Why YOU should support your local team!

Why should you go from the glamour of the Champions League to the depths of League 2 or the Championship? This video will cover all these questions as to why you should support your local team using real life examples and comparing what it feels like to support your local team compared to a team 200 miles away. Where prices are more expensive and the majority only see them on television.
Music:
Kontinuum- Lost
• Kontinuum - Lost (feat...
Danrell x Smaland- Hostage
• Danrell x Småland - Ho...
Bohemians FC video: • Support your Local Team
Check out my videos for Bear Pit TV:
/ @thebearpittv
Social Media:
Instagram- / elliotyates7
Twitter- / elliotyates7
Facebook- / elliot.yates.77
Snapchat- elliotyates7

[@dfrancis9939]

Agree, some people prefer to take the easy and convenient option of choosing a winning team regardless of proximity. They get artificial wins, however they'll never get what it feels like to experience the overwhelming high of seeing your local team do well.

[@ehmkayy3934]

Great video. I'm from Durban in South Africa, I grew up supporting Man United but now I've developed so much passion for my local team, Amazulu. Yesterday we survived from being relegated to the second division.

[@devpatel7154]

Yeah I’m Gonna become a Revs Fan in the MLS

[@nestorbent]

Good vídeo! I am from Unión Deportiva Las Palmas (España) and all my friends are from Barsa/Madrid. They will never feel and live what I feel for Las Palmas.

[@Tricklyz]

Great video, I’m a United fan because my older brother got me into football and he supported them but I can totally see the advantage of supporting a local team.

[@elliotyatesuk]

Ben Josh Thanks mate that’s what I’m trying to get across

[@gordonyates7675]

Very well done. Splendid video explaining well with the true origins of The English Game and the psychology of the English supporter`

[@devpatel7154]

I’m an arsenal fan from America but I’ll trying to get into mls next year and support local

[@aviwanderer]

Mine's a bit different. I started watching Man Utd games when I was like 6 yrs old and then started supporting them. I didn't had a local team back then. My local team (NEUFC) was founded in 2014 and then I started supporting them as well. The local league happens for like 3-4 months, so I go to their games as much as I can and also watch Utd games.

[@gh0stfluxpt839]

Great video. I'm from Braga, Portugal and my club is obviously SC Braga🔴⚪⚔️🛡️

[@Ben-oc3oi]

Respect bro

[@Murdocke89]

I do, Family is from Aston. Live 10 mins away from the ground.

[@noneofyourbusiness1199]

No

[@AK_AVFC]

You live in aston?

[@grahamkavanagh5971]

Im a huge Manchester United fan from Dublin and supported United since I was six. I also support my local club bohemians that is shown there in the video and go week in week out because its hard to afford going to see my beloved Manchester United only go once a year twice if I'm lucky. One thing I learned was you have to experience live football regularly and everyone seems to know each other at local football and it is a community. You learn a lot more as a football fan the older you get and understand what it is really about and supporting your local team week in week out is definitely the way.

[@elliotyatesuk]

Yeh that’s what I try and do. Are you the same Graham Kavanagh that played for Stoke and Cardiff?

[@grahamkavanagh5971]

@@elliotyatesuk unfortunately not hahahaha how are things who is your team

[@elliotyatesuk]

@@grahamkavanagh5971 i support stoke mate, so was very surprised when your notification came up. We’re doing ok, hit a bit of a rough patch but I trust O’Neill to sort it out

[@grahamkavanagh5971]

Only realised I was talking to the bloke who made the video sorry mate stoke 9th what's your feelings about that

[@elliotyatesuk]

@@grahamkavanagh5971 we’re not going up this season. This is a team that’s in rebuild but with a young team and a few more signings here and there. Campbell to come back I’d be tempted to bet on Stoke for promotion next year

[@illuminate9233]

I was born in England and moved to Australia when I was 3 and I grew up there and my family Friend and my friends brother both went for Chelsea. I also got given a Chelsea shirt from one of them. That’s why I support them. I have 2 brothers and one goes for United and one goes for Arsenal. My dad goes for Ipswich and Chelsea is the only one feels like home. I was born in Salford so I should support them a bit as-well. It’s very tough because I live in Australia though.

[@bcfc1441]

great video, i completely agree with you. i live in Birmingham yet i'm the only Birmingham city fan in my year at school. most of them just man u and Liverpool fans and there's only about 5 or 6 blues fans in the entire school

[@elliotyatesuk]

BCFC2005-rh If any of them are Arsenal fans make sure to mention the League Cup Final 😉

[@bcfc1441]

@@elliotyatesuk Try to mention it every day

[@bcfc1441]

and i managed to convert my friend who is a man united fan into a bluenose by just taking him to a couple of games when we were 10 and now i see him down at st Andrews almost every week

[@elliotyatesuk]

@@bcfc1441 That's where the pride is. Good luck to Blues for the rest of the season

[@bcfc1441]

good luck to Stoke too

[@charlie___2840]

Im not acctually from birmingham but my family are and they all support villa and so do i. Is that considered plastic?

[@elliotyatesuk]

Not for me. Your family support them so it’s in your blood same with me and Stoke, you have an actual connection to the club. Some people can’t point to Manchester or Liverpool on a map let alone have ever been there

[@ciggie_Bheese]

What if the town u were born in dont have a fc team

[@atbplays9748]

I’m a Chelsea fan mate and have been all my life and I understand your video but what I will say is if you feel a massive passion for a ‘Big Club’ you feel like you can’t support any other team. It’s completely impossible to support any other team. I know where your coming across but ‘Big Clubs’ have some incredible fans as well it’s not just the lower league English teams that create incredible atmosphere. Teams in the top division can as well.

[@shaunaksajjan502]

Well that's the case with everyone people like these big clubs because they buy the best players and therefore are pretty strong and new fans who get into football start supporting these clubs ( I am guessing you started supporting Chelsea when they were winning trophies) for u man you can be a Chelsea fan but not a supporter u might like their playing style but remember if u are not from West London then you are not a "supporter" of Chelsea so start supporting your local club but just be a "fan" of Chelsea . I do the same I support fc goa in the ISL whreas I am a fan of zizou therefore I like real madrid playing style and that is why I am a fan of real Madrid

[@ReeseJamPiece.]

I support Rangers but live in Dundee. I hate my hometown and don't feel much of a connection to either of the clubs here. Grew up with Rangers and generations of my family have supported them. Makes sense to me. Either support local or your family club.

[@waynezahra9213]

Awesome video. Basically you are spot on.

[@SWFCFAN_]

Also when I “supported” MU I kinda wanted to support Wednesday cause they are my local team and it felt weird supporting MU

[@LiamTalksFootball]

So what ur saying, even though my local is Arsenal and I’ve been supporting them all my life and go to the majority of the games ur saying I’m a plastic because my local is in the prem?

[@elliotyatesuk]

No. You have a connection to Arsenal, scousers have a connection to Liverpool. It’s perfectly acceptable, it’s just the others that don’t have that only support them for glory and football isn’t always about that

[@romania9646]

Now here is the promblem about going to the stadium I live around 400km to stadium

[@nickmullerITFC78]

no one local anymore people move around the country and teams get passed down LONDON BORN LIVE THERE BUT IPSWICH FAN FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE

[@Elratonn]

good video bro, greetings from the US

[@simonedgbaston]

👍

[@RoanRants]

For me it’s the same with FIFA too, I find it much more enjoyable playing as my local team, if I play as Man U against Liverpool it just doesn’t feel right.

[@giahuychu4060]

I'm from Vietnam. A proud ManU Fan and Hanoi FC (the capital).

[@willstone7250]

I live in North London and go to school there. Somehow in my year there are more Liverpool fans then Arsenal/spurs fans. I’m an arsenal fan who lives 10 mins from the ground, season ticket holder. Yet got mates who are Liverpool fans moaning that they can’t get tickets.

[@elliotyatesuk]

Will Stone literally mate, it’s ridiculous. Ik most Arsenal fans who are like that but they don’t live 10 minutes away like you do so I respect that.

[@danhewett6086]

I am a West Brom fan from the West Midlands, supporting your local in my area comes with rewards every couple of years, only downside is that I got bullied at school for being a WBA fan because the rest of them were Liverpool fans. I remember once we had a non-school uniform day, i wore a WBA shirt because i was proud of supporting my local, that day finished... I was in a hospital bed because i had a fractured rib from those Liverpool fans... Didn't stop me supporting West Brom though. That's why you support your local team

[@elliotyatesuk]

Sorry you had to go through that mate :(( Anyone can support Liverpool, but it takes a real football fan to support a club like West Brom

[@asyouwerex9815]

Typical Liverpool scrubbers

[@shintaromidorima3703]

That's why I don't like Liverpool

[@Nikbre]

I'm a city fan but I find true passion at arsenal and they are quit close to me, would you recommend I support them

[@elliotyatesuk]

You don’t know until you try, supporting local has certainly been good for me. Gives you extra pride in a team

[@QueenLizzy1926]

ayy celtics fan nice

[@paddystrongjaw9995]

Why I support 8th tier Bracknell Town FC AND no one else, none of this second team piss.

[@jamesduffy7549]

I firmly believe you should hate every football club that isn't yours

[@paddystrongjaw9995]

@@jamesduffy7549 I'd like to issue a revision to my past statement, a lot has changed. I support the 7TH TIER Bracknell Town FC and no one else! I reaffirm your statement that every team outside of your should be despised.

[@chrisbaxter3750]

What about me? My local team is Sheffield United, born and raised 2 miles from Bramall Lane, so they are literally my local team. Went to a fair few matches with my uncle when I was little and one in the last couple of years but my family is from Nottingham and are all Forest supporters. My first ever game was at the city ground when I was 5 which is the only match I’ve seen in Nottingham. I don’t know whether to support Sheffield United or Forest. I know it ain’t that deep 😂

[@aldomostert8202]

I'm from South Africa... We first support our English team and then our South African psl club.. I am a Chelsea fan but I have been to many Supersport United games

[@claretblue2509]

Villa for life

[@dazzlingdaniel3861]

I support Crystal Palace in South London. I supported them when I was nine years old. I am the only CPFC supporter in my household and my family as my Dad and my brother like Arsenal. I used to be the only CPFC supporter in primary school

[@hibaabdi8484]

I’m a palace fan too

[@upkaarbharadia]

Couldn't agree with you more. I'm a Crystal Palace fan/ST-holder who has supported my local team from being bottom of Division 1 (Championship) and nearly going out of business twice. Talking to plastic Liverpool and Man Utd glory-hunters from London and trying to portray the genuine supporter experience you have here is extremely frustrating because they'll never get it.

[@villatrinity3518]

Very true mate much respect to you. I dont take plastic glory hunters seriously at all, it amuses me to be honest how they try and justify it 😆

[@mahamudmohamed6619]

yo i support 2 clubs one because I just love them the other because they are from the city I was born in and I love them Getafe [spain] and fc zyurich [Switzerland]

[@elliotyatesuk]

mahamud mohamed that’s fine with me. At least you’re supporting someone who isn’t winning all the time because it’s just boring then. And you’re also supporting the local which is how you can watch live football. Good luck to Zurich and especially Getafe as you’ve got Etebo, haven’t you?

[@raymondbutler834]

Interestingly there was a friendly at Aviva Stadium Dublin 6 years ago between Shamrock Rovers vs Liverpool. The fans who attended Aviva that day were 37,000 Liverpool and 5,000 Shamrock Rovers. This may come as a surprise to you but as an Irish football fan myself, I totally understand that the SSE Airtricity has to "Earn" Support from the paying customers and Not "Demand" support. I'm from County Meath and the closest Airtricity ground to me is 50 kilometres away from me and trust me I wouldn't attend an Irish league game if you or anyone else paid me €50. The fact Dundalk got humiliated 3-0 earlier this week by a team from tiny Slovenia completely reinforces my belief the SSE Airtricity League is nothing more than a Sunday Pub League. As a regular attendee of Manchester United games, one of my greatest memories was attending a game at Old Trafford where the presentation of the Premier League took place after a game against one of the club's former rivals Arsenal back in 2009.

[@elliotyatesuk]

Raymond Butler fair enough you attend man united games I don’t know many people who do that. Also with the Irish league I agree it’s not the best standards, this video was mainly directed to people from England with the Championship, LG1 etc. But the Irish league has produced their fair share of players like James McClean, Brad Jones, Damien Duff and Roy Keane

[@raymondbutler834]

@@elliotyatesuk I see you showed a young boy enjoying attending a Bohemians game in Dublin Ireland. He also likes United and I wonder how much he would look forward to attend Old Trafford one day. Not denying that all footballers have to start somewhere in their career like them Irish Internationals you mentioned. However the UEFA League rankings don't even have SSE Airtricity in the Top 40 in Europe as Irish league is ranked below the likes of Slovenia, Cyprus, Norway, Israel, Kazakstan, Belarus, Slovakia, Lithuania etc.

[@elliotyatesuk]

Raymond Butler in my opinion watching Stoke for years and seeing how kids I know have never been to Anfield, Stamford Bridge or Old Trafford, I wouldn’t swap it for them. Supporting Stoke has led me going to to the FA Cup final, playing in Europe, achieving amazing results and seeing it all close up. You can’t replace that feeling of watching your side do well as it’s not just my team it’s my City, you don’t get that pride with those top 6 sides and chances are because of ticket prices most kids never will see them anyway

[@raymondbutler834]

@@elliotyatesuk Although I do also regularly attend matches of my local Meath Gaelic Football Team, I feel as though the atmosphere, quality, drama and excitement is very limited compared to going over to attend big Manchester United games against Liverpool, Man City, Chelsea, PSG, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich etc.

[@elliotyatesuk]

Raymond Butler i agree the quality is better but there’s just no chance you’re going to see any of it because of ticket prices they charge. Anfield is a classic example, fans only come out for European games which are impossible to get. And that also doesn’t dispute a league like the Championship is also good in quality, just because the teams in it aren’t world class. Makes supporting a team more exciting if you don’t know what’s going to happen, big 6 sides just win and you expect that to happen and the Premier League has become so uncompetitive and Championship and other leagues have completely destroyed that entertainment part

[@SWFCFAN_]

I use to support MU but I stopped supporting them today and started to support my local team I was born in Sheffield so I decided when I stopped supporting mu I just said let’s just support Sheffield Wednesday cause people call me a plastic fan so I just thought it was the best for me so now i support my local team Sheffield Wednesday!

[@yasserpiedi5657]

Brb, gonna become an avid MLS viewer.

[@lorx231]

😢🔫

[@adamrevitt4035]

Sheffield lad being a stoke fan with stoke on Trent blood is that ok

[@elliotyatesuk]

Adam Revitt I’m the exact same mate but live in Worcester. And support what club you want at the end of the day I just think there’s more passion if it’s been passed down through your family or it’s local to you

[@bereyt8257]

Rangers fan from Sheffield with rangers in my DNA but I really admire my local is that okay?

[@user-en4ix9ok9f]

I'm from sparta Greece there is no local team I'm must not support any club I guess

[@shintaromidorima3703]

My school:70% LFC fans, 15% Man Utd Fans, 10% Chelsea fans and 5% AVFC or Blues fans. I'm a Villa fan.

[@aadam5626]

I get called plastic because support United even tho I live 12 mins away (walking) from Old Trafford and have a season ticket

[@thereturnofmikelokonkwo1083]

so ur not then

[@yasserpiedi5657]

I like them since I was a kid because their color was red, but since I live in America I'm a plastic ig. Not to mention the MLS is absolutely trash

[@elliotyatesuk]

@@yasserpiedi5657 well you can either watch MLS and see all these great players play live up close (when fans are back in) or you can watch Man United in front of the TV every week. For me yeh choice is easy, but it isn’t for me to decide

[@yasserpiedi5657]

@@elliotyatesuk Not that easy, considering the closest stadium MLS stadium is 4+ hours away. 8 hour drive overall. It's essentially the same thing. Watch MLS on TV or EPL? I take the EPL.

[@elliotyatesuk]

@@yasserpiedi5657 didn’t really think of that. It’s different to in the UK as teams are an hour away on trains most weeks or on their door step, even if it’s not MLS all football is good I’ve watched football in the Prem, Champions League, Europa League but I enjoy leagues like Championship and League 1 because of the people you meet. Some League 1 teams have better atmosphere than Premier League sides so that doesn’t mean it can’t be the same for MLS or below in America, I can’t force you obviously but if you don’t try it then you’ll never know

[@velikigospar]

to people who argue the quality of football: you can still watch "elite football" as a neutral.

[@elliotyatesuk]

I love watching Barcelona but they don’t represent who I am

[@youareasock9752]

My team would lose 10 0 to stoke though

[@thefishinyourbasement7907]

Its sad how there are so many people who support teams that are top 6 instead of their local. Everyone has a local. You were born in a town, supprot that town's club. If it doesnt exist, then support your city's club (which is even bigger)

[@QueenLizzy1926]

Or just support who you want it really doesn't matter

[@jamesduffy7549]

​@@QueenLizzy1926do you support scotland or brazil

[@QueenLizzy1926]

@@jamesduffy7549 neither, I support England

[@benatkinson3160]

When ur from an area with no local team u have no loyalty so u support a top 6 team

[@elliotyatesuk]

I can sort of understand that. But from where I’m from there’s trains that take 20 minutes from each ground in the Birmingham area I just don’t understand why they wouldn’t want to experience match day atmosphere and instead sit on a sofa every weekend.

[@benatkinson3160]

@@elliotyatesuk I’m from down south and support liverpool cuz when I was younger I loved torres. 7 year old me didn’t understand that liverpool was so far away. I get what u mean tho. It’s such an effort to get to anfield for a game.

[@dalzielbeal]

Well, when you live in Australia and have no local club playing pro football. Top 6 prem clubs are the way to go haha

[@hawksey2817]

This video isn’t aimed at u

[@mrspurs5728]

Semi-pro then

[@zinedinezidane6926]

Ok bro am i a plastic fan I wouldn’t be offended if u say I am because of the reasons so my dad born in France in Caen Small town on the coast of France he supported the team all his life until a special man one of the greatest off all time started playing for France as you see his name is above zizou so this guy was like a god in France and still is today if u ask most people they would say he’s the greatest to grace the terrain pitch so he moved to real in 2001 my dad since zidane moved to real couldn’t bare to not support this guy so he decided to move to Madrid to support as he had the job there also with the season ticket then 3 years later 2004 I was born I lived in Madrid for a year and we return back to France Caen I live here since and I am hard time Real Madrid fan I have visited twice when they play 2018 in kyev for cr7 last match and in parc des princes PSG ground where we won 2-1 so I live in France but support Real Madrid and watch evreey match possible weather that’s on some dodgy app that turns off evreey minute or on télé this is my story if u like to know bro thanks if u read

[@basedcataphract5852]

I'm from Jakarta Indonesia and people think im a Glory Hunter cause I support the bets club in our Country😂😂 i was born here and I'm lucky to be able to support the best team here and not considering myself a Glory hunter

[@anirudha4176]

This is true only for countries that have a decent football pyramid and they care about development of their teams and their national team. Some countries don't care and don't invest money into football even if fans make an effort to watch their games. Those people deserve some quality football too.

[@QueenLizzy1926]

thats me exactly, scotlands league and national team are shit so i support chelsea and i dont watch international football

[@anirudha4176]

@@QueenLizzy1926 Oh great! Scotland's football pyramid is actually amazing compared to football over here in India. Rangers nearly won the Europa League yesterday as well. Apart from cricket, no other sport is taken seriously over here and there's loads of corruption too which prevents other sports from being popular. Started supporting Arsenal from when I was a kid, hence, I can't be included in the glory hunting category 😛

[@QueenLizzy1926]

@@anirudha4176 yeah compared to indias its good but compared to england, spain, germany, italy and even portugual its not really that great

[@liverpoolfcc1833]

So if ur from Liverpool u can’t support Liverpool bc there good

[@elliotyatesuk]

That’s literally not what I said

[@rlally2524]

Completely agree im from cork and a cork city season ticket holder most people in my school just support Man united or Liverpool dont get it to be honest

[@adamfinnegan735]

Totally agree irish fans just don't like the thought of supporting their local team the amount of liverpool fans you see in the pub or with their jerseys on soon after they won the Champions league its ridiculous, and the fact that most irish people just support the same 2 teams, liverpool and United is cringey and it's just stupid supporting the same team as everyone else

[@rlally2524]

Adam Finnegan well if your from cork i think people should be supporting cork city were doing very badly this season but still that when they need you the modt

[@rlally2524]

Most**

[@villatrinity3518]

@@rlally2524 much respect mate fair play. My parents are irish one Man Utd one Liverpool, they moved to Birmingham in the 60s but no chance was I supporting either as Villa Park was 2 miles from where I was born and grew up.

[@phantompain7552]

Stoke fan here from Wigan, worked n lived in Stoke for Asda DC, been to the Britannia stadium bk in 2004 fell in love with the people the city n the FC, thank you for doing this video

[@rebasesmonks8235]

I support Brentford.

[@hawksey2817]

Baggies thru and thru🔵⚪️

[@connor4223]

Tbh I dont have a local team theres not even a little team. I dont support Man City but there the closest

[@elliotyatesuk]

Plenty of trains to games from Piccadilly (if that’s near) that have cheaper tickets to games or even going to Man City via Manchester Piccadilly I’ve done that before and it was fine

[@connor4223]

@@elliotyatesuk ye I try but my area is quite tiny so trains either dont stop or are late.

[@elliotyatesuk]

@@connor4223 check train times. Trainline is usually the best app for it that’s what I use for awayday

[@connor4223]

@@elliotyatesuk oh nice I'll try that. Thanks

[@QueenLizzy1926]

I refuse to watch kilmarnock who have a 14k capacity stadium and fill only 2000 fans, have the worst home support in the spfl not really fun in that

[@elliotyatesuk]

Well Kilmarnock’s population is around 50,000 I’m sure, so maybe they’re getting hit badly by the amount of people choosing to watch games on TV rather than be at a game in person

[@QueenLizzy1926]

@@elliotyatesuk still the ground is more than half empty and is silent 99% of the time so it just gets boring to be there and killie isn't really a place to be proud of its a druggie shithole

[@elliotyatesuk]

@@QueenLizzy1926 you can’t choose where you’re from

[@QueenLizzy1926]

@@elliotyatesuk sadly yes

[@stavrosboi]

Nah I ain't supporting my local team which are shit I prefer Liverpool

[@harveyobrien6930]

I support liverpool and corby town as my family are liverpool supporters and from corby

[@danbest2418]

Tourist have ruined football

[@youareasock9752]

How

[@danbest2418]

@@youareasock9752 by supporting a different team every year and paying max money for a ticket

[@youareasock9752]

@@danbest2418 how does supporting a different team ruin football lol most people aren't hardckre football fans they juat want to wqtch a game for fun