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Post by philosopherstone on Jan 13, 2018 14:24:49 GMT
For those of us who don't like the tone of the title of the other thread concerning this match.
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Post by 61666 on Jan 13, 2018 17:37:24 GMT
Surprised the moderator hasn't taken the other one down.
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Post by philosopherstone on Jan 14, 2018 9:27:47 GMT
Surprised the moderator hasn't taken the other one down. There has been talk of 'scum' and 'hate' in relation to Gillingham in the other thread concerning this match, and of course I understand the concept of local rivals and the Maidstone v Gillingham history (even if we were only in the same Division as them for a 3 year period) but I could never really 'hate' Gillingham and here are some of the reasons why: 1. Although I don't work in Maidstone, aside from my time at University I have always lived here, and consequently given the proximity of the Medway towns know lots of people from the area, some of whom I would count as friends, some of whom support Gillingham. 2. Most Gillingham fans i've encountered have never had a dislike of Maidstone United, if anything they have spoken quite sympathetically about the club when we went through our troubles of having to resurrect / go into exile. They were quite excited at the thought of having a local Kent derby when we were a league club, so it worked to both their and our advantage, one of my favourite memories in football was seeing us beat them 2-1 at Priestfield on Boxing Day 1989. 3. By passionately 'hating' them it makes us look like we are suffering from 'small man syndrome', yes I know our league and FA Cup record trumps theirs, but if we are honest we have to accept they have always been the bigger club. 4. Does the presence of a Football League club in Kent reduce our potential for success / fanbase? I don't think so. There has been quite the exchange of players and staff between Gillingham and Maidstone over the years, Gillingham players and staff who have come to Maidstone, Maidstone players and staff who have gone to Gillingham, if anything I see it as a mutually beneficial reciprocal arrangement. Further, if we can only muster around 2,000 fans from Maidstone, how many realistically would come to watch us from Gillingham if they had no decent club given all the other options not too far away, including the south London clubs? 5. There is already too much hate in the world. So whilst I would be very interested in a rivalry if we were to find ourselves competing in the same Division as them again, and would want us to be beat them passionately, I still wouldn't 'hate' them or think of them as 'scum'. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2018 10:17:44 GMT
Also know loads of gills fans in and out of work with whom banter is exchanged every Monday depending on the weekends results. I don t think they have been bothered about us in recent years but, although I don t think there is a full blown rivalry similar to when we were in the same league, they re definitely beginning to notice us.
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Post by headstone on Jan 14, 2018 12:32:16 GMT
Surprised the moderator hasn't taken the other one down. 4. Does the presence of a Football League club in Kent reduce our potential for success / fanbase? I don't think so. There has been quite the exchange of players and staff between Gillingham and Maidstone over the years, Gillingham players and staff who have come to Maidstone, Maidstone players and staff who have gone to Gillingham, if anything I see it as a mutually beneficial reciprocal arrangement. Including a certain Mr Bill Williams... |
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Post by steveh21 on Jan 14, 2018 13:26:53 GMT
Surprised the moderator hasn't taken the other one down. There has been talk of 'scum' and 'hate' in relation to Gillingham in the other thread concerning this match, and of course I understand the concept of local rivals and the Maidstone v Gillingham history (even if we were only in the same Division as them for a 3 year period) but I could never really 'hate' Gillingham and here are some of the reasons why: 1. Although I don't work in Maidstone, aside from my time at University I have always lived here, and consequently given the proximity of the Medway towns know lots of people from the area, some of whom I would count as friends, some of whom support Gillingham. 2. Most Gillingham fans i've encountered have never had a dislike of Maidstone United, if anything they have spoken quite sympathetically about the club when we went through our troubles of having to resurrect / go into exile. They were quite excited at the thought of having a local Kent derby when we were a league club, so it worked to both their and our advantage, one of my favourite memories in football was seeing us beat them 2-1 at Priestfield on Boxing Day 1989. 3. By passionately 'hating' them it makes us look like we are suffering from 'small man syndrome', yes I know our league and FA Cup record trumps theirs, but if we are honest we have to accept they have always been the bigger club. 4. Does the presence of a Football League club in Kent reduce our potential for success / fanbase? I don't think so. There has been quite the exchange of players and staff between Gillingham and Maidstone over the years, Gillingham players and staff who have come to Maidstone, Maidstone players and staff who have gone to Gillingham, if anything I see it as a mutually beneficial reciprocal arrangement. Further, if we can only muster around 2,000 fans from Maidstone, how many realistically would come to watch us from Gillingham if they had no decent club given all the other options not too far away, including the south London clubs? 5. There is already too much hate in the world. So whilst I would be very interested in a rivalry if we were to find ourselves competing in the same Division as them again, and would want us to be beat them passionately, I still wouldn't 'hate' them or think of them as 'scum'. I think you are over-analysing it. We have traditionally been kent's second biggest club, gills the biggest. For three years in the FL we were the most successful. It is a local rivalry..banter. Any talk of 'hate' is just panto. |
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Post by soulstone on Jan 14, 2018 15:40:49 GMT
Would really like to win this one but the main thing is the game goes off without any major incidents. Who knows we might even get a pre season match with them.
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Post by steveh21 on Jan 14, 2018 17:21:47 GMT
Just a shame it's all ticket. I wonder how much money the club will turn away at the gate Tuesday evening?
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Post by La femme de Vic Jobson on Jan 14, 2018 17:29:07 GMT
There has been talk of 'scum' and 'hate' in relation to Gillingham in the other thread concerning this match, and of course I understand the concept of local rivals and the Maidstone v Gillingham history (even if we were only in the same Division as them for a 3 year period) but I could never really 'hate' Gillingham and here are some of the reasons why: 1. Although I don't work in Maidstone, aside from my time at University I have always lived here, and consequently given the proximity of the Medway towns know lots of people from the area, some of whom I would count as friends, some of whom support Gillingham. 2. Most Gillingham fans i've encountered have never had a dislike of Maidstone United, if anything they have spoken quite sympathetically about the club when we went through our troubles of having to resurrect / go into exile. They were quite excited at the thought of having a local Kent derby when we were a league club, so it worked to both their and our advantage, one of my favourite memories in football was seeing us beat them 2-1 at Priestfield on Boxing Day 1989. 3. By passionately 'hating' them it makes us look like we are suffering from 'small man syndrome', yes I know our league and FA Cup record trumps theirs, but if we are honest we have to accept they have always been the bigger club. 4. Does the presence of a Football League club in Kent reduce our potential for success / fanbase? I don't think so. There has been quite the exchange of players and staff between Gillingham and Maidstone over the years, Gillingham players and staff who have come to Maidstone, Maidstone players and staff who have gone to Gillingham, if anything I see it as a mutually beneficial reciprocal arrangement. Further, if we can only muster around 2,000 fans from Maidstone, how many realistically would come to watch us from Gillingham if they had no decent club given all the other options not too far away, including the south London clubs? 5. There is already too much hate in the world. So whilst I would be very interested in a rivalry if we were to find ourselves competing in the same Division as them again, and would want us to be beat them passionately, I still wouldn't 'hate' them or think of them as 'scum'. I think you are over-analysing it. We have traditionally been kent's second biggest club, gills the biggest. For three years in the FL we were the most successful. It is a local rivalry..banter. Any talk of 'hate' is just panto. Panto written by David Mamet and starring Joe Pesci judging by the state of the facebook page. |
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Post by stoneydave on Jan 14, 2018 18:18:09 GMT
Wind your neck in boys its only banter its been going on since football began I also have gills mates and we love the banter and rivaraly grow up or go for to tiddlywinks |
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Post by stoneydave on Jan 14, 2018 18:23:24 GMT
Ps at least I got the bottle to show who I am rather than hide behind a.cartoon picture if you dont like my views you know who I am come and have a little chat
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Post by ME7Gills on Jan 14, 2018 20:38:37 GMT
Gills fan in peace.
1st visit to your ground for me. Your club has done amazingly well to get where you are now and I look forward to renewing acquaintances, maybe and hopefully in a 1st team fixture of some sort in the future. Good luck for the rest of the season, (after tuesday).
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Post by La femme de Vic Jobson on Jan 14, 2018 21:05:57 GMT
Ps at least I got the bottle to show who I am rather than hide behind a.cartoon picture if you dont like my views you know who I am come and have a little chat Weirdly this comes across as a bit more confrontational than someone using a cartoon as their avatar. |
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Post by toonarmy on Jan 14, 2018 21:36:23 GMT
Ps at least I got the bottle to show who I am rather than hide behind a.cartoon picture if you dont like my views you know who I am come and have a little chat When you say little chat does that mean little words or little timeframes for the chat, it’s always good to know. If your confused about who I am in the picture, I’m the one holding a pint  |
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Post by skydweller on Jan 14, 2018 22:27:40 GMT
Ps at least I got the bottle to show who I am rather than hide behind a.cartoon picture if you dont like my views you know who I am come and have a little chat Embarrassing. Wind your neck in. |
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