Old Trafford

i agree pal the blokes a comlplete fool but hes entitled to his opinions as we all are.

Coming on here and giving it ‘the big one’ about being a proper fan and labelling anybody who doesn’t go to Old Trafford as not a proper fan is an absolute piss-take.

So as I’m not going to Old Trafford, I must’nt be a proper fan, this despite nigh-on 30 years of following this club, and going on 70-odd grounds around the country during that time. It must all have been a bit like when Bobby Ewing died in ‘Dallas’…and then reappeared in the next series, and it had all been a dream.
Did it REALLY happen? Did I REALLY visit such wonderful arena’s as Sealand Road, Chester, Belle Vue, Doncaster, and Dean Court, Bournemouth, to name a few? Did I REALLY stand on places such as the piss-wet and wind-swept terracing as Huddersfield’s Leed’s Road ground and witness many capitulation’s and successes?

As I’m not a ‘proper fan’, I must have dreamed it all…..

….but then again, maybe I’m actually a PROPER fan who know’s when he is being scammed and refuses to be parted of such vast sums of money?

Perhaps it is more down to the fact that as you get older, you understand the value of money more. You have a mortgage. You have bills to pay, a car to insure and put petrol in.You have kids to feed. I have two kids, both of schoolgoing age. Here’s a lesson about the reality of growing up and having a family. In the last few weeks, I have had to buy them both brand new uniforms and shoes. Now, I always buy my kids CLARKS shoes. They are quality, they last. They average at around £40 a pair. So I spent £80 on school shoes. And then there was their uniform. In total, I probably paid around £200 for uniforms and shoes.

Now, I really did want to go to Old Trafford. But when I weighed up the choice of buying my kids a decent pair of school shoes, or spending £45 on MYSELF at a football stadium that these days resembles a tourist trap of a carnival… and one where we tend to get nothing from the referee and are generally hard done by, I soon came to the conclusion that, no, I wouldn’t be drawn in to parting with £45 of my money. For what? 90 minutes of wonderful football action? Can anybody actually say 100% that 90 minutes football IS WORTH £45? I don’t believe it is, unless it’s a one off match like a cup final or semi final. I did want to take my 6 year old for a day out, but no way was I going to pay £17 for him. (It costs me about £13 per match with my season ticket at Latics)

So you see, Sudworth, when you get older and understand money, and it’s actual value, you start to appreciate what is more important. I could go to every away game if I really wanted to, but you see that’s just it. I DON’T WANT TO! Because if I did, my kids would miss out. They would possibly be undernourished by living off cheap, crap food, and would be dressed in rags and re-cycled ‘A Team’ t-shirts from jumble sales. They would probably have no toys to play with. Their X Box would’ve been long gone….pawned into Cash Convertors for about £12. Holiday’s would be strictly out of the question…perhaps a bus ride to Southport. But at the end of the day, maybe it would all be worth it?

Because then I would be deemed a ‘proper fan’ by Sudworth.**

**Bellend.

Spot on Appley…

But he is just a multi-posting wind up merchant after a catch…

Dont rise to it he will get bored and fizzle out after a bit :)

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True! but if you keep giving the lad a hard time he is going to cancel his Griff fan club membership.

Then you will be left with just wigmong and the other one.

I thought that multiposting was “character building”? ;)

Crikey, looks like I’ve upset some of you – apologies because there was no intention to do that. For the record only started posting on here because I met a few decent Wigan supporters in the match against Saints (yes, guilty of supporting Southampton). You seem like a good bunch and I admire the fact that you’ve stayed in the prem so long – it’s a tough ask and you don’t get much praise for it, we’ve been there done that etc. There’s a lot to like about Wigan – cheap tickets, good football and good manager to name a few.

Would I prefer playing Macclesfied et al? Well frankly I don’t see the prem as the be all and end of everything. Sure, we all want to get there but, and this is just my opinion, getting there is more fun than being there. Anyway, all the best for the season.

“i’ll be there, steep i know, but im a proper fan. “