I remember reading a similar thing from a Bournemouth perspective on an article on their noddy forum several years ago. They look at us in the same way as we look at them (a genuine dislike, and a bit of a grudge match), but their average fan looks at Portsmouth as our average fan looks at...
It's not just about finishing above Southampton though. It's about Southampton, plucky tin pot cheating Bournemouth, and the scummy two bob cheating Skate #twats.
Not much love lost with any of them (although I have never minded Southampton personally)
As much as I consider Palace our main rivals, I've never been one for subscribing to the view that this means we have absolutely no other rivalry with any other team. We are, after all, defined as one of the four south coast clubs (I'm excluding Devon).
In this instance I obviously hope we...
Let's not even discuss catching that lot unless they lose tonight. If they do, please can nobody bounce it? :annoyed:
But that aside, there is something else at stake now. Top South Coast Team.
When was the last time we finished above ALL of Southampton, Portsmouth and Bournemouth? I...