Has to be North London Derby for me, as I am a Gunner, but Arsenal vs Man Utd comes really close. Lately our games with Man City is something that I cannot wait for as well. Which ones would be your favourites?
Has to be North London Derby for me, as I am a Gunner, but Arsenal vs Man Utd comes really close. Lately our games with Man City is something that I cannot wait for as well. Which ones would be your favourites?
Yes Millwall traditionally but its weird. If we were to play them tomorrow yes there would be alot of hype about the game, the history, the violence etc. And there probably would be some violence.
Men who in their youth got up to no good and want one more scrap. Or now there are some younger “hooligans” who would want to start something because they’ve heard about the history etc etc.
But normal fans, fans who go to the game for the sport, and fans like me 1000s of miles away who get up at 4:30am to watch them I don’t think we’d be THAT bothered. We don’t really have that recent history or recent knowledge about the weight of the rivalry. Yes it would be cool to see that match and we’d know about the bad blood but that’s about it.
Where as with Chelsea and spurs because we play each other, at minimum, twice a year there is alot of recent history, story lines, great wins, close losses etc that all add to the importance of the game and the desire to win. Plus we interact with those fan bases more whether in person or via social media that adds that layer of competition.
TLDR: Millwall historically our biggest rival but if you asked many west ham fans my age (28) or younger if they’d rather beat millwall in a cup competition or spurs/Chelsea I think most would pick spurs/Chelsea bc millwall are kinda irrelevant to us in the past 20 years.