Why do you support your football team? The first is unconditional love, maintaining a family tradition. The bond is formed with innocence at childhood but, the older you get, you know the bad times will outweigh the good.
More often than not, you will always have the knowledge that the biggest contests – those days when Premier League titles are won and those nights when legends emerge in the Champions League – will take place without you having an emotional involvement.
The dream that one day you will get a chance to celebrate a piece of silverware never leaves you but the reality in England, given the way the footballing world has changed over the last decade, is that unless you support one of the superpowers those days will remain out of reach.