Quote Originally Posted by mondaze View Post
having lived away from god's own city since 1987, i do not have the immediacy of bloos fans in my proximity, so it has ceased to be that important to me. take 3 pts and move on. I hate the baggies more.
Tis a strange one Mondaze. We moved from Brum in ‘76’ ( aged 12) to Newcastle Under Lyme (only 40 mins to VP, as quick as Sutton Coldfield most weeks) and I left the UK in ’98’ for N.L. and then ‘03’ to Ireland (6 or 7 games a season).
It’s true, you don’t see many, if any, noses, so contact is extremely minimal, non existent. But as I’ve rarely missed a derby since the 70s, it doesn’t take long to get back in the swing of things, probably 4 or 5 seconds.
Outside of matchday? I still have a deep rooted dislike for them, not obsessive like they are, but nonetheless, my contempt for them remains. They make it so easy to dislike em.
As for the Baggies, even less contact with them, so I’d be more ambivalent of em, depending on the weather.