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Ocelot Spleens
Ocelot Spleens
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Trossard. What an excellent signing.
Diogenes
Diogenes
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Off to watch Brighton v Palace this evening, full of trepidation given our respective form and seasons so far.

Here’s a video exposing the root of the animosity between the two clubs. The important thing to know is that it’s not a derby and it’s got nothing to do with the M23.

https://youtu.be/KAyaJV4ZFyo
Serendippily
Serendippily
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10:20am, 15 Mar 2023
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Oo its all spurs fault
Surelynot
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'Avian comparison' - fantastic.
Oscar the Grouch
Oscar the Grouch
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TLDR - good grief he's dull. 😁
Diogenes
Diogenes
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True. It began in the 70s when Palace were managed by Venables and Brighton by Mullery. The two had been teammates at Spurs and didn’t really get on. One season they played each other five times. Twice in the league and a twice replayed cup game. Palace came out eventual winners, being on the right side of some dubious refereeing decisions. Mullery had a meltdown, and got a drink chucked over him by a Palace supporter. He responded by sticking two fingers up at the crowd and chucking a handful of change down saying “you’re not with that.”*

After that there was always an extreme level of animosity on and off the pitch. Leg-breaking tackles, Boxing Day battles, sendings-off and penalties galore. Two seasons later Palace would win the final game of the season to win the second division title, taking it away from Brighton.

*Ron Noades would later appoint Mullery as our manager. You can imagine how went down. Despite the shambles of Mark Goldberg’s ownership and a second administration, the Mullery Years were very much the nadir of our existence.
Surrey Phil
Surrey Phil
Mar 2023
2:40pm, 15 Mar 2023
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A rivalry, yes but it isn't a derby, let alone the M23 Derby. Why call Man Utd v Liverpool the M62 Derby, either?
Chrisity
Chrisity
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3:01pm, 15 Mar 2023
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Doesn't everyone call Leeds v Arsenal the M1 Derby? Thought not.
Bob!
Bob!
Mar 2023
6:55pm, 15 Mar 2023
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They are the closest league club to us (well, until Crawley came into the league).
And the distance between the two is less than that between Norwich and Ipswich.
Diogenes
Diogenes
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6:57pm, 15 Mar 2023
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Good seats. Hope I’m not going to regret seeing this

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