My 2nd team is Man U. From a very young age when Charlton, Best, Law were the gods of English/British football and I’d swap any other football player card to get Paddy Crerand, Alex Stepney or the like. But I’ve only ever seen them play live 3 times. (EDIT - actually 4. Forgot I saw them play here in Oz v Aussie X1 on a pre-season tour a few years ago).
I’ve a soft spot for Celtic before Rangers cos my best mate growing up was from Glasgow and a manic Tic fan. I went up to Glasgow with him one weekend for a party, but Celtic were away. We sat in relative silence watching Rangers beat Dundee (I think) 4-0. Was hilarious.
I’ve also now got a soft spot for 2 teams who’s grounds I visited on my hols 3 years ago. At Donny v Barnet (MA led) a Donny fan out of the blue gave me and my son his 2 spare tickets. Said “enjoy the game lads” and walked off! Great game too. 3-2 Donny in their promo season.
The other is our current nemesis Bristol Rovers. Saw the Gills there (a 2-1 defeat with 2 very late goals for them). But I enjoyed the open terrace in the rain and a few beers with some Gasheads in their club bar behind the home end. Their support was very impressive. About 9k from memory and pretty loud. The only poor part of the day was our own supporters and the evil bile some of them spewed out at JED at the end. W@nkers.