I remember rooting heavily for Liverpool, Ipswich, Villa, Forest etc in Europe back in the 80s. I did the other night when I, very rare for me, watched the match. Not in the same way though. Back in the 80s you sort of thought the top English clubs were a representative of our league and, vicariously us. Now the top clubs are so far removed from the vast majority of clubs they could be from another planet. There's a huge disconnect to the point where it's as easy to see them as an enemy rather than a representative.