kevo
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The M23 derby
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Wiggy Power
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- Feb 25, 2009
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Yes
sams dad
I hate Palarse
It's a Yes from me.
GoldWithFalmer
Seaweed! Seaweed!
Yes here too,a recent thing tho,not heard too much in the reality of the real,but when looking at rivalries of a british football nature on-line web perusal.
el punal
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It's not really a derby is it? Derbies are local affairs - Saints v Pompey, Villa v Birmingham City, Forest v Derby, even Norwich v Ipswich.
No, our rivalry is more akin to Liverpool v Man.Utd, or Leeds v Man.Utd., maybe even Bristol City v Cardiff.
Albion v Palace has been an instance of two clubs, both evenly matched, challenging for promotion over a five year period in the 1970s. Both with managers who loathed each other, and both sets of fans picking up on it and then developing it into the intense dislike for each other ever since.
The M23 derby surely refers to the on-going war between Pease Pottage and Hooley. Now that is bloodshed.
No, our rivalry is more akin to Liverpool v Man.Utd, or Leeds v Man.Utd., maybe even Bristol City v Cardiff.
Albion v Palace has been an instance of two clubs, both evenly matched, challenging for promotion over a five year period in the 1970s. Both with managers who loathed each other, and both sets of fans picking up on it and then developing it into the intense dislike for each other ever since.
The M23 derby surely refers to the on-going war between Pease Pottage and Hooley. Now that is bloodshed.
- Apr 5, 2014
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Clapham Common were set to become rivals but all that fell through... Shame, it would have ruined the opportunity for homophobic chanting on their side..
StonehamPark
#Brighton-Nil
Roadrunner
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I always thought the comparison with the East Anglian derby was a good one. Same sort of distance between the two clubs in both cases, each being the sole representative of their county (if you ignore Crawley, which seems reasonable).....
Gullflyinghigh
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- Apr 23, 2012
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Yep, never by either set of fans though.
Mellor 3 Ward 4
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Ipswich and Norwich are about 45 miles apart.
About the same as Brighton and Selhurst.
mona
The Glory Game
It's all about the railway. And Brighton is a former railway works town. Norwood Junction and East Croydon are a short train trip from Brighton. Selhurst Park is a sod of a drive from the M23 but Sky promotes car travel. Basically it's all down to Palace being a Surrey club but they don't want to be.
drew
Drew
Wasn't it the A23 derby bearing in mind that neither BHA nor Palace are actually located on the M23!
sir albion
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It is local to us...plenty big rivalries are 40/50 miles apart.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
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Yes, but only recently since that wiki page has called it that and been referred to.
This with bells, shows how false a term M23 derby is, no one form either end would make that glaring oversight, it's the product of media or other outsiders.
This with bells, shows how false a term M23 derby is, no one form either end would make that glaring oversight, it's the product of media or other outsiders.