Birdyabroad Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Inspired by another thread created yesterday, I thought that to lighten the gloom, perhaps we should share our mutual love of football and all sports. You never know, there might be a couple of lifelong 'New England Patriots' fans on here that have never connected. So, here goes the list, what is your FAVOURITE... 1, 2nd Football Team: 2, Non-English Football Team: 3, Cricket Team: 4, Rugby Union and/or League Team: 5, NFL Team: 6, NHL / MLB / NBA / MLS Team: 7, Miscellaneous Team (I.e., Formula 1, other nation sport teams, etc): 8, Individual Athletic Sportsman Or Woman (I.e., tennis, golf, boxer, etc): 9, Individual Indoor Sportsman Or Woman (I.e., snooker, darts, etc): 10, Sportsman Or Woman Deceased: RadioactiveWaste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdyabroad Posted May 12, 2022 Author Share Posted May 12, 2022 To get the ball rolling, here are mine: 1, 2nd Football Team: Torquay (I live there now) 2, Non-English Football Team: Barcelona (Classic) 3, Cricket Team: Essex County Cricket Club (Grew up in East London / Graham Gooch) 4, Rugby Union and/or League Team: Exeter Chiefs / Sydney Roosters 5, NFL Team: Miami Dolphins (Dan Marino) 6, NHL / MLB / NBA / MLS Team: New York Mets (Went to a game once and loved it) 7, Miscellaneous Team (I.e., Formula 1, other nation sport teams, etc: Plymouth Gladiators (Speedway) 8, Individual Athletic Sportsman Or Woman (I.e., tennis, golf, boxer, etc): Rory McIlroy 9, Individual Indoor Sportsman Or Woman (I.e., snooker, darts, etc): Ronnie O'Sullivan 10, Sportsman Or Woman Deceased: Shane Warne (RIP) Rev and RadioactiveWaste 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Contain Nuts Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 (edited) Couldn't give a flying one about any team other than Derby, any sport other than football, and have no longstanding positive 'attachment' to any particular sportsperson living or dead. Probably not a thread for me! ? Edited May 12, 2022 by Coconut's Beard VulcanRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 2nd Football Team: Derby u-23's. 2, Non-English Football Team: The Irish national team. 3, Cricket Team: Trent Rockets. 4, Rugby Union and/or League Team: Hull KR 5, NFL Team: n/a 6, NHL / MLB / NBA / MLS Team: n/a 7, Miscellaneous Team (I.e., Formula 1, other nation sport teams, etc): Jamaican Bobsleigh team. 8, Individual Athletic Sportsman Or Woman (I.e., tennis, golf, boxer, etc): Tiger Woods 9, Individual Indoor Sportsman Or Woman (I.e., snooker, darts, etc): Phil the power Taylor 10, Sportsman Or Woman Deceased Shane Warne, unbelievable to think he's in this category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 16 minutes ago, Birdyabroad said: Inspired by another thread created yesterday, I thought that to lighten the gloom, perhaps we should share our mutual love of football and all sports. You never know, there might be a couple of lifelong 'New England Patriots' fans on here that have never connected. So, here goes the list, what is your FAVOURITE... 1, 2nd Football Team: Yeovil Town 2, Non-English Football Team: St Pauli 3, Cricket Team: Derbyshire 4, Rugby Union and/or League Team: Gloucester 5, NFL Team: Bengals 6, NHL / MLB / NBA / MLS Team: Toronto Raptors 7, Miscellaneous Team (I.e., Formula 1, other nation sport teams, etc): Barbarians 8, Individual Athletic Sportsman Or Woman (I.e., tennis, golf, boxer, etc): mo farah 9, Individual Indoor Sportsman Or Woman (I.e., snooker, darts, etc): Phil "the Power" Taylor 10, Sportsman Or Woman Deceased: Bob Willis ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBRammette Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 FAVOURITE... 1, 2nd Football Team: None only 1 team 2, Non-English Football Team: as above 3, Cricket Team: just England 4, Rugby Union and/or League Team: stupid sports none 5, NFL Team: Eagles 6, NHL / MLB / NBA / MLS Team: Flyers, Phillies, 76ers (common thread) 7, Miscellaneous Team (I.e., Formula 1, other nation sport teams, etc): GB rowing, GB diving 8, Individual Athletic Sportsman Or Woman (I.e., tennis, golf, boxer, etc): too many Daley Thompson, Tom Daley, Laura Kenny, Jessica Ennis-Hill, kelly holmes and not individual sport but adore Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent 9, Individual Indoor Sportsman Or Woman (I.e., snooker, darts, etc): they are not sport! 10, Sportsman Or Woman Deceased: not quite correct but Boris Becker was my ultimate hero forever until about 2 weeks ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yani P Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 53 minutes ago, CBRammette said: 10, Sportsman Or Woman Deceased: not quite correct but Boris Becker was my ultimate hero forever until about 2 weeks ago Did he ask you to look after some trophies? RadioactiveWaste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 3 hours ago, Birdyabroad said: Inspired by another thread created yesterday, I thought that to lighten the gloom, perhaps we should share our mutual love of football and all sports. You never know, there might be a couple of lifelong 'New England Patriots' fans on here that have never connected. So, here goes the list, what is your FAVOURITE... 1, 2nd Football Team: AFC Wimbledon 2, Non-English Football Team: Athletic Bilbao 3, Cricket Team: Derbyshire 4, Rugby Union and/or League Team: I respect egg chasers, but I have 0 interest in either code 5, NFL Team: Packers 6, NHL / MLB / NBA / MLS Team: Winnipeg Jets 7, Miscellaneous Team (I.e., Formula 1, other nation sport teams, etc): Scottish women's curling team 8, Individual Athletic Sportsman Or Woman (I.e., tennis, golf, boxer, etc): Andy Murray 9, Individual Indoor Sportsman Or Woman (I.e., snooker, darts, etc): Eve Muirhead 10, Sportsman Or Woman Deceased: Obdulio Varela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBRammette Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 7 hours ago, Yani P said: Did he ask you to look after some trophies? Haha no nor meet him on a staircase! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeedsCityRam Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 1, 2nd Football Team: AFC Wimbledon 2, Non-English Football Team: Bari & Borussia Monchengladbach 3, Cricket Team: England 4, Rugby Union and/or League Team: Sale Sharks 5, NFL Team: Green Bay Packers 6, NHL / MLB / NBA / MLS Team: Milwaukee Bucks 7, Miscellaneous Team (I.e., Formula 1, other nation sport teams, etc): none 8, Individual Athletic Sportsman Or Woman (I.e., tennis, golf, boxer, etc): Tyson Fury 9, Individual Indoor Sportsman Or Woman (I.e., snooker, darts, etc): none 10, Sportsman Or Woman Deceased Johan Cruyff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 1, 2nd Football Team: can't really pin one down in England. 2, Non-English Football Team: Sparta Prague 3, Cricket Team: England 4, Rugby Union and/or League Team: not interested 5, NFL Team: not interested 6, NHL / MLB / NBA / MLS Team: not interested 7, Miscellaneous Team (I.e., Formula 1, other nation sport teams, etc): nothing stands out 8, Individual Athletic Sportsman Or Woman (I.e., tennis, golf, boxer, etc): Rory McIlroy, Roger Federer, Tyson Fury, Victor Hovland, 9, Individual Indoor Sportsman Or Woman (I.e., snooker, darts, etc): Ronnie O'Sullivan, Mark Williams, Judd Trump, 10, Sportsman Or Woman Deceased: Shane Warne (crushed me him dying) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimmu Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 1. Forest Green Rovers 2. Union Berlin 10. Diego Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColonelBlimp Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 1, 2nd Football Team: Mickleover FC 2, Non-English Football Team: Toulouse FC 3, Cricket Team: Don't like cricket 4, Rugby Union and/or League Team: Don't like rugby 5, NFL Team: Don't like NFL but would say Seahawks because my uncle brought a sweatshirt over in the late 80's 6, NHL / MLB / NBA / MLS Team: Don't like any of them 7, Miscellaneous Team (I.e., Formula 1, other nation sport teams, etc): F1 - Williams and McLaren but usually prefer drivers. Alonso and Vettel 8, Individual Athletic Sportsman Or Woman (I.e., tennis, golf, boxer, etc): Nigel Mansell 9, Individual Indoor Sportsman Or Woman (I.e., snooker, darts, etc): Steve 'interesting' Davis 10, Sportsman Or Woman Deceased: Ayrton Senna RadioactiveWaste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmerman Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 1,2nd Football Team:Exeter city. Good atmosphere,friendly club. Never any trouble there. 2, Non-English Football Team:Inter Milan- blame 'football italia' in the 90's 3, Cricket Team:not interested in cricket 4, Rugby Union and/or League Team:can't stand rugby 5, NFL Team:as above 6, NHL / MLB / NBA / MLS Team:as above 7, Miscellaneous Team (I.e., Formula 1, other nation sport teams, etc):Tech 3 in Moto GP 8, Individual Athletic Sportsman Or Woman (I.e., tennis, golf, boxer, etc):anyone British in tournaments or the underdog 9, Individual Indoor Sportsman Or Woman (I.e., snooker, darts, etc):as above 10, Sportsman Or Woman Deceased:Adam Stansfield(look him up) RadioactiveWaste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black ('n' White) Sheep Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 1, 2nd Football Team: Burton Albion 2, Non-English Football Team: Sporting Lisbon 3, Cricket Team: N/A 4, Rugby Union and/or League Team: N/A 5, NFL Team: N/A 6, NHL / MLB / NBA / MLS Team: N/A 7, Miscellaneous Team (I.e., Formula 1, other nation sport teams, etc): Williams (Formula One) 8, Individual Athletic Sportsman Or Woman (I.e., tennis, golf, boxer, etc): Tyson Fury 9, Individual Indoor Sportsman Or Woman (I.e., snooker, darts, etc): Ronnie O'Sullivan 10, Sportsman Or Woman Deceased: Can't believe no one's picked him already... Brian Clough RadioactiveWaste and CBRammette 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott129 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 (edited) 1, 2nd Football Team: Partick Thistle. I like Dorking Wanderers too. 2, Non-English Football Team: Partick Thistle. 3, Cricket Team: No thanks. 4, Rugby Union and/or League Team: Pass. 5, NFL Team: LA Rams. 6, NHL / MLB / NBA / MLS Team: Los Angeles Angels. 7, Miscellaneous Team (I.e., Formula 1, other nation sport teams, etc): Nah. 8, Individual Athletic Sportsman Or Woman (I.e., tennis, golf, boxer, etc): Always liked Andy Murray. 9, Individual Indoor Sportsman Or Woman (I.e., snooker, darts, etc): I don't really like darts to be honest, but I watched Gerwyn Price on a podcast recently and he came across as a decent, if misunderstood, bloke. 10, Sportsman Or Woman Deceased: Brian Clough seems like the obvious choice here. Edited May 13, 2022 by Scott129 RadioactiveWaste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB SPORTS Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 1 Port Vale 2 Louletano DC 3. Derbyshire 4 Widnes 5 Las Vegas Raiders. 6 Sporting Kansas City 7 Aston Martin Cognizant 8 Brad Wiggins 9 Laura Kenny. 10 Cloughie. (although his sparring partner M.Ali and his Sporting partner P.Taylor are almost as revered) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 So, here goes the list, what is your FAVOURITE... 1, 2nd Football Team: Forest Green Rovers 2, Non-English Football Team: Brechin City 3, Cricket Team: Derbyshire 4, Rugby Union and/or League Team: No interest 5, NFL Team: No interest 6, NHL / MLB / NBA / MLS Team: Is MLS "soccer"? If so, Sporting Kansas 7, Miscellaneous Team (I.e., Formula 1, other nation sport teams, etc): GB Athletics team, Europe Ryder Cup team 8, Individual Athletic Sportsman Or Woman (I.e., tennis, golf, boxer, etc): Kelly Holmes 9, Individual Indoor Sportsman Or Woman (I.e., snooker, darts, etc)Don't watch any more but used to like Cliff Thorburn 10, Sportsman Or Woman deceased Johan Cruyff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 1, 2nd Football Team: Swansea (lived there quite a few years, still mates with a few swans fans) 2, Non-English Football Team: whoever is playing against the old firm teams. Seriously, just exile them both and their fans. South Georgia might be far enough. Maybe south Sandwich isles. 3, Cricket Team: Derbyshire/whoever is playing against England/England when playing against Australia 4, Rugby Union and/or League Team: Ospreys / Scotland. No big love of rugby league but if pushed Whitehaven and not the jam eaters up the road. 5, NFL Team: couldn't care less. Just never got into it as a sport. 6, NHL / MLB / NBA / MLS Team: NBA - Memphis Grizzlies (whoop that trick!) NHL - Philly Flyers (GRITTY!!!!) 7, Miscellaneous Team (I.e., Formula 1, other nation sport teams, etc): Motorsports in general, but in particular: Rossi (obviously,now retired to GT racing), "plucky midfielder" F1 drivers and teams. 8, Individual Athletic Sportsman Or Woman (I.e., tennis, golf, boxer, etc): Mark Cavendish. Yes, his grand tour sprint wins are a team effort but he's also had immense success on track in individual events. 9, Individual Indoor Sportsman Or Woman (I.e., snooker, darts, etc): Ronny O'Sullivan 10, Sportsman Or Woman Deceased: Senna. Joey Dunlop. Brian Clough (obviously,) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roots Manuva Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 (edited) 1, 2nd Football Team: West Ham (dad supports them, uncles and cousins all West Ham, based down in kent) 2, Non-English Football Team: Ajax 3, Cricket Team: Derbyshire CC 4, Rugby Union and/or League Team: N/A 5, NFL Team: dont really have one though if pushed, Las Vegas Raiders (only through Josh Jacobs scoring my fantasy team stacks a couple of years ago) 6, NHL / MLB / NBA / MLS Team: New York Islanders (NHL) maybe Orlando Magic (NBA) dont follow a team in MLB/MLS 7, Miscellaneous Team (I.e., Formula 1, other nation sport teams, etc): Nottingham Panthers if that falls in this category? 8, Individual Athletic Sportsman Or Woman (I.e., tennis, golf, boxer, etc): Nick Kyrgios (purely for entertainment value) 9, Individual Indoor Sportsman Or Woman (I.e., snooker, darts, etc): Ronnie O'Sullivan 10, Sportsman Or Woman Deceased: cant think of one Edited May 13, 2022 by Roots Manuva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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