Lads, I've read some cringeworthy things in my time but this takes the biscuit.
Be original. Don't try and be something you're not having watched a few hoolie movies like Green Street or The Football Factory.
Support your club, and do so passionately.
Create your own culture.
I think it's essential to put your own spin on fan culture, with New York I believe it will have a hip flavor to what's
Worn.
I used to hang out with a lot of fellas in Ireland who are die hard league
Of Ireland fans and some of the more
Fun conversations that are had are
On supporter fashion.
This is a forum where saying this shit is ok, and discussing what's cool or not on the terraces.
Coming from England and seeing how
Most Americans first contact with supporter culture was thru Green street.That is, what it is.
I believe in some way that movie has had a ripple effect on American youth. I remember being a kid going to metro games and the atmosphere being dull and grey. Yet after green street came
Out there was an electricity in the air as fake middle class hooligans tried to fight people. Out of the 4 eejits who tried to fight one would become a diehard fan. That one diehard fan became 2 and so on and so forth.
So it may seem cringeworthy to read about this, but you must remember Americans are just getting the hang of supporter culture. Look at how sterile american sporting events are! Seattle
Has the loudest team fan base and all they do is fucking YELL. That is the
Legacy Americans have to compete with.
WITH THAT BEING SAID....I'm all about wearing brooks brothers and tims to matches, it's casual, and it's urban, it's New York.