[BaggieSteve]

I definitely agree about the annoyance of English fans not supporting their local clubs. I don’t see it as much down here in Cornwall because there’s a lot of non-Cornish people in Cornwall such as myself but if I ever go northward, I do see it a lot and it makes you question what makes these people support non-local clubs. Whilst a lot of the time it is glory, for some there is a legitimate reason such as following in family footsteps.

I also fall into the category of wearing football shirts of non-local teams. Over the last 8 years I have been a collector of shirts of European teams outside of the UK. There’s teams who I have watched live abroad, teams who I have a soft spot for and teams whose colours and kits I genuinely like. The collection includes Union Berlin, Fiorentina, AC Milan, Lyon, Ajax, Schalke, Club Brugge, Nürnberg, Juventus and others and whilst it may seem strange to some people, I’m proud of the collection.

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Josh, my youngest has gone the same as you and collected various other shirts but it doesn’t alter his passion for the Baggies. I have no issue with anyone collecting and wearing team colours, it’s allegiance to a team or teams which is solely glory hunting that bugs me