my idol was Peter ndlovu, hardly world famous was he?To be fair mate who do you want these young lads to see as their idols? Carl bloody Baker? You can't really blame them.
James Maddison is one my young lad likes because 'he's like Messi' according to him and he even spent the money we gave him for his birthday on the new shirt with Maddison 10 on the back. I can see him being a hero to younger fans and hopefully us older lot too.
Kids are naturally drawn to the big teams, but events like that help them to connect with their local club. I had a city strip for my birthday around the time they were promoted to top flight. I loved it but it didn't mean a lot, I was only 6. Then I flirted with being a Man City fan. Then around 12/13 I got a free ticket through school to watch a Coventry game. From then on I started going to home games with mates and never looked back. It wasn't long before I started going to away games too. (I never had the benefit of a parent pushing me to be a Coventry fan).
I wouldn't get too hung up about it. But the club needs to realise their work in the community does generate fans.
Took my lad to footie camp this morning and given that we live in Leics the journey was all about his mixing with fellow City fans for probably the first time in his short footballing life. He plays footie on a Sat but its always with LCFC supporters and rightly so.
So it was with some embarrassment that when I got there all I saw was Liverpool, Man Utd and Arsenal shirts.
Its a great set up and the bloke coaching was really impressive - but I just have very little respect for parents who don't grasp the importance of their kid supporting their home town club.
Maybe I just need to lower my expectations a bit
Maybe the City kids were all turning up late - I'll see later when I pick him up!!!!:thinking about::thinking about:
How many kids have you got now?!my idol was Peter ndlovu, hardly world famous was he?
I live in SW Leics too and it's fair to say that the locals do back their own sides and there are 'Tigers' and LCFC shirts everywhere.................but then they fell on the right side of the fence didn't they, they got a generous and passionate multi millionaire owner and we got a load of fortune seeking sharks and the respective clubs went there separate ways after being very similar in stature for decades. Still lots of CCFC fans here though but just not so prominent as we used to be.
You've identified the reason why they got a millionaire and Coventry didn't. They've had sustained good support whilst ours has been mediocre.
It start's at school. I'm successfully guiding my youngest into being a sky blue but my eldest decided years ago that she's a Liverpool fan. Based solely on it being the most commonly supported team in her class.
Tbh when Cov and Leicester were last on a par with each other (PL days) we averaged more every season. Unfortunately we haven't been a par with them squad wise, money wise, optimism wise for the best part of 15 years now.
Change her school Tony.
Seriously though my kids schools are just the same, packed with glory supporters who have no idea about the team they support.
I find it is the same at work, Man Utd and Liverpool mainly. I've been to Old Trafford and Anfield more times than they have. You always know when the Villa are doing well, because you become aware of who supports Villa. But most the time they are fairly quiet. I always respect the Birmingham, Leicester and Walsall fans because it normally their home town club. Plus we have Boro fan, Middlesborough that is; but it is his home town.
To be fair mate who do you want these young lads to see as their idols? Carl bloody Baker? You can't really blame them.
exactly, it is down to the parents too! At the jsb party there were still plenty of kids with ccfc players as hero's.If parents take their kids to games there's a good chance they'll pick one of our players as a favourite. Even more so if they join the JSBs and get to meet some of the squad. If the only football they see is on TV then they're obviously going to support one of the big teams.
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