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Fans of the Portugal national football team at the 2004 European Championship. A fan or fanatic, sometimes also termed an aficionado, stan or enthusiast, is a person who exhibits strong interest or admiration for something or somebody, such as a celebrity, a sport, a sports team, a genre, a politician, a book, a movie, a video game or an entertainer.
Fan Loyalty is often used in the context of sports and the support of a specific team or institution. Fan loyalties can range from a passive support to radical allegiance and expressions of loyalty can take shape in many forms and be displayed across varying platforms. Fan loyalty can be threatened by team actions.
Sports fanaticism – high levels of intensity surrounding sporting events. This is either done based on the belief that extreme fanaticism can alter games for one's favorite team (Ex: Knight Krew), [ 7 ] or because the person uses sports activities as an ultra-masculine "proving ground" for brawls, as in the case of football hooliganism .
The origin of the ultras movement is disputed, [12] with many supporters groups from various countries making claims solely on the basis of their dates of foundation. The level of dispute and confusion is aided by a contemporary tendency (mainly in Europe) to categorise all groups of overtly fanatical supporters as ultras.
See also: Sports fan, which is a redirect to Fan (person)#Sports. For persons and nicknamed groups of fans, see Category:Sports spectators . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sports supporters .
A fan club is an organized group of fans, generally of a celebrity. Most fan clubs are run by fans who devote considerable time and resources to support them. There are also "official" fan clubs that are run by someone associated with the person or organization the club is centered on. This is the case for many musicians, sports teams, etc. [1]
Superfan or Super Fan may refer to: An extremely enthusiastic fan (person) of a sports team or entertainer; Giles Pellerin (1906–1998), nicknamed Superfan, notable fan of the USC Trojans "Bill Swerski's Superfans", a recurring sketch on Saturday Night Live; Superfan, a 1970s comic strip by Nick Meglin and Jack Davis
Other female fans embrace the use of the term as a way of making a distinction between a puck bunny and a "true" female fan of the sport. Some fans come up with suggestive signs [ 9 ] that say things like, "I want my headboard to give you a concussion, [ 10 ] " "Show me a hat trick and I'll show you a sex trick , [ 11 ] " "Meet us behind the ...