Tedious point-scoring over other teams' fans

[Lady Whistledown]

Predictably, there's already a thread about Palace fans going to Villa.

Am I the only one who finds all this "we took more than you to xxxxx" or "yeah but we get average gates of xxx" a bit tedious?

Since when was the number of supporters a club has been any measure of their loyalty or greatness? It's not just Palace, I'm sick of hearing how great Newcastle are because they get large gates, or Pompey are because they revel in their crap stadium and ring a bell. I'm fed up of Liverpool fans being described as the greatest in the world because, er...well I don't even know why.

Are (say) Macclesfield Town any less valid a club because hardly anyone goes to watch them? Does it make Scunthorpe a less worthy Championship side because they don't get the same size crowds as Derby? It certainly doesn't mean they have better fans, just more of them, and there's not a lot they can do about that.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

100% agree. It's pathetic.

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

It is laughable when you think how shit our home support is, and when we can't even take much more than 1000 to places like Millwall, barely an hour away

 

[Westdene Seagull]

It is laughable when you think how shit our home support is, and when we can't even take much more than 1000 to places like Millwall, barely an hour away

I think you might have just justified her point !

 

[Bluejuice]

It doesn't really make a great deal of sense.

In terms of catchment area we as a club do very well in that there really aren't many league clubs close to us (hence we had to ground share with GILLINGHAM when it came down to it).

If we were more successful we could expect to convert all manner of Chelsea/Manchester United/Arsenal fans in the area and we cover quite a lot of ground.

The fact that Crawley has more Chelsea fans than Albion supporters (let alone Crawley Town fans) says it all

 

[Lady Whistledown]

And on this subject, I can't be the only one who found it bordering on embarrassing the extent to which Palace were portrayed as plucky little minnows by ITV today.

So they've gone into administration (through their own bad financial management), big deal. They've sold ONE player as a result, and still have a team containing Ambrose- signed for a decent amount- Speroni, supposedly the best keeper in the Championship; Danns, Carle, Derry, Clyne etc etc. All players with tonnes of experience or youthful promise. Any Championship team at home to a Premier League side would be expected to put up a decent fight of it.

Yet ITV would have you believe it was the equivalent of Man United taking on Forest Green Rovers. Yes, that tiny, put-upon David of a club taking on the Premier League Goliaths. The worst bit was when Steve Ryder spoke of Palace's "poor, brave fans" at the end

Poor?? Not that poor if they can afford the ticket prices. BRAVE? FFS, they've only turned up to watch a bloody game of football, like they do most weeks! What the HELL is brave about that?

Sake

It seems that you only need to watch a skint club to suddenly have the Greatest Fans In The World(c).

 

[Bluejuice]

Well that's just ITV all over.

I rather hope that most people are sensible enough to realise they talk shit.

It's obviously good work by Palace to get a result against Villa, after all they are further down in the league pyramid, but it's nowhere near as far away as we are from them.

Without the points deduction, to my annoyance, Palace would actually be riding high

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

I think Edna is spot-on with every point on this thread

 

[DerbyGull]

Well put edna

 

[Trigger]

No, you are certainly NOT the only one...

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

"My Dad's bigger than your Dad"
"No he's not. My Dad's bigger than your Dad"
"Rubbish. My Dad's bigger than your Dad"
etc etc

Totally agree (and on the point about ITV - it was Div 1 v Div 2)

 

[Superphil]

Well that's just ITV all over.

What he said

 

[The Large One]

And on this subject, I can't be the only one who found it bordering on embarrassing the extent to which Palace were portrayed as plucky little minnows by ITV today.

So they've gone into administration (through their own bad financial management), big deal. They've sold ONE player as a result, and still have a team containing Ambrose- signed for a decent amount- Speroni, supposedly the best keeper in the Championship; Danns, Carle, Derry, Clyne etc etc. All players with tonnes of experience or youthful promise. Any Championship team at home to a Premier League side would be expected to put up a decent fight of it.

Yet ITV would have you believe it was the equivalent of Man United taking on Forest Green Rovers. Yes, that tiny, put-upon David of a club taking on the Premier League Goliaths. The worst bit was when Steve Ryder spoke of Palace's "poor, brave fans" at the end

Poor?? Not that poor if they can afford the ticket prices. BRAVE? FFS, they've only turned up to watch a bloody game of football, like they do most weeks! What the HELL is brave about that?

Sake

It seems that you only need to watch a skint club to suddenly have the Greatest Fans In The World(c).

You don't think he was being a tad sarcastic?

Steve Ryder is, after all, a Charlton Athletic fan.

 

[Gritt23]

"We get 3 dollars to the pound!"

Supporters will always look for anything to have a bit of one-upmanship over the other lot. It's just the way it is. Don't take it too seriously.

 

[Brighton Breezy]

It is an utter binfest.

 

[DerbyGull]

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[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

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Top gag

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

I agree Edna.

By the way did you notice the home crowd looked, well, odd. I mean I know some of our supporters may not be lookers - but an entire stand ?

 

[Paul Skinback]

It is laughable when you think how shit our home support is, and when we can't even take much more than 1000 to places like Millwall, barely an hour away

It's not an embarrassment to only take 1000 to that shit hole. Who would want a day out watch animals fight themselves and the Police, then try to rip your throat out when all most people want to do is watch football.

 

[DerbyGull]

It's not an embarrassment to only take 1000 to that shit hole. Who would want a day out watch animals fight themselves and the Police, then try to rip your throat out when all most people want to do is watch football.

I've always found them most pleasant actually