Can you support two football clubs?

[LeftPeg_Pie]

A couple of weeks back, a football podcast I listen to discussed whether you can support two football clubs and the discussion and subsequent listener responses were really interesting.

Clearly there is a discussion about what you define as support and your own personal context.

Personally, I could never support another club like I do Notts. Not a chance. I cannot see how I could have such an emotional connection with another club.

I watched a lot of Sheffield Wednesday when I went to Uni in Sheffield due to 7 pound tickets and a 50p bus trip, but I was never invested in them. I never cared if they won or lost. I have also watched a bit of my most local non-league side but again, it?s more because it?s football, rather than the team itself.

I love football. Absolutely love it. But I can only ever be emotionally invested in Notts at club level.

I would guess, many fans would feel similar, but Id like to be surprised if people on here genuinely support two clubs?

[SwalePie]

I don't believe it is possible to genuinely support two clubs. Certainly not equally. There are some clubs I 'have a soft spot for' though. Usually whoever Forest, and to a lesser extent Mansfield, are playing.

[Elite_Pie]

I don't believe it is possible to genuinely support two clubs. Certainly not equally. There are some clubs I 'have a soft spot for' though. Usually whoever Forest, and to a lesser extent Mansfield, are playing.

For 54 years I've been a passionate supporter of Notts and whoever Forest are playing.

[OchPie]

I'd guess most posters on there support more than one team (perhaps a national team, for example). I don't really see much difference between a club and a team, if there's no chance they will meet. But I don't think you can fully support two teams that could ever play each other.

[Bohinen]

I'd guess most posters on there support more than one team (perhaps a national team, for example). I don't really see much difference between a club and a team, if there's no chance they will meet. But I don't think you can fully support two teams that could ever play each other.

If there's no chance they will meet, I think you can. I supported Notts because my Dad took me to the matches but I did have a liking for Man United after watching their European Cup final win against Benfica back in 1968. Since then, I've been to Old Trafford as a Notts fan a few times but when my son, who I initially took to Notts who were dire at the time, developed a Beckham-influenced liking for them, I gave into it and even went there for a European home match.

Now I can get that jumping up and down feeling when they score and I really can't be bothered questioning it, certainly it's not glory hunting these days given they hardly ever win.

[nw6pie]

There’s only one team I have a deep emotional connection to, which has been forged since childhood. I follow the results of quite a few clubs, but none of them can affect my mood like a Notts win/loss might.

[Notts66]

Been to Carlton Town this afternoon after we were postponed . Playing Bradford park avenue. Won 2-1. It was a game of football but bloody Baltic! Enjoyed it but didn't raise the blood pressure compared to being on the kop. So no, I don't believe you can support two teams from an emotional perspective

[Jampie]

I do not understand the queston

[maddogslater]

For 54 years I've been a passionate supporter of Notts and whoever Forest are playing.

Bad day at the office today 🙃 apart from stags

[ThaiPie]

I've come to the conclusion you can support two, or even three clubs! If it's live football you are talking about.

The geographical element does come into play when you live abroad and I'm travelling far and wide in Thailand to see my local team and try to watch Notts whenever bank in the UK.

In the UK, someone I know well supported a Lincolnshire club because it was his hometown club, started watching Notts in his University days and now lives in East Anglia and watches his local club there, still managing to see games from the first two teams he supported.