Discussion Which club is St Kilda's biggest rival?

[King Cold]

Interesting to see which club St Kilda fans view as being their biggest rival and why.

 

[Munga]

We probably haven't had a rival for over a decade.

To answer a different question, I hate Carlton the most, top of the ladder for cheating.

 

[Ekomaira]

Interesting to see which club St Kilda fans view as being their biggest rival and why.

2004/5 to 2010 or so was your guys for sure. overall I'd say the Dogs, purely for the one flag each for so long

 

[StCicatriz]

dogs and freo

 

[George]

Carlton, Melbourne, Collingwood.

 

[Sarcoidevo]

That's easy ...... its St Kilda!!

 

[gringo2011]

Dogs and Cats.

 

[Joffaboy]

Interesting to see which club St Kilda fans view as being their biggest rival and why.

We really don't have a rival. We have been terrible for much of our history. Really hard to build up a rivalry when the opposition constantly flogs you. Maybe the Bulldogs but that went by the wayside since 2016. Maybe the old South before they became Sydney.

 

[L_W_P]

I actually feel like Port and maybe Fremantle are our biggest rivals.

There always seems to be something happening when we play those clubs

 

[SaintsSeptember]

It was Collingwood and Geelong that stopped us getting a premiership.
Then again, we've knocked the Bulldogs out of contention a few times.

 

[g_TRAIN]

Dogs, Freo, Melbourne for mine.

But we don't have a genuine rival at the moment.

 

[bergholt]

Never really been one, but I hate the Cats and Eagles most.

 

[MordySaint]

The team who we are playing next round

 

[jwikked]

I never hated the bulldogs until 2016, but now I’m hoping they get relocated or merged.

 

[Spider Eater]

Dogs and Cats.

1. Human Sacrifice
2. Dogs and Cats living together
3. Mass hysteria

 

[borderbarry]

AS Joffa said, the old Swans before they went to Sydney. We used to play them for the Lakeside Premiership every time we met. whoever won flew the Lakrside Pennant until we played again. With no Premiership flags to dis[lay until 1958, it was a big deal.

 

[StFly]

We really don't have a rival. We have been terrible for much of our history. Really hard to build up a rivalry when the opposition constantly flogs you. Maybe the Bulldogs but that went by the wayside since 2016. Maybe the old South before they became Sydney.

My maybe would be the Roys instead of the Dogs, given they hold at least 1 of our flags through challenge and we both ended up on the "will they bugger off?" merge talks despite both of us then doing SFA for fair chunks of history.

Freo wish they had that sort of legacy, so do the Dogs.

 

[Balmira]

Collingwood and Bulldogs for me, but more so Collingwood. Our only flag? Against Collingwood. Grand final draw? Collingwood. I love beating Collingwood more than any other team, and I hate losing to them the most too.

 

[King Cold]

2004/5 to 2010 or so was your guys for sure. overall I'd say the Dogs, purely for the one flag each for so long

Interesting to see there's a few clubs in the mix in the eyes of Saints fans and who they view as their biggest rival.

I started a similar thread on our board and it was a total landslide to Hawthorn.

 

[sunny3193]

Interesting to see there's a few clubs in the mix in the eyes of Saints fans and who they view as their biggest rival.

I started a similar thread on our board and it was a total landslide to Hawthorn.

You are actually asking the wrong question.
To have a rival, there must be another team whose supporters view us as their rival.

Our geographical rival was forcibly re-located interstate.
And given our historical underperformance, I doubt whether any team has supporters who see us as their rival.
That mirrors the difficulty you are seeing in getting us to agree on, or to even name, one.

But that can change quickly and for the most innocuous of reasons.
Think Sheedy, coat waving, Essendon and West Coast.

The closest we have come to a rivalry was 2010.
If we had managed to duplicate 1966, including the margin, then it would be no surprise to see Collingwood nominated here.
But whether they would have seen us in the same way, given their rivalries with Essendon, Carlton etc, is another question entirely.
If we had beaten them again in 2011, maybe their answer would be different.

For St Kilda to have a rival, the Club needs sustained success and a spark, like Sheedy and his spontaneous coat waving, to set it off.

 

[gringo2011]

You are actually asking the wrong question.
To have a rival, there must be another team whose supporters view us as their rival.

Our geographical rival was forcibly re-located interstate.
And given our historical underperformance, I doubt whether any team has supporters who see us as their rival.
That mirrors the difficulty you are seeing in getting us to agree on, or to even name, one.

But that can change quickly and for the most innocuous of reasons.
Think Sheedy, coat waving, Essendon and West Coast.

The closest we have come to a rivalry was 2010.
If we had managed to duplicate 1966, including the margin, then it would be no surprise to see Collingwood nominated here.
But whether they would have seen us in the same way, given their rivalries with Essendon, Carlton etc, is another question entirely.
If we had beaten them again in 2011, maybe their answer would be different.

For St Kilda to have a rival, the Club needs sustained success and a spark, like Sheedy and his spontaneous coat waving, to set it off.

I know a few Bulldogs fans, they hated us more than any other side in footy after the 2009 prilim. They hate Riewoldt still and think he's a staging flog. Unfortunately we've been irrelevant for so long that other supporters look at their feet like they are discussing their property portfolio with a homeless man when footy come up these days. I can't wait to be hated again, now it's like they only want the best for us because we are sad campaigners. Arseholes.

 

[plugger66]

Unfortunately dont have one.

 

[plugger66]

I know a few Bulldogs fans, they hated us more than any other side in footy after the 2009 prilim. They hate Riewoldt still and think he's a staging flog. Unfortunately we've been irrelevant for so long that other supporters look at their feet like they are discussing their property portfolio with a homeless man when footy come up these days. I can't wait to be hated again, now it's like they only want the best for us because we are sad campaigners. Arseholes.

Not sure many hate the dogs or Dees. Matter of fact I dont many ever hated us. Clubs like us are basically irrelevant.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

I know a few Bulldogs fans, they hated us more than any other side in footy after the 2009 prilim. They hate Riewoldt still and think he's a staging flog. Unfortunately we've been irrelevant for so long that other supporters look at their feet like they are discussing their property portfolio with a homeless man when footy come up these days. I can't wait to be hated again, now it's like they only want the best for us because we are sad campaigners. Arseholes.

Come on, it was just last year we knocked them out of the first week of finals.

 

[Yawkey way]

Not sure many hate the dogs or Dees. Matter of fact I dont many ever hated us. Clubs like us are basically irrelevant.

Imo that’s rubbish, Sandringham really hate us.