[Archived] Play-offs

[Kremmin]

ABBEY

I'm sensing a genuine lack of love for the NobEnders.

Where did this come from?

And how exactly would you like them to lose the play-off final?

1. Celtic style conceding two in the last three minutes.

2. 6-0 after letting in four in the first 15 minutes.

3. 10-9 on penalties.

[ABBEY]

i have hated them since junior scool and even more now due to in laws soon to be exinlaws who are nobenders and where i live its full of the idiots believe me they are worse for thinking of themselves as the"biggest and best club in the world" than burnley.

how woyuld i like them to lose lets see.....

I HOPE THEY ARE WINNING 1-0 WITH 20 NO 5 MINUTES TO GO AND FOR SOMETHING LIKE FOG TO CAUSE THE GAME TO ABANDONED AND FOR THEM TO FORK OUT MORE MONEY FOR THE NEXT GAME AND FOR THEM TO HAVE 5 "GOOD " GOALS DISSALLOWED AND THEN WEST HAM TO GET A LAST MINUTE PENALTY FOR A "dive"IN THE CENTRE CIRCLE.....

OR A 7-0 LOSS ...NICE ANYTHING BUT THEM SCUMBAGS WINNING.

[PMT]

I don't believe PNE are as bad as Burnley - no-one is!

Do we sing songs week in, week out, about PNE?

[eddiecolne]

Preston.......West Ham play in claret and blue. Reminds me too much of those ugly buggers down the road, who should have stuck to green and white hoops, or whatever, instead of copying Villa. Besides, love rubbing it in that there's loads of Lancashire derbies, oops sorry dingles, forgot your not in there

[Tris]

Preston.......West Ham play in claret and blue.  Reminds me too much of those ugly buggers down the road, who should have stuck to green and white hoops, or whatever, instead of copying Villa.  Besides, love rubbing it in that there's loads of Lancashire derbies, oops sorry dingles, forgot your not in there

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Interesting point.

If Preston go up, it'll leave the dingles with no local derbies at all (unless they can count Crewe and Stoke, which is stretching the concept).

Rovers would have 14 league derbies - not bad in a 38 game league season.

As an aside, a bizarre consequence of the composition of next seasons Premier League is that Rovers could play the entire league season using only 3 bases for their away fixtures.

Outside of Lancashire, there are 3 Birmingham clubs, 3 North East clubs, and 5 in London (6 if West Ham beat Preston). The only oddball is Portsmouth.

[Blueboy Downunder]

preston definately. i was thinking the other week that it would be great if we could have 3 teams from lancashire in the premierleague, and as someopne said....little burnley still languishing in the bottom half of the 1st division.

[stuwilky]

WEll Im going to Cardiff for the third time this season next Monday. Been landed with some Comps, courtesy of a large multinational fizzy drink company. Dont know where they are in terms of "end" and dont much care.

Not bothered who comes up, slightly prefer Preston in that they are local, and we will dick them.

[Kremmin]

i have hated them since junior scool and even more now due to in laws soon to be exinlaws who are nobenders and where i live its full of the idiots believe me they are worse for thinking of themselves as the"biggest and best club in the world"  than burnley.

how woyuld i like them to lose lets see.....

I HOPE THEY ARE WINNING 1-0 WITH 20 NO 5 MINUTES TO GO AND FOR SOMETHING LIKE FOG TO CAUSE THE GAME TO ABANDONED AND FOR THEM TO FORK OUT MORE MONEY FOR THE NEXT GAME AND FOR THEM TO HAVE 5 "GOOD " GOALS DISSALLOWED AND THEN WEST HAM TO GET A LAST MINUTE PENALTY FOR A "dive"IN THE CENTRE CIRCLE.....

OR A 7-0 LOSS ...NICE ANYTHING BUT THEM SCUMBAGS WINNING.

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Very amusing, ABBEY.

All that's left to do now is sit back and watch them sweat it out against the Hammers.

[Ewood Spark]

Anybody doubting the potential of North End should note that they have just sold out of their 31000 allocation for next weeks play-off final. I seem to remember our Worthy Cup tickets were still on sale the day before the final.

[Alex Rover]

Anybody doubting the potential of North End should note that they have just sold out of their 31000 allocation for next weeks play-off final. I seem to remember our Worthy Cup tickets were still on sale the day before the final.

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Where've the other 15,000 been this season then? They'll disappear again soon enough.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Agree with Ewood spark,Preston have a big catchement area stretching from the fylde coast up to Cumbria.Their fans are like any other,when the going is good they will come out of the woodwork.

Edited May 24, 2005 by SIMON GARNERS 194

[USABlue]

I'd like to see Preston come up. Another Derby is always good. It leaves t'clarrots quite alone with only the Yorkshire Derby with Leeds to look forward to. Heh Heh nobbers will be giving 'em some stick if they make it.

[Grabbi Graeme]

I would like to see Preston promoted, it's already been said on here that West Ham fans seem to think they have a devine right to be in the Premiership

[Ginger]

If Preston are promoted 40% of the teams in the Premier League will be from what used to be Lancashire (forget "Greater Manchester" and "Merseyside"!)

I think that's fantastic!

[philipl]

Irrespective of Abbey and Whittle's feelings, I cannot see anything stopping PNE getting promoted and West Ham certainly aren't going to.

Sheff Weds and Southend to win the other two play-off finals.

And then the season will finally be over. Thank goodness none of our players are off on meaningless end-of-season internationals.

Of course, there's a chance to see the European Totty at Ewood.

[SouthAussieRover]

West Ham to win 3-0.

They can and they will because they were my first love when I was a youngster.

[jim mk2]

If Preston are promoted 40% of the teams in the Premier League will be from what used to be Lancashire (forget "Greater Manchester" and "Merseyside"!)

I think that's fantastic!I

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Agree absolutely.

And unlike many other Rovers fans, I'd also like to see Burnley in the top division.

Add in Blackpool and it will be like the early 1960s all over again.

Edited May 25, 2005 by jim mk2

[Florida Rover]

For those keeping score at home the shrimpers from Southend score 2 goals in extra time to advance to division one.(that still is confusing one year on from the name change,you know?)

Florida Rover

[philipl]

Southend up, The Owls tomorrow and Nob End on Monday. You read it here from me three days ago and if like me you didn't put any money on that threesome, you are as big a fool as I am.

[ABBEY]

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[Ozz]

Nobend int Prem-good luck Lilywhites, West Ham staying down where they belong. Jumped up little winkers.

BTW there is a Stuart Little ride in Chorley Morrisons now, 20p a go-fantastic.

[Fife Rover]

Having read all the above I am forced to the conclusion that Abbey is actually a Dingle. Why? who else but a dingle could possibly be so ignorant and bigoted? Wait one. There are some candidates for that dubious title: they are Rangers and Celtic fans.

[Rover4ever]

I always had a soft spot for West Ham after they stood up to Man U in 1995, and didnt roll over

On the other hand, their "we belong to the premiership because we are big" attitude is very similar to Birmingham or Saints, and as much annoying.

[The Master]

I want Preston to come up because then we will have more North West teams, than London teams. I hate them, they think that there entitled to summut because they are a London team.

[den]

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What needs to be understood, is that although the biggest Derby for the folks in Blackburn is the dingle derby, once you go westwards from Blackburn, the rivalry is between rovers and north end. Dingles don't exist west of ewood. I can count on one hand the number of burnley fans in leyland. They're a non entity here.

North end-rovers has been a great rivalry here, shown by the burial ceremony or the ressurrection in Bamber Bridge.

How many Blackburn based rovers fans would want Burnley promoted today? It's the same feelings towards north end here.

Hence Abbeys allegiance to West Ham. Them north enders wouldn't be wanting rovers promoted in the same situation.