philliggi Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 1 being, dont go, dont look out for results, basically not a fan 10 being you go every game, home and away, buy the programmes, shirts, arrange your social life around latics 5 or six years ago i was most certainly a 10. it was a given we went to every game up and down the country, spending thousands in the process. now i would say im no more than a 7. attend very few away games, and havent got a season ticket this year due to personal reasons. first time in 20 years. obviously most of those who dont go anymore even if they have the option will be 2 and 3, but its more interesting to see just how many of those that do go go out of duty rather than actually enjoying the experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpTheLatics Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Pre-university I'd say 9. During university 6 (for obvious reasons). This is my first year back and only missed MK Dons on principle, so I'd say I'm edging back to 7/8/9. The way I see it - the club can only enjoy good times if it exists. I can, though, understand how fans have turned their backs slightly in recent seasons. There are the idiots - and I call anyone an idiot right now if this is the case for you - who shun Latics after three or four poor results. However, those fans who have grown tired after 4-5 seasons of poor football and don't go often now I don't really have an issue with. I just wish they would return, even just to help the club financially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigDog Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 1 being, dont go, dont look out for results, basically not a fan 10 being you go every game, home and away, buy the programmes, shirts, arrange your social life around latics 5 or six years ago i was most certainly a 10. it was a given we went to every game up and down the country, spending thousands in the process. now i would say im no more than a 7. attend very few away games, and havent got a season ticket this year due to personal reasons. first time in 20 years. obviously most of those who dont go anymore even if they have the option will be 2 and 3, but its more interesting to see just how many of those that do go go out of duty rather than actually enjoying the experience. First half against the Wendies is the only one this season - class myself as a 5 or 6 - but the trend is definitely downward Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobOAFC Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Depends, go to every home game, but only a few away. So guess about a 6/7 then? Uni next month though so will hardly be able to go many games for next 3 seasons, will still look out for results though so prob end up being a 3 whilst at Uni.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshgaz Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 In my heart 10, due to Personal circumstances 7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukka Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 (edited) Was 9.5 - Went to every game, never bought a programme Now 7 - Go to virtually every home game, and 10-15 away games. Edited August 29, 2012 by pukka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy_Fent Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 In my heart 10, due to Personal circumstances 7. I'd go along with that too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorrro Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Now: 3? It's difficult to say without a full list of criteria. I only get to a handful of games a season, didn't go to BP last season at all (I think ). Don't listen to Latics Player (Gordon and Roy get on my tits). I often forget we have games on a Tuesday (in my defence, I play on a Tuesday night and I'm not home and settled 'til gone 9pm). Losses are generally met with a roll of the eyes and are then forgotten about. Then: 7, probably. I didn't go to many away games as a youngster, had a season ticket for about 7 or 8 years, had a few replica kits. Teeth were gnashed if we lost. The apathy granted to me by living too far away to attend regularly is quite welcome, to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamjonesyyoafc Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Id say I was a 7. Every home game, merchandise, a few away games, volunteering etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcmetty Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 I'm a 6. Have a season ticket, but miss maybe 5 or 6 home games a season. Go to the big away games, plus new grounds, but usually less than 10 a season. Rarely buy merchandise, never programmes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewBlue Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 I only started supporting a season and a half ago and I go to almost every home game, most away games at the end of last year (never seen us win away from home) and going to do about 10+ away games this year. Give myself a 5 then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codie Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 I'd say 3 or 4. Live in London so try to go to any game in the vicinity, aiming for 6 or 7 this year. Keep up to date and buy the odd bit of merchandise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticsPete Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 I only started supporting a season and a half ago and I go to almost every home game, most away games at the end of last year (never seen us win away from home) and going to do about 10+ away games this year. Give myself a 5 then. Good man (woman) - things will get better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorrro Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Good man (woman) - things will get better! We hope! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Villains Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 11 dude, E-LEV-EN. Bar Man City, Oldham is the best comedy act in football. Love watching it. In fact I reckon they should commission a reality TV series on the :censored:er, I'd buy the boxset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Different criteria for Londoners. 1 if you don't go outside the M25; if you don't go because your missus says you can't; if you cannot be arsed to listen to Gordon and Roy 10 if you go to every game south of the Watford Gap and some home games and put up with Gordon and Roy most Saturdays. I'm gonna be rating myself quite highly this year. The missus spent the other afternoon booking tickets for concerts at the Wigmore Hall and experimental plays at the Royal Court and :censored: like that. I told her to stop and handed her a very full OASIS fixture list indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcprozac Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 11 dude, E-LEV-EN. Bar Man City, Oldham is the best comedy act in football. Love watching it. In fact I reckon they should commission a reality TV series on the :censored:er, I'd buy the boxset. They already did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceskylatic Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 6,season ticket holder & go to most northern/midlands away games & the odd southern trip.Used to go to majority of away games but since the hike in petrol prices & the southern dominance of our division over recent seasons it's been less and less each year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_ragg1984 Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 If you go to all the home games, and at least 7 or 8 away games in a season I'd say that's at least a 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorrro Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 1 if you don't go outside the M25; if you don't go because your missus says you can't; if you cannot be arsed to listen to Gordon and Roy The one outside-the-M25 game I had intended to go to this season has been pushed to one side cos I fancy a piss-up in Oldham. Riddle me that, Silent Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhamal Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 4 or 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisbrogan Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Used to be a 9.5 back in the day (late 80s) when I went to all home and the vast majority of the aways. After the Littlewoods Cup final I went away to Uni and had to drop to a 5 with most of my news coming from newspaper cuttings my Mum would send me each week. I did start going again when I graduated but too much had changed from my early years. May have been the terraces, may have been the closeness and camaraderie I had felt with other Latics fans before the crowds had swelled. Anyway, at best, I became an intermittent 3 or 2. However, the birth of my son and his interest in football changed that. Having decided to take him to watch a game getting on for 3 years ago, it's become what we do. We buy pretty much anything old tat the club shop will stock, both have season tickets and attended 8 or 9 away matches last year. I'd say I'm now a 7. He's an 8 for wearing a Latics training kit for each day of the summer holidays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Different criteria for Londoners. 1 if you don't go outside the M25; if you don't go because your missus says you can't; if you cannot be arsed to listen to Gordon and Roy 10 if you go to every game south of the Watford Gap and some home games and put up with Gordon and Roy most Saturdays. I'm gonna be rating myself quite highly this year. The missus spent the other afternoon booking tickets for concerts at the Wigmore Hall and experimental plays at the Royal Court and :censored: like that. I told her to stop and handed her a very full OASIS fixture list indeed. Think that makes me a 2, maybe a 3. I've stretched to Colchester back in the day. But I rarely go now, and doubt I'll be making many this season. Not proud of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisA Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 (edited) 6. Season ticket holder. Used to be a 9 but there's only so many times you can visit Brentford, Yeovil, Colchester and the rest before you've had enough. I do local away games (not one under Penney) and sides who come up or down that are worth visiting, Leicester, Charlton and the like. Edited August 29, 2012 by ChrisA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stargazer Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 who knows a 4 perhaps ? Going to every home game , no away games . Set off at 2-30 and back home at 5-15 the maximum I will give these days. Regular since 1982 & of course spoilt by all years from 86-7 onwards through to 94 .....crikey it's been grim ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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