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The bomb shelter thread.

Efcjake said:
The Yanks really didn't like that bit about not getting the local rivalry.
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The hatred is there in our regional rivalries, so we understand that part of it. But we just don’t have a proper local rivalry in America. The last one was probably the Rangers and Islanders in the 1980s, and even that was pretty temporary.

It’s hard for them to even exist in America. Teams in the same city are usually set up in separate leagues or conferences where they don’t play very often. They become like Coke and Pepsi — they’re two separate products in the market, and you just choose which one you like better. It will be a long time, if ever, before a local derby like LA Galaxy and LAFC gets anywhere close to what it’s like in England.
 

mmmmsnouts said:
The hatred is there in our regional rivalries, so we understand that part of it. But we just don’t have a proper local rivalry in America. The last one was probably the Rangers and Islanders in the 1980s, and even that was pretty temporary.

It’s hard for them to even exist in America. Teams in the same city are usually set up in separate leagues or conferences where they don’t play very often. They become like Coke and Pepsi — they’re two separate products in the market, and you just choose which one you like better. It will be a long time, if ever, before a local derby like LA Galaxy and LAFC gets anywhere close to what it’s like in England.
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Yep, I wasn't trying to say it makes them worse supporters or anything like that. Anyone bothering with us in a foreign country is off their heads and has to be dedicated. I grew up with them and then moved away and I can't be arsed with them half the time when they do my head in. Choosing to inflict that on yourselves earns a lot of respect from me.

Just spending your formative years taking grief off of kopites (friends, family, teachers, taxi drivers, etc.) every day builds something that can only be acquired through daily experience.
 
Efcjake said:
Yep, I wasn't trying to say it makes them worse supporters or anything like that. Anyone bothering with us in a foreign country is off their heads and has to be dedicated. I grew up with them and then moved away and I can't be arsed with them half the time when they do my head in. Choosing to inflict that on yourselves earns a lot of respect from me.

Just spending your formative years taking grief off of kopites (friends, family, teachers, taxi drivers, etc.) every day builds something that can only be acquired through daily experience.
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You do get a little bit of that in some areas. I live in Dallas and there are big groups of alumni from Texas and Oklahoma who live here. They have their annual football game at the Cotton Bowl and their fans poke at each other all the time. But again, not in the formative years.
 


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