What London Club should I start supporting?

When I saw the title I was coming in to say Man United but I see you've already gone that way.

I don't know how you could ever change allegiance, I support Arsenal and Bromley (who tbh have been more sucessful in recent years). If you were still in Biggin Hill I'd suggest Bromley as a second team, dirt cheap season tickets and a nice atmosphere.

I'm guessing you are from the Bromley area then?

Why Arsenal? Although Arsenal have South London roots they are now and have been for a fair while firmly a North London team.

Considering there are a fair few teams in South London (mainly SE London actually) its not as if Arsenal were the closest team.

If you do infact live in/come from South London yet support Arsenal then perhaps you aren't the best person to offer advice or pour scorn on a confused southern Man Utd fan.

Mate don't make any presumptions. I was raised in a flat less than 1km from highbury.

Well to expand on your point then, how did you decide upon Bromley as a 'second team'?

This is exactly what's wrong with Modern Football ...

This this and this.

I live south of Croydon and i support Crystal Palace. I have done for years, i go every home match unless im busy etc etc.. I would consider myself a 'supporter' because i do more than watch them on tv once a month.. for example the amount of Tottenham fans who have appeared out of nowhere in my local pub this year is ridiculous.. i wonder why that is... Ive also seen a few Man City shirts, i probably saw one a year before they were rich..

There is a huge line between 'fan' and 'supporter' nowadays but is very easy to figure out which one some people are.

Fair play to you. I've been following Forest since i was about 7 and have had season tickets in the Prem, Championship (Division1) and League 1. Im currently on Erasmus and have been in London for the 3 years before, so my attendance recently hasn't been the best - i caught the Forest games in and around London whenever they were and went to Orient a few times as i was just missing being at football.

It really annoys me walking around Nottm, whenever i'm back and seeing the usual suspects' shirts knocking around - Sky, prices etc are slowly ruining local loyalties and people are even going as far as calling themselves Barcelona etc 'fans' purely by watching them on TV - utterly ridiculous!

Im still a big believer in supporting your local team - big or small - if you're lucky enough to be from an area which has a successful team, then fair enough - but i have a lot of respect for fans of teams such as Rochdale, Stockport, Orient, Brentford etc who could easily be 'fans' of their bigger neighbours!

Indeed, a few people i know around here who support Arsenal or Chelsea do know more about football in general.. few of my mates are always asking about Palace and seeing who's coming up/going down and they go when they can (afford it) so im not bothered.. its the bandwagon hopers who get in your face i ignore whenever possible or people who put you down as soon as you mention who you support.

Still.. im hoping/was hoping Forest go up along with Leeds and Swansea..Reading are on fire at the moment, i can see them finishing second.. I hope Swansea or Forest go up as i like them alot..

From a Palace fans perspective.. as it is tight at the bottom.. i think we can beat Doncaster, maybe sneak a point at Hull as thier home record isnt too sharp and Forest.. well if it comes to crunch time and you fall short of the playoffs in the next few games it would make our game easier for us

Im still a big believer in supporting your local team - big or small - if you're lucky enough to be from an area which has a successful team, then fair enough - but i have a lot of respect for fans of teams such as Rochdale, Stockport, Orient, Brentford etc who could easily be 'fans' of their bigger neighbours!

I agree with the sentiment of that, but I kind of have a problem with it too.
I mean where do you stop?
There are so many small teams, that unless you support a tiny sunday league team you can be shouted down for "not supporting your local team".

Should I be supporting Ton Pentre AFC instead of Cardiff City?
Should someone in Bath be supporting Odd Down FC rather than Bath FC?
Should bristol fans be supporting Brislington F.C. etc etc.

As I said, I agree with the general idea and sentiment of supporting your local club. But it shouldn't be someone that you look down on people for not doing.

Football is just a game lads. It's actually not important to life, and changing which team you support is hardly like changing your religion or getting plastic surgery to change your boobs.

Arsenal.

You clearly don't understand football properly.

You clearly don't understand football properly.