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Might as well start a general Footy/Soccer thread
I was a season ticket holder for three of the four years I lived in Sevilla. Not everyone just picks one of the big teams that always wins. Some people have actual emotional and community driven connections to clubs. Betis is the only club in Spain that is known to always attract traveling fans to away games, minus the Barca and Madrid fans that dot the country and cheer for them because they know that every year they’ll have a trophy. Betis fans in Spain are know for the motto “viva er Betis, manque pierda” (always written to imitate Andalusian accent). It means “long live Betis although they lose”. It’s hard to find fans as emotionally attached to a club as Betis; Boca and River are probably the closest. The fan base is also quite unusual and quirky in a very fun, connecting and intoxicating way. When I was a member there was an old guy who also had a membership for his goat who came to games with a gigantic piece of bread shaped in the style of the Betis logo around it’s neck. They’re associated with the working class around Andalusia and the large working class that had emigrated from there. Probably as many or more Betis fans in Catalunya as there are Espanyol fans.
“Hay una leyenda que corre el mundo entero, verdiblanca sus colores blanciverde el sendero. No hay quien puede con esta afficion. Aunque ultimo estuviera siempre the ven campeon.” Last sentence goes: Even in last place they (the fans) always see you as champs.
Checked the links below to see that there’s plenty of Betis fans.
I was a season ticket holder for three of the four years I lived in Sevilla. Not everyone just picks one of the big teams that always wins. Some people have actual emotional and community driven connections to clubs. Betis is the only club in Spain that is known to always attract traveling fans to away games, minus the Barca and Madrid fans that dot the country and cheer for them because they know that every year they’ll have a trophy. Betis fans in Spain are know for the motto “viva er Betis, manque pierda” (always written to imitate Andalusian accent). It means “long live Betis although they lose”. It’s hard to find fans as emotionally attached to a club as Betis; Boca and River are probably the closest. The fan base is also quite unusual and quirky in a very fun, connecting and intoxicating way. When I was a member there was an old guy who also had a membership for his goat who came to games with a gigantic piece of bread shaped in the style of the Betis logo around it’s neck. They’re associated with the working class around Andalusia and the large working class that had emigrated from there. Probably as many or more Betis fans in Catalunya as there are Espanyol fans.
“Hay una leyenda que corre el mundo entero, verdiblanca sus colores blanciverde el sendero. No hay quien puede con esta afficion. Aunque ultimo estuviera siempre the ven campeon.” Last sentence goes: Even in last place they (the fans) always see you as champs.
Checked the links below to see that there’s plenty of Betis fans.
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