Sirnormangall
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- Sep 21, 2017
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I spotted him at Brighton races last summer- not sure how I recognised himWhat’s not to like about their fans?
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I spotted him at Brighton races last summer- not sure how I recognised himWhat’s not to like about their fans?
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This isn't a daft question actually. You'd think it was because he stands out a mile in his absurd Pompey garb, but actually it could just as easily be the fact he ruddy stinks.I spotted him at Brighton races last summer- not sure how I recognised him
He actually does, your right.This isn't a daft question actually. You'd think it was because he stands out a mile in his absurd Pompey garb, but actually it could just as easily be the fact he ruddy stinks.
Probably. But we get that from Saints fans usually, I think it’s an age thing. I have some family that support them so never really disliked them that much.You say no rival but some of your support is desperate for a rivalry with us
Thanks for the noddy, makes a change from tinpotIndeed, and we do have a rivalry of sorts with them, but ultimately we are too far apart geographically. Plus of course they are a noddy outfit.
I always thought Bournemouth and Reading were a rivalry waiting to happen. Reading are ignored by Swindon and Oxford (and frankly are a bigger club than both these days anyway) and Bournemouth are considered a joke by nearby Southampton. Reading and Bournemouth did have a spat 25 years ago as I recall so I'm sure there's no love lost there anyway.
I can sympathise with your predicament as every club needs a rival, but Bournemouth fans are a bit like Fulham fans - just too friendly (or vanilla) for a real rivalry to spring up. You need to attract some real scumbags along to get the hatred going. Like Palace have done. Good luck with your search, but it will never be us.Thanks for the noddy, makes a change from tinpot
Right about Reading, that was early 00’s mainly. When they were singing about never playing us again. Be careful about things biting you on the arse eh!
Gillingham too now and again. But only when we were battling with them in league 1. Quite a few Watford fans dislike us too, which is quite amusing.
I can sympathise with your predicament as every club needs a rival, but Bournemouth fans are a bit like Fulham fans - just too friendly (or vanilla) for a real rivalry to spring up. You need to attract some real scumbags along to get the hatred going. Like Palace have done. Good luck with your search, but it will never be us.
George Costanza is a Palace fan?!
Haha. Cheers.I can sympathise with your predicament as every club needs a rival, but Bournemouth fans are a bit like Fulham fans - just too friendly (or vanilla) for a real rivalry to spring up. You need to attract some real scumbags along to get the hatred going. Like Palace have done. Good luck with your search, but it will never be us.
Natural rivalry with Charlton? There's no natural rivalry with those clowns. They are desperate to find rivals though, so maybe Bournemouth could step up.Always a little tentative posting on here as an AFCB fan - not much love for us (not that I expected much LOL)...
But rivalry wise - ideally if the Bmth area was geographically where Eastbourne or Newhaven is, that would have been a great rivalry with Brighton. Then Palace would have their natural rivalry with Charlton.
Instead we're stuck out on a limb with no rivals., which some might say is a good thing?
Agree BHA, Pompey, Stains & AFCB all in the PL would be interesting. I think Pompey fans have calmed a bit. Southsea is getting pretty middle class these days, know 2 or 3 families there, all support Pompey, all sound.
Perhaps it's the other way round more then. I spoke to a Charlton fan who spent some time in Belmarsh for punching a Palace fan for no reason. Unfortunately for him a copper saw him and rugby tackled him...Natural rivalry with Charlton? There's no natural rivalry with those clowns. They are desperate to find rivals though, so maybe Bournemouth could step up.
If not rivals with Brighton, Palace would probably pick Millwall, even though they save their real hatred for West Ham
Always a little tentative posting on here as an AFCB fan - not much love for us (not that I expected much LOL)...
But rivalry wise - ideally if the Bmth area was geographically where Eastbourne or Newhaven is, that would have been a great rivalry with Brighton. Then Palace would have their natural rivalry with Charlton.
Instead we're stuck out on a limb with no rivals., which some might say is a good thing?
Agree BHA, Pompey, Stains & AFCB all in the PL would be interesting. I think Pompey fans have calmed a bit. Southsea is getting pretty middle class these days, know 2 or 3 families there, all support Pompey, all sound.
The truth is, nobody likes to lose a local game so there is always a bit extra in local games despite one side or the other declaring they don't care. Forest fans are always telling Leicester that they don't care, Southampton to Bournemouth, Sheff Weds to Rotherham/Barnsley and so on.Bmuff-Stains PL matches appeared very competitive to say the least. A growing rivalry. Have I read that wrong.
Its been rumbling along and surfaces now and again, mainly with the older lot. They are so bloody patronising tbh, lots of them call us 'Bompey'.Bmuff-Stains PL matches appeared very competitive to say the least. A growing rivalry. Have I read that wrong.
Agree. To me Saints are just another team to beat - we aren't rivals but they do care more than they let on. The Forest one is interesting, definitely a fair wedge hate Leicester more than Derby - one of four Forest fans I know do anyway.The truth is, nobody likes to lose a local game so there is always a bit extra in local games despite one side or the other declaring they don't care. Forest fans are always telling Leicester that they don't care, Southampton to Bournemouth, Sheff Weds to Rotherham/Barnsley and so on.
I suspect there is lot of bullshit spoken when fans of the self-declared "big brother" club say they don't care. Of course they do, to some extent. And it's weird, because there are some "secondary" rivalries that clearly do mean a lot to both sides, despite it being neither side's biggest game. I'm thinking of Villa v West Brom and Preston v Blackburn in particular.
Anyway, the Southampton-Portsmouth rivalry transcends football, so of course that game will always mean more than any other to fans of those teams. What's more, Southampton and Bournemouth don't even really have any sort of mutual football history to fall back on, so you can't really imagine it riles Southampton fans at all.
Its been rumbling along and surfaces now and again, mainly with the older lot. They are so bloody patronising tbh, lots of them call us 'Bompey'.
For me, with the new training ground etc, it's making sure they aren't poaching any local talent like they used to. Pushing them back to the SO border