by Don't Panic »
26 Nov 2018 17:10
muirinho From Despair To Where? Mid Sussex Royal
But true Reading fans at least go to some games - he's always on here during match time....I'd rather fans supported the team rather than compile fancy databases of info that's already out there
Don't know about you but I get an internet connection inside the stadium.
Might depend on your operator. I don't, unless I walk out of the stadium through the smokers and hang around in the rain.
Irrelevant anyway - nobody knows what reasons people might have for not going to games. So whether he's lucky with his phone-operator, or is posting from his sofa makes no difference to whether he's a fan or not.
But it does make a difference. See below:
Fan:
an enthusiastic devotee (as of a sport or a performing art) usually as a spectator
Supporter:
a person who is actively interested in and wishes success for a particular sports team.
So he is a fan if he is posting from his phone at the game, but if he is on his sofa I would suggest he is a supporter. The key difference being the spectator piece.
I would actually take it further than this, and suggest a fan actively encourages and takes part in the game, whilst a supporter does not.
Edit: not a dig at Strap, more a general comment on the difference between fan and supporter.