10 signs your mate is just pretending to be a football fan

#10 He does not have football boots

The worst kind of pretenders who claim they are football fans are those who do not even understand the value of well-made boots. True fans of the game are known to keep collections of boots right from their childhood and show those off to anyone interested.

The surest test for a mate’s dedication to football is a check on whether he understands which football boots are good. If he does not have his own boots, never bought them in his life and is unable to provide good recommendations to his friends, he is clearly not a football fan.