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[Albion] If not Palace, then who?
- Thread starter Bry Nylon
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East Sussex.
Seasidesage
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Can't we just hate everybody? It'll save a lot of time and make the season more exciting...
Always look on the Mourinho side of life
Seasidesage
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Or we could go the scottish route and look for some sectarian hatred? I've never been too keen on Buddists mostly because their robes clash with my hair. There must be a buddist club somewhere? Forest Green are Vegan's that's near enough...
grubbyhands
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A few other "parts" as well, though they've always provided our most passionate fans IMO - Hastings for sure but Lancing, Portslade, Wick and most of the big estates in most of the county.
The big exception is Crawley which is a shithole throughout and doesn't even provide many fans. Needs to be annexed by Surrey forthwith
Oi! On yer pot you! We don't want Crawley associated with Surrey. Oh,and before you say it I grew up in Billingshurst!
Icy Gull
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I’m happy with hating Palace, Aston Villa, Leeds and the recently departed Plucky. If we do go down Cardiff, Reading, Orient and Chesterfield can join the party again
Pompey have never been on my radar
Let’s not forget that the commentators on Monday night will be boring the 100,000 or so viewers with the boring rivalry clichés that they roll out every year!
Who’s VV?
Anyway, I can’t stand Portsmouth along with their delusion that they are the best fans in the world.
In my lifetime, the best rivalry I think we’ve had (football wise) was Southampton. That really had some needle in with both teams really wanting to get one over the other.
Most of the players will see the Palace game as just another game, no matter how much they get told. I think one of the players said something like they see Newcastle as a rival, because they came up with us.
Justice
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Palace was always the big one although the last time I felt the rivalry was still alive and kicking was the McShane 1-0. Faces from the past rocked up for that game and it had everything a proper derby should have.
Since the Amex era it appears Sussex OB can’t cope with a derby game so we will always get the watered down version of what it was once was.
Pompey was always a good tear up back in the day although as for Southampton I’ve never seen them as a rival and doubt they ever have.
Since the Amex era it appears Sussex OB can’t cope with a derby game so we will always get the watered down version of what it was once was.
Pompey was always a good tear up back in the day although as for Southampton I’ve never seen them as a rival and doubt they ever have.
bn1&bn3 Albion
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They'll be sure to mention how odd the rivalry is because of the distance between us but no one ever questions Norwich v Ipswich who are 1 mile further away from each other!
Icy Gull
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I can tell you for a FACT that Ben White and Leeds will get a mention or five, even though it has zero relevance to the game
Yep and Potter getting his Swedish players to perform on stage, have we missed anything?
Icy Gull
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Brighton are too nice
Oh I’ve got one, both the Mangers started their careers in Sweden!
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Interesting thoughts, as it goes to show that you can support the same club but have a completely different take on it. Reading have never been a similar sized club unless we are talking trophies. Brighton have always been able to pull in large crowds, such as 34000 for Rochdale in the third division. I also went to Elm Park and it was half the size of the Goldstone. Never seen or heard of a rivalry with Reading.
As for rivals, well a point of order, both Brighton and Palace were in the same divisions before the 1970's and woiuld generally get their largest crowds when playing each other, indicating that it goes back before the 1970's.
As for others, well Albion v Pompey was a game of significance from the birth of the club, and to both sides, so much so that to celebrate the end of World War 1 the Albion played Pompey at Fratton Park to celebrate the end of the war. Albion/Pompey is a top quality second rivalry and reciprocated. Other rivals that I am aware of over the years is Luton (1960's/70's), Oxford (1980's/1990's), Chesterfield (1980's then again in the 200os - Zamora years), Orient (well not a rivalry with their fans but a certain player when the goldstone was being sold then a particular cup game wgen we took large numbers up there), and whilst not rivals, mentions go at various times to Southend, Chelsea, West Ham, Cardiff, Aldershot and Gillingham. One or two might also mention Southampton. But Reading? Never even figured for me.
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VVV Vento. He's just shortened it. Like so many others in the Home Counties he can't even bring himself to type the full name after the unfortunate hashcake incident in Beaconsfield. No wonder they all hate them additionally.
