# Help me choose a Premiership side to support **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 19, 2008, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-premiership-side-to-support/477882 "2008-12-19T07:42:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-premiership-side-to-support/477882/41 "2008-12-20T15:58:28Z")
I am not as ‘with it’ regarding the Premiership as I would like to be, but If there is a better name in team sports than Tottenham Hotspur, I have yet to come across it. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-premiership-side-to-support/477882/42 "2008-12-20T16:18:43Z")
> [@Discordia](#): > > Another option would be Aston Villa, they’re trying to break into the top 4 (by spending a fortune, which gets ignored unlike Chelsea because Chelsea were always unpopular and Villa aren’t). They’re a fairly fun team, who concentrate on British players. Speed and strength, basically. Aston Villa also have two American goalkeepers (not sure why they need two, but…) so there’s the US angle there. And their kits are not dissimilar from West Ham, which you already said you liked. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-premiership-side-to-support/477882/43 "2008-12-20T16:28:50Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I am not as ‘with it’ regarding the Premiership as I would like to be, but If there is a better name in team sports than Tottenham Hotspur, I have yet to come across it. Accrington Stanley? what? ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-premiership-side-to-support/477882/44 "2008-12-20T16:38:56Z")
Crookham Krakatoa? Hearts of Oak? Young Boys Berne? ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-premiership-side-to-support/477882/45 "2008-12-20T17:44:50Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I am not as ‘with it’ regarding the Premiership as I would like to be, but If there is a better name in team sports than Tottenham Hotspur, I have yet to come across it. The guy in **shelbo** ’s entertaining link doesn’t quite get the naming conventions right. You call them “Tottenham” (pronounced “Tot’num”) or “Spurs”, without the “the”. The full, formal name “Tottenham Hotspur” is what you might see in newspaper reports but is rarely used in casual speech. And referring to them as “the Spurs” implies a level of familiarity, like you’re a life-long fan. Cf. “the Arsenal, the Albion, the Toon” (but not “the United” or “the Chelsea”). ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-premiership-side-to-support/477882/46 "2008-12-21T08:35:50Z")
Given that Man City are now in the relegation zone ::smack:: I must withdraw my earlier suggestion of Everton. You can jump on the bandwagon matey, no-one will mind ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-premiership-side-to-support/477882/47 "2008-12-21T11:12:50Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I am not as ‘with it’ regarding the Premiership as I would like to be, but If there is a better name in team sports than Tottenham Hotspur, I have yet to come across it. No love for Hamilton Academical’s? ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-premiership-side-to-support/477882/48 "2008-12-21T11:17:53Z")
> [@chowder](#): > > Given that Man City are now in the relegation zone ::smack:: I must withdraw my earlier suggestion of Everton. > > You can jump on the bandwagon matey, no-one will mind Isn’t jumping on a sinking bandwagon a little dangerous? \< stands just out of **chowder** ’s reach \> ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-premiership-side-to-support/477882/49 "2008-12-21T12:38:55Z")
You may laugh but he who laughs last, laughs last. Innit? ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-premiership-side-to-support/477882/50 "2008-12-21T19:26:23Z")
Given that Villa beat my previous favorite West Ham 1-0, I think it was meant to be. Although, now that they’re third in the table, this feels a bit bandwagony, too. Oh well. **chowder** , I will keep Man City on my short list for favorite Championship side. \< stands even further out of **chowder** ’s reach \> ---
**Author:** ![PopeJewish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@PopeJewish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PopeJewish)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-premiership-side-to-support/477882/51 "2008-12-22T03:24:19Z")
as an American in Japan it’s quite hard to follow any sort of decent soccer on TV, so I download games (sorry, matches) from the internet. I tend to support Aston Villa, Liverpool, and Arsenal most, but am by no means an avid fan or anything. Just occasionally I want to watch GOOD soccer so I get some EPL (and seriously, the only foreign soccer I get on tv here is Man U, Barcelona, or AC Milan. The Japanese will only support the most popular foreign teams, it’s really annoying, and Japanese soccer is pretty crap) ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-premiership-side-to-support/477882/52 "2008-12-22T08:48:25Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > **chowder** , I will keep Man City on my short list for favorite Championship side. > \< stands even further out of **chowder** ’s reach \> Stop picking on me just 'cos I’m old. ::sulks:: ---
**Author:** ![Theodore\_Striker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Theodore\_Striker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theodore_Striker)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-premiership-side-to-support/477882/53 "2008-12-22T21:05:56Z")
> [@chowder](#): > > Stop picking on me just 'cos I’m old. > > ::sulks:: Ouch- I’m young and it stings just as much! Oh, and once you do find yourself a club, or the right club finds you, you definitely do not have to rely on FSC or whichever station usually carries your Prem matchups as a soul source of watching. I would venture to say any club at the Championship level and above has a message board run by it’s fans, and they often have insight on how to catch the web broadcasts of the games. I have been able to catch most of the City games, for better or worse, on the computer this year. The streams are not as fluid or clear as watching on regular TV, but they suffice. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-premiership-side-to-support/477882/54 "2008-12-23T08:04:39Z")
> [@chowder](#): > > Stop picking on me just 'cos I’m old. > > ::sulks:: Sorry, **chowder**. On the bright side, if things continue down this route, maybe the Sheikh will send ticketholders a 100-pound-note or something to tide them over for a year. Plus, he can bring in the unholiest group of ringers that the Championship has ever seen. Fancy watching Kaka and Torres take on Derby? [QUOTE=Theodore Striker] Oh, and once you do find yourself a club, or the right club finds you, you definitely do not have to rely on FSC or whichever station usually carries your Prem matchups as a soul source of watching. I would venture to say any club at the Championship level and above has a message board run by it’s fans, and they often have insight on how to catch the web broadcasts of the games. I have been able to catch most of the City games, for better or worse, on the computer this year. The streams are not as fluid or clear as watching on regular TV, but they suffice. [/QUOTE] Thanks for the tip, **Theodore** , as I am indeed relying of FSC for my Premiership needs at the moment. What would we do without Rupert Murdoch? ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-premiership-side-to-support/477882/55 "2008-12-23T08:24:35Z")
> [@Theodore\_Striker](#): > > Ouch- I’m young and it stings just as much! > > Oh, and once you do find yourself a club, or the right club finds you, you definitely do not have to rely on FSC or whichever station usually carries your Prem matchups as a soul source of watching. I would venture to say any club at the Championship level and above has a message board run by it’s fans, and they often have insight on how to catch the web broadcasts of the games. I have been able to catch most of the City games, for better or worse, on the computer this year. The streams are not as fluid or clear as watching on regular TV, but they suffice. I get the streams from the unofficial Man City site “BlueMoon”. Site isn’t so bad but there are a few dipsticks on it and manure fans drop in just to take the piss ---
**Author:** ![Theodore\_Striker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Theodore\_Striker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theodore_Striker)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-premiership-side-to-support/477882/56 "2008-12-24T14:45:21Z")
that is my site for following City as well, quite a passionate bunch, but in general good people. Theodore Striker = abroad blue Anyway, to hijack, wins this weekend, or huge shakeups have to happen in January. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-premiership-side-to-support/477882.md?page=2)