Nowadays I don't get too excited when watching football. My team which I supported since 1981 is not doing well. Those were then the times, when people supported many different teams like Leeds, Ipswich Town, Newcastle, Forest, Sunderland and of course, Spurs. Liverpool and Arsenal got the main followers then.Today our son asked me about the difference between AM and FM which, eventually led me telling him that I used to listen to football on SW frequency when I was just beyond his age. One could listen to live football on the BBC world radio on a certain short wave frequency starting at 10 pm on Saturday night or 6.45 am early on Sunday morning for the results. Sometimes it took a long time just to tune in to the right frequency. Soon there was the match of the day shown on Sunday. We remembered the names of every players and a few of those magical moments and matches - I suppose that was a rarity to see them on action then.
Nowadays we are just awashed with live football. The current players just don't seem to have the same aura as players of yesteryears. As time moved on and Man U picked up, came along the birth of glory supporters. Nowadays if you asked most people which club they support, it's most likely one of the big four. Nobody supports the other teams anymore. Except those coming from the 70's and 80's. Mine is still glory glory Spurs! Anyway, watched the match today between Liverpool and Chelsea. Our boy was happy that Liverpool won. Coincidentally he shares the same birthday as the double scorer.
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