rightdodgyman Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 Just as the topic says... how did you end up supporting Motherwell? I'm guessing a lot of you were just dragged along by your old man like me. I think my first game was Dundee Utd at home in the 91-92 season and I canne remember a thing to be honest. Â Sorry if the topics been done before! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazamfc Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 I actually used to be a Smellic fan until I went to Kilbowe when I was at primary and I came back a Motherwell fan.One of my teachers who was there was Mark Reynolds' brother.I had been going to all the home game that season.The first ever 'Well game I went to wwas in the Malpas season when we played Hearts at Fir Park and we were beaten 1-0.I wasn't a 'Well fan at the time.It was at the end of Mark McGhee's first season that I became an offical fan.Now I never miss a home game and I have just got my first ''Half'' Season Ticket.My dads a die-hard Smellic fan and my mums a die-hard Rangers fan so I had to get out of that battle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special aka Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 Old Man 1st took me along in the mid-60's. Bobby Howit was the manager and Willie McCallum was the last of the Ancel Babes. No idea who we played in that 1st game but I will never forget the experience of walking thru the main stand concourse and up the steps to see inside the arena that was Fir Park for the 1st time. It took my breath away, and I've been hooked ever since. Â Did help growing up in Manse Road and then Dalzell Ave, and going to Knowetop then Dalziel. Most folks supported the 'Well then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David MFC Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 born and bred a well fan. Â motherwell till i die Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trafficlight Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 Just as the topic says... how did you end up supporting Motherwell? I'm guessing a lot of you were just dragged along by your old man like me. I think my first game was Dundee Utd at home in the 91-92 season and I canne remember a thing to be honest. Â Sorry if the topics been done before! Â Â Â I did it ages ago, and some of the stories were really good, much more than the tale most of us tell when speaking of allegiances i.e. "me dad said". Â I'm not a proper of fan of course, but I married one of you and took an interest. End of story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybug Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 Cause my parents had sadistic tendancies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underboyleheating Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 My dad was a big Well fan and took me to my first game when I was only one year old. I obviously have no memory of the game and slept through most of it. (Nothing changes!) My first proper match would have been when I was around three or four years old but I couldn't tell you who our opponents where. We used to travel on the Forth, Lanark & Carluke Motherwell supporters bus. Hailing from 'The Forth', I used to get first choice of seat on our 'luxury' Tennant Coach. This would have been in the mid 1960's when we wore what is still my favourite ever Well strip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahoo Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 Some c**t took me to a game. Been there ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that hat Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 I'm still looking for the bus fare to Govan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yabba's Turd Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 I was walking down Wishaw main street and a big blue van pulled up and these guys dressed as clowns dragged me into the back, their ultimatum was simple, be a 'well fan or we'll bum ye, been a dosser ever since. Â Roger Hynd's fan recruitment drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 Don't actually know why I was taken to a Motherwell game, but my dad took me one night and expected me to hate it. I loved it, but he was losing interest in football and didn't see why I would want to go. I started tagging along with my uncles and have been hooked ever since and still enjoy their banter at Fir Park every home game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dosser1886 Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 Family have always been Well fans going back to my Dad, Grandad, Great-Grandad etc. etc. I'm just following the family line. Entire family are Well fans and I've converted a few mates along the way as well. Â When I was about 7 I remember trying to support the h**s as I was sick of Motherwell getting beaten every week. But my heart wasn't in it and I lasted about one game then I was back on the righteous path. Thank fuck. Â I just remember the buzz of going to the old Fir Park when it was all terracing, walking around to the other end at half time, wagon wheels, cheesy crisps, guys walking around the park selling food etc. Early floodlit games just seems to be so exciting when you were a kid. Then started to going to all home and away games especially when we had been relegated. The rest is history - of lots of ups and downs. But so so glad that I am a Well fan and not a supporter of one of the gruesome twosome. Â MTID.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 Moved to Hamilton in 1969 when I was a nipper. My dad was raised a Falkirk fan, but wanted to take us to see a local team. The top 2 choices were Motherwell or Accies (who at the time were in the process of running up the lowest number of points in the history of the First Division). Â Bobby Howitt was the manager at the time, and his son was in my brother's class at school. That made him more interested in 'Well than Accies so I'm told (I don't remember), and the rest is history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobey_Dosser Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 Motherwell is all I ever knew as a kid. Â All I really remember from my first game is my dad making me wear 2 pair of trousers because it was baltic and I always had the cold as a nipper. Â Game was against Aberdeen, pretty sure Jess and Bett scored in a 2nil defeat. Jan 89 apparently? Â First away game sticks in my mind cleary, Ayr United in the Cup and we were sitting in the main stand with mostly ayr fans. Brian Martin getting us a 1-1 draw, Ally Graham scored a belter IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfc1886 Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 My Dad was a Rangers fan from Lanark, but converted to the 'Well when he moved here and married my Mother, her family were all 'Well fans. He was involved in the Fir Park club for years and helped found Fir Park Boys Club in 1968. My Mother worked in the club office for over 20 years until she retired. Because of this, I was in and around the club a lot in my younger years. Lots of family connections to the club, so I didn't really have much choice, and I am so glad that was the case. Had many, many great years as a 'Well fan and wouldn't change it for the world. My son is now 14 and is probably a bigger 'Well fan than I ever was. I never had any fears that he would ever go over to the dark side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymfc Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 i started following the well,out of spite.my family all rangers supporters.dad took me to sit in main stand when we played rangers,i started to shout for well,really pi@@ed off my dad.that was 36 years ago,have followed well ever since.in football terms still blacksheep of family.but as i tell them,no other team worth supporting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MavericK Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 my dad to take me, we used to go on the supporters buses as well it was great, he also took my wee sister to a game thinking she wouldn't like it but we scored a scrappy goal and she said that wasn't a goal then we scored a net buster and she turned and said "that's a goal !" the rest is history and she takes a bigger huff than me when we get beat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Russell's lovechild Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 Born and Bred Lutonian (but still a proud Scotsman!!!), who started following 'Well when I was about 7 after I noticed my namesake Bobby Russell in my first panini album (86/87 I think) that my old man bought for me. He is an Inverkeithing-born Jambo and my brother is a Pars fan. My first game was when the 'Well came down here to play Baldock Town and even though we had the likes of Coyne and Van der Gaag playing, I remember we made quite a meal out of it in the first half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcC Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 I was on holiday in Scotland and may Granda took me to a game, since them I´m a Well fan and I like to go to the games if possible, means when I´m in Scotland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mon_da_well Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 My papa took to see 'Well play Celtic at Fir Park (he was a 'Well fan) around '96ish. Think we won 2-1. First away game was v Accies at Fir Hill in the Scottish cup. Been a 'Well fan since then, when I was about 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motherwell Football Club Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 I've always preferred playing football as to watching it. When i was younger all my mates were Gers fans and my first top was a Rangers top bought by my cousins boyfriend at the time. From the age of 5 I went to atleast 5 games a season with my Grandpa, Aunt and Uncle. Got a schools season ticket for the 02-03 season I think it was and I've been going ever since, this is the first year I've not had a season ticket but im getting a 'half' season ticket. Â Basically I'm a fan because they're my local team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernie Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 When it was suggested it sounded like it would be fun and for the last 30+ years it has been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allwellandgood Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 More fun than Aberdeen Ernie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superwell87 Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 Got it "hammered" into me by my mums side of the family straight from birth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwellhighland Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 Grew up in Cambuslang but my Dads family were Motherwell born and bred. When I was about 6 my two best mates were Rangers fans and I started getting interested in football so my Dad thought that'd be a good time for my first game....never looked back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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