Hold on, just a minute! I'd like to point out that I didn't "pick" United because they were "a successful team". In fact, I didn't choose to support any team. I fell into liking the game as a child. My introduction to the game was viewing, on TV, a highly gifted player (George Best) - who happened to play for Manchester United. I'd never really watched anyone play football until then, and therefore had, prior to that, little interest in the game - let alone in supporting a team. But a firm fan I became. I remained a United fan after Bestie left, when they plummetted down what was then the First Division, and - yes - when they were eventually relegated to the Second Division. I have now been supporting them for 40 years and will continue doing so until I am carted off to my grave - irrespective of in which League they are, or where they are placed! If that doesn't make me a proper supporter, or - somehow - precludes me from being a United supporter, in your eyes, then so be it. My second team is Dulwich Hamlets (my local team since moving to this area). As you are aware, they are far from being near the top of the Premier League, and I support them too. Your post appears to be suggesting that the likes of me (Londoners) shouldn't be supporting non-London clubs. Frankly, I don't see that a supporter necessarily has to support the team s/he "grew up around". Moreover, you speak of "roots". What if an individual, like myself, is the product of parents from different countries? What if someone never stays in one area for any length of time? If you choose to support Everton because it's what you wish to do (for whatever reason) then that is no-one else's business but yours - and good on you. Ditto who Londoners choose to support.