Sussex Nomad
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Agreed.
I also believe the title of South Coast Derby? Or not? is incorrect. Surely it should read South Coast Rivalry? Or not? because love it or hate it, it will always be a South Coast derby, they are derby games.
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South Coast Derby? Or not?
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Agreed.
I also believe the title of South Coast Derby? Or not? is incorrect. Surely it should read South Coast Rivalry? Or not? because love it or hate it, it will always be a South Coast derby, they are derby games.
Shooting Star
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Brilliant article.
Pevenseagull
meh
- Jul 20, 2003
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Blackadder
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Well written piece. Fair and balanced.
Mo Gosfield
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- Aug 11, 2010
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There is one major difference between the two ' derbies. Saints v Pompey is a true derby, historically going back a long time. Two cities relatively close together, who hate each other with a passion.
BHA V Palace is a psuedo, bandwagon affair, trumped up in the seventies by young Brighton fans starved of any real rivalry and desperate to launch their violence on somebody. Palace are a London club and we are on the south coast. The rivalry is frankly laughable. We stole Palace's rivalry from Millwall and forced them to turn their attentions to West Ham. They didn't want to. West Ham are north of the river and London rivalries don't normally ' cross the water '
Just as Mullery and Venables were responsible for the start of it all in the mid 70's, so Poyet and Adkins have fanned different the flames more recently.
It won't make a blind bit of difference to the Saints/Pompey thing. That is too deep rooted. All it does is add a bit of spice to a ' local ' game for both teams.
Most Saints fans I know are pretty relaxed about the whole affair. They don't feel any antagonism towards us. They have rivalries closer to home. Don't forget, as well as Pompey, Bournemouth hatew them with a passion as well.
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BHA V Palace is a psuedo, bandwagon affair, trumped up in the seventies by young Brighton fans starved of any real rivalry and desperate to launch their violence on somebody. Palace are a London club and we are on the south coast. The rivalry is frankly laughable. We stole Palace's rivalry from Millwall and forced them to turn their attentions to West Ham. They didn't want to. West Ham are north of the river and London rivalries don't normally ' cross the water '
Just as Mullery and Venables were responsible for the start of it all in the mid 70's, so Poyet and Adkins have fanned different the flames more recently.
It won't make a blind bit of difference to the Saints/Pompey thing. That is too deep rooted. All it does is add a bit of spice to a ' local ' game for both teams.
Most Saints fans I know are pretty relaxed about the whole affair. They don't feel any antagonism towards us. They have rivalries closer to home. Don't forget, as well as Pompey, Bournemouth hatew them with a passion as well.
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