How to encourage your kids to follow the Boro

My lad 15 is a lost cause. He lives in durham with his mum after our split so hes been influenced to support the mackems. Helps when you are in their life full-time. Im kinda envious you still have a chance to encouragr your kid to share your passion
 
From the Boro but live in NI and had a similar dilemma, both kids born here but still had family in Boro so would go back with the kids regularly and just took them to Boro games at an early age when visiting plus their Grandad was a big fan and other relatives and friends so think I that will have helped as well and we were in the premier league at the time. They have been hooked since day one and have never wavered although they do blame me sometimes for cursing them with the Boro bug
 
Kowalski said:
Just tell them about the great times you've had following the club. The Bruce



Just out of interest NI Red, why do you think so many follow the teams you mention, apart from the Irish players connections? My mate from just North of Belfast is a massive Forest fan, just because of Martin O'Neill.

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Probably because they're the two most successful clubs in England. Glory hunters unfortunately.
 
Fattyfoggon said:
From the Boro but live in NI and had a similar dilemma, both kids born here but still had family in Boro so would go back with the kids regularly and just took them to Boro games at an early age when visiting plus their Grandad was a big fan and other relatives and friends so think I that will have helped as well and we were in the premier league at the time. They have been hooked since day one and have never wavered although they do blame me sometimes for cursing them with the Boro bug
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How does supporting the Boro go down with their schoolmates?
 
I moved away from Boro nearly 40 years ago. Brought both my kids up to support Boro, took them to both home and away games. My youngest, daughter, is not really interested in football but still comes to the odd game with me just for the day out.

My son, started off watching the games with me but drifted off playing rugby. Over the last ten years he's come back to football and started supporting Liverpool (sad face). Doesn't help that I married into a Scouse family and we live 15 miles from Anfield. It's all my wife's fault.
 
NorthumberlandBoro said:
Take them to the Riverside, when they're about 6.
Make it a special day, irrespective of the performance on the pitch.
Take them more often when they're 8 or 9.
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This or even an away game, ideally in the north west of England where you can get the ferry in , do something adventurous and add the game on, associate going to watch the Boro with something positive in their mind, there is usually big away days in Lancs sonit makes it more standout.
 
GibbosEmpire said:
Sometimes I wish I'd never followed the Boro, sometimes I wish I'd just followed some club like Arsenal or Chelsea, but something in me just keeps bringing me back.
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One of the guys I drink occasionally with in a Wetherspoon's in Exeter came to the Exeter City v Boro game with me , he was hooked , saying Boro fans are really sound guys, he liked the ones he was meeting before and after the game, hes been a couple more times with me now and really seems to enjoy it and has good bantz with the Boro fans he meets at away matches, I don't think he is at the stage of getting upset about results, but he was asking about what is the next game I'm going to the other night, I said probably Millwall , and he was bit unsure because of their rep, but I reckon if we get back on track( which we will) them Millwall away will be a big day out and an eye opener for him.
 
NI_Red said:
How would one go about encouraging their children to support Boro?

My daughter (4) has no interest in football but my son (2) is already mad about it and his eyes light up when he sees it on TV.

Being in NI, naturally 90 per cent of people support either Man Utd or Liverpool. I'm afraid that my kids will follow the same glory-hunting route.

Probably not the best time to be asking such a question as it would probably be much easier to convince them to sign up for a lifelong relationship of heartache if we were an established PL club.
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Just relax about it

We moved to near Leeds when my eldest was 1 and he spent his first few years loving football and supporting Leeds.
I kept my counsel (under orders from my partner)
My mum (better person than me) even bought him a Leeds top (which btw he wore when we played Leeds at home mid 90’s)

Over time he worked things out and from about 8 onwards became boro daft along with his younger brother.
 
NI_Red said:
How does supporting the Boro go down with their schoolmates?
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yeah they have grown up now but from memory it was grand probably got a bit of stick but I think they were quite happy about supporting some one different instead of the popular teams over here such as Liverpool, Man Utd or whoever is top I probably told them they were the cool kids :)
 
Going to games is the only way. That’s the experience we all fell in love with too. My son born and brought up in Oxfordshire, now living on the Wirral is as big a fan as I am and suffers the lows, far too many at the moment, as much as I do. It also sets them apart from the herd in a good way!
 
Dress them in Boro vests/romper suits when they're babies, then mini kits when they're toddlers. Show them photos when they're old enough to go to games and point out the simple fact that they're already lifelong Boro fans
 
As this thread shows, it is one-off games that are used to begin kids journeys as a Boro fan. This is where the pricing is so far away from the mark. Walk-up kids tickets should be really cheap but the price must put loads of families off. Over £50 for me and my 6 year old is a lot of money for something they might not even enjoy. For some families that's just way too expensive.
 
They always come back at some point. We moved to the Wirral from Ayton when he was 3 . At school 70% Liverpool 20% Everton and a mix of Tranmere , City , Utd for the rest. Other half's family all red, but always supportive when the Boro play. He did come over to the riverside with me a few times but it was after a FA Cup game away to Barnsley i took him to a few years ago he just switched back . Now whenever the Boro are on TV we watch it together. We normally get to a few games but as he plays Rugby at a decent level it's not as easy as it used to be. He now blames me like i blame my dad and so on.
 
Nano said:
As this thread shows, it is one-off games that are used to begin kids journeys as a Boro fan. This is where the pricing is so far away from the mark. Walk-up kids tickets should be really cheap but the price must put loads of families off. Over £50 for me and my 6 year old is a lot of money for something they might not even enjoy. For some families that's just way too expensive.
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Our pricing structure for kids and young adults is so short sighted and unimaginative. Nearly every away game we go to, Friday at Bristol City being another example, there are at least two price points for u18s and discounts for young adults. For example my son had an u25 ticket on Friday evening.
 
Took my lad to the odd game when he was very young and he enjoyed it. Waited until he was older to get a season ticket.

Unfortunately for me his first season was the Premier league season and he hated it, the defeats, the crowd getting at people and though he lasted another year he didn’t want to go again after that and now only takes a passing interest in the results.

Only by going to Non league have I got him interested in going to live matches again.

So I’d say choose your season.
 
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