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[Otis]

A survey from 2012/13.

Pretty accurate?


Here is a complete list of the 92 Premier League and Football League clubs’ top three rivalries;

Team	Main rivals	Second rivals	Third rivals
Accrington Stanley	Morecambe	Blackburn Rovers	Burnley
AFC Bournemouth	Southampton	Reading	Brighton & Hove Albion
AFC Wimbledon	Milton Keynes Dons	Crystal Palace	Crawley Town
Aldershot Town	Reading	Woking	Swindon Town
Arsenal	Tottenham Hotspur	Chelsea	Manchester United
Aston Villa	Birmingham City	West Bromwich Albion	Wolves
Barnet	Stevenage	Dagenham & Redbridge	Northampton Town / Carlisle United
Barnsley	Sheffield Wednesday	Sheffield United	Leeds United / Huddersfield Town
Birmingham City	Aston Villa	Wolves	West Bromwich Albion
Blackburn Rovers	Burnley	Bolton Wanderers	Manchester United
Blackpool	Preston North End	Bolton Wanderers	Burnley
Bolton Wanderers	Wigan Athletic	Burnley	Blackburn Rovers
Bradford City	Huddersfield Town	Leeds United	Rotherham United
Brentford	Fulham	Queens Park Rangers	Chelsea
Brighton & Hove Albion	Crystal Palace	Portsmouth	Southampton
Bristol City	Bristol Rovers	Cardiff City	Swindon Town
Bristol Rovers	Bristol City	Swindon Town	Cardiff City
Burnley	Blackburn Rovers	Bolton Wanderers	Blackpool / Preston North End
Burton Albion	Chesterfield	Derby County	Notts County
Bury	Bolton Wanderers	Rochdale	Oldham Athletic
Cardiff City	Swansea City	Bristol City	Leeds United
Carlisle United	Preston North End	Hartlepool United	Middlesbrough
Charlton Athletic	Crystal Palace	Millwall	West Ham United
Chelsea	Tottenham Hotspur	Arsenal	Manchester United
Cheltenham Town	Swindon Town	Oxford United	Shrewsbury Town / Kidderminster Harriers
Chesterfield	Mansfield Town	Rotherham United	Sheffield Wednesday
Colchester United	Southend United	Wycombe Wanderers	Ipswich Town
Coventry City	Leicester City	Aston Villa	Birmingham City
Crawley Town	AFC Wimbledon	Brighton & Hove Albion	Swindon Town
Crewe Alexandra	Port Vale	Stoke City
Crystal Palace	Brighton & Hove Albion	Millwall	Charlton Athletic
Dagenham & Redbridge	Barnet	Leyton Orient	Brentford
Derby County	Nottingham Forest	Leeds United	Leicester City
Doncaster Rovers	Leeds United	Barnsley	Sheffield United / Sheffield Wednesday
Everton	Liverpool	Manchester United	Manchester City
Exeter City	Plymouth Argyle	Torquay United	Bristol Rovers / Yeovil Town
Fleetwood Town	Morecambe	Accrington Stanley	Barrow
Fulham	Queens Park Rangers	Chelsea	Brentford
Gillingham	Millwall	Charlton Athletic	Swindon Town
Hartlepool United	Darlington	Carlisle United	Sheffield Wednesday
Huddersfield Town	Leeds United	Bradford City	Sheffield Wednesday
Hull City	Leeds United	Leicester City	Scunthorpe United / Grimsby Town
Ipswich Town	Norwich City	West Ham United	Colchester United
Leeds United	Manchester United	Chelsea	Huddersfield Town / Millwall
Leicester City	Nottingham Forest	Derby County	Coventry City
Leyton Orient	Southend United	Brentford	Dagenham & Redbridge / West Ham United
Liverpool	Manchester United	Everton	Chelsea
Manchester City	Manchester United	Liverpool	Everton
Manchester United	Liverpool	Manchester City	Chelsea
Middlesbrough	Newcastle United	Sunderland	Leeds United
Millwall	West Ham United	Crystal Palace	Charlton Athletic
Milton Keynes Dons	Peterborough United	AFC Wimbledon	Northampton Town
Morecambe	Accrington Stanley	Burnley	Bradford City
Newcastle United	Sunderland	Middlesbrough	Manchester United
Northampton Town	Peterborough United	Milton Keynes Dons	Leicester City / Oxford United
Norwich City	Ipswich Town	Wolves	Leeds United
Nottingham Forest	Derby County	Leicester City	Sheffield United
Notts County	Nottingham Forest	Mansfield Town	Chesterfield
Oldham Athletic	Rochdale	Wigan Athletic	Huddersfield Town
Oxford United	Swindon Town	Reading	Wycombe Wanderers
Peterborough United	Northampton Town	Cambridge United	Leicester City / Milton Keynes Dons
Plymouth Argyle	Exeter City	Torquay United	Portsmouth
Port Vale	Stoke City	Crewe Alexandra	Shrewsbury Town
Portsmouth	Southampton	Brighton & Hove Albion	Millwall / Leicester City
Preston North End	Blackpool	Blackburn Rovers	Burnley
Queens Park Rangers	Chelsea	Fulham	Cardiff City / Stoke City
Reading	Aldershot Town	Swindon Town	Oxford United
Rochdale	Bury	Burnley	Oldham Athletic
Rotherham United	Doncaster Rovers	Sheffield Wednesday	Chesterfield
Scunthorpe United	Hull City	Grimsby Town	Doncaster Rovers
Sheffield United	Sheffield Wednesday	Leeds United	Barnsley / West Ham United
Sheffield Wednesday	Sheffield United	Barnsley	Leeds United
Shrewsbury Town	Walsall	Wolves	Port Vale
Southampton	Portsmouth	Brighton & Hove Albion	Bournemouth
Southend United	Colchester United	Leyton Orient	Dagenham & Redbridge
Stevenage	Milton Keynes Dons	Barnet	Dagenham & Redbridge
Stoke City	Port Vale	West Bromwich Albion	Wolves
Sunderland	Newcastle United	Middlesbrough	Leeds United
Swansea City	Cardiff City	Reading	Bristol City
Swindon Town	Oxford United	Reading	Bristol City / Bristol Rovers
Torquay United	Plymouth Argyle	Exeter City	Bristol Rovers
Tottenham Hotspur	Arsenal	Chelsea	West Ham United
Tranmere Rovers	Oldham Athletic	Bolton Wanderers	Everton / Liverpool
Walsall	Wolves	Aston Villa	West Bromwich Albion
Watford	Luton Town	Leeds United	Crystal Palace / Queens Park Rangers
West Bromwich Albion	Wolves	Aston Villa	Birmingham City
West Ham United	Millwall	Tottenham Hotspur	Arsenal / Chelsea
Wigan Athletic	Bolton Wanderers	Blackburn Rovers	Preston North End
Wolves	West Bromwich Albion	Birmingham City	Aston Villa
Wycombe Wanderers	Colchester United	Milton Keynes Dons	Oxford United
Yeovil Town	Bristol Rovers	Exeter City
York City	Hull City	Leeds United	Bradford City

 

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[Skyblueweeman]

Interesting that we only rank as 3rd rivals for Leicester and no one else. No one has us as 1st or 2nd rivals.

Probably depends on who you speak to. I'm sure some Sunderland older fellas would have us 2nd or 3rd.


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[Cranfield Sky Blue]

I never got the feeling there was an issue with the Bluenoses. We all used to sing SOTV together! I guess when we were in the top division we didn't play them that often, but played the Vile all the time.....

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[TewkesburySkyBlue]

Don't agree

For me the Villa has to be number one .For a variety of reasons just can't stand the club. Actually don't have too much of a problem with Leicester of Blues in fact quite pleased the former are doing so well.
Given recent events I would certainly put Sheffield Thugnited as very close to my least favourite club.

 

[DazzleTommyDazzle]

Back in the late 60's, early 70's I'd have said that the main rivalry was with Wolves.

 

[mrtrench]

It was always Leicester when I started going... no mention of Villa.

 

[Otis]

Interesting that we only rank as 3rd rivals for Leicester and no one else. No one has us as 1st or 2nd rivals.

Probably depends on who you speak to. I'm sure some Sunderland older fellas would have us 2nd or 3rd.


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You're confusing rivalry with death wish list I think.

 

[Otis]

It was always Leicester when I started going... no mention of Villa.

Well, here's the apparent change of rivalry list. This is since 2003.

Team	Old Rival	New Rival
AFC Bournemouth	Reading	Southampton
Arsenal	Manchester United	Tottenham Hotspur
Bolton Wanderers	Manchester United	Wigan Athletic
Brentford	Queens Park Rangers	Fulham
Carlisle United	Middlesbrough	Preston North End
Chelsea	Arsenal	Tottenham Hotspur
Colchester United	Wycombe Wanderers	Southend United
Coventry City	Aston Villa	Leicester City
Crewe Alexandra	Stoke City	Port Vale
Doncaster Rovers	Rotherham United	Leeds United
Fulham	Chelsea	Queens Park Rangers
Huddersfield Town	Bradford City	Leeds United
Oldham Athletic	Manchester City	Rochdale
Reading	Swindon Town	Aldershot Town
Torquay United	Exeter City	Plymouth Argyle
Tranmere Rovers	Bolton Wanderers	Oldham Athletic

Find it very hard to believe that Man U were more of a rival to Arsenal than Spurs.

Do understand the Oldham one though.

 

[Alan Dugdales Moustache]

No one (particularly) hates us, we don't care .

 

[Otis]

That Reading one has to be wrong too. Aldershot?

 

[bawtryneal]

For me it is definitely Villa. Always has been and always will be. Bring on next season. Haha.

 

[Malaka]

Always hated Wolves myself, the bastards made me cry in 1973 when they knocked us out of the cup.

 

[Hobo]

Judging by posts on this forum, for some it will be CCC, Wasps and CET

 

[Otis]

Always hated Wolves myself, the bastards made me cry in 1973 when they knocked us out of the cup.

When I was growing up it was always Wolves too.

Didn't help then that later on in my life, my boss was an obnoxious little toe-rag, who had the nickname the Poison Dwarf and he was a Wolves fan too.

I had to listen to 10 years of how Wolves were the best team in the world in the 1950's.

So, still really dislike Wolves to this day.

 

[Old Warwickshire lad]

That's the one for me

 

[Old Warwickshire lad]

Always hated Wolves myself, the bastards made me cry in 1973 when they knocked us out of the cup.

Was stood on the south bank in the shit hole they called a ground

 

[Hobo]

For me it is Villa Leicester closely followed by whoever we are playing next.

 

[skybluelee]

Speaking as a long-dstance fan, I've never quite understood why Leicester and us aren't massive rivals. Derby/Forest are proper rivals and don't particularly care about Leicester. None of the West Midlands clubs could care less about us.

We're roughly similar sized clubs, have both been in the top 2 divisions for almost the entirety of the last half a century so will have played eachother a lot.

Why is it that we're not bigger rivals than we are?

 

[ccfcway]

why don't crewe hate 3 teams ?

 

[covcity4life]

sounds about right to me

times changing though, alot of cov fans love leicester now

 

[TheGriff23]

Strange that Fleetwoods biggest rival isn't Blackpool

 

[stevefloyd]

Always been Fester for me.. got no problem with Vile or the blue noses

 

[Otis]

Strange that Fleetwoods biggest rival isn't Blackpool

Think simply down to the fact that they probably never played each other since the year dot.

Fleetwood had been a non-league team for all their existence haven't they?

 

[Otis]

Checking quickly on them they have folded a couple of times at least and only got into the Football League 3 years ago.

Simply case of not playing each other and therefore no rivalry.

 

[wingy]

Seems they're era and league driven as well as geographical.
I see us as Switzerland, a tad in the neutral territory.

 

[Rodders1]

Speaking as a long-dstance fan, I've never quite understood why Leicester and us aren't massive rivals. Derby/Forest are proper rivals and don't particularly care about Leicester. None of the West Midlands clubs could care less about us.

We're roughly similar sized clubs, have both been in the top 2 divisions for almost the entirety of the last half a century so will have played eachother a lot.

Why is it that we're not bigger rivals than we are?

I agree, not sure why some Cov fans seem neutral regarding Leicester?

For me it's:-
1 Leicester
2 villa
3 wolves, wba, Birmingham

But over time and certain circumstances these rivalries change for different generations of Cov fans. Kids won't have seen us play villa. Leicester are now a glamorous alternative.

 

[ps1948]

When I was growing up it was always Wolves too.

Didn't help then that later on in my life, my boss was an obnoxious little toe-rag, who had the nickname the Poison Dwarf and he was a Wolves fan too.

I had to listen to 10 years of how Wolves were the best team in the world in the 1950's.

So, still really dislike Wolves to this day.

All together now.....
"We all hate Wolves and Wolves and Wolves,
Wolves and Wolves and Wolves,
Wolves and Wolves and Wolves,
We all f***hate Wolves..........and Leicester!"

That's what we sang in the West End in the 70's, if I recall correctly!

 

[Houchens Head]

Seems everybody loves us! We're that sort of club. Just sooooo huggable! x x x x

 

[bawtryneal]

It's all about your age. I am 54 and following City since I was ten, hence the Villa are our greatest rivals followed by wolves. For most of the years we were in the Premiership and Division 1 and Leicester were struggling.
Brings back memories of saying " if the Titanic had been Sky blue, it wouldn't have gone down" and " shit on the Villa"

 

[rupert_bear]

Wolves were the big rivals late 60s through the 70s with some mass vicious battles home and away including running across the pitch at Molyneux into the Wolves end. Petered out in the 80s mainly due to them dropping through the divisions and not meeting for seasons

 

[SussexSkyBlue]

Will always be Vile for me, was there the day they relegated us and my next door neighbour is a Vile fan. Was never allowed to say the word "V***a" when staying in a "V***a" on holiday as a kid.. forever and always SOTV!!

 

[oscillatewildly]

Seems they're era and league driven as well as geographical.
I see us as Switzerland, a tad in the neutral territory.

Too right wingy. I'm taking my alpine horn up tomorrow.

 

[OffenhamSkyBlue]

Started going up in about '83, and it was always anti-Leicester songs in the West End ...

Save all your bottles for me, Save all your bottles for me
Bye-bye Leicester, bye-bye
Don't cry Leicester, don't cry
We'll be thinking of you when you're in Division Two
SO
SAVE
ALL
YOUR
Bottles for me, etc etc!!

My favourite footy song ever (other than the Sky Blue Song, obvs!)

 

[RegTheDonk]

Speaking as a long-dstance fan, I've never quite understood why Leicester and us aren't massive rivals. Derby/Forest are proper rivals and don't particularly care about Leicester. None of the West Midlands clubs could care less about us.

We're roughly similar sized clubs, have both been in the top 2 divisions for almost the entirety of the last half a century so will have played eachother a lot.

Why is it that we're not bigger rivals than we are?

For me, its Villa, only because they were the only real consistent fixture when I started following the City in the mid 70s. All the rest spent a while yo-yoing. WBA, Wolves, Blues, Leicester etc.

Derby and Forest have each other (enhanced by the Clough connection no doubt) - Villa have Blues, naturally.

Villa really don't give a toss about us anymore. Same as Derby and Forest think of Leicester ... like the ugly 3rd sprog, tugging at the big kid's trousers for attention.

The geography does make sense though lee ... us and Leicester, well we're kind of made for each other in the rivalry stakes - once we both admit we have to settle for 2nd best!

 

[capel & collindridge]

Doesn't really matter what one team's supporters think. Unless both sets of supporters agree there's a top rivalry, you can't really call it a proper rivalry. And out of 92 leagues, the supporters can only agree on 24 top rivalries.

And two of those are Accrington - Morecombe and Reading - Aldershot. Who would have guessed???

Full list:
Accrington - Morecambe
Aldershot - Reading
Arsenal - Tottenham
Villa - Birmingham
Blackburn - Burnley
Preston - Blackpool
Wigan - Bolton
Brighton - Palace
Bristol City - Rovers
Cardiff - Swansea
Colchester - Southend
Derby - Forest
Exeter - Plymouth
Ipswich - Norwich
Liverpool - Man U
Millwall - West Ham
Port Vale - Stoke
Newcastle - Sunderland
Northampton -Peterborough
Oxford - Swindon
Portsmouth - Southampton
Sheffield Utd - Wednesday
WBA - Wolves