Hi, new member. Been lurking a while, thought I should set up an account. I'll probably get back to lurking though....
Been a Juve fan since the Channel 4 football Italia days, Del Piero was my favourite player, so I supported Juve.
2006 really was a turning point for me. I was at university, and had discovered dance music, dark rooms with flashing lights and, er, "recreational stuff", and wandered from football a bit. I was following the scores online, but as I wasn't following the news so closely I was unaware of the gathering storm.
There I was one minute feeling satisfied at another scudetto win, then suddenly out of nowhere I was reading we were in serie b. I remember it clearly. I remember a red mist coming down, I remember walking around the room for half an hour clenching and unclenching my fists.
I'm guessing we lost a lot of fans back then, but for me it was the moment when I realised it actually mattered to me. Perhaps more than is rational, or even healthy....