I don’t think you can be a gloryhunter supporting a lower league team, but I do know quite a few people who are Medway/Kent born and bred and support Millwall or West Ham with no family links to south east or east London. I’ve always found that strange - especially supporting millwall - who for most of the lives of these guys have either been in our division or just above us, so not sure why they wouldn’t go and support their local team rather than trek 30 miles or more to watch someone in the same division or division above? West Ham are obviously generally in the top flight but I if I were to not support my local club and support a London team, I’d go the whole hog and support a good one. The only reason I can think of is that most of those from Medway I know who support west ham or millwall are white van man types, so maybe support them for their wide boy reputation? For example, most of them refer to West Ham as West ‘am or the ‘ammers, even though they don’t speak like that normally.
Yep plenty of glory hunting hammers and spurs fans. Its strange because as you say, they clearly pick the teams because they are in the prem and regularly scoff at lower league clubs, but pretend to themselves that they have morals and are not complete glory hunters simply because they chose west ham and not chelski/arsenal.
Its like they are glory hunters, but not very good at it.
I do think the very definition of a glory hunter is someone who supports someone because they are better, or win more often. If you support a club while they progress through the leagues then stop as soon as they plateau or get relegated, then you are surely a glory hunter? It doesnt matter that they didnt make it to the top leagues.
i think your example can also be extended, if youre a glory hunter and support afc fylde as they do well, why dont you just go the whole hog and support man city etc. Oddly enough, i think many of the lower league glory hunters would turn their nose up at man city glory hunters. When really they are not too much different. Hypocritical really. Imo.