Football Supporting Crossroads

[DerbyRed]

12 years ago, and at the tender age of 11, me and a few mates decided we were going to start going to football games and decided we would head to Reading as being in Hungerford it was easiest to get to, with a direct train line there, and Elm Park not far from the station.  However, my Mum decided I was too young to be doing that, and wouldn't let me go!  As a compromise though, my Dad took me along to see Swindon, as they were closer and he knew the area, and the rest as they say is history!

And so if things had been different I could be a plastic Royal now, enjoying life in the Premiership rather than watching years of Town being rubbish, getting relegated and always having off field crisis'!!  Having said that, I wouldn't change anything and love supporting Town!  

I had this chat with my cousin, a Wigan fan, and he said he almost ended up supporting Forest before getting into the Latics and it got me thinking, are there any other of you guys that nearly ended up supporting another team, but in the end went down the path of Swindon Town?

[Johno]

Nah, my dad took me to watch swindon when i was 5 or 6. I do support calne town though  :-))(

[Ralphy]

My dad took me to Swindon when i was 6 years old and the love affair started there.

Everyone at my primary school supported Liverpool (who were ace in the 80's) or Oxford.

[mr ian]

my dad took me aswell at about the same age

so do we love are dads more or less?

still wouldnt change a thing

[Sussex]

Fatbury supports Arsenal, but goes to Swindon games because he can't get a lift to Laaandaaan very often.

[mattyswinboy]

my dad supports bistol city and he used to take me up when i was little   but i rebelled and became a swindon fan:D

[Bogus Dave]

i supported leicester till i was 14. then i saw the light

[DMR]

My old man got me in to Swindon since I could walk, didn't particuarly know what it was all about but learnt to love it.

Still follow Leeds and to a lesser extent Boro.

[Tails]

My dad took me to Swindon as soon as I was old enough. Funnily enough there was actually a lot of Swindon fans in my school anyway so I always had a mate to take with me.

[STFCBird]

Nice sig Tails  

I should be a Villa fan really, ho hum

[Bennett]

i was taken to the game vs hull years back. i think duncan shearer scored and it started with that. amusingly my grandad tripped up and cut his hand quite badly in the car park

[STFCBird]

 you evil cunt

[Bennett]

well what could i do? other than laugh like he was

[STFCDude]

ALways been a Town fan, never anyone else for me!  Although, I do recall a conversation I had with my dad when I was about 10 years old.  It went something like this.  

ME:"Dad, why do we support Swindon, how come we don't support a big club?"

DAD:"Because son, Swindon is where we are, we'll always support Swindon.  We were both born here"

ME:"Why couldn't we have been born in Madrid or something then Dad?"

DAD:"Because even if we were, we'd probably have been Athletico Madrid fans!"

[Leggett]

swindon vs west ham in the premiership, i came with the Cubs, we had a tour round the ground beforehand, it was ace.

my dad dislikes football, so i was never into it as a kid!