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As the biggest country in British Isles England has relentlessly exploited its smaller neighbours and justified it by judging them as inferior. This has left a certain residual resentment towards the English which is hardly a surprise.

Could it be that the English have become less insular in the last 30 years and realised that the stereotypes of other nationalities they've used to gain a sense of superiority are generally wrong? Anyway here's a joke for you: Q: Why don't the English suffer from piles? A: Because when God...

It's not a parody....it's a documentary

Yes, get a drum but you don't have to bang it every flippin' minute of the game...

Troll I reckon...

The heavy handed policing was more as a result of the mysterious hooded ninja-ultras scaring old ladies and mums around Brighton town centre from around lunch-time. To be joined by fat bald sarf-London blokes parading around throughout the afternoon and taking-over the Spoons on West Street to...

100% this. I find getting to and from The AMEX no problem at all, but this involves thinking it through. The Palace "mingmongs" (good word) would also have no problem if they didn't pretend they were on a military invasion of Brighton and mob-up on West Street. This means they get kettled and...

That isn't the full story about our crowds; they plummeted when the Goldstone was sold because we had been abandoned by the owners of our club, and Gillingham was a ludicrous 70 miles away. Withdean was ramshackle and with a very limited capacity, but in the seasons we did well we easily could...

And their attempts to shift the blame warrant no debate at all?

Fair comments Kayla's Claw; I have no issue with the majority of Palace fans - same people as us. But there are two groups among your fans who need to grow-up 1) those who imagine they are on an SAS mission into enemy territory, and 2) those who reckon everything on Tuesday was the fault of...

Yes exactly my original point. Any Palace fans who didn't have the sheep mentality to join "the mob" on West Street and simply went to the AMEX in good time would have experienced none of the police guided tour or late arrival. There were 2 Nigels ahead of me in the train queue to Falmer at...

Sorry, I should have made the thread title more clear so that you didn't have to read it...

Errr....as I said Palace are trying to shift the blame on to Albion and the rozzers.

p.s. I don't know why there are multiple LLLLs on Nigel - I can't edit them out.

A quick trawl around BBS and Holmesdale fan forums shows that a certain number of NigeLLLLLLs are arguing that their Ultras were out-of-order for rushing the turn-styles, injuring stewards and getting their own fans locked-out, and for the pyrotechnics, but a very large proportion are saying...

And some football fans (not a particularly bright lot admittedly) think that the song originated in 1963 with Liverpool band Gerry & The Pacemakers (hence it's popularity there) not knowing that it's in fact a Rogers and Hammerstein song from the 1945 box-office smash "Carousel". Just saying.

Surely I can't be the only one who liked their bangers going off and the smoke bombs? Created a bit of drama. Apart from that I thought their support was pretty limp.

I'd say that this is the work of the same one man grafitti storm who has been daubing "CPFC" and "Holmesdale Fanatics" all over listed buildings around Brighton. I know that there are people actively looking for him (both official and unofficial) and he is going to regret it when he's caught.

So I presume your mum is Irish and you are very close to your Irish relatives? But in answer to the question, no I don't think Chris wants that job yet. In a few years time when his work is done at Brighton - sure.