I like that we hate the Noses and they hate us, despite the wild disparity (and obviously because of it). We're a much more interesting club because of the minnows who surround us and very occasionally for a limited period, get to play us.
I've sang about the Noses watching us play in Europe on a Thursday/Wednesday/Tues night along with the rest of the away ends since August 2023. People are obviously entitled to think singing a catchy little ditty is cringe. I think the faux objection to pretending we're the only club above it all is silly. Because we're not and what a dull existence it would be without the B9ers or even the B71ers. I don't gove much of a hoot about Coventry, but it will be fun receiving all that hate. I doubt it will be quite Highfield Road given its so far out of town.
Sport is competion, its rivalry, its having fun, especially at your neighbours expense. I cannot say that rivalry would ever energise me enough to make a flag about the supposed Gypsy's Curse that Barry Fry had to exorcise it by pissing in every corner of Mordor, but again, each to their own.
