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New to EPL should I follow Everton
  • childsy1985
    Posts: 16
    So im an Aussie who is interested in soccer (football). I followed the game alot as a youngster but have recently been getting back into it. As a youngster I followed Manchester United... but now Im old enough to know better. I have been looking over the history of a few teams and gathering information to make a difficult choice on which club to throw my support behind and I hae come here today to hear from any Everton supporter that wants to have a say. Aussie rules football is very different to your game however there are aspects that are similar and which are extremly important to me as a supported, things such as good sportsmanship and entertaining play style. My favorite Australian rules club is my favorite because of its proud history and the way it treats and respects its supporters, and though they havnt been the most successful club in the league they still have a large supporter base and celebrate every victory as if they had won the cup.

    Now what I have read about Everton is that its called "the peoples club" I would like to know if that is a fair assesment. Does the club truly respect and apreciate its fans? I enjoyed reading about the history of the club and its founding and I could see myself following them but it is really important for me to know the true and honest answer to that question. I come from a working class area so any club that has that strong work ethic and not the poshy "we are too good for you" mentality does not suit me, however after reading the history of the club I get the feeling that it isnt that sort of club.

    I would realy like someones input here, hlp me decide once and for all if this is the team for me.

    oh by the way one of the other teams I was considering to follow was Wiggan so i will be following todays game quite excitedly hoping that their play styles will also help me decide one way or the other.

    Cheers guys
  • CEY1878
    Posts: 127
    If you choose Everton you will welcomed into the family like you've been here all your life
  • bigbluet0e
    Posts: 483
    Well first off let me welcome you Childsy.

    We are known as the peoples club for the fact that the chairman is a massive Everton fan and Moyes (our manager) came to our club and seen first hand how we as supporters love this club and everything about it.
    All the players that have come through Everton have all said that the manager, chairman and supporters are one of the best if not best things about our great club.
    We always as a club try and make the fans first in everything we do. We are the first team to open a school, we were the first to offer £5 tickets for kids (other teams charge upto £20).

    So it is your choice to choose what club is best for you but know this you dont choose to be an Evertonian you are born one so if you look into your heart and you can only see one team in there and its Everton then that my son means you were born a Blue.

    Good luck in your search

    BIGBLUET0E
  • childsy1985
    Posts: 16
    Thanks for the responses guys I am really looking forward to watching them play today and honestly I think I have already decided.
  • Ivdlit
    Posts: 2,044
    Just like you I've picked a team some years back, and chose Everton. Once I got to know the club, I've always thought I was so lucky to have randomly chosen Everton, without looking at it's history. What amazes me since I started to support Everton is that we've been deserving the spot juuuust right behind the big guns, and that has made it exciting every season. You can be proud to wear a blue shirt, not 'cause it's winning trophies, but always fights up to the table, with some admiring players, which some have went to big clubs.

      Got a wonderful manager, who've stayed in the club for more than 10 years now, one I'm grateful to have, even though it can get questionable with his tactics at times, but overall doing a great job with the budget that comes with this club.

      Other clubs have certain respect for our club, so it's a goer if one is to choose this club.



    COYB!


    Supporter from the arctic - Nuuk, Greenland.(*)
  • OldGoldenVision
    Posts: 19,512
    Its strange being asked to "pitch" our club... I would genuinely just ask you to watch our games and listen to our fans... If that doesn't do it, then here are some famous quotes from people involved in football...

    "Once Everton has touched you nothing will be the same" - Alan Ball 

    "Football was never the same for me after I left Everton and although I always wanted to win, losing never really seemed to hurt any more." - Kevin Ratcliffe 

    "I'd break every bone in my body for any club I play for but I'd die for Everton" - Dave Hickson

    "I have been received more warmly by Everton than I have by Liverpool." - Bill Shankly (Liverpool manager)

    "If they’re willing to have me, I’ll stay as long as they want me. It’s an amazing club, and it’s a place where I feel like I can compete." - Tim Howard

    "I'm an Evertonian" - Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy and USA)

    "I love this club, I have been here for six years and I have grown fonder every year" - Tim Cahill

    “Everton have always been noted for going out on the pitch to play football. We got called the school of science quite rightly." - Dixie Dean

    Have a look at this website: http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/home

    And finally...

  • Jxg
    Posts: 1,537
    There is a phrase:



    "Evertonians are born, not manufactured. We do not choose, We are
    chosen. Those who understand need no explanation, those who don't
    understand, don't matter."

    You'll know if you're an Evertonian.


  • Knoxy2001e
    Posts: 1,424
    'New to the EPL should i follow Everton'

    we dont choose. we are chosen.

    you are here so you are chosen.

    well done!
  • Jxg
    Posts: 1,537
    Ignore Knoxy, he's a Liverpool fan.

    Regardless, welcome.
  • DRINGO
    Posts: 655
    EVER SINCE ICAN REMEMBER! EVERTON PLAYERS GENERALLY LEAVE IT ALL ON THE PITCH ! I WATCH SOME TEAMS WHEN WE PLAY THEM AND ID BE EMBARRASED TO SUPPORT THEM WHEN THEY HAVE PLAYERS WHO DONT LOOK ARSED ! IF YOU WANNA SUPPORT A TEAM WHERE PLAYERS GIVE IT THEIR ALL MIXED IN WITH QUALITY ! IT WILL BE US !


  • sambo applecart
    Posts: 24,216
    Jxg said:

    There is a phrase:



    "Evertonians are born, not manufactured. We do not choose, We are
    chosen. Those who understand need no explanation, those who don't
    understand, don't matter."

    You'll know if you're an Evertonian.



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    exactly what jxg says
  • childsy1985
    Posts: 16
    thanks for all the help guys. I woke up at 5am thismorning to watch the game since it wasnt on live and enjoyed it thouroughly, the way they fought back after going down each time was fantastic to watch and i do believe im hooked. I look forward to seeing more of their games and learning more about the club. once again Cheers.
  • Knoxy2001e
    Posts: 1,424
    Everton are a real football club. Locally owned, British manager, good lads from our academy in the team as well as imports. A rare thing in the insane world of the premier league with its huge amounts of foreign capital and owners who have little real emotional connection to the sport or to the great traditions of the English game.
  • efc fan from kentucky
    Posts: 726
    welcome aboard. i'm newb myself but have been here for a couple of months and this year's team is exciting to watch.
  • feelingblue
    Posts: 637
    Where abouts in oz are ya childsy? I live north of Sydney, but I am a pommie. Born blue, die blue.
  • childsy1985
    Posts: 16
    I live north of Adelaide, bourn an aussie but with all english family
  • milky71
    Posts: 8,778
    childsy1985 said:

    I live north of Adelaide, bourn an aussie but with all english family


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    aussie sheila is near you like
  • escla
    Posts: 2,453
    childsy1985 said:

    So im an Aussie who is interested in soccer (football). I followed the game alot as a youngster but have recently been getting back into it. As a youngster I followed Manchester United... but now Im old enough to know better. I have been looking over the history of a few teams and gathering information to make a difficult choice on which club to throw my support behind and I hae come here today to hear from any Everton supporter that wants to have a say. Aussie rules football is very different to your game however there are aspects that are similar and which are extremly important to me as a supported, things such as good sportsmanship and entertaining play style. My favorite Australian rules club is my favorite because of its proud history and the way it treats and respects its supporters, and though they havnt been the most successful club in the league they still have a large supporter base and celebrate every victory as if they had won the cup.

    Now what I have read about Everton is that its called "the peoples club" I would like to know if that is a fair assesment. Does the club truly respect and apreciate its fans? I enjoyed reading about the history of the club and its founding and I could see myself following them but it is really important for me to know the true and honest answer to that question. I come from a working class area so any club that has that strong work ethic and not the poshy "we are too good for you" mentality does not suit me, however after reading the history of the club I get the feeling that it isnt that sort of club.

    I would realy like someones input here, hlp me decide once and for all if this is the team for me.

    oh by the way one of the other teams I was considering to follow was Wiggan so i will be following todays game quite excitedly hoping that their play styles will also help me decide one way or the other.

    Cheers guys


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    Make your own mind up FFS ! Why should people on here have to try and "sell" the club to you ! Have a look at them, have a look at others then decide,FFS how old are you, 12 ?
  • childsy1985
    Posts: 16
    Wow escla your an ****.

    I didn't come here asking you to sell your club I just wanted to get a feel for the atmosphere from the fans and learn more about it from the fans poit of view. I didn't grow up around this game so my knowledge of it has been limited. Now for the record I did research a few clubs, I learned about their history, I watched videos including classic matches and recent matches I didn't just stroll in here hoping for someone to make up my mind for me. I was at the limit of what I could learn from reading official material and wanted an honest oppionion about the club from the people that matter.

    Now that being said I find it interesting that in every sport and with every team you get that one **** supporter that makes you question your choice to follow that team....
  • Winston Wolfe
    Posts: 4,668
    childsy1985 said:

    Wow escla your an ****.

    I didn't come here asking you to sell your club I just wanted to get a feel for the atmosphere from the fans and learn more about it from the fans poit of view. I didn't grow up around this game so my knowledge of it has been limited. Now for the record I did research a few clubs, I learned about their history, I watched videos including classic matches and recent matches I didn't just stroll in here hoping for someone to make up my mind for me. I was at the limit of what I could learn from reading official material and wanted an honest oppionion about the club from the people that matter.

    Now that being said I find it interesting that in every sport and with every team you get that one **** supporter that makes you question your choice to follow that team....


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    Actually there's two....you've already identified Escla (not too hard).

    The other is knoxy but you'll work that one out in your own time fella.....
  • Winston Wolfe
    Posts: 4,668
    escla said:



    Make your own mind up FFS ! Why should people on here have to try and "sell" the club to you ! Have a look at them, have a look at others then decide,FFS how old are you, 12 ?


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    You're a to$$er.
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