I started going to see my local non-league team for a few games last season, then, because of the whole Benitez farrago, I started going to see them regularly this season. I can walk to the ground, drink in the stands, my lads get in for free when I buy my £6 ticket and there's no diving, no VAR, no surrounding the ref at every little thing, no millionaire bawbags acting like they're too good for the place. They finished 3rd in the league and I'm off to a cup final next week. I've enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would, and it has made me think that following a team that makes up the numbers in the PL is a bit like masturbation without ejaculation, pointless and ultimately unsatisfying.
I doubt we stay up this season, and if we go down I suspect we won't light up the Championship but at least there will be something to play for. That being said I think I'll be sticking to beers in the stands in the non-league.