cityfanlee23 Posted 1 May 2014 Share Posted 1 May 2014 In order, Who in your opinion are our biggest rivals? Whether it be due to distance, Past clashes etc.... 1. Forest 2. Coventry 3. Derby 4. Chelsea 5. ?? Add any more if you want! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzell Posted 1 May 2014 Share Posted 1 May 2014 I agree with your top 3 there but why Chelsea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
statto7 Posted 1 May 2014 Share Posted 1 May 2014 I would agree with top 3 and maybe Villa 4th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfc1994 Posted 1 May 2014 Share Posted 1 May 2014 In all honesty, I don't think we have any proper rivals at all. I think the questio probably should be 'who do we want as our biggest rivals?' I'd love to have a proper rivalry with a team, a game each season where both sets of fans look to it as the biggest game of the season. For instance derby won't look at us before forest as a rival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobHawk Posted 1 May 2014 Share Posted 1 May 2014 Anstey nomads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityfanlee23 Posted 1 May 2014 Author Share Posted 1 May 2014 In all honesty, I don't think we have any proper rivals at all. I think the questio probably should be 'who do we want as our biggest rivals?' I'd love to have a proper rivalry with a team, a game each season where both sets of fans look to it as the biggest game of the season. For instance derby won't look at us before forest as a rival. I would agree with top 3 and maybe Villa 4th I agree with your top 3 there but why Chelsea? It's a difficult one, because of our location we could call many teams "Rivals" Agree with villa, And chelsea was based on past clashes, it was always a big big game in the past which always ended up in fighting In all honesty, I don't think we have any proper rivals at all. I think the questio probably should be 'who do we want as our biggest rivals?' I'd love to have a proper rivalry with a team, a game each season where both sets of fans look to it as the biggest game of the season. For instance derby won't look at us before forest as a rival. Villa or chelsea it is then.... We won't go down, the other circus' wont come up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 1 May 2014 Share Posted 1 May 2014 We do miss a big rivalry, I agree. A rivalry like Birmingham/Villa, Burnley/Blackburn... Something on that level, where it is fierce and mutual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceredigion Posted 1 May 2014 Share Posted 1 May 2014 Real Madrid, then Northampton Town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfc1994 Posted 1 May 2014 Share Posted 1 May 2014 I think if derby came up with us and we were isolated from forest for a while, that would become more important. I compare our rival situation to that of Middlesbrough's, when Newcastle and Sunderland are together in a division they only care about eachother. When Sunderland and boro are isolated from Newcastle, that's the big game. If you look at teams with potential to be rivals then I think it would be Derby or coventry. I think the rivalry was strong when forest were in league 1 and we shared the championship with derby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavrentis Posted 1 May 2014 Share Posted 1 May 2014 Don't understand why people think we have a rivalry with Chelsea, it aint the 80's anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voll Blau Posted 1 May 2014 Share Posted 1 May 2014 Don't understand why people think we have a rivalry with Chelsea, it aint the 80's anymore I hate them because of Erland Johnsen. Athletico Madrid are our biggest rivals by the way. I only recognise our European rivalries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted 1 May 2014 Share Posted 1 May 2014 Don't understand why people think we have a rivalry with Chelsea, it aint the 80's anymore I'm still a 'kid' but I can remember the rivalary from the 90s... Even the 4-3 loss at the Bridge. I think there will be a few old scores settled next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackiepas Posted 1 May 2014 Share Posted 1 May 2014 Chelsea for me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrummieFOX Posted 1 May 2014 Share Posted 1 May 2014 I hate them because of Erland Johnsen. Athletico Madrid are our biggest rivals by the way. I only recognise our European rivalries. Depends where in Leicestershire you're from. Don't even mention Red Star Belgrade over in Hinckley! 1. Forest 2. Derby 3. Cov But I hate Villa. They have actually started towing Forest's line about not caring about their rivalry with Small Heath. Obviously they still sell out and that's all you hear about round here leading up to the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voll Blau Posted 1 May 2014 Share Posted 1 May 2014 Depends where in Leicestershire you're from. Don't even mention Red Star Belgrade over in Hinckley! 1. Forest 2. Derby 3. Cov But I hate Villa. They have actually started towing Forest's line about not caring about their rivalry with Small Heath. Obviously they still sell out and that's all you hear about round here leading up to the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan LCFC Posted 1 May 2014 Share Posted 1 May 2014 Forest easily. It does make me laugh when people have a go at us for having no rivals - as if it's down to ANYTHING other than location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaMaleFox Posted 1 May 2014 Share Posted 1 May 2014 I hate them because of Erland Johnsen. Athletico Madrid are our biggest rivals by the way. I only recognise our European rivalries. Crvena Zvezda, surely? Propa nawty stuff. Domestic rivalry: Hull City. Nigel Pearson Trophy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broughtonblue Posted 1 May 2014 Share Posted 1 May 2014 For me location wise it's Cov, I only have to travel 10 mins up the road to hinckley and I can't buy a bacon cob for love nor money, I can have as many bacon 'batches' as I want tho! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sampson Posted 1 May 2014 Share Posted 1 May 2014 Of course it's down to location in part but it's not only about location, it's also down to history. In both rugby and cricket Leicester's biggest rivals are Northampton. However, there's absolutely no history against Northampton in football as Leicester have always been a tier 1 and 2 side whereas Northampton have always been a tier 3 or 4 side. We've been in the same league in only like 2 or 3 seasons in our entire historys. It's probably fair to say that if there was a history of playing each other on regular occasions then our games against Northampton would probably be considered a fierce rivalry,but as there's no history there they're not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walshy5 Posted 1 May 2014 Share Posted 1 May 2014 Not this debate again! Forest! Close thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan LCFC Posted 1 May 2014 Share Posted 1 May 2014 Of course it's down to location in part but it's not only about location, it's also down to history. In both rugby and cricket Leicester's biggest rivals are Northampton. However, there's absolutely no history against Northampton in football as Leicester have always been a tier 1 and 2 side whereas Northampton have always been a tier 3 or 4 side. We've been in the same league in only like 2 or 3 seasons in our entire historys. It's probably fair to say that if there was a history of playing each other on regular occasions then our games against Northampton would probably be considered a fierce rivalry,but as there's no history there they're not. This. The fact is - out of the 92 (and you can discount a lot of the regular League One/Two sides here too) not a single one of them has Leicester as their most local ground. Derby have Forest, Forest have Notts County (but consider Derby a rival due to size), Cov have Villa/Birmingham, Peterborough/Northampton have each other. We're no-one's local game. Saying this, we aren't totally deprived of rivalry like other fans. Forest, Derby and Cov all love beating us and they all know they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfc278 Posted 1 May 2014 Share Posted 1 May 2014 It's got the the 'lcfc' rivalry with Lincoln City, they hate us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 1 May 2014 Share Posted 1 May 2014 It's good to have this debate every couple of months. Feels like home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_w Posted 1 May 2014 Share Posted 1 May 2014 In all honesty, I don't think we have any proper rivals at all. I think the questio probably should be 'who do we want as our biggest rivals?' I'd love to have a proper rivalry with a team, a game each season where both sets of fans look to it as the biggest game of the season. For instance derby won't look at us before forest as a rival. What about Watford? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayfox Posted 1 May 2014 Share Posted 1 May 2014 We're all on our own. I miss the posh Think it has a lot to do with location. Over melton way there are far to many fword numpties. Loughborough has a split of fword and derby as does shepshed. If you live west of leicester you probably spend time in the company of coventrys 2 fans. When most of these were in our shadow our rivally seemed more intense with villa. For the most part. I hate the tigers leicester not hull . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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