Closest EPL team to Brixton

[ska invita]

Was going to start a seperate thread, but this seems the place to ask:

Biking round the south circ the other day, as you go past Dulwich Park you see a pitch claiming to be the home of Peckham Town FC - does anyone know anything about em?

I think I'm a convert:
Here's the squad in 05:

Nelson Mandella Stadium:

Their next game is a semi-final (of what I dont know) against Carrib Reserves (also from that neck o the woods). Have emailed to find out the date.

Here's their website:
http://www.peckhamtownfc.com/SeniorTeam/seniors/homepage.html

Nickname: THe Trotters!

 

[Bazza]

Today, I only know one long term Brixtonian who's a old Chelsea fan. The others are blow-ins, likeable enough if I'm honest.

I'm a blow in, and proud!!

There was a website where you can work out the nearest ground from your postcode.

Milwall (at 3 point something miles) was a point something or other fraction nearer than my team CHELSEA!!!!!

Watching Chelsea games in the pubs in Brixton is a fucker though....Especially if it's a Champions League Wednesday or something. Pubs seem to opt for Liverpool/Arsenal/United, which I find a disgrace. Then, in a game against these teams, feeling in the minority.

I was on a tube which was full of Arsenal fans after the Bolton game the other day.....Tube was full of them at Warren Street, about one was left by the time we got to Brixton. When I come back from the Bridge, there's normally a few getting off each tube.

 

[Andy the Don]

The Chelsea slags might be nasty racist fuckers but at least they were around when their team were shite.

Were they bollocks... by viewing the below we can see that in 1982/83 whilst in the second division the average attendance was 12,672 (Inc an attendance of just over 6,000 against Cambridge Utd), in 1987/88 whilst in Div 1 ave attendance was 17,694, even in 1994 when Chelsea got to the FA Cup final there was still a sub 20,000 average attendance..

So don't give us the old guff about Chelsea supporters being ultra loyal.. Ultra loyal is seeing your team being relegated 9 divisions & 4 leagues & still having average attendances of over 3,000.

E2A: My source http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/england.htm

 

[bluestreak]

Can I just say that Dulwich Hamlet is a great day out, especially at this time of year. You don't get people knitting in the stands at the Premier League any more. Go once, if only for the smell of embrocation.

having seen the colours they play in, i've decided that dulwich hamlet are the non-league team for me. well, now that D&R are some sort of achievers, that is.

 

[bluestreak]

oh, and i saw a chelsea fan in herne hill this morning. if that counts.

 

[tippee]

Look I hate Chelsea almost as much as I hate Millwall.

Their support at the Boleyn last night was pathetic.

What I was saying was when they were shit and were getting shit crowds in low numbers, there were a lot of dodgy characters.

Whereas now their (still shit) crowd is full of gloryhunting daytrippers.(and that's being polite.)

Were they bollocks... by viewing the below we can see that in 1982/83 whilst in the second division the average attendance was 12,672 (Inc an attendance of just over 6,000 against Cambridge Utd), in 1987/88 whilst in Div 1 ave attendance was 17,694, even in 1994 when Chelsea got to the FA Cup final there was still a sub 20,000 average attendance..

So don't give us the old guff about Chelsea supporters being ultra loyal.. Ultra loyal is seeing your team being relegated 9 divisions & 4 leagues & still having average attendances of over 3,000.

E2A: My source http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/england.htm

 

[babybrixton]

Premiership is probably Chelsea, Championship either Millwall or Crystal Palace at a guess. Why?

Brixtonians seem to support whoever they want, like the rest of the country - loads of Man Utd & Chelsea tops around. And Jamaica, obviously...

Hey thanks... we were just curious.

Thinking of naming our son Brixton (we're not from the UK) - just wanted to make sure Brixtonians team of choice wasn't a horrible one - ha ha ha!

 

[gaijingirl]

Hey thanks... we were just curious.

Thinking of naming our son Brixton (we're not from the UK) - just wanted to make sure Brixtonians team of choice wasn't a horrible one - ha ha ha!

ooh - good name!!

 

[babybrixton]

It's great to read all of these responses! Brixton is such an amazing area - and it's hard to believe that there are so many quality football clubs within 10 miles of Brixton! Thanks for all of the responses... Not being from the UK - I was really curious, especially now that I have a newborn baby boy with the name Brixton!!!

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

not football but i once saw a guy in brixton with a hanshin tigers top


so i guess distance doesn't matter


though i can see him singing Rokko Oroshi

and i'm desperate to make a joke about the brixton KFC right about now...

 

[tbaldwin]

Were they bollocks... by viewing the below we can see that in 1982/83 whilst in the second division the average attendance was 12,672 (Inc an attendance of just over 6,000 against Cambridge Utd), in 1987/88 whilst in Div 1 ave attendance was 17,694, even in 1994 when Chelsea got to the FA Cup final there was still a sub 20,000 average attendance..

So don't give us the old guff about Chelsea supporters being ultra loyal.. Ultra loyal is seeing your team being relegated 9 divisions & 4 leagues & still having average attendances of over 3,000.

E2A: My source http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/england.htm

In those days Chelsea would regularly take more than 3,000 fans to places like Rotherham and Wigan. Over 10,000 when they went to Derby!!!
And as for comparison to the loyalty of erm er Franchise Wimbledon FC....Lets not forget that Wimbledons average crowds at Plough Lane were the lowest in every division they played in. They got crowds of 3,000 against the likes of Everton!!!!

 

[Zhelezniakov]

No tommy, you can't say anything good about Chelsea on here it's not allowed. I was brought up in the Brixton area in the 60's -70's and at that time it was a solid Chelsea area, there used to be a huge teenage football firm called the Stockwell mob, drawn from all the local estates including Loughborough estate, anyone who had worn an arsenal shirt around there then, would have been in fear of their life. I went to school locally and nearly everyone supported Chelsea black and white, but then football support has changed in London, it's much more spread out now, have recently watched Chelsea in pubs in north London in which half the pub was supporting Chelsea. It's also bollocks to suggest that all Chelsea supporters are Nazis, we may have had more than our fair share in the past, but that has all changed now. Chelsea supporters are no more inclined to far right beliefs than the supporters of any other club you care to mention, anyway the ginger pig was an arsenal supporter I believe.

 

[newbie]

boy? are you sure you looked at the right list? surely Shadwell, Deptford or perhaps Penge would have been more suited?

 

[goldengraham]

Isn't it Inverness Caley Thistle these days?

 

[brixtonvilla]

It's great to read all of these responses! Brixton is such an amazing area - and it's hard to believe that there are so many quality football clubs within 10 miles of Brixton! Thanks for all of the responses... Not being from the UK - I was really curious, especially now that I have a newborn baby boy with the name Brixton!!!

Congratulations. Cool name.

 

[Pip]

Yeah, the stinking racists in the Windsor Castle used to be Chelsea fans. I sadly remember the flags. There certainly hasn't been a big Chelsea pub in Brixton for a good few years - even Man City could boast a bigger contingent in the old Commercial.

Today, I only know one long term Brixtonian who's a old Chelsea fan. The others are blow-ins, likeable enough if I'm honest.

Where was the Windsor Castle? The Canterbury's always full of Chelsea supporters when there's a game on.

 

[Pip]

No tommy, you can't say anything good about Chelsea on here it's not allowed. I was brought up in the Brixton area in the 60's -70's and at that time it was a solid Chelsea area, there used to be a huge teenage football firm called the Stockwell mob, drawn from all the local estates including Loughborough estate, anyone who had worn an arsenal shirt around there then, would have been in fear of their life. I went to school locally and nearly everyone supported Chelsea black and white, but then football support has changed in London, it's much more spread out now, have recently watched Chelsea in pubs in north London in which half the pub was supporting Chelsea. It's also bollocks to suggest that all Chelsea supporters are Nazis, we may have had more than our fair share in the past, but that has all changed now. Chelsea supporters are no more inclined to far right beliefs than the supporters of any other club you care to mention, anyway the ginger pig was an arsenal supporter I believe.

Did you go to Loughborough?? It sounds a bit like how my school (the aforementioned mighty mighty Loughborough) and estate was in the 90s, only less scary. I don't think eight year olds are really that intimidating, even to Arsenal supporters.

 

[Greenfish]

quite a few Millwall in Brixton.