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Leeds make up for their lack of a derby by hating everyone.

Surely that's Millwall?

I suggest that whoever wrote that does not really know what they are on about. It's been pretty fiesty over the years when the clubs have been in the same division.
YouTube - Fulham 1-0 Chelski - pitch invasion

I was there that day and had the pleasure of seeing the police stand by and ignore a pitch invasion and Fulham fans exposing themselves (why?) to everyone in the Chelsea end.

Still, it only happens once every three decades and so it can hardly be seen as a red hot fixture. Chelsea really can't be bothered by Fulham. Brentford , on the other hand, really hate Fulham.

^ More handbags than "feisty"

Fulham supporters, however, who are generally more recent converts to football support, are much more chippy in their attitudes

I don't agree with this. One of the major problems with the Fulham support is its old age. You are maybe right in that there are not many mid 30s Fulham fans. The club in the vital years of their footballing upbringing were languishing in the lower leagues and they went glory hunting (Chelsea).

Believe me, the Riverside and Stevenage Road ends are full of old codgers. That's why they don't sing, need blankets and get upset when the play becomes too exciting. Our euro run, caused many casualties and a sharp increase in cardiac arrests.

Chelsea fans love to pretend they can't be bothered by Fulham. Brentford , on the other hand, really hate Fulham.

ftfy

And QPahhhhaaaaaaaarrrr (Alan Partridge). They really don't like Fulham, or Chelsea. Their moto is "We hate everbody and nobody cares".

In the olden days, when I was a boy and before, quite a number of people would go to both Chelsea and Fulham home games.

This is an old school football fans thing to do, far removed from the rucking elements.

Same used to be true of Millwall and CP and obviously CP and the Dons when they ground shared.

Although, I always advised my CP supporting mate not to mention that when we went to the Den.

BTW Clive, please apply equal alacrity to your email as you do to this thread!

Rob

Nice to have you on this thread. E-mail sent.

Does anyone hate Coventry?
(the team)

Yes.

The first paragraph of the book "The Football Factory" by John King- so much better than the film - goes:

"I fucking hate Coventry..."

Leicester probably do as well.

Then again, we all hate Leicester...

Was it Brian Kilcline he hated? Or Steve Og?

Some years ago a mob group of Chelsea supporters was travelling to Leicester, among them Greenaway, the legendary Zigger Zagger man. As the special train trundled northwards, they sang and among the songs that they sang was the one which went:

We hate Nottingham Forest
We hate Liverpool too
We hate Man United
But Chelsea we love you.

Given their destination, Greenaway inserted a descant:

We hate Nottingham Forest
We hate Liverpool too - and Leicester
We hate Man United
But Chelsea we love you.

It was then sung at the match and the descant stuck.

When the tune was borrowed for the song

We all follow the Chelsea
Over land and sea
We all follow the Chelsea
On to victory

the descant was retained, thus:

We all follow the Chelsea
Over land and sea - and Leicester
We all follow the Chelsea
On to victory.

And so it is sung today when most people have forgotten who Leicester are.

Spurs fans havent forgoten Leicester, mainly because of that game with Robbie fucking Savage.......

(we still won though).

Ray 'Butch' Wilkins has apparently been sacked by Chelsea. Wonder what he's been up to ?

Cliveo ?

Cliveo wont know. He is a Fulham fan.

What about Stockport? Does anyone hate them?

What about Stockport? Does anyone hate them?

I do.

Good.
Just doing a smaller club surrounded by bigger clubs survey around the country.

What about Everton?
Tranmere and Blackpool must hate them.

What about Everton?

Where is the forum's would-be-lothario these days?

All yentzed out.

(On gardening leave I think, packing his flat up and getting ready to move to the wastelands)

Insert joke about getting nicked for shop lifting.

;-)

Yeah where is our Liverpool hating stud?

Inst he a gooner now?

Seems as though Butch was angling for a pay rise but his contract was at an end. He came in to replace Steve Clarke when Grant was around. Job done. Hopefully Clarke or Zola are on their way back.

Cliveo wont know. He is a Fulham fan.

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