sylofox Posted 17 August 2017 Posted 17 August 2017 On 08/08/2017 at 22:42, Poznan34 said: Funny you mention them. Does it grate on anyone how much Man City have taken the name 'City' as their own? They are almost universally known as 'City' when there are loads of teams with City in their name? Did this happen before they got their investment? I can't remember really. It might just be me though It maybe something to do with the club nicname. Citizens?
WebcamGary Posted 17 August 2017 Posted 17 August 2017 Like: Southampton: Especially since the team containing Schneiderlin, Lallana and Rickie Lambert rose up the leagues. I'm a bit too young to remember Le tiss, although youtube has bailed me out here. Bolton Wanderers: Jay-Jay Okocha, "so good they named him twice." Kevin Davies was a battering ram up top too. Hereford United: Former season ticket holder, lovely little club with a nice old fashioned ground. It was a shame when they folded. Never really been able to get excited about the newly formed Hereford FC. Dislike:Arsenal: Indoctrinated into the fanbase through childhood propaganda by my father. Demolition of Highbury and the sales of Henry, Fabregas and Van Persie as well as the ridiculous pricing structure at The Emirates killed it for me. Aston Villa: Former season ticket holder when I lived locally. Never once experienced a decent atmosphere at Villa Park even when they were winning. It seemed like nothing could please the home fans. Bristol City: Knew a kid who supported them when I went to school. Always banging on about how good Lee Trundle is. Come off it lad. Chelsea: Aside from the obvious, no beer allowed in the lower tier of the away end, shut the front door.Liverpool: It's their year, every single year you know!
Ted Maul Posted 17 August 2017 Posted 17 August 2017 1 hour ago, Max Wall said: Can I say I hate Bristol City again. Once just didn't seem enough. What is it about Bristol City? They've never done anything of note, yet so many people have an irrational dislike of them- myself included.
Vardinio'sCat Posted 17 August 2017 Posted 17 August 2017 Forest Green Rovers... eating their way to world domination!
Guest seanfox778 Posted 17 August 2017 Posted 17 August 2017 On 16/08/2017 at 01:52, ScouseFox said: don't mind briz rovers, liverpool or the ev. quite strong hatred for literally every other football team to ever exist in this country, with special shout outs to crystal palace. fans who think they invented being fans. we did it first. nah mate you didn't, you copied it off someone else, probably ruined it and are a cu nt. bournemouth. eddie howe is a c unt. just go away and get back to being almost liquidated where you belong. spurs. for having the audacity to actually think they're any good when they've won nothing, literally ever. After their Newcastle game at the weekend, the interviewer said to one of their players something along the lines of "so, arguably you've been the best team in the Premier League for the past couple of seasons..." Ridiculous.
ScouseFox Posted 17 August 2017 Posted 17 August 2017 On 8/16/2017 at 07:14, HighPeakFox said: Is that a fact? yer pretty much. since almost 30 years ago they've won one league cup. the same, or less than; leicester portsmouth wigan blackburn villa birmingham swansea wednesday middlesboro leeds probably some others, too. them winning the league when we did would've been just as much of a miracle as us, yet the narrative seemed to be that us "beating" them was a victory for the small clubs over "yet another successful club dominating english football". they're garbage. i remember when they came top 4 over man city and it was a genuine triumph for the underdog and everyone was pretty pleased, yet like 5 years later despite still never winning anything they were suddenly the big dogs? no tar.
HighPeakFox Posted 17 August 2017 Posted 17 August 2017 19 minutes ago, ScouseFox said: yer pretty much. since almost 30 years ago they've won one league cup. the same, or less than; leicester portsmouth wigan blackburn villa birmingham swansea wednesday middlesboro leeds probably some others, too. them winning the league when we did would've been just as much of a miracle as us, yet the narrative seemed to be that us "beating" them was a victory for the small clubs over "yet another successful club dominating english football". they're garbage. i remember when they came top 4 over man city and it was a genuine triumph for the underdog and everyone was pretty pleased, yet like 5 years later despite still never winning anything they were suddenly the big dogs? no tar. You asserted that Spurs have won literally nothing ever. Hate them all you like, but fact that ain't.
z-layrex Posted 17 August 2017 Posted 17 August 2017 I really really like Southampton, Sheff Weds and Villa. Absolutely no reason for it. I guess they're nostalgic clubs? I was a big Leicester fan even as a kid, but I would sometimes wear a Villa hat because I liked the badge and colour. Caused no end of confusion at school.
Rob1742 Posted 18 August 2017 Posted 18 August 2017 Wouldn't say like, but am okay with Middlesbrough Sunderland Norwich Northampton Dislike Spurs Man U Forest Derby Cov Birmingham Villa Watford Millwall Portsmouth Used to have a problem with Luton, Oxford and Barnsley, but that's historical and I have got over it.
Max Wall Posted 18 August 2017 Posted 18 August 2017 15 hours ago, Ted Maul said: What is it about Bristol City? They've never done anything of note, yet so many people have an irrational dislike of them- myself included. I live just south of Bristol which explains my dislike, their fans, without exception, are absolute tossers and most that I've met can't stand us either. Most seem to follow Spuds as their 'Premiership' club also. I have the added bonus of living 5 miles from Bath whose fans absolutely hate Leicester Tigers. These are the two reasons my 100% Leicester t-shirt has virtually perished through over use.
Ted Maul Posted 18 August 2017 Posted 18 August 2017 52 minutes ago, Max Wall said: I live just south of Bristol which explains my dislike, their fans, without exception, are absolute tossers and most that I've met can't stand us either. Most seem to follow Spuds as their 'Premiership' club also. I have the added bonus of living 5 miles from Bath whose fans absolutely hate Leicester Tigers. These are the two reasons my 100% Leicester t-shirt has virtually perished through over use. They do seem a pretty odious lot. I think my dislike stems from a football tour to Butlins as a kid- we were having a kickabout, and were challenged to a game by a bunch of Bristol City fans, which basically just descended into leg-breaking challenges flying in and a brawl. Nothing I have experienced of them down the years has done anything to change my mind
Vardinio'sCat Posted 19 August 2017 Posted 19 August 2017 14 hours ago, Worthington said: Forgot them off my list! Dislikeable little club back in the day, more so now! 'Business plan' is totally off the wall, think Dale Vince must be lacking something caused by not being carnivorous! Think of the chants though. Who ate all the felafel? You're going home in an electric ambulance, etc etc
ScouseFox Posted 20 August 2017 Posted 20 August 2017 tbf bristol city absolutely hate the welsh so that's alright with me
The Fox Covert Posted 20 August 2017 Posted 20 August 2017 On 8/18/2017 at 09:43, Max Wall said: I live just south of Bristol which explains my dislike, their fans, without exception, are absolute tossers and most that I've met can't stand us either. Most seem to follow Spuds as their 'Premiership' club also. I have the added bonus of living 5 miles from Bath whose fans absolutely hate Leicester Tigers. These are the two reasons my 100% Leicester t-shirt has virtually perished through over use. I live just south of Midsomer Norton where Max lives. Never had a problem with supporters of any of the local teams, which includes the Bristol teams and Yeovil. Probably because City have always been a bigger club than any of them. Much prefer people who support their local team than the plastics who support Manyoo, Chelski etc. and have no connection with the city at all. Never had any problem with Bath rugby either. My dad, a rugby supporter, used to visit Somerset regularly and made a point of going round in a Tigers hat. Usually it was a cue for a good blether. Almost everyone seems to have a problem with Cardiff. If there was a hooligan league they would be up there with Millwall. So far as I know Cardiff have a problem with every English club, and an even bigger problem with Swansea for being Welsh.
Filberts lovechild Posted 20 August 2017 Posted 20 August 2017 Warming to Huddersfield to be honest. We always tend to get a good return from them as well. Remember Knockys goals against them a few season back?
Max Wall Posted 21 August 2017 Posted 21 August 2017 14 hours ago, The Fox Covert said: I live just south of Midsomer Norton where Max lives. Never had a problem with supporters of any of the local teams, which includes the Bristol teams and Yeovil. Probably because City have always been a bigger club than any of them. Much prefer people who support their local team than the plastics who support Manyoo, Chelski etc. and have no connection with the city at all. Never had any problem with Bath rugby either. My dad, a rugby supporter, used to visit Somerset regularly and made a point of going round in a Tigers hat. Usually it was a cue for a good blether. Almost everyone seems to have a problem with Cardiff. If there was a hooligan league they would be up there with Millwall. So far as I know Cardiff have a problem with every English club, and an even bigger problem with Swansea for being Welsh. We've clearly met different halves of the population down here Rovers and Yeovil fans seem a pretty decent lot. We'll agree to disagree on Bristol City fans.
Brizzle Fox Posted 21 August 2017 Posted 21 August 2017 1 hour ago, Max Wall said: We've clearly met different halves of the population down here Rovers and Yeovil fans seem a pretty decent lot. We'll agree to disagree on Bristol City fans. I have a season ticket at Ashton Gate (it's a social thing) and would tend to agree that there is a relatively high number of knuckle dragging morons who follow Bristol City. To be honest though not much different than the number of morons who follow us! Rovers do tend to be a lot more civilised but then they are less of a genuine City club and therefore much less working class in their fan demographic.
SpacedX Posted 21 August 2017 Posted 21 August 2017 QPR... I was born in London, but my parents moved to Leicester. when I was young so to make this perfectly clear, there has only ever been and always will be one team. Because my Dad still worked for extended periods in the capital I was schooled between both Leicester and West London. As a kid I always supported Leicester, particularly, although before my time, learning about the influx of London players under Bloomfield but I'd also loved characters like Stan Bowles (Superstars) and Rodney Marsh at the Rangers. I moved back there myself on several occasions and used to regularly go to Loftus Road unless City were in town. QPR were/are a genuine club with local affiliation and an intimate ground and setting. Zero in the way of glory hunters, close affiliation with the community, a working class fan base and the occasional nutter... Being on the edge of White City, there is a strong local support and I loved the way in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea they are the poorer cousins and the underdogs to their more prosperous neighbours to the South. Following the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the club opened their doors which on a much smaller scale, reminded me of the Louisiana Superdome providing shelter to the thousands displaced by hurricane Katrina. Les Ferdinand is currently organising the game4grenfell. On the occasions that I approached the ground on the circle line to Wood Lane I always used to notice the Grenfell Tower looming over Latimer Road station. Usually, I'd come into White City on the central line but you could still see it that side of Television Centre. The fire has in many ways epitomised the fact that this area is a forgotten and neglected part of London. Easy to be fooled by the renovation of the old BBC into apartments and the peripheral White City Living development, the old estate is still there and unchanged and presumably a headache to the developers keen to deploy the bulldozers. I recently spent a few days walking around my old haunts. The tragedy is that you can't stand in the way of inexorable "progress" and the heart and soul is being ripped out of so many places. True, Brixton was somewhere you went either by mistake, or you'd fallen asleep on the Victoria Line but it is methodically being gentrified and whitewashed as opposed to regenerated. Irony is that so many that have spent generations trying to escape the poverty cycle and the ghetto are now being displaced through soaring property prices, while the kids on the sink estates like Loughborough Junction and the Angel estate are all killing themselves and each other with guns, knives and drugs. ****, even Peckham is now branded a place to be seen by the clueless hipsters who make no concessions to the turbulent past or impoverished history. Meantime, no one gives two shits about White City - just as no one gave a flying **** about Grenfell...the cheaper flammable panels were largely for aesthetics assuring that the skyline would be easier on the eye for lucrative property sales in nearby Holland Park and Ladbroke Grove. QPR? They have their eyes on redevelopment themselves...the Linford Christie stadium up the top of Wood Lane. is the proposed site of a 30,000 seater all new ground. Even if it happens, they'll still never become a plastic club but I do fear that they'll lose the intimacy I referred to. The shirt? 82-83 Div 2 champions - we'd won it four seasons before and having been relegated under Wallace, also gained promotion that season. Loved the Guinness brand - again a local sponsor given the presence of the Park Royal Brewery up the road which I worked at for a while to finance study - in fact the shirt didn't change much until the later eighties. I've spent years looking out for the hoops and watching them when in London. I can never understand people who support two clubs or even have a second, but this is as close as it gets. Pompey - again genuine supporters, not a plastic in site. They may be complete neanderthals and the 6-57 crew a train carriage away from the ICF but they do get behind their club. The fanbase - the most fervent in the country imo, kept them alive and in business when they had been shafted from a great corporate height. Last season they were getting gates of 18,000 at Fratton in League 2 whilst Coventry City were mustering half that at the Ricoh. I understand that many wish to boycott SISU but nonetheless there is no comparison. My son in law supports Portsmouth so over the last three years have visited many of the older and more venerable grounds in the league that glory hunters probably have no idea of the existence of and some of which I haven't been to for years. Real grass roots League Two - a complete timewarp. Loved it when they pipped the Pilgrims to the title and I wish them all the best this year - although Paul Cook was a big loss. Liverpool - screw Man U, their international stock may have fallen but to me still the quintessential English club and growing up what English football epitomised. So pleased they elected to keep the history and pedigree and remain at Anfield - greatest ground in the country. Best game of football I've ever seen from the stands Leicester v Liverpool April 1983...if you don't know, look it up. Shrewsbury - the English Border Front. You can only laugh. Clubs I dislike? Spurs - nasty fanbase with a vastly inflated sense of their own worth and entitlement. Forest - (although I used to get into the City Ground for free in the 80s because I knew a player), ManU, Villa, Spurs, Watford, Luton. Derby County, and Swindon. EDIT: To add MK Dons.
Max Wall Posted 21 August 2017 Posted 21 August 2017 3 hours ago, Brizzle Fox said: I have a season ticket at Ashton Gate (it's a social thing) and would tend to agree that there is a relatively high number of knuckle dragging morons who follow Bristol City. To be honest though not much different than the number of morons who follow us! Rovers do tend to be a lot more civilised but then they are less of a genuine City club and therefore much less working class in their fan demographic. My understanding is that Rovers are the older club and have more support in the city whereas Bristol City are supported mainly south of the river, by far the less densly populated area of the city itself and by people South of Bristol in North East Somerset (though this may be incorrect). Either way, they seem an overly entitled lot for a club who list a league cup semi final among their 'achievements'. South Bristol is a real toilet and the decent areas are all in the North so you may have a point regarding the working class demographic though, with the exception of Clifton, most of Bristol would be working class I'd imagine. That said, I can't disagree with your assertion that every club, including ours, has it's share of morons.
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