Originally Posted by
Monty92
Arsenal's in my family too. Dad and grandad grew up in the shadows of Highbury, yada yada.
The institution is of course what I love, but it's individuals who embody the institution and take on its history and values. So my loyalty is to them, rather than the abstract concept of an institution.
Loyalty to the individual is the only meaningful form of loyalty that can exist in football, and is ultimately why my position on this is more ethically, intellectually and spiritually pure than yours.