[Ianto.W.]

I promised myself i'd never get involved with football threads again, whilst a greenhorn on accyweb I trod on the biggest pile of s**t ever seen, it cost me about 70 karma points. But human nature being what it is what the hell, to answer your question Brian, a football 'supporter' supports by paying to watch, a football fan is just that, they favour a team. In my younger days it was unthinkable to support/favour any team other than your local side, as most players came from the area, today we have a breed called 'success followers' as you said Man U, Chelsea, Liverpool etc, hope this sheds some light on your question, and does not play havoc with my karma . regards Ian.