Ranking the rivalries

[saintmatt]

http://www.sportbible.com/football/reactions-news-rivalries-the-top-five-rivals-of-each-premier-league-team-according-to-data-20190826?

 

Pretty interesting

[Saint_lambden]

Reading 4th? I don't like them being from round those parts but above Spurs and the bin dippers?!

[knellster]

Bizarrely 9% of our fans apparently didn't think that the Skates were our biggest rivals.

[mrfahaji]

Bizarrely 9% of our fans apparently didn't think that the Skates were our biggest rivals.

 

Yeah... strange. We (and them) do have one of the highest % out of all clubs though, on first inspection it looks like only Exeter's hatred of Plymouth and Port Vale's disdain for Stoke are stronger!

 

Surprised Norwich only have 70% for Ipswich.

[HarvSFC]

Really weird statistics, I can accept our 91% when only 83% of Sheffield United fans believe Sheffield Wednesday to be their main rivals, likewise with Bristol City's 83% for Bristol Rovers.

 

Tottenham's 83% for Arsenal, Newcastle's 72% for Sunderland (Middlesbrough are a nothing club) and Manchester City's top rivals being Liverpool also seems strange.

 

It all seems a bit knee jerk, which probably explains Man City, as Liverpool are their competitive rivals and why Brighton and Reading are high up for us, as we were competing with one of them in our League One/Championship seasons. I disliked both at the time, but don't really care about Reading anymore, they seem a nice club and we take good numbers there. However, there's still a dislike for Brighton following Poyet, El-Abd and Tarrico that I still hold against them.

[norwaysaint]

Very surprising. I don't feel any particular rivalry with Reading and not really Bournemouth either. We developed a small one with Brighton as we climbed back up the leagues and the Spurs one mostly comes from around the time of Hoddle and Richards leaving, I'd say.

 

Ouch for Everton though, with Liverpool not really seeing them as rivals. Both Manchester clubs look more at Liverpool too. Most of them drop off heavily after the first one or two though.

[RedArmy]

1) Skates

2) Skates

3) Skates

4) Skates

5) Victims

[beatlesaint]

I really don’t understand where or how Reading come into it to be honest

[Window Cleaner]

I really don’t understand where or how Reading come into it to be honest

 

Perhaps we have a few fans who live Basingstoke/Newbury way who'd see that as a rivalry. Hasn't really ever been except when we were vying for the Championship title,

[Ohio Saint]

Humm, while I want to always beat Bournemouth, and always want to finish above them I tend to want to see them do well! I must be a crap Saints fan.

[Heisenberg]

Tbh I ****ing hate Reading

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Much more an audibles man myself what am I like!?!

[niceandfriendly]

Humm, while I want to always beat Bournemouth, and always want to finish above them I tend to want to see them do well! I must be a crap Saints fan.

 

You're not alone. We all like Bournemouth, hence the large cheer at SMS when they got promoted. Cracking little club. No idea why they think they hate us though.

[tajjuk]

It's Portsmouth and no one else really IMO, at a stretch I'd say Pool have to be one of our more hated clubs rather than Bournemouth.

 

I'd also list multiple clubs like West Ham, Burnley, Utd, Everton, Chelsea that I'd rather see lose than Bournemouth.

Edited 30 August, 2019 by tajjuk

[ALWAYS_SFC]

You're not alone. We all like Bournemouth, hence the large cheer at SMS when they got promoted. Cracking little club. No idea why they think they hate us though.

 

Because they want rivalry like we have with the skates and Poole Town doesn't cut it for them

[whelk]

This stuff is a load of b0ll0cks. So some Rangers fans says in asurvey that Celtic aren’t their main rival. Fck off and most of these would be 100% if they spoke to genuine fans.

[Hamilton Saint]

I really don’t understand where or how Reading come into it to be honest

 

Well, it's close by, I guess.

 

I remember being at a preseason friendly there about a decade ago.

[Mattio]

Silly survey, Portsmouth is the only rivalry with special hatred for teams we have history with (Liverpool, Spurs, Everton and West Ham come to mind) Bomo and Brighton don’t even come into my mind tbh