Fucking hell, we are a right old bunch of lovesick muppets, fawning over a bunch of grown men kicking a ball around for a living. Sounds kinda weird when you commit it to paper.
I agree that it is a love supreme that transcends many entities, each one which would on it's own be doomed to failure, yet when they are combined evoke a strange emotive force, I think that one of the reasons that we cannot quantify the feelings we have for the club is down to our first taste of the action. I remember going to ER as a 5 yr old in the post glory year era of 1975, I don't remember who we played or what the score was (I was only 5 and therefore had better things to worry about, my new bike and Lego being two of them) but I do remember that I really liked it, I remember the smells, the noise, standing on a stool, the pies. And that is the problem, I think that most of us have taken to our first game in our formative years, we don't make a conscious decision to go we get taken by our dads/uncles/grandads, generally our first proper foray into a real grown-up world and we like it and begin the cycle. As kids it was probably one of the things that we get passionate about, it is one of the first things we fight about at school, and as we get older we carry on going, etc. We meet people in exactly the same spot of terracing every week, share sweets, fags, farts, coughs and colds and we enjoy the roller coaster ride that it takes us on and we enjoy being part of an ever increasing community. I am sure that there are folk out in interweb world that will tell us that it is some sort of tribal instinct and they are probably right. Where is Dr Mike when you bloody need him ;o) I think the fact that we love leeds so much (and other supporters with their clubs (apart from manure, chelski who can fuck right off) is always going to cause issues with those that have a finger in running the football corporations, they know that we are willing to follow our team 'in sickness and in health' and they will take advantage and they will tell us that they need to increase the ticket prices because they have just heard from an agent that the latest natural born goalscorer is just about to be born. We pay the money and nothing changes, they promise, we pay ad infinitum. Col Saunders knows at this moment in time that just as many folk will stream through the gates at ER next season, in fact, those of us that are not season ticket holders (for one reason or another) will probably go to more games next season, why, because this is our leeds and nobody fucks about with it (back to the playground mentality) and we will want to show the world that we are better than they are. Anyway, I waffled on for a bit too long, my dog looks like he needs a piss. I'm off for a walk. Cheers Briggsy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Gillen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "LUFC" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 7:12 PM Subject: Re: [LU] LU: Why do I Love LUFC? (Long) > > No I don't, but then, I love my wife very much and would not swap her for > the world (green stamps, yes - the world, no...) yet she pisses me off > from time to time too - so in the same vein, I can love Leeds > wholeheartedly, but there can still be things I don't like from time to > time. > > Thank you for the appreciation > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tue 01/05/2007 15:17 > To: Steve Gillen; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LU] LU: Why do I Love LUFC? (Long) > > > In a message dated 01/05/2007 15:08:22 GMT Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > despondency when scored against - TOGETHER. > > > > Steve > > Do you also love the image the club has ? > What about the more boisterous types who dont mind an occasional bit of > traditional head slapping ? > > A very erudite mail. Loved it > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators > accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. > Leedslist mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > it's a God awful small affair > _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist it's a God awful small affair
