georgeweahscousin Posted 14 November, 2011 Share Posted 14 November, 2011 My look at the Non-rivalry that got heated last season and will resume hostilities on Saturday.... http://wp.me/p1mFFL-dW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 14 November, 2011 Share Posted 14 November, 2011 I remember the same with Plymouth. Noddy clubs like them and brighton love being in the company of the club they all aspire to be like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bender Posted 14 November, 2011 Share Posted 14 November, 2011 Coz of my location and the fact that most of my family and a lot of my friends support Brighton, theyve always kinda been my 2nd team and I've generally admired them, especially after they went through in the nineties. I lost a lot of respect for them as a club though, last season. Suddenly seeing us as a rival and jumping on the smallest throwaway comment by Adkins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Bald_Si Posted 14 November, 2011 Share Posted 14 November, 2011 I personally don't consider them a "south coast rival". Bournemouth are just about there, P*mpey, of course, but Brighton? There's a good 60 miles between the two cities and no real reason for a rivalry, as far as i'm concerned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexstar Posted 14 November, 2011 Share Posted 14 November, 2011 I consider them the same as Derby for the couple of seasons after 2007; don't care about geography, just want to smash them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithd Posted 14 November, 2011 Share Posted 14 November, 2011 Good article, well written Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkie Posted 14 November, 2011 Share Posted 14 November, 2011 It only becomes a Derby when your work colleagues have an allegiance to another club - so that would make Man Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal & Chelsea local derbies around Hampshire! There is only ever going to be one South Coast Derby - and that's our game with Pompey! For many years it never happened and after next year 2012 it will not happen again for many years whilst they languish in the lower leagues! Make the most of it as it will all be history! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted 14 November, 2011 Share Posted 14 November, 2011 You seem to suggest the wild celebrations at the Withdean were just down to us and Brighton not getting on? I think it had more to do with being the goal that virtually clinched promotion for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintscottofthenortham Posted 14 November, 2011 Share Posted 14 November, 2011 Good read. Love this - "Spare a thought for poor old Dagenham & Redbridge though. Staring non-league football in the face, but *for a Rickie Lambert they would be on the brink of the Premier League…." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a1ex2001 Posted 14 November, 2011 Share Posted 14 November, 2011 Impressive how according to the opening line of your blog Adkins is in the future making comments about Brighton no wonder he always seems to know what to do to win a match he's already used his time machine to find out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1976_Child Posted 14 November, 2011 Share Posted 14 November, 2011 Coz of my location and the fact that most of my family and a lot of my friends support Brighton, theyve always kinda been my 2nd team and I've generally admired them, especially after they went through in the nineties. I lost a lot of respect for them as a club though, last season. Suddenly seeing us as a rival and jumping on the smallest throwaway comment by Adkins. Same here. Not that I have second teams mind; Saints is more than enough! But if SFC was to be no more then it would be the Blue n White of Albion which would take my attention. I've always kept half an eye open for the Albion score. Having made Hove my home. I like B&H Albion. Nothing against them and genuinely hope they do well and get into the Prem with us. They are a solidly supported club. Over the years since being chucked out of the Goldstone ground they spent a couple of seasons playing their home games at Gillingham and still had a good following. When the whole stadium saga was going through the courts I was there lending my voice of solidarity with the Albion fans against the NIMBYs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeweahscousin Posted 14 November, 2011 Author Share Posted 14 November, 2011 Cheers fellas, take the point on the Fonte celebrations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saints-cris Posted 14 November, 2011 Share Posted 14 November, 2011 Good read. I also live in Brighton and used to look out for their results. These days they just annoy me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_saints Posted 14 November, 2011 Share Posted 14 November, 2011 Cheers fellas, take the point on the Fonte celebrations. Pretty much my only criticism when I read it aswell. I was there and was personally going mental because I had gone from thinking at half time that we had blown our chance of promotion, to being convinced that we were heading for the Championship an hour later. Good read though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 14 November, 2011 Share Posted 14 November, 2011 Totton may be our biggest rivals these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Orange Posted 14 November, 2011 Share Posted 14 November, 2011 Not. There is only one South coast derby and that is when we and the Skates play. This is not up for debate. If the Skates beat us and went down they'd still, rightly, point to that game as being a highlight of the season. If Brighton beat us would they give our game a second thought at the end of the season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintAndy14 Posted 14 November, 2011 Share Posted 14 November, 2011 Not. There is only one South coast derby and that is when we and the Skates play. This is not up for debate. If the Skates beat us and went down they'd still, rightly, point to that game as being a highlight of the season. If Brighton beat us would they give our game a second thought at the end of the season? Yup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 14 November, 2011 Share Posted 14 November, 2011 (edited) Brighton is 60 odd miles away so they're no more a "derby" than Reading or Crystal Palace.Plus I think there needs to be some sort of similarity between the citys as well. Brighton is a Georgian watering hole,Southampton was a centre of industry(for those who don't remember the times when we had factories and shipyards). Edited 14 November, 2011 by Window Cleaner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saints_is_the_south Posted 14 November, 2011 Share Posted 14 November, 2011 Great read. Agree with everything other than the bit about the Fonte goal celebrations as has already been pointed out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicSaint Posted 14 November, 2011 Share Posted 14 November, 2011 Not a Derby in my mind, that has to be the same city and at a push the same county they are just rivals in the same league who happen to be on the south coast as well as Saints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 14 November, 2011 Share Posted 14 November, 2011 http://www.northstandchat.com/showthread.php?219619-Do-southhampton-have-a-rival Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 14 November, 2011 Share Posted 14 November, 2011 You seem to suggest the wild celebrations at the Withdean were just down to us and Brighton not getting on? I think it had more to do with being the goal that virtually clinched promotion for us. I assure you I was going utterly mental as much because they'd been such complete bell-ends for the previous months, all the narky pre-match songs, the banners, the abuse to Adkins and especially the cheating withdrawal of the ballboys and timewasting of their keeper from kick off, AND the way we'd scored so late as the 3 points themselves, I'd have been happy enough with a draw as far as promotion went and for me it was all about shutting up their load of bo11ocks. Assuming they don't actually beat us on Saturday I'll be long over it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 14 November, 2011 Share Posted 14 November, 2011 http://www.northstandchat.com/showthread.php?219619-Do-southhampton-have-a-rival I think that Croydon seagull sums it up fairly well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 14 November, 2011 Share Posted 14 November, 2011 I know it's not like me to take a contrary position, but this is very much a derby. Last year saw to that. And before anyone goes on about that not being long enough, remember that their Palace 'derby' developed over a short space of time. I call bolox on anyone saying that they don't care about Brighton. We all want bragging rights over them in ways that we wouldn't for say, Leeds, a much bigger club. We especially want to see Gus 'Tactical Genius' Poyet, scourge of League One and accomplished acrobatics/acting coach, catch glimpses of his team played off the park ( when not gesticulating or holding his head in his hands ). We then want to see a graceless interview in which he blames external factors for his own incompetence. We would then like to read North Stand Chat, largely to witness countless numpties defending him after yet another defeat and more poor PR, utterly blind to his numerous failings. Of course, you could point out we Saints fans are blind to Nigel's failings too, but then, there's not much to go on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellone Posted 14 November, 2011 Share Posted 14 November, 2011 http://www.northstandchat.com/showthread.php?219619-Do-southhampton-have-a-rival Was the OP on the wind up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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