Club rivalry / hate

[CorkedHat]

I remember getting off the coach at Anfield and being greeted by the local hoi polloi as the Black and White Minstrels. Actually I thought that that was quite funny

[Berserker]

NFR when i was in France, some French men called me a potato, i was with a load of Australia's though so maybe it was something with their name for the English being Pommes

[sipwell]

NFR when i was in France, some French men called me a potato, i was with a load of Australia's though so maybe it was something with their name for the English being Pommes

A pomme is an apple. A potato is a pomme de terre ;-)

[Berserker]

Don't know what the potato reference was all about then. Mind you were very jolly and drunk, and were even shouting abuse at the gendarmes out of the coach windows in a jovial manner.

[Berserker]

Not me drunk and shouting abuse, the french men

[sipwell]

Not me drunk and shouting abuse, the french men

Frenchmen drunk? Shocking!

[BalDrick]

Not me drunk and shouting abuse, the french men

Frenchmen drunk? Shocking!

They'll be going on strike next!

[SoCalJoe]

Taking creative license w/names isn't just something done on that side of the pond. Practically every NFL team has a nickname given to them by fans of other teams (ex. Cowboys=Cowgirls, Rams=Sheep, Pats=Cheats, I'm a Seahawks fan and find myself calling them the SeaChickens like everyone else does when things are going bad.)

[cebu]

To be honest i can live with being called Foolham. I thought it was funny when QPR was at the cottage and they were singing about it being like a library

A library? Ah a place of (footballing) erudition. Who would have thought QPR fans would be so observant!   :dft012:

[cmg]

Terms of abuse can become acceptable and even indicative of admiration.

The word Tory, for instance, is an acceptable alternative to Conservative, even among the supporters of that party. Originally it was a term of abuse coined by their political opponents. It comes from an Irish (Gaelic) word meaning "robber" or "bandit".

(Pause for choice of politically satirical comment.)

The style, magnificence and beauty of Gothic architecture is recognized almost universally today. Yet the word Gothic was originally one of abuse coined by the supporters of the Classical style, who thought of it as a crude, degenerate and savage style (like the Goths who destroyed ancient Rome.)

Personally, I haven't got the energy to develop hatred for any football team.

[cebu]

Not me drunk and shouting abuse, the french men

Frenchmen drunk? Shocking!

They'll be going on strike next!

No, no, they'll be too drunk to do that.  :wine:

[sipwell]

Not me drunk and shouting abuse, the french men

Frenchmen drunk? Shocking!

They'll be going on strike next!

No, no, they'll be too drunk to do that.  :wine:

No mate, Frenchmen are exceptional strikers when they're drunk! You have to know that "sous le pavé il y a la plage" (below the cobble stones lies the beach). Can you find a better place to overcome your hangover?

[finnster01]

Not me drunk and shouting abuse, the french men

Frenchmen drunk? Shocking!

They'll be going on strike next!

No, no, they'll be too drunk to do that.  :wine:

No mate, Frenchmen are exceptional strikers when they're drunk! You have to know that "sous le pavé il y a la plage" (below the cobble stones lies the beach). Can you find a better place to overcome your hangover?

After studying footage from Hangover I and Hangover II, I'd put forward Las Vegas and Bangkok