Moody Blue 9,283 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Real v Barca Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EatDolphins 5,355 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 1 hour ago, BlearyEyedBear said: A guy I used to work with scudded Barry Lavety with a pie at one of those games. Barry lavety was indeed on the eccy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigo 32,524 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 22 minutes ago, harlands plater said: Which end but? River for me. For no other reason than I always liked their strip and name. bluedylan 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenose244 2,618 Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 23 minutes ago, harlands plater said: Which end but? Surely Madrid... Up the establishment ? harlands plater 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harlands plater 16,933 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 2 minutes ago, Inigo said: River for me. For no other reason than I always liked their strip and name. I think River are the aristocracy of BA and Boca are the whinging immigrants, I’m sure our South America correspondent @bluedylan could clarify. bluedylan 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigo 32,524 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 2 minutes ago, harlands plater said: I think River are the aristocracy of BA and Boca are the whinging immigrants, I’m sure our South America correspondent @bluedylan could clarify. Don't care about that stuff tbh. Strip's a stoater, but. harlands plater, Bighouse and CoopsLaud 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannerall 25,935 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 23 minutes ago, Inigo said: River for me. For no other reason than I always liked their strip and name. Did you know River fans call Boca "the little pigs" because play in the poorer area and smell ? Also River originated in the poor Boca district themselves. I slightly prefer Boca due to the Maradona connection, but would probably feel just as comfortable (or uncomfortable) watching from either end. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigo 32,524 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 2 minutes ago, tannerall said: Did you know River fans call Boca "the little pigs" because play in the poorer area and smell ? Also River originated in the poor Boca district themselves. I slightly prefer Boca due to the Maradona connection, but would probably feel just as comfortable (or uncomfortable) watching from either end. I didn't know that. I know virtually nothing about it tbh, other than the famous atmosphere, the grounds and some of the more famous players. Generally I try my best not to choose my favourite teams based on these things. To leave local politics and such like to local people. You get some fans that transpose the politics of here, and of our derby, onto the politics of other derbies, like Barca and Madrid and pick favourite teams based on that, which makes no real sense. bluedylan 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bluedylan 11,555 Posted September 11, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 11, 2018 38 minutes ago, harlands plater said: I think River are the aristocracy of BA and Boca are the whinging immigrants, I’m sure our South America correspondent @bluedylan could clarify. you are correct sir ...they both orginally wore red and white so had a play off to see who would keep colours ,River won. Legend has it Boca decided the first boat they saw docked in their neighbourhood they would take the colours of the flag...it was a Swedish merchant ship. Bighouse, harlands plater, theblueoysterbar and 3 others 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyinroyalblue 16,478 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Benburb v St Anthonys. harlands plater 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post bluedylan 11,555 Posted September 11, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 11, 2018 Been to Derbies in various parts of South America nothing comes close to a Buenos Aires derby although I would say River v Boca is where the real hatred is.Lazio v Roma a couple of years back was not a sell out, stadium was 3/4:full and that is being generous ,it was a midweek game though.Probably the best atmosphere I attended though was Semi final of Copa Libertadores River v Vasco de Gama under the lights and ticker tape welcome when teams came out,unbelievable ...couple of stubs from games I kept from 20 odd years ago The Maracana was a crumbling deathtrap and soulless on the few occasions I was there. King_gazza, dougie76, bluenose244 and 5 others 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannerall 25,935 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Sadly the Boca/Racing Derby suffered a tragedy similar to our own in 1968 when 71 fans died in a crush on stairway 12 with hundreds injured as they left the game. Suggestions were made that fireworks and burning of flags contributed to it, and even that the exit turnstyle had been locked shut, but the real cause was never established. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannerall 25,935 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 37 minutes ago, sandyinroyalblue said: Benburb v St Anthonys. Done it, as well as Petershill/St Rochs. (Edit, just checked St Roch's to see if they were still around, and apparently they are currently managed by Andy Cameron...........) Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harlands plater 16,933 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 58 minutes ago, sandyinroyalblue said: Benburb v St Anthonys. The Drumoyne Derby. sandyinroyalblue 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannerall 25,935 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 By the time I was 12 I knew about forty derbies in Britain that us Gers were interested in ranging form Gers/cellic, hibs/hearts, down to the Bens/Ants and Peasy/Rocks, and even the English Manchester and Liverpool derbies. I also knew by that age which sides were the prods and which the tims. Not sure what to make of that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Hurlock Loyal 12,133 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Zamalek v Al Alhy in Egypt, extreme crowd violence is only a bad referee decision away - often drafting in UEFA refs as the locals can't be trusted!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenose244 2,618 Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 2 hours ago, bluedylan said: Been to Derbies in various parts of South America nothing comes close to a Buenos Aires derby although I would say River v Boca is where the real hatred is.Lazio v Roma a couple of years back was not a sell out, stadium was 3/4:full and that is being generous ,it was a midweek game though.Probably the best atmosphere I attended though was Semi final of Copa Libertadores River v Vasco de Gama under the lights and ticker tape welcome whe teams came out,unbelievable ...couple of stubs from games I kept from 20 odd years ago The Maracana was a crumbling deathtrap and soulless on the few occasions I was there. Lucky bastard! I went to United v Liverpool a good few years ago it was pretty tame to be honest, football was phenomenal though.. Ronaldo, Van Nistelrooy, Gerrard, Xabi Alonso to name a few. Ajax v Feyenoord was a lot more like it as far as atmosphere goes, pretty decent to be honest, and all the Ajax fans where class with me thoroughly enjoyed it. I was also in Amsterdam when Germany came to play Holland one time, couldn't get a ticket but you could feel the hatred all over the city, walked from a Dutch area through a police barrier and ended up where the German fans where drinking they where absolutely bonkers. bluedylan 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedylan 11,555 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 19 minutes ago, bluenose244 said: Lucky bastard! I went to United v Liverpool a good few years ago it was pretty tame to be honest, football was phenomenal though.. Ronaldo, Van Nistelrooy, Gerrard, Xabi Alonso to name a few. Ajax v Feyenoord was a lot more like it as far as atmosphere goes, pretty decent to be honest, and all the Ajax fans where class with me thoroughly enjoyed it. I was also in Amsterdam when Germany came to play Holland one time, couldn't get a ticket but you could feel the hatred all over the city, walked from a Dutch area through a police barrier and ended up where the German fans where drinking they where absolutely bonkers. There is a great book called Football Against The Enemy by Simon Kuper it goes into the deep hatred between the Dutch and Germans Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
born a blue nose 90,385 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Arthurlie v Pollok dougie76 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenose244 2,618 Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 11 minutes ago, bluedylan said: There is a great book called Football Against The Enemy by Simon Kuper it goes into the deep hatred between the Dutch and Germans It's to do with the war is it not? Although I thought countries like Poland, Ukraine and the Baltics suffered a lot more at the hands of Nazi Germany... Read a book called Bloodlands last year about the holocaust and the countries between Berlin and Moscow, was very difficult to read some parts, it was quiet literally hell on earth, the atrocities of Hitler and Stalin should never be forgotten. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOL153 No Surrender!!! 1,810 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 6 hours ago, Rfc52 said: Thistle v Clyde Thistle v Airdrie is bad, well it was years ago, not sure what it's like now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOL153 No Surrender!!! 1,810 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 West Ham v Millwall, at The Den. .Williamson. and Bears 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Shaw 30,137 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Red star - Partizan would be fun ? bluenose244 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenose244 2,618 Posted September 12, 2018 Author Share Posted September 12, 2018 7 hours ago, Tiger Shaw said: Red star - Partizan would be fun ? Surprised this one hasn't been mentioned more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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