Phileas Fogg Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 29 minutes ago, Malago said: You'd have to go a long way, which seeing it's played in Buenos Aires is a fair observation, to beat River v Boca for rivalry. That's great but the discussion on the link is about UK derbies. I'd say the Bristol Derby is pretty good as they go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elhombrecito Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 1 hour ago, red from the blue side said: Strange that I was only looking at this earlier today http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/01/29/the-20-fiercest-rivalries-in-english-football---by-jonathan-liew/ "For a city the doesn't really like football enough to support two teams, this one gets surprisingly heated" Bristol really isn't seen as a footballing city is it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 :laugh:, because Newcastle could support 2 teams? I'd say given the complete lack of any success in over 100 years it's a testament to how much Bristol loves football that it supports 2 teams so well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malago Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 23 minutes ago, Phileas Fogg said: That's great but the discussion on the link is about UK derbies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 27 minutes ago, 054123 said: :laugh:, because Newcastle could support 2 teams? I'd say given the complete lack of any success in over 100 years it's a testament to how much Bristol loves football that it supports 2 teams so well. Um, yes Newcastle could support two teams easily, especially if they'd been established for over 100 years. 18% of Newcastle's population regularly watch the one team in their home matches, only 5% of Bristol's population watches our two teams.....so yes, more people are interested in football in Newcastle in both real terms and as a proportion of their local population. So they could easily support two teams... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 34 minutes ago, Malago said: Oh if it's just UK derbies we're talking about, my favourite was Shergar's in 1981. I liked Roberto. I always remember Lester Piggott saying "good horse, had his own ideas about a race should be run. Sometimes he was right" ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offside Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 Looks like Cole Skuse in the Norwich v Ipswich picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 2 minutes ago, Offside said: Looks like Cole Skuse in the Norwich v Ipswich picture. Wow! It used to take a lot to rile up Skuuuuuse, I wonder what it was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenkibby. Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 The best derby I played in ( and this for our Devon branch)) Buckfastligh v Ashburton . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexukhc Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 4 hours ago, Spoons said: Andrew Jordan I think? Not sure bout rovers player Ex city player Dwayne Plummer the sag ain't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunnyfunt Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 4 hours ago, Super said: It's not really a derby but still the ones the fans look forward to. I'd say it is.. Only 30 mins down the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunnyfunt Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 22 minutes ago, alexukhc said: Ex city player Dwayne Plummer the sag ain't it? Looks like Nathan Ellington to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southend Blue Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 Sometimes look in on your forum and this topic got my attention. I don't know (obviously) what it's like for a Rovers / City game and no disrespect to either team, but over this side of the country there's always the potential for some "unsavoury incidents" when we play Norwich and just recently there was the obligatory arrests and hostilities, not to mention the smoke devices thrown from the stands (by some idiots) Thing is though we're separated by a good 40 miles so it's not really a 'derby' game so to speak : but there are so few other challengers in the vicinity for either team to battle. Personally I don't care much for them, or have the same level of animosity as some of our more 'more passionate' fans, I invariably view them as an inferior triviality (Two league cups in 100 years + boys ?, it's not worth the bother) Furthermore seen it read that Wolves vs West Bromwich is the biggest derby game in the UK (bigger than the Old Firm by all accounts) in terms of hostilities and rivalry. Fair enough I haven't been to that fixture itself but having spoken to fans from both clubs on the issue, it's not something you'd ideally want to be in the centre of (if and when) trouble arises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 8 hours ago, BS4 on Tour... said: Um, yes Newcastle could support two teams easily, especially if they'd been established for over 100 years. 18% of Newcastle's population regularly watch the one team in their home matches, only 5% of Bristol's population watches our two teams.....so yes, more people are interested in football in Newcastle in both real terms and as a proportion of their local population. So they could easily support two teams... No need to hesitate at the start, be more more confident in your delivery, you'll go farther in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sglosbcfc Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 Players that have played in a number of British derbies always pick out the Old Firm as the most intense. In Britain their can be little argument that Celtic v Rangers is the biggest. In England/Wales it is less clear, do you judge it on hatred/violence, in which case Millwall v West Ham, Liverpool v Man Utd and Cardiff v Swansea would be right up there. Or the same city intensity, in which case City v Rovers, Wednesday v United and Birmingham v Villa would all be contenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelts Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 Dorchester Town v Weymouth is pretty tasty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 2 hours ago, 054123 said: No need to hesitate at the start, be more more confident in your delivery, you'll go farther in life. It's 'further' not 'farther' in that context, and I couldn't go much further thanks and thanks for the rather pathetic response... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Orns Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 10 hours ago, alexukhc said: Ex city player Dwayne Plummer the sag ain't it? 10 hours ago, Cunnyfunt said: Looks like Nathan Ellington to me. Defo The Duke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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