No one cares about donnie. They even have to make a fake derby up against scunny cos none of other south yorkshire teams give a monkey about them.
Derek is the reason I always want the Reds to beat Doncaster. Whenever we do, he crawls back into his box and doesn't phone Radio Deedar for a few weeks. Bitter and twisted outlook, in keeping with quite a number of their fans.
And when we bring nearly 3x the amount they brought to oakwell this season for a friday night on sky they use the "it's barnsleys cup final" to hide their poor followings.
I always take the rise out of my brother in law who supports Donny if we draw. It's as good as a win to me and means I get some peace and quiet. If they beat us, it's absolutely unbearable.! My Makem brother in law comments after Tuesdays result were " it was a favourable result and means that Sunderland are still in the mix to achieve automatic promotion." I replied that I think that like Doncaster, their best hopes lie through the play offs.!!
I like Donny. I like Rovrum. I like Chessie. I like Hudders. I like Bratfud. I hate Leeds and the Sheffield clubs.
They made it sound like we've hardly beaten them, didn't we win the first 3 games on the bounce at the keepmoat? We've only lost 4 in the last 15 against them, you can make the stats fit.
They are all Yorkshire clubs so have no affection for any of them, but Leeds have a special place in Hell!
Make no mistake about it, we are the game they look out for and wait all season for, we are their cup final. John Ryan despised us because we are pretty much what he thought they should be in terms of club size and facilities etc yet theyre just a no mark club that nobody cares about. Not so long ago I remember being happy for them getting out of the Conference but that quickly faded as they became unbearable glory supporters who alternated between their Man Utd and Rovers tops as and when Rovers were doing alright.
Funny you should mention that cheesy grinner Ryan, he had exactly the same attitude towards us as Derek, and made some snide comments which were more befitting of a fan than a club owner. I don't understand it. As you say, we were all sympathetic towards their cause when they looked on the verge of going bust, but they all seem to have a massive chip on their shoulder when it comes to us nowadays. Wouldn't mind if we'd played them regularly, but apart from maybe the pre season friendlies, I don't think we crossed paths for around 25 years after we went up under Clarke.
Pretty sure we gave them a pre season friendly to boost their finances when we went up to the PL. They have never been rivals of ours, I cant quite figure out if they dislike us because they want to be our rivals or because they’re envious of us, its bizarre either way. This ‘Pitmans Derby’ they keep trying to label it.
I won't be there. Got to work. (Silent Disco). Donny should be more of a derby, given all the mining villages between the two towns, but it never has had a buzz about it, as Donny isn't a football town. Horse racing yes. Football, no, or with their catchment area they should have a better team than we do, but there isn't the passion there. Will still be a bloody hard game though.
Oh it's a passionate football town alright, but Donny is a strong base for Leeds fans.... .. Donny White's!
They are one of the most delusional set of inhabitants of any town I’ve ever met. I worked in Donny for 15 years and talk about two cars ont drive but nowt int fridge thats Donny all over. Ask any Donny fan why their emblem is a viking and they’ll tell you it was a big viking settlement (ever heard of York guys?!) when in fact its due to a previous owners love of rover cars of all things, when they built that tin can stadium they bragged they’d be premier league in 3 years. Look how that worked out. All I ever heard was dingles this and dingles that, we have an airport a minster and a racecourse what have you got. Well the biggest p!key population in the UK for one. Donnys delusional snobbery is summed up by yhe towns very own society magazine based on Hello magazine and featuring the social comings and goings of the great and good, who do they think they are !! Donny, a drug filled town full of gypos that thinks its York. Fkin hate the place. Feel much better now ta.
This is what makes Donny Deks cocky comments of "if they think they're going to do this, if they think they're going to do that to us" so uncalled for. It's all in his mind. No one I know thinks it's going to be a easy win. He's trying to build up some kind of rivalry that only exists in his imagination. Of course we're going there in numbers and sing our heads off, but that's because it's like a home game. Not because it's bloody Donny.