Rivals
#2
Posted 07 February 2011 - 07:50 AM

#3
Posted 07 February 2011 - 04:27 PM
Odysseus, on 07 February 2011 - 07:50 AM, said:

so if we go up & rotherham dont do we have to find a new rival? rotherham will never be a rival theyre just a local team we used to beat all the time.
first fixture? usually first & last away games, then seaside trips, then any london trips, then a close look in the hope gillingham have been thrown out our division.
#4
Posted 07 February 2011 - 06:05 PM
Odysseus, on 07 February 2011 - 07:50 AM, said:

Any localish side will be a `rival`,but who are the side you love to beat, or want to lose?
Mansfailed every single time.
#5
Posted 07 February 2011 - 06:46 PM
death, on 07 February 2011 - 06:05 PM, said:
Mansfailed every single time.
You are of course correct, some of my happiest football memories are of beating Mansfield, and saddest the rare defeats they inflicted. I still remember the cold shivers when hearing “He’s only a poor little Spireite.”, but it’s been so long since we played them it’s all starting to fade. With the Windy Millers antics over the last few years and Ronnie’s mouth always good for “stirring the waters”, it is starting to become a real rivalry, but do admit it is not fully developer yet!

#6
Posted 08 February 2011 - 10:04 PM
#7
Posted 11 February 2011 - 10:53 AM
Westbars Spireite, on 08 February 2011 - 10:04 PM, said:
Same here. I think I dislike them more for 2 admins in 3 years than owt
#8
Posted 11 February 2011 - 11:36 AM
In football terms - whoever we are playing next or whoever we might be competing with directly for a promotion spot . Don't see how any team can be a rival if they aren't even in the same division. Only Rotherham fulfil that criteria but they are no more our main rival than Wycombe
In broader terms our main rivals are Manchester United followed by Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and any other "top" team that local kids might support instead of CFC on account of Premiership TV saturation
#9
Posted 11 February 2011 - 07:13 PM
Seriously though, i know they'll never be bona fide 'rivals' but i can never forget the crusade launched by certain Brighton fans to get us kicked out the league, the abuse hurled at Town fans, players, and officials from everyone involved at the club, and the totally hypocritical way those self-important southerners behaved in the wake of our (ahem) problems.
A plague on their house, say i.
Anyway, i'm just off to vote for erm...erm...erm...
This post has been edited by MDCCCLXVI: 11 February 2011 - 07:14 PM
#10
Posted 12 February 2011 - 07:13 PM
#11
Posted 13 February 2011 - 08:01 PM
#12
Posted 16 February 2011 - 06:10 PM
but are main rivals are defo mansfield
#13
Posted 20 February 2011 - 01:34 PM
Skywalker, on 12 February 2011 - 07:13 PM, said:
With tongue in cheek I'll nominate Wrexham - I think we have still played more games against them than any other club, played thm in a Cup quarter final and.....
''''they are Welsh.
#15
Posted 20 February 2011 - 03:24 PM
#16
Posted 20 February 2011 - 03:28 PM
#17
Posted 20 February 2011 - 05:05 PM
#18
Posted 21 February 2011 - 12:03 PM
Because I have to live there and take the grief from the locals (where are they now though:))
and
Because we have had some good battles down the years - not least the 'spear' throwing incident at Saltergate.
Ideally, I want Derby County to be our closest rivals because that will mean we are in the same league (the championship!). Derbyshire bragging rights and all that.
#19
Posted 21 February 2011 - 07:40 PM
1. Mansfield
2. Sheffield Wednesday
3. Sheffield United
on a further footnote, have you noticed when we play Rotherham, some of their supporters call the Chesterfield supporters "scabs"....?????
#20
Posted 21 February 2011 - 10:06 PM
Paul Fisher, on 21 February 2011 - 07:40 PM, said:
1. Mansfield
2. Sheffield Wednesday
3. Sheffield United
on a further footnote, have you noticed when we play Rotherham, some of their supporters call the Chesterfield supporters "scabs"....?????
cant say i have heard that