Wulfy Loves Gargoyle Tears.

And, oh they'll be a flowing tonight!

I write this shortly after my beloved Exeter City have beaten their fiercest rivals, Plymouth Arygle, 2-1 at their own ground.  Yeah, it's only the Johnstone's Paint Trophy.  It's a cup we're still in after Saturday's F.A. Cup first round match at Bury, but it comes way below League One survival in terms of importance.  But this is Argyle.  Or Gargoyle, as most of us call them.

The Pride of Devon: Officially EXETER CITY.

This is a rivalry just as fierce as a Manchester derby (like the one tomorrow!).  Just as fierce as the Scouse derby.  And ranks pretty darn close to the Old Firm derby (which does have the added religious spice to it).  There is almost always violence following the matches and reports indicate there's an amount of it tonight.

I remember my first, and as yet, only proper Devon derby.  Just about.  It was an awful long time ago and the result was not a good one (the actual result I've blocked from my mind) so the walk past the rows and rows of smiling Argyle fans shouting shit was unbearable!  Too much for my Mum, who threatened to take them all on.  All five hundred of them, against one of her!  Well, four of us...!  Just an intense atmosphere all round.

Grecian the Lion and Pilgrim Pete... not the best of friends!

It's been eight years since the last derby match.  Well, that actually counts.  And although it was kind of put to one side, although never forgotten, the fact that Argyle were relegated last season couple with City's last match save from relegation themselves meant they found in each in the same division at long last!  But when the JP Trophy draw through us together, it went up a notch... three derbies in one season.

Well... one of them down, and it's a 100% record for this season and City now edge in front W20-D19-L19 overall, according to a local historian.  11th December is the next match, again at Home Park.  When hopefully we'll do it again...!  Chin up, ya janners!!