In characteristically generous fashion, Yeovil Town applauded the 2000 travelling Burnley fans at last week’s game at the Huish both at the ground and on twitter afterwards. They were generally acknowledged the loudest we’ve had all season and we are grateful for the receipts they brought the club.
Burnley have a lot in common with us, a poor place with a strong fan base rooted in the town and speaking for a certain demographic.
Talking with them before the game, I got none of the ingrained animosity you get from your average Leeds or Forest fan, these guys have thirty years of failure to support them and they see the glass today as half full.
How different from the howling vitriol you get when you watch a Chelsea, Aresenal or Tottenham.
It is a pleasure to support Yeovil Town, Though I was borne and bred 20 miles from the ground, I seldom saw them in my youth, preferring the league games at Bournemouth and sometimes Southampton.
I started supporting Yeovil some ten years ago as they entered the league so have no claims to being Yeovil True (yet).
Yeovil cling to their heritage as a non-league side and the chants of “are you Weymouth in disguise” to the Burnley fans , must have mystified all but the die-hard Glovers! (Weymouth and Burnley play in Claret and Blue and if West Ham or Villa go down this season -( possible) and we stay up (less so) then we’ll be singing the same to them.
So who are the best fans in the land. Well ours of course! Cos Somerset is Wonderful!
For my son to give up his childhood love of glory boys Chelsea and follow the Yeovil over land and sea (and we’ve had to brave some sea over the past two weeks) is a defining decision in his young adult life.
It means stuff to stand in the Blackthorn and see him nearly cry with Joy when Kieffer Moore scores at the home end (twice in two games). To hear the fans around us sing to Luke Ayling and Byron Webster, you’d think they were mates. And in many case you’d be right. Yeovil is that kind of club.
So though I’m Henry come lately, I am proud to be a Glover, proud that my family have deserted the Russian owned Bournemouth for a club that is properly financed ,properly managed and properly supported.
And we’ve got the best song in the land too!
Only if “this land” is your land, Henry.
If size matters, the most recent club rankings are as follows:
1. Boca Juniors (Argentina)
2. Borussia Dortmund (Germany)
3. Glasgow Celtic (Scotland)
4. Raja Casablanca (Morocco)
5. Napoli (Italy)
6. Galatasaray (Turkey)
7. Athletic Bilbao (Spain)
8. Red Star Belgrade (Serbia)
9. Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan)
10. Saint-Etienne (France)
yours aye, George (Tartan Army member)
Partick Thistle?
Hamilton Academicals?
At the risk of prolonging this domestic squabble about little teams (or “diddy teams” as they’re known in Scotland), I’m afraid I can’t commend one of your two suggestions above, Henry.
The Jags are proposing to charge St Johnstone fans another £12 on top of £20 first time around for a replayed game next week, following the earlier game before Christmas which was abandoned at half-time.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/st-johnstone-fans-threaten-firhill-2999759
And, closing on an even more pedantic note, I’m afraid it’s Academical singular for the name of the team supported by the good people in Lanarkshire.
At the risk of prolonging this domestic squabble, I can’t recommend one of your suggested Scottish teams. Partick Thistle are proposing to charge St Johnstone fans £32 next week for the rescheduled game which was abandoned at half-time before Christmas, having given fans vouchers after the abandoned game which they now say
I will consult with my friend Me Andrew Young who is Brighton’s principal Partick Fan
Mr Young won’t be too happy today, Henry, as St Johnstone won 1-0 in Glasgow last night, with their 21-year-old local boy, Stevie May, scoring the only goal, to add to his two hat-tricks in the last three weeks, which now makes him Scotland’s top scorer in the SPFL this season so far. But the crowd was less than 3,000, which suggests neither side can claim to have the best fans up there.
http://www.partickthistle-mad.co.uk/website_links/brighton__hove_albion/index.shtml