Maybe. When they pay their debts, start existing within their means, and when their only signings are freebies or "People's Players" a la Rod Thomas. We had to do it...
And just to notch up the boredom even more, you play each other 4 times a season (minimum*– more if you meet in a cup).
So even that 'big game' loses a little of its importance, because over 4 meetings a year everything levels itself out just a bit more. Even if you lose you can think, well...
Like others, I wasn't that aware it had been renamed. And have to confess I couldn't be less bothered if I tried.
However, it did make me go on the Premier League website to find the press release from 2007, when the rebrand happened. Says a lot about modern football if you ask me:
“Barclays...
"Brighton's comedy of errors matched Sunderland's performance against Charlton Athletic in 2003 when Stephen Wright, a former Liverpool player, and Michael Proctor put through their own net three times in a league game.
"But this was a first for the oldest cup competition in the world. It...
Guardian MBM on Delap's sending off: "It's hard to tell what tactical reshuffle Stoke have made since the dismissal because they haven't had a throw-in yet."
I have recreated the North Stand catering experience by installing an overflowing urinal in my kitchen.
Seriously - bit of net, now in a box in a storage centre in Edinburgh.
And replanted some turf in my parents front garden in Bexhill. About 7 years later they moved, and the new owners...
Many of these for me too. Especially the 4-4 draw with Orient at the Goldstone, and that rearranged game against York.
I also have vague memories of a Goldstone game where the ref decided the opposition's shirts clashed too much with our stripes. So they ended wearing our change kit. So it...
She's thinking: Stop staring at my tits, stop staring at my tits, people are looking...
He's thinking: f***. Quick. Hold the pocket shut. Someone might spot I've stuffed TWOCHOICEStom's iPad in there...
... or so says The Guardian today:
"Leeds United and Brighton & Hove Albion slipped further out of the play-off picture with disappointing results."
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