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Championship and below 2015/16

MetalMickie said:
Sadly true, possibly because our own season is almost certainly dead but also many of our fans have had to put up with years of their supporters "giving it large" about the Villa and their history.

Seven league titles but six were before World War I and also seven FA Cups but the last one was 1957.

No wonder their current plight is curiously satisfying.
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To be honest the repetitive foul chant was pathetic, and embarrassing. I would spend my energy getting behind my own team.
 
richart said:
To be honest the repetitive foul chant was pathetic, and embarrassing. I would spend my energy getting behind my own team.
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Sadly that was not true of many of your fellow Reading supporters at St Andrews on the first day of the season. Not unless you consider constant chants about the home support being "f**** s***", paying our benefits, dirty northern b******* etc; as supporting one's own team.

I agree about the particular song you mention but I am afraid it seems to be symptomatic of many so called groups of supporters.

A negative attitude rather than positive support.
 
MetalMickie said:
Sadly that was not true of many of your fellow Reading supporters at St Andrews on the first day of the season. Not unless you consider constant chants about the home support being "f**** s***", paying our benefits, dirty northern b******* etc; as supporting one's own team.

I agree about the particular song you mention but I am afraid it seems to be symptomatic of many so called groups of supporters.

A negative attitude rather than positive support.
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At least it was aimed at the team we were playing, and your fans had the opportunity to return in kind.:thup::D Don't see the point in chanting about a team you are not playing, and not even in the same league.
 
richart said:
At least it was aimed at the team we were playing, and your fans had the opportunity to return in kind.:thup::D Don't see the point in chanting about a team you are not playing, and not even in the same league.
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Something I have said many times as anything aimed at another team, whether they are that day's opposition or not, is both boring and pointless.

But then Reading do not have a rivalry as close as this to compare.

Two teams who have shared the same city for over 140 years. Like Celtic and Rangers without the religious connotations.
 
MetalMickie said:
Something I have said many times as anything aimed at another team, whether they are that day's opposition or not, is both boring and pointless.

But then Reading do not have a rivalry as close as this to compare.

Two teams who have shared the same city for over 140 years. Like Celtic and Rangers without the religious connotations.
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We are not keen on Oxford, especially when Maxwell wanted to merge the two clubs.;)
 
Seriously I don't believe folks not from the area have any understanding of the depth of rivalry between the two clubs and their supporters. Hatred is certainly not too strong a word.

I have avoided the games between the two for years and avoid football conversation with anyone I might think is from "the dark side". Safer that way.
 
What a season for Bradford, started pretty meh and just grown from strength to strength and now pushing for 2nd in the hope that Burton continue to chuck points away. 5 games to go and all to play for.
 
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