My story of how I came to be a supporter of Aston Villa is a fun one, I think. I have told it before and, for lack of time, cannot repeat it now. They have always been anything but a local team, except for a three years when I lived kind of close. I had a local team in Malta who I watched as often as I could. After living in Toronto for a while a team was formed here to play in the Major Soccer League. I've watched a few home matches and I can say they are my local team. And finally they are having a pretty decent season.
Today I was thinking about local, or not. I "watch" my teams mostly on twitter and facebook: live updates instead of live action on TV. Villa are in the doldrums of the Championship and unless I do some serious searching online I won't be watching them; Sliema, in Malta, are in Malta and I'm not; and I never seem to be around when Toronto FC are playing. With work schedules during recent World Cups a lot of my following of the matches was through live online updates. That's why I dream that by June 2018 I will have my dream job that allows for nothing but World Cup watching.
As an aside it was not a good weekend for any of my teams. Villa lost to mighty Bristol City (oh this Championship lark is turning out to be as much of a nightmare as I didn't t want to fear). Toronto FC lost after 6 wins and a draw in their last seven, and it was against their rivals for Canadian supremacy, Montreal. And Sliema lost to make it played two, lost two for the season.
At least I didn't have to watch any of them. Although the emotional pain of being a fan through social media is worthy of another post.
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