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A 14 year old schoolboy regularly travels from Manchester to watch Argyle at Home Park. :clap:
http://m.plymouthherald.co.uk/Mancheste ... story.html
http://m.plymouthherald.co.uk/Mancheste ... story.html
memory man":qgyyy8vf said:Let us hope the club pick up on this and the lad and his minder get a VIP day at HP. It would show some gratitude to them for their effort and expense and would be excellent PR for the club.
Golden Hind":3m3cxcup said:It's tough being an exile surrounded by fans of other clubs hundreds of miles from Home Park, where the only interest shown is when someone asks you how "Portmouth, or is it Peterborough?" are doing.
So spare a thought for the children of exiles whose parents, against all the odds, manage to bring their children up to be Argyle fans. They have never even lived in or anywhere near Plymouth. They will have showed up to football club in their Argyle shirt with a bunch of kids that didn't even know you got green football shirts. People see your scarf and ask "what's a Celtic fan doing all the way down here?"
My old man worked on the railway so as a youngster I was lucky enough to get free train travel. From the age of 14, while groups of my mates were heading to Charlton or Gillingham, I would be sat on a train on my own heading to Darlington or some other footballing outpost. When off to a home game, it was amazing when you spotted that first green shirt, wolfing down a sub-standard pasty on Paddington station.
I have enormous respect for any kid, whichever team they support, that chooses to follow a lower league club they are connected to over a closer top-flight team. I guarantee that following that team will teach them so much more about how to lose, how to win, camaraderie, loyalty, patience and perseverance than being a glory hunter. It gives them an identity that is different to others around them and teaches them that is ok. You learn to cherish the highs and be contemplative during the lows. From my own experience, it certainly allowed me to share so many great days out with my dad during the difficult teenage years that we just wouldn't have had if I had decided to be an Arsenal fan.
Good for him and all the other youngsters who are doing this all over the country. You won't regret it.
try and get sky sports news to cover it?kernow19":26nl5pxe said:memory man":26nl5pxe said:Let us hope the club pick up on this and the lad and his minder get a VIP day at HP. It would show some gratitude to them for their effort and expense and would be excellent PR for the club.
Mr Newell can you organise something?