The Swansea City striker puts the difference down to the fact that with the Old Firm affair the two sets of supporters both come from the same city whereas with the South Wales derby the two sets of fans are seperated by 35 miles.<\/p>\n
The Swans and Cardiff go head to head at lunchtime at the Liberty today and Beattie will take his place in the Swans team as the club’s record signing and looking for his first Liberty goal after strikes at Ipswich, West Brom and Scunthorpe in recent weeks.<\/p>\n
Speaking to the Western Mail, Beattie said \u201cThe Old Firm derby isn\u2019t exactly a small affair<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s right up there to be fair.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut the difference from Rangers against Celtic is that everyone in Swansea follows Swansea while everyone in Cardiff follows Cardiff. In Glasgow the city is split so the fans still tend to live and mix with each other all the time.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn Wales everyone is separated so, when they do come together, it\u2019s fierce.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe intensity of the rivalry down here didn\u2019t surprise me because I know what football fans are like. And, without being disrespectful to anyone, there are really only two big football clubs in Wales so I knew it would be very passionate.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got three goals in the last four games and I feel confident<\/p>\n
\u201cI like to think I can affect a game every time I play.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been getting a good supply from the boys and it\u2019s up to me to put the finishing touches on it. In the last few games they have been flying in and I\u2019ve had a good little run, but it\u2019s up to me to maintain it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI still think there is more to come from me. I\u2019m not going to stop after three goals.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much and what is to come, only time will tell. But we are on a good run, the team is confident, we are defending well and I\u2019m scoring so we are pushing on together and it\u2019s in the right direction.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt takes time for any team to gel. The fact we have done it after five games and gone on a good run, is something we have to be happy with.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m enjoying everything down here at the moment. Hopefully three points at the weekend will just add something special.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know it\u2019s a big game and it\u2019s one we are all relishing. We are all looking forward to it.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth teams are doing well. We\u2019ll see after the game how we match up \u2013 it could go either way. All I know is that we are playing well and we are on a good run. Cardiff are right up there too so it is two quality teams playing each other.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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