The Blue and Red thread

[Magus]

I was born into a Blue family, but I now face the awful reality that two of my grandchildren will be raised as Reds because one of my girls was stupid enough to marry beneath her.

Worse still, he is a traitor to his own Dad who was a good Evertonian.

It was peer pressure for him, as he was at school up in the 70s when they were top dogs and his mates were all Reds.

 

[MickM86]

It is mixed and I don't believe people support the team that is more successful at the time. I can't even explain how I became a blue, went the match and I was blown away. Nothing was the same after that.

 

[johnnydawg68]

It is mixed and I don't believe people support the team that is more successful at the time. I can't even explain how I became a blue, went the match and I was blown away. Nothing was the same after that.

What about your parents, brothers, sisters, uncles etc Mick?

 

[Dell Boy]

My dad is a blue and that was that. Didn't ever give it a thought beside once when I was about knee high asking my dad who was better - Everton, Arsenal or Archibald. I think I'd heard him say something to someone about how Archibald was great etc. Bizarre.

I grew up mainly in Gwynedd, North Wales and it was a fair split between Everton and Liverpool in the mid/late 80s with the odd random United or Spurs fan thrown in.

My wife is a red and 90% of her family are reds in and around the city.

If I had to guess, today, I'd say the splits are something likes this:

0 - 20 year olds (70% Red, 30% Blue)
20 - 40 year olds (60% Red, 40% Blue)
40 - 60 year olds (60% Red, 40% Blue)
60+ is closer to 50:50

 

[johnnydawg68]

I was born into a Blue family, but I now face the awful reality that two of my grandchildren will be raised as Reds because one of my girls was stupid enough to marry beneath her.

Worse still, he is a traitor to his own Dad who was a good Evertonian.

It was peer pressure for him, as he was at school up in the 70s when they were top dogs and his mates were all Reds.

You need to stage an intervention on those kids at the earliest possible moment and take them to Goodison as soon as they are old enough.

 

[johnnydawg68]

My dad is a blue and that was that. Didn't ever give it a thought beside once when I was about knee high asking my dad who was better - Everton, Arsenal or Archibald. I think I'd heard him say something to someone about how Archibald was great etc. Bizarre.

I grew up mainly in Gwynedd, North Wales and it was a fair split between Everton and Liverpool in the mid/late 80s with the odd random United or Spurs fan thrown in.

My wife is a red and 90% of her family are reds in and around the city.

If I had to guess, today, I'd say the splits are something likes this:

0 - 20 year olds (70% Red, 30% Blue)
20 - 40 year olds (60% Red, 40% Blue)
40 - 60 year olds (60% Red, 40% Blue)
60+ is closer to 50:50

That is worrying for the future of the club though. I've read where in the mid to late 60's it was more like 55-45 Everton.

 

[Spencer]

My dad is a Blue, and so it began. Although I wasn't lucky enough to experience the good times of the 80's with much knowledge (born '84), I never had a doubt that it was the Everton way. Funnily enough my mum was a Red as she was born in her parents house on Lothair Road. Over the last few years however she has seen the light and although she has an obvious connection to the ****e, she is a Blue nose now. I even have a picture somewhere of her with one of my Everton tops on stood in the Lower Gwladys stand a couple of years back.

Unfortunately, even though my nephew started out as a proud blue as a little'un, he gave in to peer pressure in school and is now of the RS clan I still give him grief every time I see him (he's only 11 and says that i bully him about it.. which is well deserved in my eyes!!)

 

[mpatton]

We'll.

1) my old man was a blue as was one of my uncles, but the other 2 uncles were red and are die hard kopites.
2) as new generations come through they are all red therefore I'd say the split is 60/40 and getting worse in liverpool although I now live in London.

One thing you will find outside of Liverpool is that everton fans are respected more. I work in sales and make a point of bringing up football in conversation (I go both home and away) and people are genuinely more engaging because I am an evertonian. Liverpool is like a club of clitorises as every c**t supports them.

I love my uncles though who call me their bitter blue nephew.

 

[Dell Boy]

That is worrying for the future of the club though. I've read where in the mid to late 60's it was more like 55-45 Everton.

I might be wrong. It's just a guess really. We need to bloody win something to kick it up a notch

 

[Magus]

Many people do choose their team based on success and their need to bask in reflected glory - hence the global fan base of Liverpool and Man U.

My dad is 94 and has often told me that when he was young Evertonians greatly outnumbered Liverpool fans in the city. At that time Everton was the more successful and glamorous club.

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Mum, brother and two sisters blues (dad wasn't into footie). My other sister was a blue but turned red when we sold Alan Ball (stupid bitch). All my uncles and cousins on my mum's side are/were blues too.

Always seemed pretty well 50/50 when I was growing up (Birkenhead). Though the rs fans were always loud mouthed blerts which is probably why people think there are more of them.

 

[toffeeblue9]

My mum and dad are both blues. My dad was actually on junior terms with Liverpool as a teenager, fortunately he never made it or **** knows what might have happened.

Dad started taking me the match as a kid, I never really knew there was a "choice" to be made.

My brother is a red, however. He didn't show much interest in football when he was young, so after being taken to watch Everton a few times, my dad kinda gave up. His mates at school were reds and he got into football that way and he follows them everywhere. There have been occasions I've been made aware of where he's tried to influence my two lads. They're 2 and 5 currently. Fortunately I've worked very hard on both of them and they usually shout him down with a rendition of Allez Allez Allez Ohhh. I've also told them they'll have to move out if they support Liverpool, and only bad people support Liverpool anyway.

From experience, I'd say as a very big generalisation, the south end of the city tends to be more red than blue and the north end tends to be more blue than red, but there's not a lot in it.

 

[SerenityNigh]

Worse still, he is a traitor to his own Dad who was a good Evertonian.

I have a feeling that your grandchildren will learn from their grandparents

 

[nigelcoyb]

Scousers are mostly attention seeking leathers the amount of "entertainers" per head of population tells the story why I've even got my karaoke machine plugged in right now.

Reflected glory and chest beating is an absolute magnet to inhabitants of this city whoever is top dog the people gravitate to because of no political or religious dogma to deter like in Glasgow for example.

Pre 60s it was all Everton (my grandad was a red yet his son, my dad, became a blue simply because in the 30s we were the biz).

I imagine the reds might be near to catching us up on merseyside because of the 70s.

(nah, not really our roots run deeper than they can ever understand)

 

[MickM86]

I come from a family of Evertonians.

My niece who is 1 has been taught to say Lukaku and Barkley while putting her hand in the air. She has an Everton kit with her name and birth date on the back.