sglosbcfc Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 Without wishing to trivialise the terrible events at Leicester, I have noticed a couple of news reports mention the support of their biggest rivals Aston Villa! I always thought that Leicester's biggest rivals were Forest, Coventry and Derby in that order. Forest only viewing Leicester as their second biggest rivals after Derby. I know some rivalries can lessen or heighten with league status I.e I would imagine the Leicester-Coventry rivalry has suffered from years of being divisions apart but since when did Villa become a big rival? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TV Tom Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 10 minutes ago, sglosbcfc said: Without wishing to trivialise the terrible events at Leicester, I have noticed a couple of news reports mention the support of their biggest rivals Aston Villa! I always thought that Leicester's biggest rivals were Forest, Coventry and Derby in that order. Forest only viewing Leicester as their second biggest rivals after Derby. I know some rivalries can lessen or heighten with league status I.e I would imagine the Leicester-Coventry rivalry has suffered from years of being divisions apart but since when did Villa become a big rival? Never heard of that before, I always thought of it as the three East Midlands clubs with the rivalry, Derby, Forest & Leicester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natchfever Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 Coventry massive rivals back when they were a top level club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ska Junkie Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 My understanding is that, historically, it's been Forest and Derby, Leicester and Coventry. All 3 have posted their condolences to be fair to them. When disasters happen, rivalries always take a back seat, as they should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlintSaidNo Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 https://thechriswhitingshow.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/2012-football-rivalry-census-results/ A fan survey (admittedly a few years ago) found it to be Forest, then Derby, then Coventry. Neither Leicester or Villa fans considered each other to be among their top three main rivals. Of course, as acknowledged above, rivalries become a bit irrelevant in the wake of something like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sglosbcfc Posted October 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 7 hours ago, FlintSaidNo said: https://thechriswhitingshow.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/2012-football-rivalry-census-results/ A fan survey (admittedly a few years ago) found it to be Forest, then Derby, then Coventry. Neither Leicester or Villa fans considered each other to be among their top three main rivals. Of course, as acknowledged above, rivalries become a bit irrelevant in the wake of something like this. Interesting survey, I'm surprised Plymouth fans didn't list us in their top three rivals. It was a small sample of fans though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlintSaidNo Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 14 hours ago, sglosbcfc said: Interesting survey, I'm surprised Plymouth fans didn't list us in their top three rivals. It was a small sample of fans though. Indeed, I think the main and maybe second rivals are pretty representative of the larger fan base, but once you get to the third one, in some cases the percentage of fans that would consider them a rival is small enough that the sample size can produce some odd results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberRed Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 The concept of 3rd rivals is an interesting one. I'd agree with Swindon as our 3rd rivals, as I really disliked them during our promotion season in 2015. But once we got promoted and weren't in the same division as them, I stopped paying any attention. I hardly even noticed they got relegated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devoncider Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 2 hours ago, AberRed said: The concept of 3rd rivals is an interesting one. I'd agree with Swindon as our 3rd rivals, as I really disliked them during our promotion season in 2015. But once we got promoted and weren't in the same division as them, I stopped paying any attention. I hardly even noticed they got relegated. As a Welsh based City fan, I'd be interested to know the feelings of Cardiff fans towards us - is it as vitriolic as we feel about them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busterrimes Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 I have a friend who is a Leicester season ticket holder and he tells me that hating Coventry or Derby/Forest depends on where you are from. He is from Rugby so detests Coventry as that is closer and growing up it had a lot of Coventry fans. If you were from Leicester itself I suspect you hate Forest or Derby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberRed Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 38 minutes ago, devoncider said: As a Welsh based City fan, I'd be interested to know the feelings of Cardiff fans towards us - is it as vitriolic as we feel about them? There's certainly no love lost. It's not quite as fierce as the Cardiff-Swansea rivalry but it's a close 2nd I'd say. The strangest thing I've encountered is some Swansea fans that seem to see us as rivals. Only a minority, but took me by surprise when I first heard about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfcredandwhite Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 With the demise of Rovers, Swindon, Plymouth and Yeovil, I suppose our closest rivals must be Reading - followed by Brentford??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 Yes I would have had Villa well down the list behind Forest, Cov and Derby. When I worked with a Cov fan he hated Leicester a lot more than any other midlands club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 On 30/10/2018 at 11:16, FlintSaidNo said: https://thechriswhitingshow.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/2012-football-rivalry-census-results/ A fan survey (admittedly a few years ago) found it to be Forest, then Derby, then Coventry. Neither Leicester or Villa fans considered each other to be among their top three main rivals. Of course, as acknowledged above, rivalries become a bit irrelevant in the wake of something like this. Some of those stats made me laugh! I love it how Oldham have decided that Man City are now no longer a rival and instead they’ve decided to direct their bile at Rochdale! And the same with the Trotters who now dismiss Man Utd as a rival and hate Wigan! I reckon proper Chelsea fans would have listed Millwall and West Ham amongst their list of rivals...they must have only interviewed those from the post Roman takeover... And hilarious that neither Swansea or Cardiff see the sags as any sort of rival! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchay Red Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 57 minutes ago, bcfcredandwhite said: With the demise of Rovers, Swindon, Plymouth and Yeovil, I suppose our closest rivals must be Reading - followed by Brentford??? What about WBA, Villa & Brum? Little bit nearer than Brentford! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 46 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said: Some of those stats made me laugh! I love it how Oldham have decided that Man City are now no longer a rival and instead they’ve decided to direct their bile at Rochdale! And the same with the Trotters who now dismiss Man Utd as a rival and hate Wigan! I reckon proper Chelsea fans would have listed Millwall and West Ham amongst their list of rivals...they must have only interviewed those from the post Roman takeover... And hilarious that neither Swansea or Cardiff see the sags as any sort of rival! To be fair there’s an entire generation of our own fans who see Cardiff as more of a rival than Rovers, a concept that the older generation find crazy. Neither are right or wrong. It just depends on what you know and how you’re defining rivalry. It means different things to different people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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