Pop1eye":3cztf6q6 said:
Yes well a lot of the navy did dock in Oxford over the years!!
Remember the Oxford Field Gun Crew?? Fearsome!! :lol:
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Yes well a lot of the navy did dock in Oxford over the years!!
Remember the Oxford Field Gun Crew?? Fearsome!! :lol:
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ford hill POMPEY fan":75qxfdi6 said:
Problem is that Argyle supporters are a little like British politicians, for ever going on about the 'Special Relationship' with the USA. When in reality, the USA doesn't give a schitt about the UK. It's all a little needy.
People also go on about the Bristol clubs as it they're local rivals, when in reality, when we play them they just refer to us as Plymouth, like any other game.
Cult Of Personality":3mj6po40 said:
The fact Exeter is ours and you are right btw is a sign of how far we have fallen.
There's competitive rivalry this year because both clubs have been up for promotion and have expected to be since way back at the start of the season, it's no surprise that we find ourselves side by side in the final standings.
But a full-time rivalry and a derby? Can't see it.
Put it this way; if either of us were near the bottom of L2 and the other near the top would either care about the other? Would we be desperate to get one over on each other? No, I wouldn't say so. If we play Exeter though, it doesn't matter where they are in the table, which league they are in, how many divisions separate us, I love seeing us get one over on them, they are our rivals.
But a full-time rivalry and a derby? Can't see it.
Put it this way; if either of us were near the bottom of L2 and the other near the top would either care about the other? Would we be desperate to get one over on each other? No, I wouldn't say so. If we play Exeter though, it doesn't matter where they are in the table, which league they are in, how many divisions separate us, I love seeing us get one over on them, they are our rivals.
During the 70s & early 80s we only ever played Exeter in the Devon Bowl as they were hardly ever in the same division as us.Consequently the closest teams we played regularly were Pompey & the Bristol clubs. No it's not a derby for them in a geographical sense - Swansea, Cardiff,the other Bristol club, Swindon are all closer as iss Southampton for Pompey - but due to our geographical isolation they have traditionally been our closest rivals. This was especially true of Pompey due to the movement of workers between dockyards & the number of ex-matelots settling in the areas.
PersonallyI find the anti Exeter chanting, as happened at Cambridge, embarrassing, pointless and baffling....justmakes us as small-time as Exeterhave always been.
Personally
PersonallyI find the anti Exeter chanting, as happened at Cambridge, embarrassing, pointless and baffling....justmakes us as small-time as Exeterhave always been.
Personally
My first match at Home Park was the May 1983 Portsmouth game.
I hate Pompey, and regularly used to start the chant at various away games throughout the 80's and 90's.
The Sunderland lads at Roker Park gave me a round of applause. :lol:
I hate Pompey, and regularly used to start the chant at various away games throughout the 80's and 90's.
The Sunderland lads at Roker Park gave me a round of applause. :lol:
Its not a derby. But it's always been the ultimate Argyle game for me, with my family split between the two cities. Exeter doesn't even come close. That 5-1 is the stuff of legends; the winner at Krap Nottarf last month was amazing. Just a shame we won't be playing them at Wembley.
Mike
Mike
I have always regarded Pompey as a big rival. The games are always passionate with a edge to them which makes for good entertainment. I don't remember too many dour, boring sleepathons between the clubs. I'd put them along side Brizzle City in terms of rivalry.
I do agree that if this game was the final it would be a sell out at Wembley.
I'm looking forward to the games but have mentally prepared myself for another season slumming it in L2.
I do agree that if this game was the final it would be a sell out at Wembley.
I'm looking forward to the games but have mentally prepared myself for another season slumming it in L2.
Its not a proper Derby due two main factors;
The distance between the two teams, their not even in one of the bordering counties
We have not regularly played each other in our history of league football
The rivalry comes from the cities having a similar naval history, both located on the south coast.
As mentioned by other posters, their was a particular violent game in 1983. My Grandad and Great Grandad used to stand in the Spion Kop (for younger fans it was an open terrace between the Lyndhurst and Davenport) both would have been in their late 50s and 70s respectively by all accounts they gave alot more than they got, pompey fans infiltrated the home stands that day. My Gran had tried to resist me going to games as a teenager 10 years later.
Its a rivalry, that has history, some bad history.
Let's hope our team can find some mental strength at the right times in these two big games, what if Mr Argyle aka Paul Wotton takes the team talk! COYGs
The distance between the two teams, their not even in one of the bordering counties
We have not regularly played each other in our history of league football
The rivalry comes from the cities having a similar naval history, both located on the south coast.
As mentioned by other posters, their was a particular violent game in 1983. My Grandad and Great Grandad used to stand in the Spion Kop (for younger fans it was an open terrace between the Lyndhurst and Davenport) both would have been in their late 50s and 70s respectively by all accounts they gave alot more than they got, pompey fans infiltrated the home stands that day. My Gran had tried to resist me going to games as a teenager 10 years later.
Its a rivalry, that has history, some bad history.
Let's hope our team can find some mental strength at the right times in these two big games, what if Mr Argyle aka Paul Wotton takes the team talk! COYGs
