Picking a Premiership Team
American sports columnist Bill Simmons enjoyed the World Cup enough to give domestic footy a try. He’s committed to following an English Premier League team for at least one season. But how does someone with very little “soccer” knowledge decide who to support?
Simmons found out which tv channel he needed, did some on-line research and read e-mails from his readers. Based on what he found out, he decided Tottenham Hotspur were the team for him. Read the complete article here.
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By Cajun Nick | July 25th, 2006 at 9:03 pm 
He’s got to be given credit for at least thinking the thing through; he didn’t stop at “Who’s got the coolest jerseys?”
Coming into international soccer at a relatively old age (I was in my mid-20s before I had decided I liked the sport enough to follow it), I faced the same decisions.
Although I do nearly as much research (no internet at the time), I did put some thought into it. Without some foundational reason for supporting a team, one cannot really be a fan, which is short for fanatic.
FWIW, I support Celtic, Everton, and Arsenal. And I will always support an EPL team over teams from any other league.
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By Cajun Nick | July 25th, 2006 at 9:05 pm Oops, that should read, Although I didn’t do nearly as much research…
Lousy proofreading skills before I hit “submit”.
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By George | July 26th, 2006 at 3:02 am I’ve been a Spurs fan since I was old enough to watch soccer - but the man is mad.:)
– George
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By Os Davis | July 26th, 2006 at 6:15 am Thanks for posting this. An excellent piece by probably America’s best sportswriter. As for me, i follow mostly national teams and Újpest here in Hungary, but The Sports Guy makes me want to go with Spurs.
Or Chelsea.
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By cryan | July 26th, 2006 at 7:59 am Sports Guy has got to be up there as one of the best sports writer’s in the states. Anyone else this story would have been absolute garbage, but he managed to put the time in, do some proper research, and still keep the entire thing entertaining. Very clever.
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By pwnawannab | July 26th, 2006 at 7:15 pm Thanks man - I was looking for this article fo awhile now. My friend recommended it as a starter for EPL fan in America.
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By pwnawannab | July 26th, 2006 at 7:17 pm Oh yeah - Chelsea Chelsea Chelsea hehehe. They just bought Shevchenko - sole reason for me to jump on the bandwagon.
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By Livostrikesback | July 27th, 2006 at 3:49 am Go Liverpool all the way
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By Mike | August 4th, 2006 at 5:34 am Fuck Liverpool and Chelsea. it’s all about Man U. Fuck Schevchenco
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