Guest Post: Long Distance Love Affair

Guest post time with a certain poster from Blackburn holding the reins today. Over to you, PG…
Come back Sergei, Arsenal is this way
I could start by explaining how I became an Arsenal fan. But it does not really matter how you come to love the club. All that really matter is that you do.
In the past it was a simple matter, you supported your local club, your hometown team. If you lived in a large city you might get the choice of teams which may include some teams in the top division. But in reality your choice would have been made before you were even born. Your team was your father’s team, as it was his father’s. Generations lived in the same catchment area and supported the same team.
But things have changed dramatically in the Pre...