Swissdog2010
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Yep, we are the same. We always do MK first (I agree with Darcy, Parks always start with a view of the Castle), plot in whatever follows, then anywhere we want to scope out for next holiday and then fill in the gaps.
Sorry mate, I might have been a bit glib with my answer (as is my predeliction as a Brit). English football fandom is pretty tribal. I never root for another team, irrespective of the minor impact it may or may not have on West Ham's position. So therefore I'm not rooting for either, I only care about West Ham, hence my answer. There are teams I look out for the score on, such as Charlton, as my now departed favourite uncle supported them, but I would never cheer them on or go to a game, or really care about the result.
There only a couple of exceptions to this. Anyone below the championship who is in the FA cup against a big team gets cheered on to an extent. If it were down to one game and a team needed to do us a favour to keep us up in the Premiership may get a nod. But only in the context of breathing out and winking at your mates if they pull off the favour. On the flip side of that, there are the extremes of ridiculousness, one of my mates is a Leeds fan, and has often said he would rather see Man U lose than his own team win. That's just bonkers.
Why the Cherries? Is that a family thing? Been to Dean Court a couple of times. Proper old school ground.
I started getting interested in Premier League football in the Fall of 2015. After a while I decided I should find a team to root for. I didn't want to just pick a top team unless I could make a good case for it. Arsenal would have been close since my career as a US Army civilian took place at an arsenal and half my time there was with field artillery so the Gunners nickname would have fit. I even worked on a program to acquire a British system for US use but it still seemed a bit thin. As to Bournemouth, there is a town to the east of there near the Western edge of the New Forest National Park that shares my last name so I thought that fit more with the idea of a 'hometown' team. More traditional. Plus I liked the idea that they had just been promoted so I could cheer them on against the odds.