Biggest Club Game In The World?

[WhingForPresident]

Fergie is simply being nice (patronising?) regarding Liverpool.

It IS a big game, of course, but no bigger than any v Chelsea, Man City or Leeds. In fact Leeds were serious rivals for the Premiership title more recently than Liverpool were.

2008-2009?

 

[Chris001]

It's not how big it is, it's how well it is used. Quality not quantity.

Yes, you are correct. But there's no point trying to poke the fire place with a matchstick!

 

[Simster]

Indeed. What a dick.

Saints - Pompey has its moments, its true, but top 3? Idiot.

See Millwall - Hammers / Manchester derby / Man U - Liverpool / Man U - Leeds / Leeds - Bradford / Villa - Birmingham / Toon - Sunderland / Swansea - Cardiff / and about ten more, for further details....

Indeed. The Hampshire derby is only a slightly bigger affair than our own squabble with the Nigels or Luton-Watford and well behind Forest-Derby which features two clubs who have both been successful title winners in living memory. Indeed that one is so big that Forest supporters don't even care about the one other club in their own city.

 

[Randsta]

Man U Vs Liverpool always makes for a good game of footy

 

[surrey jim]

Would agree with Fergie on this. The Tv audiences don't lie and the person who posted saints v Pompey being in top 3 must live in cloud cuckoo land!!


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[Gregory2Smith1]

before sky came along,no one was interested in the real-barca game

now you can watch it from the comfort of your own armchair,it's suddenly became the biggest game in the world

amazing what a satelitte dish can do

 

[Storer 68]

. Most people with a decent level of interest in football are interested in Barca-Real Madrid, which is why I'd put it top.

Rubbish. Most people couldn't give a stuff about it..........................................

 

[Storer 68]

Would agree with Fergie on this. The Tv audiences don't lie and the person who posted saints v Pompey being in top 3 must live in cloud cuckoo land!!


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TV audience figures are complete FICTION

 

[hans kraay fan club]

2008-2009?

Liverpool were never going to actually WIN it though, then, or at any other point since the inception of the Premier League. Dirty Leeds won it in 91.

 

[Storer 68]

FIFA have tried to establish this with the World club Championship.

and it has failed spectacualry.

Who are the current holders?

 

[sten_super]

Rubbish. Most people couldn't give a stuff about it..........................................

Really? It's discussed in all of the football podcasts I listen to, and various newspapers in this country after the event. That suggests a decent level of interest. Is there another overseas game which receives more coverage/interest?

 

[Gus is god]

River plate V Boca's nothing will come close

 

[JJB]

Indeed. The Hampshire derby is only a slightly bigger affair than our own squabble with the Nigels or Luton-Watford and well behind Forest-Derby which features two clubs who have both been successful title winners in living memory. Indeed that one is so big that Forest supporters don't even care about the one other club in their own city.

Being pedantic, it's not the 'Hampshire Derby' it's the South Coast Derby. It's also not a football rivalry, but a rivalry between the two cities.

 

[Frutos]

El Clasico

 

[Icy Gull]

Being pedantic, it's not the 'Hampshire Derby' it's the South Coast Derby. It's also not a football rivalry, but a rivalry between the two cities.

Being pedantic it's A South Coast Derby. It may not be as mahoosive but Albion vs Bournemouth/Pompey/Southampton are also South Coast Derbys n'est pas?

 

[Simster]

Being pedantic, it's not the 'Hampshire Derby' it's the South Coast Derby. It's also not a football rivalry, but a rivalry between the two cities.

Whatever. There is a game being played in league one this weekend that is traditionally a much bigger game than your derby.

 

[perseus]

Derbies between different areas always make more impact than local derbies. Everton v Liverpool, Man Utd v Man City do not have the same impact down south. They all Scousers and Mancurians.

Still, the animosity between the two teams in Bristol is real enough.

From secondhand reports in the past, Real Madrid v Barcelona, Celtic v Rangers, and Man U v Leeds generated huge rivalry. It changes from year to year. I cannot ever see Real Madrid v Barcelona, Celtic v Rangers, or Brighton v Palace ever disappearing. If different cultures are adversaries the reasons go deeper than football.

 

[Chris001]

Whatever. There is a game being played in league one this weekend that is traditionally a much bigger game than your derby.

Yes, the Sheffield derby is easily bigger than Saints and Pompey.

JJB is typical Southampton, deluded.

 

[Chris001]

The size of these things are relative to the individual.

Brighton v Hull, to me is bigger than any other so called big game anywhere in the world, (England included, couldn't give a flying). Brighton losing hurts me, winning makes me happy.

To me, the biggest club game in the world is Brighton v Palace, to JJB it's Saints v Pompey and to Ferguson it's Man Utd v Liverpool. Relative to the individual.

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

i agree with our friend from down the coast

saints-pompey,i would rather watch that

might not compete with sky viewing figures,but passion and arrests,no contest