You are a San Francisco 49ers fan

The San Francisco 49ers team is a part of the Western Division of the National Football Conference. The 49ers SF, who started playing as a charter team of the All-America Football Conference in 1946, became a member of the NFL with the merging of the AAFC into the NFL. You are a football fan and you like the San Francisco 49ers. There are many San Francisco 49ers jerseys in your armoire. Do you know the history of the team?

The team, which has had some of the best runs in football history, especially in the 1980s and 90s, has been going through a bad patch in its history since the year 2002, losing against weaker teams, having poor playing spells and being dogged by controversies both within and outside the club. The San Francisco 49ers is the only NFL team, apart from the team that players all wear the Dallas Cowboys and the Pittsburgh Steelers jerseys to have won the Super Bowl a record five times. On top of this, the Niners have also been responsible for giving American football some of its greatest heroes like Steve Young, Joe Montana, Jerry Rice and Ronnie Lott.

Ever since their inception in 1946, the San Francisco 49ers have been based in San Francisco, playing all their home matches in San Francisco while having their club and practice sessions in Santa Clara. Unlike most football teams, the team has retained its first and only name, which is reminiscent of the California gold rush of 1849.

The 49ers had always been a mediocre team from the 40s till the end of the 70s, winning some matches while losing even more and their exploits were nothing much to either inspire a great fan following or to write home about. However, all this changed in the 1980s, when the team managed to win four Super Balls in one decade. Not only this, they missed the playoffs only twice during these ten years. It was during these golden years that the team also threw up a number of superbly talented players like receiver and quarterback Joe Montana, receiver Dwight Clark and running back Earl Cooper.

As of late, apart from being mired in a number of controversies ranging from long drawn out battles over ownership to leaking out of non public training videos, the team also has not been making any great waves in the championships arena. The last and most recent brick in the wall has been the team's proposed move to Santa Clara for playing their games also. Last heard, plans were afoot to build a state of the art playing facility in Santa Clara, to be completed by the year 2012. This decision of the team management has delivered a further blow to 49ers SF fans in San Francisco.

As you see, the San Francisco 49ers developed rapid and the San Francisco 49ers club becomes stronger and stronger. Fans of the San Francisco 49ers show their support in different ways, some of them wear the team football jersey and cheering for the team, some of them just stay at how notice the competition from the TV. If you want to buy a San Francisco 49ers tickets or jersey, you can log on the official San Francisco 49ers website.

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Editor: Rowlin