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4 minutes ago, leffe186 said:


With the utmost respect, having been to a ton of them over 45 years, you’re very wrong :lol:

 

I did say that the North London Derby had some spice. Have you been to a Tyne-Wear derby, or a Old firm? I suspect it's not even in the same stratosphere.

 

 

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2 minutes ago, Nucasol said:

Presuming it’s more size of the clubs and immediate peers than geographical. Would have QPR, Brentford and Fulham as more logical bedfellows, with WHAM, Arsenal, Spurs and Chelsea being the historic rivalries in the PL era. 

 

I believe Chelsea and QPR have a thing (maybe more on the QPR side) and years back, Chelsea and Fulham given the proximity. Brentford are so recently in the PL, there's not much there but not speaking from experience like.

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3 minutes ago, STM said:

 

I did say that the North London Derby had some spice. Have you been to a Tyne-Wear derby, or a Old firm? I suspect it's not even in the same stratosphere.

 

 

 

 

Went to a Celtic v Rangers game January 1990. It was an incredible experience, very intimidating in that era.

 

Edit - had to check my old tickets, it was actually January 88. Celtic won 2-0. Paul McStay was fantastic.

 

 

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1 minute ago, BlazeT44 said:

Something has got to give with the gap between the PL and Championship.

 

It's just boring to watch. 3 go up, same 3 come down.

 

Closed league.

I was having this conversation with your dad ahead of the final.

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2 minutes ago, STM said:

 

I did say that the North London Derby had some spice. Have you been to a Tyne-Wear derby, or a Old firm? I suspect it's not even in the same stratosphere.

 

 

 


Old Firm yes, and obviously there’s a lot more going on there. Tyne-Wear no I don't think I ever went to it, You can suspect all you want. Spurs-Chelsea, Spurs-West Ham, Chelsea-Arsenal, Chelsea-West Ham. Have been at massive punch-ups for all of them off the pitch. Everyone hates us, for starters, the most coins I ever took home from a match was at Selhurst Park. 
 

It’s less violent now because of the changes in the game and the crowd, and the changes in parity. Fulham will always be mundane, and Brentford haven’t been at this level long enough for anything really rough to develop, but the hatred is real between the top London clubs.
 

You have to remember that while there are areas of London that have always favoured certain clubs, we all grew up intertwined. You know what they say about familiarity. I don’t know how many Mackem fans you went to school with, but I remember at infant schools us walking round the playground in Arsenal and Spurs gangs.

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This is going to end up being one of the least impressive and dullest title campaigns in living memory. No excitement, average football, no tension. Current Liverpool side not a patch on any of the recent title teams and certainly not in the same league football-speaking as their heyday teams in the late 70s and early 80s.

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1 minute ago, CallumG6 said:

Good riddance Southampton. What a fucking waste of a PL place. 

 

I have sympathy for the two other teams that will be relegated this season. The system is now rigged against them.

 

But not Southampton. Southampton can fuck off.

 

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14 minutes ago, nortoon said:

Why is it not called east-ham? Apologies if my map-reading and london geography is not up to par.


There is an East Ham and a West Ham in East London. Upton Park is actually a station between them on the Underground, but the new ground we all kindly donated to them is in Stratford, closer to West Ham (and Leyton, annoyingly). If we were going to Upton Park we’d often go to East Ham station and walk,

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19 minutes ago, nortoon said:

Why is it not called east-ham? Apologies if my map-reading and london geography is not up to par.

Borough of Newham is split east and west down green street. West Ham’s old stadium was actually in East Ham

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23 minutes ago, JT24 said:

So long Southampton. To be replaced by a Northern team I hope. 

There'll be a significantly more northern make-up next season with Southampton, Ipswich and Leicester being replaced, almost certainly, by three out of Leeds, Burnley, Sheffield United and the clowns down the road. Should cut down on our traveling time.

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1 minute ago, GideonShandy said:

There'll be a significantly more northern make-up next season with Southampton, Ipswich and Leicester being replaced, almost certainly, by three out of Leeds, Burnley, Sheffield United and the clowns down the road. Should cut down on our traveling time.

Still getting Brighton and Bournemouth away on Saturday 12:30pm, and Monday night KO’s, if not the few midweek games they have planned. We’ll get Everton away as their first game midweek under the lights in their new stadium.

Anfield on Boxing Day.

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