Glory hunter

</noinclude>A glory hunter is a term used for people, such as WStore's own Sean Winstanley, who are suspected of supporting a particular club (mainly a football club) due to its size, hype and/or popularity in the media. Glory hunters revel in continuous success of their chosen team(s), with relatively few failures to worry about, and this can be regarded by more loyal fans as less dedication. They are often cited as:
* Having no family history of supporting a particular team
* Changing the team they support
* Having little or no knowledge of the team's history
* Living outside the town or area where a particular team is from, and may, in fact, live in a different country altogether.
Glory hunting may have increased since a higher level of television coverage of football and other sports, as well as the ease of travel to other towns and cities. Given the global popularity of the Barclays Premier League, its participants are particularly suscepitible to glory hunters.
Indeed, it is estimated that half of Putney supports both Fulham and Manchester United, a clear indication of the loyalty of those fans. When challenged on this point, Mike Richards, a local glory hunter responded 'I get the best of both worlds - local Premiership football every week and the glory of United winning their trophys. I hate Manchester, but just love Manchester United, always have done - ever since 1999.'
Generally, any successful club from a country will attract more fans and so called 'glory hunters', than other less prominent sides.
magazine recently conducted a survey into the issue, discovering numerous 'fans' supporting more than two clubs. Upon interrogation, one ear-pierced man by the name of 'Dominic Mclean' disclosed his passionate love for Liverpool, Southampton and Millwall, regardless of the fact these lie on opposite sides of the country. 'I've been supporting Millwall ever since they reached the 2009 league one playoffs and despite not knowing any of the players, my commitment to the club cannot be questioned as I have borrowed my dad's shirt'.
Interestingly, as recent surveys have proven the accusatory term 'glory hunter' is mostly bandied around by fans who feel somewhat hard done by with the performance of their own team. It is of small consolation that if said team beats one's own, the opposing fans can be 'put down' with a jibe that became outdated, simply because it is wholly ineffectual. One northern 'fan' of football, a Mr Andrew Harris, seemed to reaffirm this conclusion; when becoming disillusioned following yet another play-off defeat for Leeds FC, he appeared to 'find' glory hunters left right and centre. One can't help but feel this is a futile retort designed as a 'last word' on a matter clearly already decided on the pitch. Really as MATCH! seemed to indicate, we have to feel deep sympathy for those who feel the only way to mask their team's short-comings is to use this unoriginal (and generally untrue) phraseology.
Nevertheless, this line of argument cannot justify support for three English football clubs. The glory - hunters that are to be admired are those who a) disguise their multiple allegiances, b) don't have ridiculous earrings, c) pick clubs which are likely to win trophies/at the very least avoid administration and relegation, and d) don't get their magic tongue out on regular occasions (no matter how much it is appreciated)

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