I was thinking about this at work today. I've always had the theory that the main reason people support who they do, more than geographical location alone is more to do with if people in your family take you to games as a kid. my dad was a villa fan and took me as a kid so i've never really had a choice in the matter, but people i know from where i live who didn't really go to games when they were younger tended to support teams like man u and liverpool, because they saw them on tv when they were younger and just decided to start supporting them because of the talent on display - because they didn't go to games technology like satellite tv meant that geographical location didn't really matter as much, which probably explains why there are so many man u/liverpool/chelsea fans wherever you go. although it could just call it gloryhunting i guess. ahem. i'm rambling.

so how come you support who you support? my grandad and his friends used to go to both villa and birmingham city games because they played on alternate weekends so they could see as many games as possible, until he got his head split open by one of the big old timey leather balls flying into the crowd at a blues game, so ever since we've been villa fans...