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From Eastbourne maybe so, but from Brighton the distance to either Croydon or Portsmouth is almost exactly the same.

Both Portsmouth and Southampton were of course, both major naval cities, the former the home of the Royal Navy, and the latter, the Merchant Marine. That in itself engendered a fair amount of rivalry, and the largely working class population loved it's football.

All down to a rather feisty FA Cup game in the early 1970's, refereed by a certain Mr. R. Challis, (Ron to his mates).

It's never interested me either, Pompey are our traditional rivals. Unfortunately we haven't played them in the league for about 150 years though.