As most of you know Everton and Ajax in that order are my two footballing passions.The only other league i have in interest in (apart from the Bundesliga) is the Russian Premier League due to a likeness i have for the country and the city of Moscow in particular.Spartak Moscow were my favourite Russian team until i stumbled into a video on youtube.It showed all the Spartak Moscow fans behind the goal with all the red flags and red scarves and i said to myself sweet Jeesus these people resemble Russian Kopites!Then i noticed that the slogan you never walk alone was on quite a few Spartak Moscow scarves and that was my dragon dens moment.Im out i said to myself!What was i doing supporting a team in Red from Moscow when there was a Blue alternative in Dynamo Moscow.Dynamo were the first team from the old soviet block to visit Britain for a tour during world war two.
Their goalkeeper Lev Yashin is probably Russia's most famous football player.He played for Dyanmo for his entire footballing career and of course he played for the USSR in their 1966 World cup semi final at Goodison.Dynamo's glory years were in the 1930's 40's and 50's.They last won the Russian League in 1976 and they last won the Russian Cup in 1995.They were the only team in Russia not to get relegated from the top flight until last year.They won back promotion to the top flight this year though.The Blue shirts, the glorious history only to hit hard times and the amount of top flight seasons they played.Dynamo Moscow just struck me as the Russian Everton and they are my Russian team now.What was i at?Supporting a Red team in Moscow when the city had a team that play's in Blue.Seeing that this thread is about people changing allegiances due to a clubs supporters Kopite behaviour, i thought i'd share this story and just give Dynamo Moscow their 5 minutes.