Arsenal till I die Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 I'm just thinking, we've got the whole stereotype of Edinburgh but does the misconception extend to other cities such as Manchester? Trouble at the City game the other night, maybe they think City=Rangers fans and United=Celtic fans? When you consider the likes of Noel Gallagher, all a bit daft. I wouldn't even describe ourselves and Chelsea as being the London Old Firm, the London Edinburgh clubs if anything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deej Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Saints are clearly Rangers minded, while everyone knows Jeanfield Swifts play the Celtic way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackdaybob Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 11 hours ago, Arsenal till I die said: I'm just thinking Well just fuckin stop it. Stop it right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 12 hours ago, Arsenal till I die said: I wouldn't even describe ourselves and Chelsea as being the London Old Firm I always thought the main rivalry was Arsenal - Spurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsimButtHitsASix Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 I suppose Inverclyde's "Junior Derby" is like a mini Old Firm. Greenock Juniors play at a stadium they barely fill and Port Glasgow Juniors are a shitey reformed version of a club that used to be quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eindhovendee Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 13 hours ago, Arsenal till I die said: I'm just thinking, we've got the whole stereotype of Edinburgh but does the misconception extend to other cities such as Manchester? Trouble at the City game the other night, maybe they think City=Rangers fans and United=Celtic fans? When you consider the likes of Noel Gallagher, all a bit daft. I wouldn't even describe ourselves and Chelsea as being the London Old Firm, the London Edinburgh clubs if anything... No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 16 hours ago, Arsenal till I die said: I'm just thinking, we've got the whole stereotype of Edinburgh but does the misconception extend to other cities such as Manchester? Trouble at the City game the other night, maybe they think City=Rangers fans and United=Celtic fans? When you consider the likes of Noel Gallagher, all a bit daft. I wouldn't even describe ourselves and Chelsea as being the London Old Firm, the London Edinburgh clubs if anything... If you go back 60 years or so there was a bit of a Protestant vs RC angle with City and United in Manchester. Manchester Celtic was also considered when Man U changed their name from Newton Heath in 1902. Now I think the stereotype of who does what is more that real Mancunians support City, while gloryhunters from the surrounding towns and further afield support United. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/comment-why-rangers-hate-the-reds-1154705 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 On 12/10/2016 at 14:43, GordonD said: I always thought the main rivalry was Arsenal - Spurs. That was my thought as well. And Chelsea - Fulham. Sky seem to have invented this rivalry between Arsenal and Chelsea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCelt67 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 5 minutes ago, KnightswoodBear said: That was my thought as well. And Chelsea - Fulham. Sky seem to have invented this rivalry between Arsenal and Chelsea I'd even go as far as to say that your average Chelsea fan would consider West Ham and Millwall to be bigger rivals than Arsenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever_blueco Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 6 minutes ago, TheCelt67 said: I'd even go as far as to say that your average Chelsea fan would consider West Ham and Millwall to be bigger rivals than Arsenal. The arsenal and Chelsea rivalry is only fully embraced by the new age sky premiership fans , even Man U and arsenal were not proper rivals in the traditional sense . They just happened to be the two teams going toe to toe for the title between the late 90's to mid noughties as they had the two best squads , see Newcastle Utd and man Utd in the mid nineties also .obviously this made them rivals and competitors and sometimes the players emotions boiled over on the pitch but the hate between the fans was never the same as what man united had for Liverpool and city or arsenal had for Tottenham . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I don't think the hatred between Arsenal and Spurs comes anywhere what the old firm have in terms of both long term rival and general fundamental hatred of one another. Liverpool Man Utd comes the closest but it's only usually the travelling fans causing bother, most the regular nutters at Old Trafford and Anfield are in the minority with the stadiums packed with tourists on a day out or fairly sensible working professionals. Chelsea, West Ham and Millwall seem to still have their nutters but nothing like it was in the 80's and still nowhere like the old firm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arsenal till I die Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 Cheers for the replies. I should clarify it's definitely Tottenham for me, but Chelsea is the closest we've come to a political rivalry. That and the northern clubs, whose fans blame Londoners for the Tories when they're too thick to go on Electoral Calculus. Man United was bad purely because other than Spurs there was no-one else, well not until that night at Elland Road in 99... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanner Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 no. hope that answers your question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arsenal till I die Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 ok cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeSAFC Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 No, considering we're the only team in Stirling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 On 14/12/2016 at 14:47, TheCelt67 said: I'd even go as far as to say that your average Chelsea fan would consider West Ham and Millwall to be bigger rivals than Arsenal. I'm pretty sure Chelsea fans hate Spurs more than anyone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCelt67 Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 2 hours ago, tongue_tied_danny said: I'm pretty sure Chelsea fans hate Spurs more than anyone... That's a fair shout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 I'm pretty sure Chelsea fans hate black people more than anyone... FTFY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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