[FalHaitle]

I believe coming from the same place of your team does help a lot, because generally speaking locals know the club better in my experience. Being from Manchester myself I'm a Man United fan, now it's no secret opposition fans like to make the not from Manchester dig and while it's true of some fans (we have a huge following in Ireland for example) it's not really exclusive of our club, it's mainly the Premier League clubs who have the followers from other parts. Take a trip to Old Trafford though and you will see the majority of fans are actually from the surrounding areas, and this is certainly the case for the away fans. Harping back to the history thing, there is various facts that if you're going to follow a club, there's just some things you really have to know. Call me a nerd if you wish, but I could reel off the 99 Champions League final starting 11, the players who unfortunately lost their lives in the Munich Air Disaster and the reason why Manchester United are called the Red Devils. On the tragedy thing I will say any fan of any club who makes fun of an opposition club's tragedies for 'banter' purposes really should be ashamed. It's not just us, it's Liverpool with Hillsborough. I also think success isn't the be all and end all. Sure it's great when you win things but if you don't it's not the end of the world. And it certainly shoudn't be a measuring stick of why you choose to support a club because you could end up hating your club because they aren't winning anything. It does hurt when your rivals are winning Titles you wish your team was winning, but life goes on.