In my 'tear-away' days I followed Forest (I was at Hilsborough and seemed to spend many sunny afternoons at Wembley) until I became nothing more than a walking wallet for the chairman.
Then I followed England - watching them play in Georgia (the Russian one, not America), Italy, Switzerland, Poland and France. I did the whole World Cup in '98 watching Owen score his great goal, Beckham getting sent off and Batty's penalty miss.
Turned my back on International football when all my 'loyalty points' with the Travel Club were re-set and tickets became a bit of a lottery.
Now I go and watch Hucknall Town who are about 150 places below Chelsea.
I can honestly say, I know very little about football and find the 90 minutes of play to be the most boring part of any of my awaydays or home games. I never watch it on TV . . . unless the TV happens to be in a pub and I have been in the pub for a couple of hours.