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It would be worth it just to visit Whitehawk for the burgers. Anyway, Albion can't be rivals with them. It means I would have to dislike both sides at the same time.

I'm pretty sure it is. I remember reading the Argus the following day.

Perhaps, but it's very irrational now given that the incident took place 38 years ago. A young fan from the last fifteen years would know no such thing. So, for them, it is the learnt behaviour I am referring to. Hold on, 38 years ago. Oh my word. It was 38 years ago. I remember the very night...

Okay, I'll give you that one 🤣

Every antipathy is contrived after what would be the natural expiry of an original conflict. It is an unusual human trait. Any new Brighton fan, as in a child introduced to the game, would not automatically default to hating Crystal Palace. It is learnt behaviour. Thus my use of the phrase...

Should be Harrogate Town really.

After 1989, just 13 years after it began to become a proper 'thing', we didn't play them properly until 2002. I seem to remember a Zenith Data match in 1991. After that the two rarely met until Div 2, and that was only for a couple of seasons. I can't take the rivalry seriously. But it's good...

I'm pretty sure they haven't met Ajax in a fixture before. Certainly not competitive (including Mickey Mouse competitive). So that one is pretty safe. Mind you, they have never played Forest Green or Burton Albion before. So maybe there is a song there too.

Yeah. This. As it happens, they did play in the Anglo-Italian Cup in 1970s. And won away to Inter. So those who made up the 'Ever seen Palace in Milan' song may not have checked their history books. It does get a bit nauseous and needy sounding this rivalry thing sometimes. A bit contrived. I...