Farehamseagull
Solly March Fan Club
I like Naylor but don't know why he feels the need to have these digs at the fans. He did it the other day also with his article about Shane Duffy. It's unnecessary.
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Andy Naylor at it again
- Thread starter gripper stebson
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That's a joke isn't it? Loads of clubs used to sing "and Leicester"...
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
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I have my suspicions that a large part of it goes back to his relationship with both Mark McGhee and Micky Adams and the animosity towards both men at the ends of their reign. I also think that he clearly doesn't have the confidence of anyone in Tony Bloom's inner circle and is an outsider at the club in a way that he never was under Dick Knight's tenure. Bloom is almost bullet-proof and so when he's pissed off with the club it's us fans who cop the flak.
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
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Really? A Leicester STH who works with me has just said that he's only aware of Chelsea singing it. A quick google of their main board confirms that Chelsea are the only ones they are aware of singing it too.
I haven't read the whole thread, but at 50 odd I do love to beat BHA on the pitch. BUT if I was in a pub and there was a BHA fan, Man unt fan and a Chelsea fan , I would totally ignore the Chealsea and Man u fan but happily talk to the Brighton fan !! as I would feel we had more in common....
I actually hate Chelsea always have since the early 70s and its gotton worse, whenever I am in a pub and hear some cock say "come on Chels" I have to walk out.
I actually hate Chelsea always have since the early 70s and its gotton worse, whenever I am in a pub and hear some cock say "come on Chels" I have to walk out.
Oxford ??
Greg Bobkin
Silver Seagull
- May 22, 2012
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How is it a dig at the fans? He's giving his opinion on a subject – an opinion that some FANS here happen to agree with!
Despite being name checked on various Nigel boards as someone they don't like very much, I very much agree with you. I have plenty of Palace fans as friends seeing as I live in the area, and they are all far better to talk football than the armchair billy big club twàts you have to put up with in the office who have never even been to a game. Oh and you're spot on with regard to "Chels".
Nope. All about Swindon for Oxford. And that one is very much reciprocated. They really don't care about Reading.
The Albion Roar
97.2FM
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
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Reading have a long historic rivalry with Aldershot.
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
That article about Duffy should have been written in the first couple of weeks he played for us when he was settling down. Of course some impatient fools on NSC said some stupid stuff but pretty much everyone since has been full of praise for him. Now that's a manufactured article!
The Albion Roar
97.2FM
Really? If Aldershot is the best Reading can muster for a rivalry, I'm wondering why they're bothering now.
Simster's right - they should artificially manufacture a rivalry with Bournemouth.
'The Plastic Derby'
'The Derby of Ennui'
'The Derby of Dunkin Donuts'
The David Bobin Derby'.
ZZZZ...
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
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They're local to each other, the history goes back a long way and is real to them. I'm not sure what point you're making. Brighton and Palace are hardly high-profile clubs and I can't think of too many neutrals who give a stuff about it but it doesn't diminish the rivalry in any way.
Nope. I went to Southampton v Coventry in the mid 80s where Coventry were singing it (and Leicester isn't their big one, they prefer to beat Villa)
Also:
Arsenal: http://www.onlinegooner.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9854
Charlton: http://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/43995/well-all-follow-the-charlton
There are probably others...
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
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Fair enough, although it does seem that a lot of Leicester fans are only aware of the Chelsea fans singing it...as this thread attests
https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/forums/topic/33747-why-do-chelsea-sing-over-land-and-sea-and-leicester/
Naylor's article was a comparison of Stephen's attitude compared to that of Payet, which everyone seems to be ignoring. The overall tone of the article was pro Stephens.
AN has to fill space on the back pages of the Argus, and does it pretty well on the whole IMO. Rmember, if it disappears, all we will have is Timmy's drivel, which is a scary thought.
AN has to fill space on the back pages of the Argus, and does it pretty well on the whole IMO. Rmember, if it disappears, all we will have is Timmy's drivel, which is a scary thought.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
And some DULLARD on the radio who CLAIMS to be a FAN but has an OBSESSION with SMALL clubs like Crystal Palace
Shoehorning Palace are 'small club' 'in and out of administration' and 'relegation candidates' into a radio interview about Newport and Wrexham on Radio Wales is the work of a warped mind.
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
Good work!