Arsenal or Tottenham? And other local rivalries.

AliBobbyJ said:
In the pub or on long train journeys the topic has often come up "which of these local rivals do you prefer (or dislike least)?" With some it's easy to choose: Everton not L'pool, Sunderland not Newcastle, Sheffield Wednesday (blue) not Sheff Utd. But between Arsenal and Spurs it's a lot harder. If you HAD to pick one, who'd it be? The arrogant Tarquins who've grown even more dislikeable under Arteta in the past year, or Tottingham going back to 1981?

More generally, do folk have preferences, however peculiar or irrational, between, say, Norwich & Ipswich? Southampton & Portsmouth? Derby County & Notts Forest? Swansea & Cardiff? I'm not getting into Scottish rivalries but further afield is it Roma or Lazio? Benfica or Sporting? River Plate or Boca?
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Arsenal, Norwich, Southampton, Forest, Swansea, Lazio, Sporting, River. Easy.
 
Oxford over Swindon, as my cousin is a season ticket holder and I’ve been to many Oxford games over the years.

Norwich over Ipswich as my mum lives in Norfolk.

Forest over Derby as I went to uni in Nottingham.

I don’t like any London club, though if pressed I’d have to say Arsenal as one of my grandads was a Londoner and Arsenal fan.

I hate both Liverpool and Everton, and obviously the rag shit who fall somewhere between racists and Russians in my hatred scale.
 
BillCarlisle said:
I remember that day well. Coachload of them rolled up at the Railway in Openshaw for a pre-match session. They couldn't believe how cheap a pint of Holts lager was compared to darn sarf. They couldnt get enough down them & one of them told me the savings on the drink covered the cost of his coach fare. A right crew, but they were a goid set of lads with no hint of bother. I doubt though that any if them could see the game by the time they left. Probably a good thing considering the result.
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Ha, before Weatherspoon's there were Holt's pubs.
 
Arsenal over Spurs for me.

Reasons -

Spurs broke my heart as a 12 year old

Arsenal beat United in that 3-2 Cup final

Arsenal stopped United winning the league a few times

Arsenal stopped Liverpool winning the league with that glorious last min winner at Anfield.

Easy choice.

Everton over Liverpool
Sunderland over Newcastle but I don’t mind the latter
West Ham over Chelsea
None of Birmingham or Villa
Swansea over Cardiff
 
For me a lot of it comes down to fans of other clubs I have met that's when you decide bellend or not, the following get the thumbs up from me.

Everton
City
Sunderland
Bristol Rovers
Forest
Bradford
Not fussed about any London club tbh, and have no split between Brum or Villa, Wolves or Baggies

Further a field have an affection for Boca, Flamengo, Colo Colo, Ath Nacional, Napoli, Milan, Munich 1860, St Etienne which a lot of it is down to their kits which I like.
 
Everton over Liverpool
Port Vale over Stoke
West Ham in London
Bristol City over Rovers
St Mirren in Glasgow
Bury over Rochdale (was)
Inter over AC
Lazio over Roman
Fenerbahce over Galatasaray
 
Kippax77 said:
Unbelievable atmosphere that day.
They came to party
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started going with my Dad in the late 60's - was there on this day - Big Match revisited - I still struggle to wonder how such degraded pitches were played upon ( no choice I know ) but the "football" was all kick and rush and a million miles away from today's fayre
 
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