I've been following Chelsea since '04 when I was a little kid and on holiday in London, my dad wanted us to go see Arsenal but couldn't get a hold of any tickets so we somehow ended up watching Chelsea-Everton at the bridge instead. What I want to be said is that there's always a reason why you start supporting a club, be it the club being succesfull and thus getting more publicity or a player being from the same country joining the team or whatever. As long as you keep supporting no mather what and are passionate about the club it should never be a question of how or when you became a fan..