I used to go to most L games, when I lived up in L but, since coming down south, and Brighton only had a brief fling in the P div., I haven't been to any. Plus, I don't have satellite (wouldn't if you paid me!) so rarely get to see them on telly, so, what with the price of tickets (even if you CAN get a letter from the Pope entitling you to one), and the fact that I feel somewhat estranged from a team of foreigners, what's the point in being an "armchair" or newspaper-back-page supporter?

I agree that most top "English" clubs have a high proportion of foreign players and I'm not saying that they'd be any better if stripped of them, but, like you say, back in the heyday L seemed to do alright without them. Just makes you think, should EUFA or FIFA make a ruling about local talent to local teams? Remember that this would apply to the foreign teams too, so we'd have a level playing field.

Talking of foreign players, what's Cice for (not sure of spelling)? I see him on the pitch, with his distinctive hair, I see him run around, but I never see him do anything useful.

>yes been a reds fan ever since i used to sit beside a bloke called clive in 2nd class and he had a red bag with all the trophys liverpool had won on it and i thought thats a great side, i'm going to support them.

Did he use to draw new trophies on every year, or change for a new bag? That was back in the days when they said the cleaners at Anfield would ask for overtime, for cleaning the silver, and on cup days at Wembley, the local pubs would only let the L fans in - Regular customers only :-)