Sarge
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the plastics perchance?Er, No!
2 actually!
For me anyway… and the other one isn’t effin whycome!
the plastics perchance?Er, No!
2 actually!
For me anyway… and the other one isn’t effin whycome!
I can remember a couple of times in my very early teens , the U's were playing away, along way away- too young to travel on me own to away games, went to the Whitehouse ground to watch City v Wycombe, both times they bought a fair sized travelling support
though, geographically, Slough makes sense .... though isnt there some long running 'beef' between them and Colchester?
something to do with a playoff final maybe?
Wycombe & Colchester I meantWycombe were a well supported team for that level but I don't think they were rivals but could be wrong. I think it would be more like us with Northampton, Wycombe and MK Dons in that it is relatively close so gets a good away following.
Haven't a clue on Slough and Colchester. The only one I can think of for Colchester would Sarfend in the Mockney Derby.
the plastics perchance?
If you're going to bring your tedious politics into a thread with absolutely nothing to do with that, why shouldn't everyone else do this same?I beg your pardon?
Well Tommy Robinson is beyond politics in that he’s a convicted criminal as opposed to just someone annoying that you don’t agree with, but yes I know what you’re saying.If you're going to bring your tedious politics into a thread with absolutely nothing to do with that, why shouldn't everyone else do this same?
Wycombe & Colchester I meant
To be honest I have a begrudging respect for Luton, their fans are "lively" to say the least, our games against them were pretty mental. Wycombe are obviously a small "family" club so it's not going to be the same.
Well I'm going to 'stick up for' this Wycombe fan, whose points above are valid. I have a question though. Judging by this forum, a few OUFC fans like to deride Wycombe's status while most OUFC fans seem non-plussed by the whole subject and don't bother contributing to the debate. I don't read the WWFC fans' forum or know any WWFC fans myself, so how do they regard OUFC? How many accept there is a genuine rivalry, how many deny the rivalry and how many couldn't care less? If I were a betting man I'd suggest the latter.As a Wycombe fan, I don't really understand how you don't consider this a rivalry. Admittedly it is not the most heated or passionate of rivalries, and it doesn't have a hundred years of history or whatever. But you can't deny either that:
1) We are very local
And
2) Our teams have played each other in a lot of significant games since we entered the football league (almost three decades ago now), particularly in recent years
And there is also the major clash of styles at the moment which adds to the contrast!
Maybe I'm biased because I'm a Wycombe fan who lives in Oxford, but (apart from Premier League teams) I knew more Oxford fans than fans of any other team, even before I moved here. So there's always that back-and-forth going on in schools and offices too.
I understand the psychological coping mechanism behind why you guys still look down on us as "plucky non-leaguers" (we were playing in the Isthmian League when you won your famous Milk Cup) and dismiss any thoughts of a rivalry, but to say that we are the equivalent of Stevenage or Northampton is clearly not right. No doubt this post will be greeted with derision, but it is true
Why is it not right?As a Wycombe fan, I don't really understand how you don't consider this a rivalry. Admittedly it is not the most heated or passionate of rivalries, and it doesn't have a hundred years of history or whatever. But you can't deny either that:
1) We are very local
And
2) Our teams have played each other in a lot of significant games since we entered the football league (almost three decades ago now), particularly in recent years
And there is also the major clash of styles at the moment which adds to the contrast!
Maybe I'm biased because I'm a Wycombe fan who lives in Oxford, but (apart from Premier League teams) I knew more Oxford fans than fans of any other team, even before I moved here. So there's always that back-and-forth going on in schools and offices too.
I understand the psychological coping mechanism behind why you guys still look down on us as "plucky non-leaguers" (we were playing in the Isthmian League when you won your famous Milk Cup) and dismiss any thoughts of a rivalry, but to say that we are the equivalent of Stevenage or Northampton is clearly not right. No doubt this post will be greeted with derision, but it is true
As a Wycombe fan, I don't really understand how you don't consider this a rivalry. Admittedly it is not the most heated or passionate of rivalries, and it doesn't have a hundred years of history or whatever. But you can't deny either that:
1) We are very local
And
2) Our teams have played each other in a lot of significant games since we entered the football league (almost three decades ago now), particularly in recent years
And there is also the major clash of styles at the moment which adds to the contrast!
Maybe I'm biased because I'm a Wycombe fan who lives in Oxford, but (apart from Premier League teams) I knew more Oxford fans than fans of any other team, even before I moved here. So there's always that back-and-forth going on in schools and offices too.
I understand the psychological coping mechanism behind why you guys still look down on us as "plucky non-leaguers" (we were playing in the Isthmian League when you won your famous Milk Cup) and dismiss any thoughts of a rivalry, but to say that we are the equivalent of Stevenage or Northampton is clearly not right. No doubt this post will be greeted with derision, but it is true
As a Wycombe fan, I don't really understand how you don't consider this a rivalry. Admittedly it is not the most heated or passionate of rivalries, and it doesn't have a hundred years of history or whatever. But you can't deny either that:
1) We are very local