They can stick their ****ing sand up their arse.
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Bournemouth - regional rivals? big game? meh? What do YOU think?
- Thread starter Simster
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They can stick their ****ing sand up their arse.
maltaseagull
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YAY!!
BBassic
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Bore off. I've got a soft spot for Wrexham after getting thoroughly pissed with some of their fans last year. Doesn't mean I'd cheer them on if we play them again.
On topic - I want us to smash them. Not for any reason above wanting the 3 points.
Coldeanseagull
Opinionated
When I think of Boremuff, I think of when I was a kid and it's the place where my mum played bingo when we stayed in Poole
Rich Suvner
Skint years RIP
Was there that day - it was also a red card protest I think
The problem was that about 100 of those going on the pitch went straight for the Bournemouth fans - as shown in pics. Totally detracted from the whole point. So in that sense, commentator was correct.
Kalimantan Gull
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Its absolutely meaningless to me as a rivalry
LU7 RED
Active member
Well as a Bournemouth fan, I'm pleased at least one of you recognises that the 95 pitch invasion wasn't just a 'protest'. It was a pitchy and a decent deal of aggro to boot, not a nice friendly sit down on the pitch - did feel a bit less sympathetic after that, tbh. BUT I did sign your Amex/Falmer petition thing!
We haven't got a rival at all and should just get on with acknowledging it. Brighton fans I have met on my travels have been pretty cool, no bother - a definite seaside bond going on. Really dislike Reading with a passion, just don't know why, something about them...
pasty
A different kind of pasty
Which is precisely what happens on sandy beaches. Pebble beaches rule !
LU7 RED
Active member
Wimps. Love a sandwich with a bit of sand in it!
Freddie Goodwin.
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In the late 60's- early 70's we had a shortage of 'local' rivals, Orient being the only London club in our division. That's why teams like B'muff were seen as rivals and other southern clubs, especially those on the up, like Luton became fierce rivals, because they brought travelling support.
71/72 was the pinnacle of the B'muff thing. They brought loads to the Goldstone on boxing day, 'took' the northstand before Albion turned up but an electric atmosphere of 30,600 and the north being split between both sets of fans, surges and missiles flying with police in between. Apparently the B'muff coaches got 'done' at the greyhound track. The return game, all ticket with 22,500 was pretty tasty too.
Games since then, without the same intensity, still carried a hint on menace, especially down there but I now see them as a club who have been through alot & good luck to them, as long as they don't take points off us.
71/72 was the pinnacle of the B'muff thing. They brought loads to the Goldstone on boxing day, 'took' the northstand before Albion turned up but an electric atmosphere of 30,600 and the north being split between both sets of fans, surges and missiles flying with police in between. Apparently the B'muff coaches got 'done' at the greyhound track. The return game, all ticket with 22,500 was pretty tasty too.
Games since then, without the same intensity, still carried a hint on menace, especially down there but I now see them as a club who have been through alot & good luck to them, as long as they don't take points off us.
Seagull over Canaryland
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Interesting to read some Cherries fans getting quite worked up on another forum about the comparative fan bases of our two clubs and 'who is the biggest' blah blah. They seem to be fixated on a Palace style rant about our recent crowd figures being due to an influx of plastics (yawn).
One poor misguided punter suggests we are cheating because we can draw upon the whole of Sussex for our support. But no doubt many Bournemouth fans come from Dorset and beyond. Yet in another breath claims the population of Bournemouth is more than 400k, which I suggest makes their support shameful. I thought 'surely it can't be that 'but found that the 400k includes Poole and Christchurch.
From my point of view it seems simpler to just focus on the names of our respective teams (the clue is in the name) so Brighton and Hove (Albion) has a population of 273k. Whereas (AFC) Bournemouth has a population of 183k. OK it is a crude analogy but maybe better reflects the proportions of fans the respective clubs enjoy these days.
Even then one of the Cherries fans claims we are cheating because we should not include 'Hove'. I don't know what planet the poor misguided Cherry lives on but we have been Brighton and Hove Albion for most of existence and technically they are still Bournemouth and Boscombe FC, so not as if we are moving the goalposts.
Even back in the 70's we both managed crowds over 20k and occasionally we were up around 30k, so what has changed? Why doesn't a similar big seaside resort like Bournemouth have a comparable footie club?
They have had their ups and downs both on and off the pitch and have also updated Dean Court over the years, despite mainly existing in the lower leagues, a bit like us in recent years. They are probably batting at or well above their true position allowing for budgets etc despite having some well heeled owners. OK Dean Court isn't exactly The Amex but if they suddenly built a 30k stadium after years without a ground of their own would they get 26k average crowds? Somehow I don't feel there is a sleeping giant of a Club waiting to be woken up.
One poor misguided punter suggests we are cheating because we can draw upon the whole of Sussex for our support. But no doubt many Bournemouth fans come from Dorset and beyond. Yet in another breath claims the population of Bournemouth is more than 400k, which I suggest makes their support shameful. I thought 'surely it can't be that 'but found that the 400k includes Poole and Christchurch.
From my point of view it seems simpler to just focus on the names of our respective teams (the clue is in the name) so Brighton and Hove (Albion) has a population of 273k. Whereas (AFC) Bournemouth has a population of 183k. OK it is a crude analogy but maybe better reflects the proportions of fans the respective clubs enjoy these days.
Even then one of the Cherries fans claims we are cheating because we should not include 'Hove'. I don't know what planet the poor misguided Cherry lives on but we have been Brighton and Hove Albion for most of existence and technically they are still Bournemouth and Boscombe FC, so not as if we are moving the goalposts.
Even back in the 70's we both managed crowds over 20k and occasionally we were up around 30k, so what has changed? Why doesn't a similar big seaside resort like Bournemouth have a comparable footie club?
They have had their ups and downs both on and off the pitch and have also updated Dean Court over the years, despite mainly existing in the lower leagues, a bit like us in recent years. They are probably batting at or well above their true position allowing for budgets etc despite having some well heeled owners. OK Dean Court isn't exactly The Amex but if they suddenly built a 30k stadium after years without a ground of their own would they get 26k average crowds? Somehow I don't feel there is a sleeping giant of a Club waiting to be woken up.
They're only saying this in the hope that we will give a shit about them.
We won't.
The Grockle
Formally Croydon Seagull
I was only 13 at the time but I remember it being pretty unsavoury and a number of fans using the protest as an excuse for causing trouble. Its worth pointing out I have a terrible long term memory!
bn1&bn3 Albion
Well-known member
Slightly more than "just another game" but no where near a derby for me.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Not really.
When we go up I'll have to drop my support of the 19 teams other than Palace in the PL.
Pretty pink fairy
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BBassic
I changed this.
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Using the Withdean to call us tinpot? Needs must man, needs must.
Goldstone Rapper
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we've all been through the mill
I havent been on here lately, seems to be a different 'attitude' if you dont mind me saying, kind of reminiscent of a club 25 miles to our East, shame that.