“I support Brentford AND West Ham/Liverpool/Chelsea” (delete as applicable).
I don’t, of course. It’s a statement for illustrative purposes only. However, there are some fans who have as much interest in events at, for example, Upton Park or Anfield as they do in those at Griffin Park.
Good luck to them, if so. Personally, I struggle with the concept of also following a Premiership team. Largely, because I have too much pain/pleasure invested in supporting the Bees, without chucking West Ham or whomever else into the mix. Lionel Road is enough for me without having to worry about the Olympic park, too.
Then there’s the prospect of what happens should we be thrown together by the vagaries of a cup draw? This is a lose-lose scenario for ‘Johnny two clubs’. Go for the safety first option of the higher division team and it is a case of ditching cup romance whilst, at the same time, humiliation should they slip up on the proverbial potato skin.
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Thanks for reading over the course of the campaign. For now I need to make space on this page for any follow up. The ‘close season’ / World Cup columns continue in full, further on in this site.
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