Did you meet your partner through football?

[Hipper]

'Ipswich couple who met as pen pals celebrate 50th anniversary'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-67232528

The article doesn't say if he supported any particular team.

[Aclaret]

No, but it was a factor in my divorce from my 1st wife !

[bobinho]

Nope. Her and footy had a brief dalliance (Stockport away) but after they attacked our coach outside a pub, she decided to leave it…. Always had a soft spot for Stockport since then….

[Nori1958]

No, thank goodness as I would have to have been at ewood park.

Fortunately in almost 50 years football hasn't come between us, and children all grew up Burnley fans

[groove]

My missus left me because I was obsessed with football. We'd only been married 2 seasons.

[gc14]

No, but introduced her to The Turf on the 2nd date ... a 2-1 win v Wrexham ,Boxing Day '93 ..
Celebrated our silver wedding in July ( I wouldn't get married during the football season !!)

[ClaretsPadiham]

My Mrs told me I loved football more than her, so I said open your legs …. Then I nutmegged her.

[Florian]

Imagine meeting your mrs in and around the turf

[mkmel]

I seem to remember a poster on here or maybe ClaretsMad quite a few years ago actually getting married on the Turf

[ClaretsPadiham]

I seem to remember a poster on here or maybe ClaretsMad quite a few years ago actually getting married on the Turf

Loads of people have done it…

[jdrobbo]

Quite simply, yes.

Long story but I travelled to away games with a group of people, one of which was partners with a colleague of my now wife.

She match-made us and after a lot of texting snd emailing we met and got together in April 2009. We’ve been happily married since August 2014.

For a number of reasons, we lost touch around the time of our marriage and I would always want this very special person to know just how truly grateful I am for her trying to put me and Mrs jdrobbo together. I will always be eternally grateful and would love to meet up if she ever sees this and would like to do so. I will never ever forget what she started for me xx

Ps…my wife hates football but without it, we wouldn’t be together.

[steve1264b]

Great story.

We were courting so 1986/7 and we played a friendly in the deep mid winter. Took her on, complained about how cold it was offered her the busfare home.

She went to 3 wembley games.

Then West Ham away at the new stadium where she said "im never going on football again with you".

Then last season she did one home game and really enjoyed it.

[alf_resco]

No, not me.
But on 20th April 1994 when we beat Wimbledon 2-0 on the Turf, my then 16 yr old daughter (and my two sons) was with me.
Little did we know that the bloke she was destined to marry 17 yrs later was in the cricket field end supporting his team.

[alf_resco]

Tried to edit above post but too late.

Got my ages and yrs wrong.
The game was correct but she was 6 yrs old and they married 27 yrs later

[Jimmymaccer]

My missus left me because I was obsessed with football. We'd only been married 2 seasons.

Ah but which seasons?! Surely you treated her to The Turf!

[bfcjg]

Fortunately my wife was a regular on the Turf when we met donkeys years ago, only problem was she wanted to come on with me sometimes instead of her mum and dad, couldn't allow it though as if she had of done she'd have thought who is this foul mouthed,chain smoking half p1ssed Longsider ?

[brexit]

no dogging

[RammyClaret61]

Sort of, but Rugby League. Melbourne Storm, hence now living downunder.

[TheFamilyCat]

My wife fell for me when she heard me singing "Burnley is full of tits, fanny and Clarets"

[AfloatinClaret]

We didn't meet through football, but I do consider my biggest (only?) contribution to a better world has been in converting her from Leeds Unitedism to the one true religion.

[Hipper]

My wife fell for me when she heard me singing "Burnley is full of tits, fanny and Clarets"

Some of these stories are really romantic and get you in the heart.