Reasons why Brighton are not our enemy:
1. The root of the argument with them is obscure, ancient, and fairly pointless
2. They are not local to us
3. They are a small club like us, punching way above their weight against all the odds
4. They are actually quite good (way above us in the league)
5. Brighton is a nice place (as is Hove)
6. The so-called rivalry gets quite nasty at times (huge police presence at games to prevent trouble) and there is enough hate in the world as it is
Our real enemies are the super-rich clubs who are just huge financial empires regularly stripping teams like Palace of all their good players (remember the big clubs who wanted to break away some years ago into a super European league so that they could protect themselves from ever getting relegated and make even more money out of supporters?) (I have to smile when looking at Spurs now in the league table).
And Millwall..... no-one likes them (but I bet they do care - perhaps they just need some love)
1. The root of the argument with them is obscure, ancient, and fairly pointless
2. They are not local to us
3. They are a small club like us, punching way above their weight against all the odds
4. They are actually quite good (way above us in the league)
5. Brighton is a nice place (as is Hove)
6. The so-called rivalry gets quite nasty at times (huge police presence at games to prevent trouble) and there is enough hate in the world as it is
Our real enemies are the super-rich clubs who are just huge financial empires regularly stripping teams like Palace of all their good players (remember the big clubs who wanted to break away some years ago into a super European league so that they could protect themselves from ever getting relegated and make even more money out of supporters?) (I have to smile when looking at Spurs now in the league table).
And Millwall..... no-one likes them (but I bet they do care - perhaps they just need some love)