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Albie

Albie

Keeping an open eye on the Weeping Angels.
....and Lampard missed a penalty at 1-1.

What a birthday present that could be, if only it were true. :D

Happy birthday to the Acrobat and Hozz (aka $yko). :hbd:
 
:hbd: :)

@Nush: I hope there's still some talk about the European Championship on this forum, despite England's (and Norway's) execution, you British football geeks! Looking forward to it, very much! ;)
 
Happy birthday, folks  :cheers:

@Forostar: I'll contribute my best during the European Championships. I'm going to support Poland because they have nice colours. (Actually, Fredrikstad FK took their colours, white shirt and red shorts, from the Polish after Poland had met Norway in a friendly at Fredrikstad Stadium a long time ago).

@Albie; I guess 'Arry would also enjoy Chelsea losing to QPR. Or to anyone, perhaps. I've heard Hammers fans aren't too fond of the Stamford Bridge club ...
 
A very happy birthday to the Nushnool Acrobeet and the Mayonnaise Man!  :cheers:
 
happy b-day boys !!

@ $yko : hope you'll make fois gras one day

@ nash : I've sent you your b-present some time ago  ;) but there is something else too, in case you're interested  B)
 
Eddies Wingman said:
@Albie; I guess 'Arry would also enjoy Chelsea losing to QPR. Or to anyone, perhaps. I've heard Hammers fans aren't too fond of the Stamford Bridge club ...
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I can't think of any London club that has a good relationship (amongst the fans, at the very least) with Chelsea. ;)
 
Do any of the London clubs have good relations with each other at all? The "big" rivalries are Spurs vs Arsenal and Hammers vs Chelsea, right?

Btw; 'Arry is a Hammers fan and Davey, being from Edmonton, is a Spurs man, right? But Adrian and Nicko are also from London. Do anyone know which London team they support (or if they care for football at all)?
 
H surely did care for football, because he played often with the Maiden-squad (not since he returned to Maiden). But I'm not sure if he ever cared for supporting a team.
 
Eddies Wingman said:
Do any of the London clubs have good relations with each other at all? The "big" rivalries are Spurs vs Arsenal and Hammers vs Chelsea, right?
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Each clubs see rivalries differently. For example, the biggest rivalry for QPR and Fulham is against Chelsea, but for Chelsea it's probably against Arsenal (these days anyway). Spurs v Arsenal is seen as the biggest rivalry by both sides though.
Millwall is definitely West Ham's biggest rivalry (both I think come from a couple of opposing areas of the docklands), although they don't play each other very often.

If memory serves me right, I read somewhere that Adrian was a supporter of Spurs, but more in name than practice.
 
I see. Actually, among Norwegian fans of London clubs, there is some disagreement on this  :D The Chelsea fans claim that they, not Spurs, are Arsenal's main rivals, but the Arsenal fans don't care - it is Arsenal vs Spurs that matters. Of course, neither the Spurs fans nor the Arsenal fans like Chelsea, but they really don't care that much about them. Hammers fans here in Norway seem to dislike Chelsea the most and then Spurs, but for the locals of course Millwall are more important.

I guess games between Hammers and Millwall could be quite ugly back in the 80's when hooliganism was still widespread in England. These two clubs don't have the best reputation when it comes to "best behaved fans" ...
 
In England, the Arsenal/Spurs rivalry matters more to Spurs (where it is a big deal) than Arsenal. Arsenal regard Man U or Chelsea as a rival more than they do Spurs - and the rivalry between the Mancs and the Gunners is extremely tense and has been known to affect the players, as we have all witnessed.

The other big rivalry (aside from Liverpool and Man U) is, or was, between Leeds and Man U. The fans hate each other with a passion - but the two clubs are supposedly the best of friends.
 
I know about the Man Utd vs Leeds Utd rivalry, yes - the fans link it back to the "rose wars" and so on. But I guess it could be said that the United vs Arsenal rivalry is pretty much the opposite - that it is mainly on the pitch. For the fans, it is Liverpool, Leeds and City. For the players and Ferguson, it seems like Arsenal is the team to beat. At least it was like that a few years ago. I don't think the games between them this season were that tense. Perhaps it's due to the fact that many of the players involved in the controversies have left?

United have sold Ruud van Nistelrooy, and Roy Keane has retired. Arsenal have sold Patrick Vieira, Martin Keown has also retired. Add to this the fact that Gary Neville has been out all season with an injury, that Thierry Henry is at Barcelona and Phil Neville is at Goodison. That takes away a lot of heat ... Of course, the fact that United and Arsenal have fought for the title many times the last 10 years whereas Spurs haven't finished ahead of the Gunners once in the same period of time, certainly makes the rivalry between United and Arsenal more tense. However, I guess most older fans of Arsenal still feel it more painful losing to Spurs than to United? I mean, the North London rivalry has historical roots all the way back to the foundation of the clubs ...

On a general note, I guess whenever a traditional rivalry involves two clubs where one is much more successful than the other one (Arsenal vs Spurs, United vs City, Liverpool vs Everton) I guess the less successful club takes this rivalry more seriously. It's not that painful losing to your neighbours when you win the league ...
 
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