[Football] Fans Of West Ham & Spurs

[el punal]

Having read both clubs fans forums I get the distinct impression that there isn't a great deal of love between them. I mean I know traditionally Spurs hate Arsenal and vice versa, and the same with West Ham and Millwall. Whether it's a London rivals thing or the fallout from who got the Olympic stadium but I detect a huge amount of loathing between the two clubs. Anyone know why?

P.S. Following the Albion is such sweetness and light that one is sheltered from this naughtiness.

 

[Notters]

Is it Karen Brady vs Lord Sugar handbags?

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

This has always been the case. Spurs/Arsenal gets the headlines and West Ham /Millwall is only ever an occasional rivalry. The West Ham and Spurs fans I know have always seen each other as main rivals. I think this has got stronger as fans of both clubs have moved en masse to Essex !

 

[sjamesb3466]

This has always been the case. Spurs/Arsenal gets the headlines and West Ham /Millwall is only ever an occasional rivalry. The West Ham and Spurs fans I know have always seen each other as main rivals. I think this has got stronger as fans of both clubs have moved en masse to Essex !

This. The sister company of the one I work for is based in Braintree and everyone there is either a Spurs or West Ham fan with a smattering of Arsenal. Might be sending a few select emails tomorrow.

 

[Nixonator]

And people call our rivalry fake. Some of the London ones are embarrassing, particularly any involving Arsenal.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

There's literally 8 miles or so as the crow flies between Tottenham and West Ham, there has always been rivalry.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

This has always been the case. Spurs/Arsenal gets the headlines and West Ham /Millwall is only ever an occasional rivalry. The West Ham and Spurs fans I know have always seen each other as main rivals. I think this has got stronger as fans of both clubs have moved en masse to Essex !

Spurs V West Ham the main rivalry?

No, just no.

 

[Peter Grummit]

This has always been the case. Spurs/Arsenal gets the headlines and West Ham /Millwall is only ever an occasional rivalry. The West Ham and Spurs fans I know have always seen each other as main rivals. I think this has got stronger as fans of both clubs have moved en masse to Essex !

...or Hertfordshie ("Essex-lite").

Spurs are the traditional rivals of all the big London clubs (Arsenal, Chelsea, West Ham). Some of it, sadly, has an historic anti-semitic root from when the NF was prevalent at West Ham and Chelsea.

West Ham and Millwall is a hooligan thing more than a football rivalry, in my view.

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[jonny.rainbow]

...or Hertfordshie ("Essex-lite").

Spurs are the traditional rivals of all the big London clubs (Arsenal, Chelsea, West Ham). Some of it, sadly, has an historic anti-semitic root from when the NF was prevalent at West Ham and Chelsea.

West Ham and Millwall is a hooligan thing more than a football rivalry, in my view.

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Dates back to London dockland disputes.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Paging [MENTION=12880]Hotchilidog[/MENTION]....

 

[Peter Grummit]

Dates back to London dockland disputes.

Yes, I appreciate that. As does the Pompey/Saints rivalry (dock strikes).

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[jevs]

West Ham hate Spurs with a passion, they see the game as their cup final and it's total hatred.

Spurs fans couldn't care less.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Spurs V West Ham the main rivalry?

No, just no.

Probably depends where you live, Spurs/West Ham may be the main event in Essex/East Anglia. Similarly, Albion fans seem to be split on our main rivalry being Portsmouth (if in the coastal towns to the west) or Palace (the rest).

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

West Ham hate Spurs with a passion, they see the game as their cup final and it's total hatred.

Spurs fans couldn't care less.

Glad you said it... lol

 

[Questions]

Dates back to London dockland disputes.

Is that when they closed the Tottenham docks down ?

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Probably depends where you live, Spurs/West Ham may be the main event in Essex/East Anglia. Similarly, Albion fans seem to be split on our main rivalry being Portsmouth (if in the coastal towns to the west) or Palace (the rest).

There are a few older fans to the west who may think like that but they comprise a very small minority. The lack of pompey rivalry is due to the fact that they will only ever have eyes for saints and secondly, we have very rarely actually played them!

 

[el punal]

There are a few older fans to the west who may think like that but they comprise a very small minority. The lack of pompey rivalry is due to the fact that they will only ever have eyes for saints and secondly, we have very rarely actually played them!

True enough. In terms of loathing our rivalry is nothing more than a bit of kids' willy waving compared to Pompey's wish of a thermo-nuclear war against Southampton.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

I digress slightly but in the run up to Friday I received an e mail from Now TV which as it's subject read 'could this be a new rivalry known for the goals ? They've let in 24 between them...' Basis the 3-0 I'm unsure whether or not this new rivalry is on or not...

 

[Dave the OAP]

Chelsea's biggest rival is Leeds and started after the cup final and replay in 1970.

They hate each Other!

...yet every club in yorkshire down to Harrogate athletic in the Sunday league hate Leeds with a passion.

 

[Peter Grummit]

Chelsea's biggest rival is Leeds and started after the cup final and replay in 1970.

They hate each Other!

...yet every club in yorkshire down to Harrogate athletic in the Sunday league hate Leeds with a passion.

Chelsea hate Leeds but Spurs are their big rivals. I say that having stood in the Shed in the '80s (£5 POTG) when I lived in London (and when Brighton weren't playing or were too far away for my budget to stretch).

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