Seagullinhove
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- Oct 31, 2024
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I hate palace and love the rivalry BUT this year it just didn’t interest me. So weird, maybe it’s Christmas time, the Sunday time ? Not sure.
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[Albion] Is Palace the least attractive game of the season?
- Thread starter Bozza
- Start date
- May 8, 2018
- 10,821
It’s still the one I look out for when the fixtures come out.
I love and hate it in equal measure, these aren’t ones to lose to.
Already taking heat as I’m the only one missing from a family gathering tomorrow but as I told the family, fixtures
I love and hate it in equal measure, these aren’t ones to lose to.
Already taking heat as I’m the only one missing from a family gathering tomorrow but as I told the family, fixtures
In fact… you know what? Balls to it!
I wasn’t going to go tomorrow because I’m out in London tonight and an evening of general debauchery was planned but… sod it all. Just got my ticket. See you all there. Let’s smash ‘em.
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Brian Munich
teH lulZ
- Jul 7, 2008
- 332
I wish I could go. Nothing like being there if we win. Even that game a couple of years ago when we equalised late on was very enjoyable.
Birdie Boy
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- Jun 17, 2011
- 4,450
I love it and bloody gutted I can't go. Sons girlfriend has my ticket though.
bluenitsuj
Listen to me!!!
All true, loyal fans will be there
NorthstandRacoon
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Some of the comments here dear me!! This match is what football is about for me. f*** them ****s. Cannot wait. Am very nervous and not so confident, mind.
- Apr 5, 2014
- 26,352
It's a strange rivalry. Pantomime really. I don't 'hate' Crystal Palace. Any 'hate' is purely inherited or one of those odd human needs for purpose and validation. Like when Crystal Palace fans say they hate Brighton. A bizarre pride of recognition.
But I join in the pantomime in a sub conscious way, more as an audience member. I would never want them to finish above us, or indeed beat us. And certainly not at home. But I don't hate them, I just dislike them winning. The only Crystal Palace fan I speak to is online and here is @loz - who I am rather fond of, especially as they like cricket.
So I'll let out an extra boo and a 'he's behind you' tomorrow. But anything else is really just invented and a bit needy.
Our real rivals are the teams who are challenging us. And that has varied from Chelsea to Chesterfield. Tottenham to Torquay, such has been this journey over the years.
But I join in the pantomime in a sub conscious way, more as an audience member. I would never want them to finish above us, or indeed beat us. And certainly not at home. But I don't hate them, I just dislike them winning. The only Crystal Palace fan I speak to is online and here is @loz - who I am rather fond of, especially as they like cricket.
So I'll let out an extra boo and a 'he's behind you' tomorrow. But anything else is really just invented and a bit needy.
Our real rivals are the teams who are challenging us. And that has varied from Chelsea to Chesterfield. Tottenham to Torquay, such has been this journey over the years.
Insel affe
HellBilly
I Love & Hate it….
Anxious, Scared, Excited, Proud, Angry, Elated…
what other game gives you all that….
Anxious, Scared, Excited, Proud, Angry, Elated…
what other game gives you all that….
- Jul 27, 2024
- 799
I wasn’t here in the 70s and have no interest in some ancient shouting match between Mullery and Venables. I respect the fact that it means a lot to the old-timers on here, and to some of the younger Brighton fans I know who seem to have inherited the emotions. I don’t deride that but honestly, it’s just another match to me. I’m desperate to win it just as I was desperate to win at Fulham and Leicester last week. It’s all about the three points, and that’s it. Mind you, when I’m at the game I know I’ll be wound up by the taunts of the Palace fans if we’re not ahead as I sit closer to the south than the north. So a couple of early goals please to keep them quiet.
portlock seagull
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- Jul 28, 2003
- 17,933
Do you get wound up for the Utd v Citeh derby though?
- Jul 27, 2024
- 799
No. (Curious question.)
mile oak
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- May 21, 2023
- 980
i'm surprised its not more. Hassle of trains, add Sunday, Add in two pm ko, add in delays inevitable, add in its Palace and not everyone wants a punch up, add in disruption to Sunday lunch, its near Xmas, money for some will be tight, its on TV, we clearly have fair weather fans and some will also be p1ssed off with the way we give games away to poor sides, im sure though the majority of those unsold will get sold, there's still time. Also add in for West Hamlet or Rottenham Coldspurs etc we will have locals that get in the home areas but doubtful any Palace live locally so that will keep a few hundred down in the normal attendance
portlock seagull
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- Jul 28, 2003
- 17,933
I thought you supported someone else given Palace is “just another fixture”?
Brian Munich
teH lulZ
- Jul 7, 2008
- 332
I wonder if the reason people are extra nervous is because we’ve not lost this fixture since 2021, when we were playing in empty stadia, and it’d be a double blow to lose this record?
Need to get over that anxiety. All records come to an end. The worst thing about losing will be dropping points to another lower-table side.
Need to get over that anxiety. All records come to an end. The worst thing about losing will be dropping points to another lower-table side.
- Jul 27, 2024
- 799
To me, yes. To others, no. I explained it, I thought. I don’t have any interest in the Mullery-Venables thing.
Lots of families with young kids choose to miss this match.
Dave the hatosaurus
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100% this. It has to be by far the worst away facilities in the premier league. When (and if obviously) they build the new stand that will just increase the contrast between what is provided for home and away fans. They are taking the piss, quite literally, with the toilets in the arthur wait.
As regards the home game i would not like to miss it but i enter it with an equal mix of excitement and trepidation.