Overseas Fandom; Story of a Lone Celtic Fan

Very well written, smart and funny, I love it. Should be published on the frontpage to promote European Celtics-fans on CB. :P

Funny how I did get into the NBA exactly like you did. A friend of mine was passionate about the league and finally convinced me to get some interest in in. I first rooted for the Suns and loved their run & gun but was crually disappointed in the 07 playoffs and Game 1 against the Spurs. Still, that thrilling OT game was so great (and so bitter due to the Phoenix loss) that I felt this sport was something special.

Then I head a lot about Boston during the summer, got really curious, and watched the first game against the Wizards, and then the next. My passion for the team grew up over the season and I was really glad to see the C’s win the championship after the long playoffs and all the criticism and doubts endured. Also, Ray Allen quickly became my favorite player on the team – and in the league. He still is today of course, and I’m glad to see him perform at this level at 34.

The Celtics occupy more and more of my time and I like it. Thanks to CelticsBlog, and Internet, I can enjoy seeking a lot of coverage of the team while living in Europe. How cool is that? Also, I really think and feel that I’m now enamored with the franchise as much as with its players so I sure will be there even in the dark times after the Big Three era.

Also, basketball is not very popular here in France although we have some famous players like Tony Parker – but french people just know him because he is married to Longoria…-. The League Pass is my savior this season too!

Anyway, great article Kiorrik, I really like your style and your sense of humor.

Hopefully the Celtics will reward us with a championship next June. They definitely have the material to do so.

I am “GreenFaith1819” from the Forums portion of Celticsblog. I have a different name here for the Home portion of the Blog because I did not know that you could have same logins twice, lol..

I’ve been a guest of CelticsBlog since about Oct 07, and an active member since Oct09.

Well anyway welcome to both you and Drucci. I myself have been a fan since 1981, where I first started watching this guy named Larry Bird.

Don’t feel bad about being a lone fan over there in the Netherlands, kiorrik. Imagine being stationed in the Navy on an Aircraft Carrier in California (Laker Land). I guestimate that about 1% of the crew cared about the Celtics.

I saw a few folks over in Japan when I was deployed there last year that were Celtics Fans, and after seeing posts from you and Drucci I suppose that there are fans all over.

Nicely written post, kiorrik and take care buddy. Don’t be concerned with any bandwagon comments from the haters…once a C’s fan, always a C’s fan. And when the time comes for them to rebuild, you can always bask in the fact that they’ve won the most rings, and because of Perk and Rondo the rebuilding won’t be as painful as in the 80’s.

Kiorrik, your story is much the same as mine . . . except that the Big 3 who captured my attention were Bird, McHale and Parish. And while I didn’t live anywhere near the Netherlands at the time, without the internet Michigan and Piston-country were pretty far away from Boston.

As much as the media likes to claim that new Boston fans are jumping on the bandwagon, we all know those bandwagoners really become Laker fans. I have appreciated your contributions on CBlog, and I’m glad you are one of us instead!

Nice read from a fellow dutch man!

I became a celtic fan because a basketbal proffesional from the Dominican Republic was visiting his mother in the Netherlands and played street basketbal with me and my friends.

On the basketbal court near my home my 3-point shot was amazing! Like 70% (now a days at basketbal practice i don’t even come close to that…)

Because of my 3-pointers and my skin colour he called me Larry Bird.

I did not know who he was so i looked him up. I was inpressed so i started following the story of the Boston Celtics in the year 2004 if i remember correctly. And i also watch the games at night with my nba league pass hd account.

 TP post!

Nice writing, K, good stories. I recommend to you, and any other fans out there who want to watch Celtic games live: a website that posts links to live broadcasts of sports events, especially american football and basketball: it’s called

P2P4U

Just google it. I’ve watched every game free this year, altho a couple times the link I was using went dead and I had to switch to the next link.

I’ve got league pass, have been a Celtics fan since my early youth, I wake up my neighbours every now and then in the middle of the night watching games. They all remember the comeback game even though they didn’t see it!!
Nice to know there are a few more C’s fans in NL.

Fun to read

Nice post. I´m a celtic since I watched that exhibition of Paul Pierce against Nets in 2002 playoffs. In Spain we have a channel that broadcasts a match per night. I´m always demanding more celtics games. I have suffered some bad seasons like 2006-2007 but my love for this franchise is harder than results.

2008 ring was great. I was crying all night long like I was born next to Garden.

And it´s difficult being a celtic´s fan in spain because all the guys are supporting Gasol and the Lakers. But I tell them that green spirit is much bigger.

I’m from Munich, Germany and have been a big Celtics fan since the 2002 playoff run with that heart-breaking Eastern Conference finals series against the Nets. The years that followed weren’t great but I sticked to the team and we were all rewarded with this great squad and their championship run in ‘08.
I visited Boston in November (loved the city!!) and went to my first games at the Garden. The first game was against the Jazz (great win) and also a game vs. the Hawks two nights later, and although we lost to the Hawks, that experience was one of the greatest I ever had in my life and I will never forget it (I’m already planning another trip to Boston in 2010!)
Go Celtics!!!