Is This The Most Bizarre Rivalry? | Brighton vs Crystal Palace 

1:44 Only a Crystal Palace fan would be interviewed about Palace, and wear a Fiorentina Shirt.

As an Australian, this rivalry makes a lot more sense. Here in the AFL your rival teams can be close to you (Adelaide v Port, West Coast v Fremantle, Carlton v Collingwood) but sometimes they're teams where you've just had really explosive games or some dramatic transfer saga (Hawthorn v Essendon, Hawthorn v Geelong, Hawthorn v Sydney), so it's not always dictated by proximity.

‘They’re not a proper club’. Why on earth not? They’re 4 years older than Palace!

"Between Eagles and Seagulls, there's only one winner" - Yeah, Seagulls hands down. The ones in Brighton are fucking hench because all the Vegans throw away the protein and the Seagulls feed.

Do Portsmouth Southampton rivalry - proper old school tale of two cities

This is so shit it's brilliant

I love these Rivalry Videos! I don't think enough people see and hear about rivalries outside of the Manchester Darby or El Clásico.

There is also a lot of tradition of Croydonians coming to Brighton as it is the closest coast, and Brightonians used to go the other way for shopping days. Due to the A/M23 and the very old Brighton Main Line railway, it's a very common trip. Would have been good to mention as this adds a lot to the rivalry.

Everyone is giving this rivalry so much hate like why? This rivalry is actually pretty interesting and entertaining. Stop hating and just respect it, rivalry matches are the best games of the year

As a Brighton fan, I have a weird mix of hate and love for Palace. I agree it's a weird rivalry but that's my favourite thing about it, it's one of a kind

I live in Brighton and there are so many Liverpool fans who live here. The King and Queens pub was called the Brighton Kop.

The most tolerant city in the world and Croydon. Great line

1:44 palace fan... wears a florentina shirt

0:16 "They are not a proper football club" I am not a fan of either club, but I now hate you.

this video was very well done. greatly enjoyed it!

Palace Brighton is to me the most wholesome rivalry. It's all about the football, the rivalries origins, is in the football. I get why a lot of rivalries have to do with geography, but the best rivalries are all about the matches and a lot of these types of rivalries create those types of matches but they aren't born from it.

If you want a strange derby how about the "Distance Derby" between Wellington and Perth, 5,255 km apart. Or the Melbourne Derby between Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City who started off as Melbourne Heart, who were literally created for no other reason but simply to give Victory a rival.

The bentest Derby I’ve ever heard of. Basically it’s the ‘we haven’t got a proper rival so we’ll just pick you’ Derby.

He says when we get together its fruity isnt he whole town fruity

Didn't know they were rivals

Imagine being Leicester. Literally have no main rivalry.

So when a team calls themselves The Eagles, you choose a seagul to try and match them? A seagul... Wtf.

Such a good rivalry even though I fucking hate palace I just can't wait for us to play them

This is a good video. You should do QPR and Brentford one day.

YAY JIM DALY IS HERE!!!

Back in the day the fans used to meet up at a train station called Redhill (half way point between palace/Brighton) and they’d have a big punch up

Or if you're Joe Weller you support Chelsea

They call us not a proper football club but they literally train at on old cricket ground

we are brighton, super brighton, we are brighton, from the south

I’m a Newcastle fan and as most football fans know we have a deep deep rooted rivalry with Sunderland, I loved this story I never knew this game was on this level gonna pay extra attention to this game in the future.

As a Brighton fan, I'm almost contractually obliged to hate Palace, but I also have a lot of respect for them, and I can't hate them as much as I'm supposed to. For one, I've always been impressed with the sheer noise that Palace fans make at games. They are some of the loudest fans I've ever heard at the Amex and they often drown us out at home games, despite having significantly fewer fans in the stadium than us, so big respect to them for that. But mostly, I respect them because of what their fans did for us during the 97/98 season. Brighton were facing financial ruin, the board had recently sold off our ground (The Goldstone) and had no plans for where we were going to play the following season, and it was looking very likely that Brighton would cease to exist as a football club at the end of that season. So a now-legendary group of Brighton fans organized a 'Fans United' day during an otherwise unremarkable league match against Doncaster, firstly to help raise funds to keep the club afloat, but also to highlight our plight to the world. Using this new thing called "The Internet", Brighton fans issued an open invitation to fans of every club all around the world to come and support Brighton for a day, while wearing their own club colours. We literally filled the stadium for the first time in my lifetime that day. We didn't just have fans from clubs all across England turn up, we also had fans turn up from all over the world like Germany, France, Spain, Argentina....for a fairly meaningless League 2 (Division 3 as it was then..) game. It was an amazing turnout and an amazing atmosphere. What surprised me more though, was the sheer number of red and blue Palace shirts in attendance that day. There were THOUSANDS of them! I got chatting to a group of them during the game and asked them - "Why did you turn up to help us? We're rivals!", and they responded with "We *like* hating Brighton. If we didn't have you to hate, who else are we gonna hate?". I'll never forget that. I'll also never forget what the Palace fans did for us that day. They turned out in force and really got behind our team, (but just for that one game of course!) A lot of other Brighton fans didn't forget it either. Years later when Palace were facing similar problems of their own, us Brighton fans returned the favour and turned up in force when Palace held their own Fans United day. We hate each other, but there is also a lot of respect between us too. It's a unique rivalry to say the least lol

From a burnley fa who has lived in Brighton 20 years and Croydon 6 years. Love the banter xx

WE DID THE DOUBLE BOISSS

"The Middle Class derby"

After last season i have gained so much respect for Brighton! They deserved the title last season! - Newcastle fan

Great to see Jim on this channel

Respect to both clubs from a Newcastle United fan.

Should do a video on Coventry vs Sunderland. Really interesting history behind the rivalry

The most intense rivalry: Blackburn Burnley.

This video doesn’t do the rivalry justice whatsoever, it’s way more than just choosing a team to hate. The passion going into each match from both sets of fans is unreal

About the same distance, as Liverpool v Man Utd, which i class, as the glory hunter derby, nothing plastic about Albion v Palace.

Never want Brighton to be relegated. Live for the games.

Always wondered this haha

0:03 it’s the legend himself Jim Daly

Luton/Watford Rivalry?

Did anyone else have no idea these two teams were rivals

Nice rivalry lol. I like the eagles vs. seagulls thing!!

If a derby can be described as "fruity" it's not a real derby

Waiting for the video from Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense

I remember 20 years ago Palace fans (25) coming to Field Mill , because there game away to Sheffield Utd was postponed . They sang through the whole game , think Stags were at home to Rochdale or Bury. We had a right good laugh with them .

Do the dockyard derby (Portsmouth vs Plymouth Argyle)

I love that C.P. Supporter who is wearing the jersey of a totally different team.

“They’re not a proper football club” Well, I wouldn't call a yo-yo club like Palace a proper team anyway.

Yes Copa90 actually made a video on this rivalry

Aka the m25 derby

You would think the guy wearing the florintina Jersey would wear a palace Jersey instead for the video

A Palace fan wearing a Florentina shirt 🤣

I would like to see some episodes about rivalry like Portugues Classico

It is a strange derby this one, considering both teams are nearly 50 miles away from each other??

SEAGULLS SEAGULLS SEAGULLS

“They’re not a proper football club” Well we’re not stuck rock bottom with a stadium worse than my garden shed so you can shut up.

I saw saw Brighton Palace last season as an Albion fan, its one of few fixtures we play where the Amex properly comes alive! If the fans were even half as energetic for other games as we are for Palace the Amex would be such an exiting place!

To all the people in the comments saying 'this is a shit rivalry', 'plastic derby, means nothing' you clearly aren't a true fan of any team or been to a Brighton vs Palace game. You don't choose who you hate in football, it's a natural instinct. As a Brighton fan who's watched my team win and lose to Palace, felt the elation & despair, would give anything to beat them today I can tell you this rivalry is real, it is bitter with true raw emotion at every game. It isn't a 'bizarre derby' at all. The fact we aren't near each other if anything invigorates the distaste for each other even more than just location. Watch the game, see what it means to the fans before throwing away a big part of lower league football history so quickly.

Great stuff. Didn't know it was a rivalry at all

People may think it's a shit derby because it makes no sense as both clubs are nowhere near each other, but for both sets of fans it's the biggest game of their season. Palace need the points to get them off the bottom of the table and Brighton need the points to keep up their good start to the season. Either way the fans will get behind their teams and players who have played in this fixture like Zaha for Palace and Dunk for Brighton will inform new players about how much it means to the fans. It's a must win game for both sides.

CANT WAIT TO SEE THIS GAME LIVE

Cheers for saving our asses last season👍🏻🔵⚪️🔵⚪️

You guys really need to do a documentary for blues vs villa

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Do the Black Country Derby

Disappointed in this documentary tbh doesn't do the rivalry justice, it's one of the fiercest in England, it's not hyped up by the media but it doesn't need to be you've got the fans giving it their all for the entire day. Also what's so beautiful is how it's an organic rivalry it just sort of happened over time due to having two clubs of a similar level and standing it's not this oh I hate you just cause you're closest (like that makes sense) and it means our fans aren't all friends like at Merseyside there's real passion involved

The nearest club to palace is obviously Millwall, 5 or 6 mile I suppose? But Palace want a rival that they’ve got half a chance of bashing up..... so that puts Millwall out of the frame, coz Millwall would simply annihilate them! To be honest I’ve never seen any sort of palace firm when we’ve played them at selhurst Park let alone the Den?

This can't be a shit rivalry. There's no such thing. This game means so much to both sets of fans and no people who support the plastic teams will have no idea what this means.

Chesterfield vs Mansfield is as deep a rivalry as the majority mentioned in this comment section.

Eagles.... majestic bird of prey..much adored throughout the world. Seagulls... flying rats that steal food and shit everywhere... hated worldwide. EAGLES FOR EVER

Its down the train track! What a great story...the power of football fans.

This is the stupidest rivalry I have ever heard of.....

I now finally know why these two don't get on after years of wondering

Leverkusen&Brighton ✊

I'm a lfc fan and live in Brighton. The rivalry is so big that I prefer watching brighton palace than lfc united. That's how big of a day it is in the city

I dont support any but brighton are better

It's Jim Daly. Brilliant youtuber.

I respect B & H..... Big love from Man Utd

Talking about your team in a Fiorentina shirt hahahaha

Crystal Palace is our best friend yet our worst enemy.

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Do a video on Tuesday so people can see what the derby is actually like so they really understand.

Homophobic language?! Get a grip. That's just normal sparring. It's not fear, it's natural

Why the fuck isn't this game televised? I and many others obviously want to watch this. Eagles!

When a palace fan says Brighton isn't a proper football club 😂😂 okay mate look at yourself first. How about create a atmosphere with chanting your club rather than bang a drum and try and make it look like you have fans who give a shit

I was at the 1989 game at Palace. The Kelvin Morton game. 5 Penalties. 4 to Palace?

Up The Albion💙

And now the derby is in the top flight. Wow!!!

Played in the cup a couple of days ago. Ten thousand empty seats. Huge rivalry my arse.

Do Colchester and Wycombe, Rivals but we are like 2 and a half hours away and we (Col U) always take alot away to them

SEAGULLSSSS

most rivalries makes me angry. this make me feel nice inside

I didn’t even know palace vs Brighton was a rivalry 😂😂😂must be a huge game then

Leeds Chelsea is a mad rivalry always a good bit of scraping about

As it's looking more and more likely that leeds will be promoted. Do a video on Leeds Vs Man u.