Rivals
The closest clubs of similar stature to Sutton include Carshalton Athletic, AFC Wimbledon, Kingstonian, Woking and Tooting & Mitcham.
Sutton's fiercest rivalry is with Carshalton Athletic, with both sides within the London Borough of Sutton. Derby matches have been contested in the Athenian League, Isthmian League and the Conference South, as well as twelve different cup competitions. The teams generally play together on Boxing Day, New Year's Day and other bank holidays. Sutton have the better record, one of the most famous meetings being a 6–0 win in 2002. In total, the two sides have met 133 times (as of August 2011), with Sutton winning on 72 of those occasions, Carshalton 33 and there have been 28 draws. Sutton have scored 283 goals, and Carshalton have scored 173. The two sides last met in July 2011, in a two-legged friendly competition for the "Sutton Advertiser Cup", which Sutton won 3–1 on aggregate having won the home leg 3–0.
Sutton have never shared a league with AFC Wimbledon, but due to the geographical proximity the two clubs share a rivalry. Sutton were the first team to play the club, defeating them at home 4–0 in July 2002. The most recent competitive match between the two sides was in the 2013 Surrey Senior Cup semi-final, which Sutton United won 5-2. The teams' last meeting was a Surrey Senior Cup game at Gander Green Lane on 11 April 2013; a 5–2 Sutton win.
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Famous quotes containing the word rivals:
“What poet would not grieve to see
His brother write as well as he?
But rather than they should excel,
He’d wish his rivals all in Hell.”
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)