I'm surprised that you haven't received a record amount of " likes " for your story futureboy.Copied and pasted from another recent thread:
My nearest club is Crystal Palace, with Charlton and Millwall also in contention, and as a kid I loved playing and watching football, but I reached the age of 10 without having chosen a team to support. My dad nurtured my love of the game, but he was a huge non-league fan so he didn't push me towards any of the teams in the 92. I'm sure if he'd been a Palace or Charlton supporter then I would've done the same and that would've been it.
Anyway, I was 10 years old and I randomly decided that Nick Barmby was my all-time hero, and he played for Spurs, so I thought I'd support them. But only a few weeks later, he moved to Boro and I announced that I was now going to support them instead. I had no idea that Boro was one of the furthest possible clubs from where I lived, let alone the misery and heartbreak they'd bring to my life. My dad laughed and told me it would never last. But it did. Even when Barmby moved on. I stuck faithfully with the Boro and it's now been 26 years of dedicated support and love. I adore the Boro with all my heart and I can only hope to be accepted (much like Yusuf and some others) as an adopted Teessider even though I have absolutely no connection to the area.
My visits to the Riverside are severely limited by time, money and working hours, but I go to a lot of away games and I enjoyed being a holder of a Boro Pride card when they existed. It's been a few years since I was last at the Riverside, but I'd arranged a trip last April which sadly never took place for obvious reasons. I'll be back there as soon as I can. UTB
I think it's brilliant.
I adopted a rugby league team here in Oz, the Sydney City roosters on account of the friends that I had made here were all
into league and not football. They took me along to many games to watch their team the Rabbitohs.
After I got interested, and, only because I needed a sporting fix to ease the pain of not being able to see my beloved Boro anymore, I
started to go and watch the Roosters as I lived in the Eastern suburbs and they were the local team and as such, should be the team that I follow.
I've been a fan for the Roosters for over fifty years now but I can't get the adopted passion for them that you show for the Boro.
Yes, It slightly eases the pain of a Boro loss when the Roosters get a win but if the Boro have had a win, then the Roosters result
means absolutely nothing to me.
I take my hat off to you sir and proud to have you amongst the Boro faithful.