Arsenal or Tottenham? And other local rivalries.

bennyboy said:
East Stirlingshire a Falkirk club.
I was born in the houses looking over their old ground.
Stenhousemuir a Larbert club,think Salford to Manchester.
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It's funny how I know all these names from years of listening to James Alexander Gordon on Saturday afternoons, many years ago. It was a much loved ritual. And I used to listen to it right through the four divisions of the English league and then on into the Scottish one.
Before looking them up just now, couldn't possibly have told you which league/division Stenhousemuir or East Stirlingshire were in, but I'd definitely heard of them through that BBC source. Just like Hamilton Academical and Airdieonians. (I've always liked those two names, can't explain why… quite fond of Queen of the South, too). You've got more poetry in your club names than we have.
Just looked up where your teams are standing. Well, no-one can accuse you of being a glory hunter! Falkirk FC are actually doing quite well in Scottish League One (as I'm sure you know)… Not tempted at all?
 
Nebuchadnezzar said:
You'll need to start a few Top 100 threads before they like you
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I fear that even that won't quite do it. They liked us when we were sort of the northern counterpart — solid working-class base, prawn-sandwich eating rival across the city (rivals, in the case of London), good gallows humour and banter on the terraces. Strong tradition of attacking football. And above all, perennial underachievers.
Those days, friend, are long gone (well, not the attacking football)… We are now as hateworthy to them as Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea.
 
I prefer Everton over Liverpool (obvs)

Arsenal over Spurs (this season aside!)

Couldn’t give a fuck about Sheffield (can never remember which is which)

Sunderland over Newcastle (even before the takeover Newcastle fans got on my nerves)

Rangers and Celtic can continue kicking the fuck out of each other over in the wild lands beyond the wall as far as I’m concerned. Scottish football isn’t really football.

Inter over Milan because of the Bobby Manc connection and Lazio over Roma as they play in City blue.
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
It's funny how I know all these names from years of listening to James Alexander Gordon on Saturday afternoons, many years ago. It was a much loved ritual. And I used to listen to it right through the four divisions of the English league and then on into the Scottish one.
Before looking them up just now, couldn't possibly have told you which league/division Stenhousemuir or East Stirlingshire were in, but I'd definitely heard of them through that BBC source. Just like Hamilton Academical and Airdieonians. (I've always liked those two names, can't explain why… quite fond of Queen of the South, too). You've got more poetry in your club names than we have.
Just looked up where your teams are standing. Well, no-one can accuse you of being a glory hunter! Falkirk FC are actually doing quite well in Scottish League One (as I'm sure you know)… Not tempted at all?
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I have been to see Falkirk in 2 Scottish Cup finals against Rangers and Inverness but that's about it unless they are playing Hearts.
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
Young Boys Berne over Grasshoppers Zurich. Not sure which club has the most ridiculous name, but I feel the first just about edges it.
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Manchester United.

I mean, imagine naming your team after the City down the road from the one you’re actually based in. Seems really confusing to me.
 
In London QPR, Watford, in Manchester there is only one.

Torino on the continent, can't be bothered with the cartel clubs, or fascists, or anything Caledonian due to sectarian shite. Dynamo Kiev deserve respect always for the Death Match.

In south America Botafogo, Boca Juniors and Deportivo Wanka, naturally!

Despise spuds, Tarquin FC, stretford, the slaughterers, Ipswich tractor botherers, vile, Luton (!)

Really enjoy the views from most other fans, specially the Owls and Bantams chaps who post on here. Also the lower tier clubs we've played on cup runs.
 
Vienna_70 said:
As I detest Spurs more than all but three other teams, it is no contest, though Arsenal are not very high up on my list of likeable clubs.

Another rivalry that hasn’t been mentioned is Exeter City and Plymouth Argyle, who absolutely loathe each other.

I prefer Exeter because a mate - Tony Kellow - used to play for them. The first professional football match I ever saw was Exeter's 4th round replay victory over Leicester in 1981, in which Tony scored a hat-trick:
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Today I realised that 1981 was a million years ago.
 
Gazza said:
Today I realised that 1981 was a million years ago.
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Personally, it's never been my reason for disliking them. If you disliked everyone who'd beaten your team, you'd end up hating a good proportion of the entire Football League.
As I've always said, hating properly requires energy. I've only got so much. Enough for the rags and dippers — I seem to have a nuclear power station for them two — and then a good few röntgens left over for Spurs.
The others, in their vast majority, I'm indifferent to. Those clubs I like tend to be on the basis of knowing, or having known, good lads who were genuine supporters, and who I could talk about football to in an informed and balanced way. There aren't many.
 
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