From a purely footballing perspective, Spurs makes sense. Nearly men, often near the top but never quite getting over the line despite having some sensational individual players.
But from a cultural standpoint - and this is the reason I’m a Bills fan - Everton is a great fit.
- team based in a “smaller” city away from the biggest media market
- city has a reputation for friendliness and distinctive character
- blue collar, working class roots
- team plays in blue
- team has had a golden period followed by decades in decline
- large loyal fan base that has put up with absolute crap for a long time but turns up week in week out
- team plays in a stadium which has been left behind by others and desperately needs change (with a new stadium actively being built)
- stadium nevertheless has an incredible atmosphere and away teams hate visiting it
- team has been in the shadow of a huge rival which wins loads of trophies and seems to repeatedly receive preferential treatment from the league
- team has one of the largest catalogues of “hard luck” stories and “couldn’t make it up” travesties known to man.
Bills and Everton - it’s a match made in heaven…or hell.
welcome to my life