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Post by bayernoatcake on Mar 15, 2024 19:50:19 GMT
Leicester and Coventry always seems a real odd one.
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Post by Linx on Mar 15, 2024 20:04:44 GMT
Cardiff/Swansea is quite a bitter rivalry. My mate was a big Cardiff fan: he despised ‘The Jacks’. Playing tomorrow lunchtime as well.
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Post by stokemark on Mar 15, 2024 20:22:26 GMT
Is it! Chelsea and Fulham being seen as a rivalry that doesn't matter goes against that theory Not sure what you're basing the plastics cliche on re the Old Firm. Second and third generation fans all around the world pack pubs etc for that one and the biggest rivalry in football. Do you have to live in Glasgow to be passionate about either? The old firm is probably the derby with the most hatred involved in world football and one of the biggest in world football. Shouldn't even be mentioned in a naffest football rivalries thread. Other than Stoke, Celtic are the only other team I want to win every week so no you don't have to live in Glasgow to be passionate about either club. Assume you are from Stoke so why do you give a flying fuck Because you have been conditioned to do so by the media and the B/S religious crap kicked about by thick people. Fuck Celtic and fuck Rangers - if you are from Scotland support your local team and if you aren't ask yourself a serious question as to what it's got to do with you
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Post by wazbagsbro on Mar 15, 2024 20:32:00 GMT
As avid footy enthusiasts, we’re all too familiar with some of the most ferocious football rivalries out there. The likes of River Plate vs Boca Juniors, a twice yearly Argentine civil war where sometimes a game of football breaks out in the middle, or Galatasaray vs Fenerbache, a rivalry so deeply soaked in hatred to this day every single dartboard sold in certain regions of Turkey has a pattern of Graeme Souness’s face. But what about the absolutely pointless ones? The ones that have you questioning how on earth that one even came about in the first place. I’ll kick us off with Norwich vs Ipswich, a completely pointless “rivalry” about who’s Massey Ferguson can plough the turnip fields the quickest and who can get their sibling pregnant first, there’s about as much malice in that fixture than there is in a pillow fight at Thomas Hitzlspergers house. Exactly the kind of post from someone I guess has never spent time down there. They arnt all farmers and like every other City/ Town in the country, they have their headcases. Dunner presume go and experience
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Post by Bojan Mackey on Mar 15, 2024 20:40:07 GMT
As avid footy enthusiasts, we’re all too familiar with some of the most ferocious football rivalries out there. The likes of River Plate vs Boca Juniors, a twice yearly Argentine civil war where sometimes a game of football breaks out in the middle, or Galatasaray vs Fenerbache, a rivalry so deeply soaked in hatred to this day every single dartboard sold in certain regions of Turkey has a pattern of Graeme Souness’s face. But what about the absolutely pointless ones? The ones that have you questioning how on earth that one even came about in the first place. I’ll kick us off with Norwich vs Ipswich, a completely pointless “rivalry” about who’s Massey Ferguson can plough the turnip fields the quickest and who can get their sibling pregnant first, there’s about as much malice in that fixture than there is in a pillow fight at Thomas Hitzlspergers house. Exactly the kind of post from someone I guess has never spent time down there. They arnt all farmers and like every other City/ Town in the country, they have their headcases. Dunner presume go and experience I’ve been to and spent time in both, Ipswich is one of the biggest shitholes I’ve ever stepped foot in.
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Post by middleoftheboothen on Mar 15, 2024 20:43:15 GMT
The old firm is probably the derby with the most hatred involved in world football and one of the biggest in world football. Shouldn't even be mentioned in a naffest football rivalries thread. Other than Stoke, Celtic are the only other team I want to win every week so no you don't have to live in Glasgow to be passionate about either club. Assume you are from Stoke so why do you give a flying fuck Because you have been conditioned to do so by the media and the B/S religious crap kicked about by thick people. Fuck Celtic and fuck Rangers - if you are from Scotland support your local team and if you aren't ask yourself a serious question as to what it's got to do with you Do you feel better now? Nowt do with media or religion for me. My dad has always liked Celtic so used to watch them as a kid and have liked them since. Ask yourself the question as to why you are so bothered about Celtic or Rangers if it has nothing to do with you as you put it?
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Post by Northy on Mar 15, 2024 20:52:45 GMT
This weeks trip saw a local rivalry of Heracles and Twente Enschende, had a run to Heracles ground and a quick look inside. When I was a youngster I thought they were called Hercules. Thought it was an ace name😉 They are named after Hercules, the son of Zeus. Just noticed they are playing tonight v Go Ahead Eagles and are 2 up with a few minutes left.
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Post by hughjarse on Mar 15, 2024 20:55:33 GMT
Leicester and Coventry always seems a real odd one. Known as the M69 derby. Tbf any “derby” that is named after a road starts off on the back foot. I believe Stoke v Derby is the A50 derby.
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Post by middleoftheboothen on Mar 15, 2024 20:58:08 GMT
When I was a youngster I thought they were called Hercules. Thought it was an ace name😉 They are named after Hercules, the son of Zeus. Just noticed they are playing tonight v Go Ahead Eagles and are 2 up with a few minutes left. Looks a nice stadium that 👍
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Post by Northy on Mar 15, 2024 21:11:00 GMT
They are named after Hercules, the son of Zeus. Just noticed they are playing tonight v Go Ahead Eagles and are 2 up with a few minutes left. Looks a nice stadium that 👍 Yes it was, groundsman team were sat having a brew by an open gate and let me in to have a look. Nice cladding as well. A grassroots team literally 100 yards away wasn't so glamorous
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Post by middleoftheboothen on Mar 15, 2024 21:13:59 GMT
Looks a nice stadium that 👍 Yes it was, groundsman team were sat having a brew by an open gate and let me in to have a look. Nice cladding as well. A grassroots team literally 100 yards away wasn't so glamorous Looks like they've got a nice set up there mate. The grassroots ground shits all over Vale park to be fair 😂
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Mar 15, 2024 21:14:24 GMT
When I was a youngster I thought they were called Hercules. Thought it was an ace name😉 They are named after Hercules, the son of Zeus. Just noticed they are playing tonight v Go Ahead Eagles and are 2 up with a few minutes left. Be a titanic struggle if they ever played the Bolivian side- The Strongest
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Post by maine on Mar 15, 2024 21:40:09 GMT
Back to Blackburn and Burnley. In 2001 a friend, an avid Burnley supporter, was going away for the weekend of the Derby and asked me if I'd record it for him. I agreed, sat down to watch the game and turned on the VHS! Blackburn won 5.0, as one sided a game as you'd see. My dilemma? Do I 1/ Pretend I forgot to record it, lost it, dog ate it etc? 2/Hand it over with a 'trigger warning'? (Happily this predated such things) 3/ Hand it over as neutrally as I could? I opted for 3, pretending not to see his hopeful/optimistic expression. He left and neither of us has spoken of it since. Yes, Burnley/Blackburn is a serious deal.
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Post by thestatusquo on Mar 16, 2024 7:46:06 GMT
Preston v Blackpool
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Post by drfootball on Mar 16, 2024 11:05:14 GMT
Plymouth v Exeter is pretty naff. Apparently it's something to do with Exeter 'nicking' one of Argyles songs or something equally trivial.
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Mar 16, 2024 11:07:49 GMT
Plymouth v Exeter is pretty naff. Apparently it's something to do with Exeter 'nicking' one of Argyles songs or something equally trivial. Not like Plymouth fans to be touchy about something being nicked
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Post by drfootball on Mar 16, 2024 11:15:13 GMT
Plymouth v Exeter is pretty naff. Apparently it's something to do with Exeter 'nicking' one of Argyles songs or something equally trivial. Not like Plymouth fans to be touchy about something being nicked Twice ! 😂😂😂
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Post by lordb on Mar 16, 2024 12:01:39 GMT
Plymouth v Exeter is pretty naff. Apparently it's something to do with Exeter 'nicking' one of Argyles songs or something equally trivial. It's a straightforward local derby
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Post by drfootball on Mar 16, 2024 12:17:39 GMT
Plymouth v Exeter is pretty naff. Apparently it's something to do with Exeter 'nicking' one of Argyles songs or something equally trivial. It's a straightforward local derby They've both got Torquay United between them which doesn't trigger either of them for some reason. I suppose it depends on your definition of 'local' derby, they're roughly 50 miles and over an hour apart.
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Post by skip on Mar 16, 2024 12:48:32 GMT
Palace vs Brighton is one of the most ridiculous. At least an hour and 1/2 on the train or over an hour by car. In that time a Stokie could be further than Leicester, nearly towards Bristol or in Liverpool. It's like draw a circle and pick your "nearest" team. It's not a derby and never will be. Palace vs Brighton is not a derby, but it very much is a game between two clubs/set of fans that cannot abide one another.
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Post by greystokie on Mar 16, 2024 13:04:05 GMT
Although they're not currently in the same division Dundee v Dundee Utd never really amounts to much when they are.
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