How can anyone claim the match against Bournemouth is a local derby. We don't even have an insultingly rude name for them. (Yet)
The not really a derby game.
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Of course it is a derby. They are a few miles down the coast they are in the same division. Whether you want to call it a derby is another matter. When saints started to challenge Pompey properly they would not acknowledge it as a derby. In reality of course it was and eventually it was excepted. No difference for most with the cherries and soon enough will be insulting each other.
Not a derby, but I do regard them as a junior side....so will be annoyed if they win. However, can tolerate losing to them far more than I can tolerate losing to Liverpool or Spurs (that makes me spit feathers....got enough for a pillow already). I also bear them very little ill will...in fact, no ill will....so they fail the derby test.
By the way, I would just like to point out that this thread in no way, shape, form, substance, or concept constitutes a match thread.
Thank you, that is all.
Thank you, that is all.
It's 30 miles stadium to stadium so I would consider that local. And yes I would call it a derby.
"Games between two rivals of close geographical proximity are usually called a local derby" (Wiki)
You don't have to hate another team for it to be a derby.
"Games between two rivals of close geographical proximity are usually called a local derby" (Wiki)
You don't have to hate another team for it to be a derby.
I care more about beating Bournemouth than about Stoke or WBA, for example, but the difference is so marginal that I refuse to call it a derby in the sense of rivalry. I suppose the reason I care more is because of proximity, so I suppose it is a derby in that sense. Do I want to grind them in the dust, see them go bankrupt and endure endless relegations....no.
Bournemouth are like a little brother, who you want to see grow big and strong and do well.
But not ever be better than you are yourself.
But not ever be better than you are yourself.
I was born in Shirly, but at 4 years old moved to Broadstone near Wimborne. I have always follow the ups and downs of Bornemouth, and always hope they do well except when they play us. I have been looking forward to this match, so why can't it be refered to as 'friendly local darby' no need for name calling.
It is a local derby, this is a fact, it is not a matter of opinion.
There is no need for hatred, rivalry can be friendly. I have never gone in for hating other football teams (although Spurs and Liverpool do test this resolve sometimes) and I cringe whenever we sing those crap songs about Pompey. You do not need to be pathetic about another football team for a match against them to be a derby.
There is no need for hatred, rivalry can be friendly. I have never gone in for hating other football teams (although Spurs and Liverpool do test this resolve sometimes) and I cringe whenever we sing those crap songs about Pompey. You do not need to be pathetic about another football team for a match against them to be a derby.
But not so big that you can't give them a little slap now and again.
First it's Heath (grrr) now its them (gnashed teeth) you're having a bad week Mr.Lambo.
The only possible thing that you could argue that this isn't a derby is that Bournemouth are in a different county to us. But I don't buy that - it's a derby but it's certainly not a rivalry. Subtle difference.
Tiresome boring thread that's been repeated a thousand times by one of the more tiresome boring posters,
