The Derby´s still one of the best And special every time, And overshadows all the rest A twice year pantomime Forty miles between the two Yet this Sunday, as one, Carrow Road will be part blue Hoping to see some fun, Irrespective of how well Each of us may have fared, Form may not have much to tell When local teeth are bared Your lot just do have the call In competitive games, One hundred and six, in all You´re two up in the frame, But on our patch, Carrow Road We lead you well, by six, Hard to say what that will bode When things get in the mix, You topped around Christmastide And went from high to high, But of late have shown a slide Is your squad running dry? Quite the opposite since Neil Took charge of our hot seat, He´s added belief and steel From eight, just one defeat, So it´s clear, momentum-wise Just who holds all the trumps, But we´ll need no bleary eyes Or we might end like chumps, Only one point separates Us in the table too, Although for both, one game awaits Before this weekend´s do Once that is out of the way The tension´s sure to build, Each half hoping in the fray Their prayers can be fulfilled, Those of us not fortunate Enough to have seats there, Must keep ourselves up to date From our TV armchair, East Anglian rivalry Is so fierce, so it´s said, That only one other ´Derby´ Is more so, so I ´ve read That´s in the Black Countryside When Wolves take on West Brom, So McCarthy Mick won´t hide Should A. Neil ooze aplomb, Heroes there will always be And have been on both sides, Those who relish such a spree That forty miles divides, But this one first and foremost Is for the fans, and pride, It´s only three points at the post But tell that to the winning side. Enjoy yourselves - safe journey there and back
Thank you RBF As eloquent as ever. I would try an intelligent response in the pro's... but will instead post the humorous preview of the match from the telegraph "Now you could, you could, watch Arsenal v Everton at this time. So if shiny new stadiums/concert venues with padded seats, where the half time buffet often keeps the huge swathes of corporate areas empty long into the second half and the pitch is immaculate and the tippy tappy midfielders are tippy tappying about while the fans sit quietly and occasionally interrupt their discussions about basement conversions and comparisons of Montessori schools with polite applause is your thing then, absolutely, be my guest. Or you could treat yourself two 90 minutes of gratuitous violence and throwing things, occasionally interrupted by football, from two half decent teams who genuinely hate each other. Mick McCarthy, spending nothing, has Ipswich in the play-off places while Norwich, who recently appointed 33-year-old Hamilton player boss Alex Neil as their new gaffer and have strung three wins together in quick succession since, are roaring up behind them. You may not be able to talk to that bloke in the lift who works in media about it on Monday morning, but you couldn't slide a rocket and crayfish sandwich (artisan bread) between second and seventh in the Championship at the moment and this should be fierce stuff."
There are only 2 other more fiercely competitive rivalries in the country than the East Anglian! We hate them and they hate us it's a simple as that no matter how you try and dress it up.
Some do, undoubtedly, warky, but actually, I don´t , I never have done, and frankly I don´t understand half the vitriol that goes on between us. Rivalry, yes that´s one thing, and always wanting to wallop you 6 - 0, yes, that also, but hatred ? - no.
I have experienced the pure venom and hatred at first hand many times down the years! There are some nasty vicious bastards around on both sides.
i guess there are reasons people hate each other in the world,but football?? i dont think so. of course there is a huge rivalry,as there shoul be between two nearby simaler size clubs from simaler size places,and nobody wants norwich to win on sunday more than me,but i dont hate ipswich fans for all the wicked banter.life is to short to hate,and when for a few years i worked in ipswich(the only norwich fan at the depot)nearly all the guys were good as gold,up for a laugh and ready to take(and give) the piss,but without any REAL malice.long live the norwich ipswich divide,and the banter,but hate? not for me
