Blues abroad needing to explain why they are Blues...

[Runub]

I was in Naples a couple of years ago and a waiter asked me where I was from. When I replied Liverpool he simply said "Hooligans" and walked away. Didn’t even get the opportunity to explain I supported Everton

 

[varnish]

Being from the northwest but outside Manchester and Liverpool (I am a wool and proud) my options were either of the scumbags in red or Everton.

We were quite good in the mid eighties when I made my choice but I have no option but to stick with it.

I certainly wasn’t going to follow my local team (the Alex).

Then back when I was 17 I had a Sunday job on the green trainer truck in Stanley Dock market. Had some great bants with a fellow local toffee Who worked it too.

 

[Drico]

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That badge, though...

 

[BlueInNZ]

I was referee at my lads youth game last season. I had a quick chat with both coaches before the game and the opposition coach picked up on my accent, asked me if I was red or blue (in hindsight with some apprehension in his voice). When I said Everton his face lit up, he was also a fan. Helped me through a couple of dodgy decisions lol.

I've found that is pretty typical here. There's quite a few blues and I've had a few good chats in the club rooms over a beer. Even other clubs are pretty good (if they are ex-pats). But kiwi born ones tend to be uneducated- I've been asked what part of London Everton is from by a kiwi Arsenal "fan".

RS are a different matter. Tbh the ex-pat RS I've met are good lads. Happy to have some banter but are also remarkably respectful that I'm a true fan and not a Man City/Chelsea etc glory hunter. Kiwi RS are an entirely different beast, Culltists of the worse kind and to be avoided at all costs.

 

[Dario Terracotta]

Tell 'em they're only our "b*****d offspring, should work

 

[Ged G]

Tell 'em they're only our "b*****d offspring, should work

Yes, I sometimes use that one...

 

[Tommy.]

(I am a wool and proud) my options were either of the scumbags in red or Everton.

 

[Nyhus]

Ive had the opposite - being a norwegian visiting liverpool, Im also asked why i support Everton

 

[Bryan+]

I’ve been abroad a few times when we’ve been playing on a Saturday and absolutely eff that getting up at the crack of dawn to watch the slopp we have been served so fair play you about psychopaths.

 

[alwaysblue]

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That takes me back.

 

[tommye]

Evertonians are born, not manufactured.
We do not choose, We are chosen.
Those who understand need no explanation, those who don't understand, don't matter...

...is always the beginning

 

[john jako]

They looked cool in the sticker album. They played in blue which suited me cos I was a lad.

Stop denying it. I’ve seen the photos

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Stop denying it. I’ve seen the photos

shut your trap Tracey

 

[Sinski]

I was referee at my lads youth game last season. I had a quick chat with both coaches before the game and the opposition coach picked up on my accent, asked me if I was red or blue (in hindsight with some apprehension in his voice). When I said Everton his face lit up, he was also a fan. Helped me through a couple of dodgy decisions lol.

I've found that is pretty typical here. There's quite a few blues and I've had a few good chats in the club rooms over a beer. Even other clubs are pretty good (if they are ex-pats). But kiwi born ones tend to be uneducated- I've been asked what part of London Everton is from by a kiwi Arsenal "fan".

RS are a different matter. Tbh the ex-pat RS I've met are good lads. Happy to have some banter but are also remarkably respectful that I'm a true fan and not a Man City/Chelsea etc glory hunter. Kiwi RS are an entirely different beast, Culltists of the worse kind and to be avoided at all costs.

Pretty similar here in Oz. The aussie born RS fans are terrible and usually have no idea why they support them.

 

[BlueInNZ]

Pretty similar here in Oz. The aussie born RS fans are terrible and usually have no idea why they support them.

And absolutely no idea of their "history".