I'm with Noi on this one, whats wrong wih supporting a mate whatever team they play for. Did not realise football fans were so fanatical. To be fair with how football goes man u could swap half their players with man city's next month and who would you support then? Footballers are mercenaries anyway so fans loyalty is really only to the shirt/ground!! I understand they're institutions etc but surely it doesn't mean you can't like other players/teams while still having a favourite?? I admit though i find it hard to understand as ive never really followed football. In KB/MT and boxing you can like a fighter and you follow their career and if they fight another fighter you like you can respect both, guess its different when you follow a team and they change players all the time. Worrying when fans get so serious about the length of their allegiance though considering the violence linked to football as its this type of mentality that helps fuel it imo.