How did you choose your footy team??

[shiftySLE]

I remember when I was about 8 my dad had a petrol station in Essendon and we had the petrol account for the Bombers. I was given signed footballs, shirts and sorts of had no other choice but to follow the Bombers, which I have stuck to.
My boy is now almost 3 and he seems to love watching the footy. Evertime he watches the Bulldogs, he screams and recognises them straight away. Also his godfather and great granfather follow the doggies too, should that be his team and can anyone remember how they chose theirs? What did you guys/girls do with your kids/neices/nephews??

[Vee-ard]

location, I only support the eagles because they represent us, not because I like them

[hsvpunk]

Im a saints fan.
I only followed them as my dad used to work with Stewart Loewe's(Mt Eliza) dad and met him at a toy shop in Mornington when i was a little tacker, so since then ive followed them and i guess being a Morno Peninsula resident some of the saints palyers grew up and lived around here.

Nathan Burke (Pines Footy club) used to own a sports shop in frankston (going back some years now) Banger Harvey (Seaford) has the one at frankston now (harvery-warne-hamill)

Spider Everett (Crib Point)

and with the team moving to Seaford/carrum downs in mid 2010 it is great.

[v8_stato]

my whole family is hawthorn so i was brought up around the hawkas and love em,best team.good blokes too.carn the hawks 2010!!!

[shiftySLE]

how about the little tackers?? Any ideas?

[v8_stato]

by em a gurnsey of the team u follow,and a footy and brainwash em lol

[shiftySLE]

by em a gurnsey of the team u follow,and a footy and brainwash em lol

lol true, I have already brainwashed both of them at 2 and 3 into Holdens and even to the point where they want to go in Dads loud car (VH). Also they cant go past any car with a blower on it wothout pointing it out.

[Grennan]

When the Storm came into the NRL i was only about 7 or something and as a Queenslander you were pretty much forced to follow the Bronco's but I liked the Storm logo and thats how I was drawn to them. Followed them ever since, then I actually moved to Melbourne...

[greenfoam]

North Melbourne were almost unbeatable when I was 5 ? so same reason as every kid

[S.T.K.E]

Pop's a broncos fan...... Dad's a Broncos fan.... I'm a Broncos fan. The whole extended family are broncos fans..... Must say that were born broncos fans

[BXHD]

i go for Richmond.
growing up i always watched my dad playing for the local footy team, the Yea Tigers. lol.
and he goes for Richmond too. he grew up in Yea also. playing for the Tigers since he was little

[skruba]

not much into the afl though always have went doggies in nrl since i was young id be brainwashing the tackers only way lol

[arrow224]

When I was like 5 I had no idea what teams there were, only that a game existed. My uncle then convinced me (don't remember how) that I should follow Carlton. My father, mother and brother however are Essendon. No amount of persuasion (financial or otherwise) has swayed me since (~16 years).

[one_and_only2004]

through fear of constant beatings from my father, i decided to go for the broncos....

[Trayner]

Just tell him to go for the Pies

[owen18]

I was a doggies fan until i was about 9, i absolutely hate the crows so when they beat the doggies in the semi- final back in 97 or 98 i decided to jump ship and landed on the bombers.

[Cobez]

From when i was born until i was 17, we lived in Burwood. I still work in Burwood. Therefore, i go for Hawthorn.

[shiftySLE]

Just tell him to go for the Pies

I know I said I dont follow the AFL but I still want to give the kid a chance in life.

[rippen50]

The raiders (my brother went for them) now the tigers as i live in the area

[Lumps of cheese]

My whole family bleeds blue and white, so i was born to follow the cats. My two boys are also mad cats fans already, much to the mother in laws dismay, who is essendon.

[nick3110]

I know I said I dont follow the AFL but I still want to give the kid a chance in life.

hahah gold..

I chose to be a bomber fan to piss my parents off when I was like 6 or 7, (We're south australian, parents are crows fans). Also Hird was a legend.

[Fusion]

The mighty Hawks ! My father was a hawks fan and my grandpa was hawks also and my 2 boys are hawks supporters .

And I also follow the eels in the NRL .

[STEALTHY™]

I always thought you followed what your parents follow.


That being said, I only follow motorsport.

[Acclaimed VS]

When the Storm came into the NRL i was only about 7 or something and as a Queenslander you were pretty much forced to follow the Bronco's but I liked the Storm logo and thats how I was drawn to them. Followed them ever since, then I actually moved to Melbourne...

I hope you stil go for Queensland though...

Teams are all easy to pick up here cua there isnt heaps in relatively small area like mebourne so its broncos, reds and lions (although I dont give 2 ****s about afl I admit I jumped on the bandwagon back in 01 and fell off in 05 hahaha)

[Grennan]

I hope you stil go for Queensland though...

Teams are all easy to pick up here cua there isnt heaps in relatively small area like mebourne so its broncos, reds and lions (although I dont give 2 ****s about afl I admit I jumped on the bandwagon back in 01 and fell off in 05 hahaha)

As if I would follow those Cockroach scum.