fair points well made and not much i disagree with, other than your experience of their fans having an interest in us. As mentioned before, I've been a good few times to the valley and while I have nothing against their fans whatsoever, those that I have met laughably consider us to be a tinpot outfit. Some of the chat I got from Charlton fans when Aribo was on his way to us showed Trump-level self awareness.
Dont wish them any misfortune and hope their club fights to see another day, but the general mindset that I have experienced down here in England is that we are nothing other than a big name from yester-year. Fans of shit clubs like Bournemouth and Brighton, and the ultimate basket case that is West Ham still argue that they are more prestigious than Rangers are, all because of this falsity that English football is the promised land and nothing else matters.
Football fans in England are generally condescending bastards when it comes to us.