village--Brazil or Argentina?
Why don't they work on making their own team worth a damn? Here in the US fickle fans rush to buy the jersey of whatever team is doing well. Only a few years ago, the Chicago Bulls were the most "popular" basketball team in the nation, but now the Lakers are the rage.
Perhaps the FA should declare a bounty on glory seekers--it would clean up the fan base and give the loyal and knowledgable fans ready cash and something to do between matches.
Joined Jul 3, Messages Location Tatooine. What is the definition of a glory-hunter?? Joined Apr 15, Messages 5, Location On the move.. The team on top is your team.. Joined May 8, Messages 2, Location Best team.. Wat's wrong with supporting a team not near you? Does that mean if i don't live in England, i aint sppose to cheer on any EPL team for tat matter?
In this era, proximity counts for nothing. What you can know abt the team down the road, i bet u i can find out abt it too For a start, they play in green and yellow, which I like. They were established in , which makes them one of the oldest teams in the NFL.
The team is just about the only thing going for the place. It gives them a plucky underdog feel, but a successful plucky underdog. The Packers are also the only NFL team owned by their fans.
And they also have one of the best quarterbacks, Aaron Rodgers, who guided the team to their most recent Super Bowl triumph in And I will stick with them. This is the point — how many people out there are glory-hunters in the traditional sense, jumping ship as soon as the trophies disappear?
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Create a free website or blog at WordPress. What is a glory-hunter? Like this: Like Loading Written by James February 12, at Fight or die ». Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here How many times have we, as faithfuls to our chosen club, wish that we will live to finally see the day where we will not be facing the prospect of ever losing? What we are rewarded with for our loyalty to our club are days full of anguish, pain, and mockery by rival fans. Manchester United fans, you must have had a rough season eh?
Not only did your team lose to Liverpool, the latest sting you got was when the Red Devils crashed at the Emirates Stadium to Arsenal. In this modern and globalised world, everyone is looking for success. As a result of satellite football broadcasting nearly every game every week, we have a huge array of football on the menu to choose from. No wonder the world is breeding fans who switch allegiance in similar way to how they flick that remote.
These fans simply have no patience to watch a team screw up anymore. I mean, who can blame them? After all, by switching to a different channel, they can watch another team who can pass the ball better, score more goals and win more trophies. And this problem has been exacerbated in the last decade or so by the pre-eminence of Manchester United. After their trophy-laden seasons, you would suddenly see many "born again" football fans supporting them.
When Arsene Wenger took over at Arsenal and transformed them into a side capable of effectively challenging Manchester United week-in and week-out, you could suddenly see the tide of Manchester United fans burning effigies and pledging their alliance to that swanky club in North London.
Also stemming from the prevalence of satellite football, many English Premier League football fans are now based overseas.
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