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Local rivals, competitive rivals and then there's the club you hate the most and for me as a Chelsea fan it's Leeds.
Why Leeds ?Local rivals, competitive rivals and then there's the club you hate the most and for me as a Chelsea fan it's Leeds.
To be fair with the way things are going, that rivalry will likely end up as this era version of the United-Arsenal rivalry during the 90s/00s. Especially when they have clearly taken the batton off us as the main Manchester based challenger (Thanks to the Glazer's stupidity) to Liverpool's attempts to get back to their glory days.City fans calling Liverpool their biggest rivals is pretty funny. Completely based on the title challenges and CL games they've had against each other.
That might be due to the number of Liverpool fans (especially those from Merseyside) who have Everton supporting relatives/loved ones, which also explains how the rivalry between the two clubs is less hostile than it should be (As shown by the number of childhood Everton and childhood Liverpool supporters that ended up playing for the other club without any fuss).And wow, Liverpool voting City and Chelsea ahead of Everton?
They are still Scousers at the end of the day, so the overall Liverpool-Manchester rivalry is going to play a part in how they see us. In fact I am surprised there isn't a bigger rivalry (from our perspective) between ourselves and Everton, especially when you look at the number of players that have played for both clubs.We are Everton's second biggest rival? Some are totally understandable, Man City and Liverpool voting us as rivals. But Everton?
Tottenham's rivalry with Chelsea (Coupled with Arsenal's decline in recent years relative to Chelsea) and Arsenals rivalry with ourselves (which at its height took place at a time* when Tottenham where a Mid-Table side at best has played a part in that.Surprised the NLD vote wasnt a larger portion of the fanbase, would have said in the 90% for Arsenal's biggest rival being Spurs and vice versa if I was going to take a guess.
Well it has been over 15 years since Leeds last played in the PL* (moreso when it came to being in a position to actually challenge ourselves), during which Chelsea have spent all that time building themselves up as a main club that challenged our dominance over English Football (until Fergie left of course). One might they even filled the gap that Leeds left behind.Not sure why anyone would have Chelsea ahead of Leeds as one of our rivals.
For me the ironic thing about that particular incident is that Rocastle was one of the few Arsenal players that I have respect for as both a person and a player. Certainly the current lot at the Emirates could do with more players like him...Arsenal are definitely rivals, even before the Wenger Fergie rivalry there was tensions from a brawl between the team at old Trafford.
I think a lot of this goes back 30 years or more when both Villa & Everton were classed as the big six with us, Liverpool, Arsenal & Spurs. City & Chelsea were minor players.https://mobile.twitter.com/FootyLimbs/status/1169562946302816261
Not sure why clubs such as Everton and Villa consider us rivals. Can’t think of a single united fan who even thinks about them apart from when we play them.
Anyway, what other rivalries are you guys surprised to see on that list (not just about united)
Could be 2 things:What the feck are those percentages?
Yeah, you only list us as weak 2nd rival, plus as @Classical Mechanic points out there's a historic rivalry between the 2 cities in general.Because aside from Liverpool there’s not really a rival for us. The Moyes situation and the fact that everyone hated United during the seasons they were always winning means that it’s not surprising that they’re 2nd on the list. The fact that Liverpool is almost 90% compared to United at 30% shows that aside from Liverpool it’s just a toss up between the bigger sides for us.
Could be the other way around, a United fan being bitter City fans don't vote United as their #1 rival.Wow, just goes to show how Bitter City are fans are. Pretending that we are not there rivals by voting Liverpool. Must be the only club in that list to do that.
40 odd years of crap before the sugar daddy has changed there mentality and even now still harbours a deep unmovable inferiority complex.
It's not that far away, about 45 miles. However it's more about this - https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...g/2011/sep/27/brighton-crystal-palace-rivalryWhat's with Brighton vs Crystal Palace? They're not even geographically close.
For United being theirs?Crystal Palace is the one that sticks out for me. Newcastle I can sort of understand as there’s a lack of clubs in the North-East. But that certainly doesn’t apply to any club from London.
Goes back long before United “came good”. Ie before we came good in 68 when we had a little sequence of taking turns winning the title under Busby and Shankly, for example when hoolies were in full swing. Even then, it was City, Leeds and Liverpool, probably in that order, with Everton close behind, also winning titles and cups. I’m sure back then Everton we’re tops for you just as City were for us. Probably varies in intensity according to success of rival at the time.Has to be non local fans. It was always Everton as the rival. united came later when they came good.
Pretty shallow view of rivalry from them.Man City's rivals are all the rest of the Top 6. It's like the club was invented in the last 10 years.
Namely West Ham. Spurs, Chelsea, United and Liverpool? They were 10th last year. They may as well have said "Barcelona, New England Patriots, Lewis Hamilton and Gary Kasparov".Some of these clubs are delusional
Well.. even fergie back in the day projected liverpool as the clubs biggest rival instead of citeh. But that because we were hugely more successful than citeh. It was done to set an ambitious state of mind to go for the biggest shark in the sea. But i think many voted immidiate threats and tbf we never really challenged citeh past few seasons but liverpool keep pushing them.. So..Wow, just goes to show how Bitter City are fans are. Pretending that we are not there rivals by voting Liverpool. Must be the only club in that list to do that.
40 odd years of crap before the sugar daddy has changed there mentality and even now still harbours a deep unmovable inferiority complex.