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Rivalries, which side of the fence?

In the pub yesterday, with unfortunately a rather smug Spuds mate. Got us talking about rivalries, personally I've always preferred Arsenal to them, not sure why, maybe it's the red, maybe because they started on the right side of the river or maybe because my first game was Arsenal Vs Charlton. Anyhow, is it just us - or do you have a definite preference for one side of a rivalry that has nothing to do with Charlton?

For me: 

Arsenal over Tottenham
Man City over Man Utd
Everton over Liverpool
Newcastle over Sunderland
Southampton over Portsmouth
Villa over Birmingham
Forest over Derby
Rangers over Celtic
Real over Barca


Loads more completely pointless preferences but I won't list them all, I could be here all morning  :D
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  • think weve done this a few times;

    blades over wednesday
    forest over derby
    sunderland over newcastle
    spurs over arsenal 
    brighton over palace 

  • I favour:

    Spurs
    Man City
    Liverpool
    Newcastle
    Pompey
    Villa
    Forest
    Celtic
    Real
  • Tottenham
    Man Utd
    Liverpool
    Newcastle
    Southampton
    Villa
    Forest
    Rangers
    Real Madrid
  • Arsenal 
    Man City
    Liverpool
    The rest all draws 
  • Arsenal over Tottenham - Neither, don't care for either club.
    Man City over Man Utd - Neither, don't care for either club.
    Everton over Liverpool - Everton
    Newcastle over Sunderland - Neither, don't care for either club.
    Southampton over Portsmouth - Neither, don't care for either club.
    Villa over Birmingham - Neither, don't care for either club.
    Forest over Derby - Neither, don't care for either club.
    Rangers over Celtic - Rangers
    Real over Barca - Real
  • Tottenham
    Man City
    Everton
    Sunderland
    Portsmouth
    Aston Villa
    Nottingham Forest
    Rangers
    Barcelona
  • Arsenal v Tottenham - neither 
    Man City v Man Utd - nowadays since the money and my dislike towards the Gallagher brothers its more likely Man u. 
    Everton v Liverpool - i have a real dislike towards Everton. the atmosphere at Goodison is appalling and i find them a bit of a nothing side so i'll support Liverpool. 
    Newcastle v Sunderland - play off final beats the likely lads. go with Sunderland. 
    Southampton v Portsmouth - Southampton 
    Villa v Birmingham - neither 
    Forest v Derby - Forest 
    Rangers v Celtic - at a push i guess Rangers. 
    Real v Barca - Barca 
  • Arsenal
    Man Utd
    Everton
    Newcastle
    Southampton
    Birmingham
    Forest
    Celtic
    Barca
  • Arsenal over Tottenham - Neither, don't care for either club.
    Man City over Man Utd - Neither, don't care for either club.
    Everton over Liverpool - Anyone but Liverpool
    Newcastle over Sunderland - Neither, don't care for either club.
    Southampton over Portsmouth - Neither, don't care for either club.
    Villa over Birmingham - Neither, don't care for either club.
    Forest over Derby - Neither, don't care for either club.
    Rangers over Celtic - Anyone but Celtic
    Real over Barca - Neither, don't care for either club.
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  • Arsenal - good mate is ST holder and I've been a few times with him. I have to keep reminding him I don't hate Spurs (just like he does to me re Palace)
    Man U
    Villa over Brum
    Barca over Real
    not really bothered on the rest. The younger me would have gone for Celtic over Rangers just because of the assumed politics but I've since met enough decent Rangers fans (and arsey Celtic ones) to be neutral. 
  • Chizz said:
    Charlton over everyone 
    Anyone over Palace 

    Pretty much this for me, although would have to pick Villa over the Birmingham scumbags.
  • Arsenal over Tottenham - When in doubt, choose the team wearing red...
    Man City over Man Utd - ...unless is Man Utd.
    Everton over Liverpool  - When in doubt, choose the team wearing red...
    Newcastle over Sunderland - ... unless they are in stripes.  Not bothered really, both alright
    Southampton over Portsmouth - Pompey. Don't know why never really liked Soton.
    Villa over Birmingham - No contest. There's no way I want the Millwall of the midlands to beat anyone - unless they are playing the Millwall of the south.
    Forest over Derby - Forest
    Rangers over Celtic - 3rd Lanark 
    Real over Barca - Hmmm,  royalist team versus one who dress up like a bunch of stripy nigels.  Neither, thanks.
  • Anyone or anything over Arsenal end of
  • Arsenal v Tottenham
    Man City v Man Utd
    Everton v Liverpool
    Newcastle v Sunderland - only because of the play off final - nothing against the mags
    Southampton v Portsmouth - too many hooligan fans
    Villa v Birmingham - see above
    Forest v Derby
    Rangers v Celtic - only just, don't care for either really, but have a few good friends who favour the huns.  
    Real v Barca - dislike both with intensity. 
  • Arsenal over Tottenham - Arsenal, cant abide Tottenham fans, self entitled shits.
    Man City over Man Utd - Cant stand either, Man United are the parody of a glory boys club, and City are the Chelsea moneybags of the north. I guess City just shade it over Utd.
    Everton over Liverpool -  Liverpool, Kloop is a breath of fresh air, and Everton are the John Major of football clubs, grey and boring as fuck...
    Newcastle over Sunderland - Sunderland 1998 and all that.
    Southampton over Portsmouth - Southampton, Portsmouth have the bell ringing bellend.
    Villa over Birmingham - Birmingham, used to sponsor games so went along.
    Forest over Derby - Forest - Clough.
    Rangers over Celtic- None its Scottish football and its all shiite.
    Real over Barca- Barca, cos I like the seaside.
  • A lot of you must know a totally different bunch of Arsenal/Tottenham fans than I do. Never watched clips of that gooner fan TV thing? :/     
  • Got no strong feelings either way concerning those clubs. My preference tends to be towards the underdog though or the one with the best football, most likeable players and manager etc

    e.g. when City were rubbish I really liked them and their fans for supporting them instead of Fergie's United, whereas now they are filthy rich and winning "everything" they're just another one of the monied giants.
  • Arsenal over Tottenham - COULD
    Man City over Man Utd - NOT
    Everton over Liverpool - GIVE
    Newcastle over Sunderland - A
    Southampton over Portsmouth - TOSS
    Villa over Birmingham - DITTO
    Forest over Derby - DITTO
    Rangers over Celtic - DITTO
    Real over Barca - Barcelona purely because of Franco.  Essentially it's anyone over Franco's favourites.
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  • Arsenal over Tottenham
    Man City Man Utd - I like both
    Everton vLiverpool
    Newcastle v Sunderland
    Southampton v Portsmouth
    Villa v Birmingham
    Forest v Derby - don't care enough
    Rangers v Celtic - fashionable to choose these days but don't care
    Real v Barca - every time I start to warm towards Barcelona I realise what cheats they are - and that includes Messi.
  • Arsenal over Tottenham - COULD
    Man City over Man Utd - NOT
    Everton over Liverpool - GIVE
    Newcastle over Sunderland - A
    Southampton over Portsmouth - TOSS
    Villa over Birmingham - DITTO
    Forest over Derby - DITTO
    Rangers over Celtic - DITTO
    Real over Barca - Barcelona purely because of Franco.  Essentially it's anyone over Franco's favourites.
    Have you read the Sid Lowe book about the rivalry between Real and Barca? Busts a few myths on the Franco's favourites bit and was a good read. 
    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18282006-fear-and-loathing-in-la-liga
  • edited May 2019
    @rananegra
    Thanks, I'll look it up.  There is no argument, however, that Franco's regime tried to deny the Catalans the use of their own language and suppressed their culture.
  • rikofold said:
    Brighton over Palace... 
    I thought Watford were Palace's big rival nowadays?

  • No real interest in any of them but if I had to choose.

    Arsenal
     over Tottenham
    Man City over Man Utd
    Everton over Liverpool
    Newcastle over Sunderland
    Southampton over Portsmouth
    Villa over Birmingham
    Forest over Derby
    Rangers over Celtic
    Real over Barca, not picking as zero interest in teams abroad.
  • In the pub yesterday, with unfortunately a rather smug Spuds mate. Got us talking about rivalries, personally I've always preferred Arsenal to them, not sure why, maybe it's the red, maybe because they started on the right side of the river or maybe because my first game was Arsenal Vs Charlton. Anyhow, is it just us - or do you have a definite preference for one side of a rivalry that has nothing to do with Charlton?

    For me: 

    Arsenal over Tottenham
    Man City over Man Utd
    Everton over Liverpool
    Newcastle over Sunderland
    Southampton over Portsmouth
    Villa over Birmingham
    Forest over Derby
    Rangers over Celtic
    Real over Barca


    Loads more completely pointless preferences but I won't list them all, I could be here all morning  :D
    Tottenham

    City

    Liverpool

    Newcastle

    Portsmouth

    Villa

    Forest

    Rangers

    Barcelona!

    (Surprised real Madrid are getting a lot of votes)


  • Arsenal over Tottenham - Neither, don't care for either club.
    Man City over Man Utd - Neither, don't care for either club.
    Everton over Liverpool - Anyone but Liverpool
    Newcastle over Sunderland - Neither, don't care for either club.
    Southampton over Portsmouth - Neither, don't care for either club.
    Villa over Birmingham - Neither, don't care for either club.
    Forest over Derby - Neither, don't care for either club.
    Rangers over Celtic - Anyone but Celtic
    Real over Barca - Neither, don't care for either club.
    What if the Champions League final was Liverpool v Celtic (somehow)?
  • Uboat said:
    Arsenal over Tottenham - Neither, don't care for either club.
    Man City over Man Utd - Neither, don't care for either club.
    Everton over Liverpool - Anyone but Liverpool
    Newcastle over Sunderland - Neither, don't care for either club.
    Southampton over Portsmouth - Neither, don't care for either club.
    Villa over Birmingham - Neither, don't care for either club.
    Forest over Derby - Neither, don't care for either club.
    Rangers over Celtic - Anyone but Celtic
    Real over Barca - Neither, don't care for either club.
    What if the Champions League final was Liverpool v Celtic (somehow)?
    You nearly got me there Uboat but then I read Celtic & Champions League Final in the same sentence. Love your sense of humor and you got a deserved lol for it. 
  • Millwall over Palace if I had to choose with a gun to my head, mainly because the Wall fan is the one most likely to have a firearm
  • Arsenal over Tottenham (best mate is a Gooner)
    Man City over Man Utd (said mate's granddad is a Citeh fan)
    Everton over Liverpool (though I don't mind either to be honest)
    Sunderland over Newcastle (1998)
    Portsmouth over Southampton (1992, of course)
    Villa over Birmingham (uni mate)
    Forest/Derby whatever
    Rangers/Celtic whatever
    Barca over Real (they helped me fall in love with football)

    Others:

    Blades over Owls
    Brighton over Palace
    Watford over Luton
    Port Vale over Stoke
    Beijing Guo'an over Beijing Renhe (spit)
    Inter over Milan
    Roma over Lazio
    Any French team vs PSG

    et al
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