The first assembly of Brighton and Crystal Palace in the top flight for 36 years on Tuesday will rekindle the peculiar spectacle of a derby that isn’t really a derbyTo many the rivalry is a peculiarity. There is no real geographical proximity to clarify the loathing that exists between Crystal Palace and Brighton & Hove Albion. Even Roy Hodgson,born and bred in Croydon but whose time as a youth-team player at the south London club predates the animosity, needed a history lesson from Jason Puncheon before he truly understood. The same could be said of some of his players. Related: Brighton's Glenn Murray: ‘Graceful? Maybe not. Others would say Im a donkey’ Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk