Posted by CountdeStockport on 17/1/2020, 10:30 pm, in reply to "Salford"
My understanding is that rivalries are based on similarities more than differences - common history (cup ties, play offs, same divisions etc); age; size; pedigree (in terms of where you ‘traditionally’ sit in the leagues, as elk as FL pedigree); and of course location.
Underneath all the bile there’s always a grudging awareness of similarity, which is why so many County fans laugh at the notion that Salford or Fylde or FCUM are our biggest rivals, because we have absolutely nothing in common with those plastic rip-offs, and we never will.