This is a call to Chelsea fans to exercise our right as the decent folk we are, to recognise our history and culture - and doll out some hate to one of THEM.
Yes, that's right, one of those filthy, stinking, grotty, slack-jawed, stroke-mimicking Leeds supporters decided to once again open their mouth about this club. Not since that Jesper Gronkjaer headed goal in their Premier League relegation season have Chelsea fans paid any more attention to Leeds United than remarking on the poor defending in an Eidur Gudjonnsen Top Chelsea Goals compilation.
The ‘cheeky morning funster’, so remarkably talented as to enrapture the captive audience that are the commuters and warehouse staff unable to tune in to dire regional radio, chose to open those greasy jowls on Friday with a comment about making easy money. To paraphrase, Mr Moyles suggested that in order to make some ‘easy money’ you could back Liverpool to beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge today.
That’s Chris’s Paddypower account a tenner down then huh? The thing that baffles me is, as a filthy Leeds fan, Chris would be backing and wanting a Liverpool win. Liverpool – for anyone from Leeds and thus in need of a geography lesson – is in what is now known as Merseyside, but only since 1974. Prior to that it was in *gasp* LANCASHIRE.
So, the proud Yorkshiremen of Leeds should, reasonably, have similar feelings towards the red filth from the city of bolted down benches, as the red filth from the home of Mick Hucknall.
Chelsea and Leeds have history. There’s no denying it. Many would point towards the FA Cup Final of 1970, replayed at Old Trafford after an initial 2-2 draw at Wembley, when Dave Sextons Chelsea finally put the infamous Leeds side of Don Revie courtesy of a David Webb goal. There have, of course, been numerous additions to the grievance list of both clubs – and that final by no means marked the start of the rivalry.
But back to the question in hand – who should a Leeds fan dislike more, Chelsea or Liverpool? Perhaps it’s testament to how the gulf in the clubs stature and class has widened, that if you were to ask your average Chelsea supporter who they ‘hate’ it would go something like: Spurs, West Ham, Liverpool. Ask your average Liverpool fan and it would likely go: United, Everton, Chelsea.
It’s that mix of historical and current rivalry, and it’s what spices the game. But when you hear a Leeds fan supporting Liverpool ahead of Chelsea it makes you stop for a second and ask whether this particular fan has his priorities straight.
But hey, they’ve never been particularly smart up there have they. Or maybe it’s the ‘Irish connection’ as opposed to club loyalty, who knows.
I’m sure were Mr Moyles to ever come across this short diatribe he’d deliver a hellishly cutting response broadcast from the exclusivity of being slightly less talentless than Sara Cox via the only reasonably attainable FM nationwide station. I’m sure he would point towards the fact he should be ignored as it would likely be the other way round, but this isn’t about Moyles shocking betting advice. If anything this fact further highlights how wrong this stance is, as it isn’t even based on some kind of odds related decision. His response, of course, would be forgotten much like the apparent Leeds tradition in this particular supporter’s culture. Utterly forgettable, predictable, and skimming off the surface of entertainment like a rather fat lumpy rock. A bit like one of his TV shows.
I would implore you to text, call and email the show and educate this man – but that would add to the shows revenue when really they get far too much of our license money anyway. Maybe drop an email to his crony Carrie Davis who is (I think) a Chelsea fan.
As for today’s result? Delighted, and never in doubt..