Local derbies in the United Kingdom

This is a list of the main sporting local derbies in the United Kingdom.

England and Wales

Football

Main derbies

*Manchester derby - Manchester City vs Manchester United
*Tyne-Wear derby - Newcastle United vs Sunderland
*North London derby - Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspur [cite web |url=http://home.skysports.com/matchreport.aspx?fxid=298717&cpid=8 |title= Jenas Strike Stuns Gunners |accessdate=2007-05-28 |work= Sky Sports]
*Merseyside derby - Liverpool vs Everton. [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/5308190.stm |title= Everton 3-0 Liverpool |accessdate=2007-05-28 |work= BBC] Tranmere Rovers sometimes included during cup ties. [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/everton/1133024.stm |title= Smith's Tranmere warning |accessdate=2007-05-28 |work= BBC]
* North-West derby - Manchester United vs Liverpool. [cite web |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=235632&cc=5739 |title= Man Utd 3 - 0 Liverpool|accessdate=2008-03-23 |work= ESPN]
*Steel City derby - Sheffield United vs Sheffield Wednesday
*Birmingham derby (also known as the Second City derby) [cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3405364.html |title= The Birmingham Derby: Bruce: We're innocent |accessdate=2007-05-28 |work= Birmingham Post] - Games between Aston Villa and Birmingham City. Occasionally used incorrectly to refer to games between the previous two clubs and West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
*South Coast derby - Southampton vs Portsmouth [cite web |url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/2003/1221/southampton.html |title= Southampton Win South Coast Derby |accessdate=2007-05-28 |work= RTÉ]
*Black Country derby - Primarily between West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers, but also including Walsall
*East Anglian derby (occasionally known as the "Old Farm derby") - Ipswich Town vs Norwich City [cite web |url=http://www.rte.ie/pda/sport/story/81214.html |title= All-square in East Anglia derby |accessdate=2007-05-28 |work= RTÉ]
*South Wales derby - Cardiff City vs. Swansea City (Also formerly Newport County)
*East Midlands derby - Matches between Derby County and Nottingham Forest, also including games with Leicester City
*Bristol derby - Bristol Rovers vs Bristol City [cite web |url=http://soccernet-akamai.espn.go.com/report?id=213571& |title= Bristol City 0-0 Bristol Rovers |accessdate=2007-05-28 |work= ESPN]

The "Football Rivalries Report 2008", undertaken by The New Football Pools, owners of Littlewoods, produced a league table of rivalries based on the results of a survey of fans, ranking the results using a formula based on: [cite web |title= Football Rivalries Report 2008| work=www.footballpools.com| url= http://www.footballpools.com/football-fever/index.html| accessdate=2 March| accessyear=2008]

* the survey responses of both sets of fans
* the respective league and cup records of the two clubs
* the regularity of league and cup meetings between the rivals
* the two clubs' records when playing each other
* the impact on attendances when they meet
* transfers between the clubs, and fans' reactions to those transfers
* off-the-field factors, such as media coverage of the rivalry

The top five rivalries were between:

# West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers
# Ipswich Town and Norwich City
# Liverpool and Manchester United
# Portsmouth and Southampton
# Cardiff City and Swansea City

Other derbies

*London derby
**Arsenal vs Chelsea - Arsenal and Chelsea rivalry
**Chelsea vs Tottenham
**QPR vs Luton Town
**West Ham United vs Millwall
**West Ham United vs Tottenham
*Potteries derby - Stoke City vs Port Vale
*Severnside derby - Mainly Cardiff City vs Bristol City can include Bristol Rovers or Newport County
*Yorkshire derby - Leeds United vs Sheffield Wednesday - Match between Yorkshire's two (on major trophies achieved) most successful clubs.
*A5 derby - Nuneaton Borough vs Tamworth
*A23 derby - Crystal Palace vs Brighton & Hove Albion ("Eagles" vs "Seagulls")
*A420 derby - Swindon Town vs Oxford United
*A45/A605 derby - Northampton Town vs Peterborough United.
*A6 derby (also known as the East Northants. derby) - Games between Rushden & Diamonds and Kettering Town.
*Battle of Basildon (or a New Town derby) - the name given to matches between Basildon United and Bowers & Pitsea as both teams reside in the district of Basildon. Could also include Billericay Town or intermediate side Basildon Town.
*Battle of Britain - name applied to games played between English and Scottish teams e.g. Liverpool vs Rangers and Manchester United vs Celtic
*Bradford derby - Bradford City and Bradford Park Avenue, also known as Wool City derby
*Cambridge derby - Cambridge City versus Cambridge United
*Cambridgeshire derby - Cambridge United vs Peterborough United, and more recently Histon.
*Cheshire derbies - between Chester City, Crewe Alexandra, Macclesfield Town, Stockport County and Tranmere Rovers
*Miners derby - Chesterfield vs Mansfield Town
*Cross-border derby - Wrexham vs Chester City, Wrexham vs Shrewsbury Town
*Devon derbies - between Exeter City, Plymouth Argyle and Torquay United
*Didcot Triangle derby - between Oxford United, Reading and Swindon Town
*Dorset derby - Dorchester Town vs Weymouth - Football
*Durham derby - Darlington vs Hartlepool United
*Durham - Northumberland derby - Gateshead vs Blyth Spartans
*East End derby - West Ham United vs Leyton Orient
*Essex derby - Colchester United vs Southend United
*East Midlands derby - Rivalry between Derby County and Nottingham Forest and Mansfield Town and Chesterfield. Sometimes referred to as "the Miner's derby".
*Golden Valley derby - Gloucester City vs Cheltenham Town
*Humberside derby Grimsby Town or Scunthorpe United (from the south bank) vs Hull City (from the north)
*Lancashire derbies - between Accrington Stanley, Blackburn Rovers, Blackpool, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Bury, Morecambe, Oldham Athletic, Preston North End, Rochdale and Wigan Athletic, and can also include the Liverpool and Manchester clubs
*Lincolnshire derbies - between Grimsby Town, Boston United, Lincoln City and Scunthorpe United
*London derby - includes any of these (Greater) London teams: Arsenal, Barnet, Brentford, Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Dagenham & Redbridge, Fulham, Leyton Orient, Tottenham Hotspur, Millwall, Queen's Park Rangers, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United.
*Luneside derby - Lancaster City v Morecambe
*El Traffico derby - Luton vs Watford
*M69 derby - Coventry City vs Leicester City
*M4 derby - Swindon Town vs Reading
*North Lincolnshire derby - Grimsby Town vs Scunthorpe United
*North Yorkshire derby - York City FC vs Scarborough
*Nottingham derby - Nottingham Forest vs Notts County
*Quakers vs. Shakers - Bury vs Darlington
*Railway derby - Swindon Town vs Crewe Alexandra
*Staffordshire derbies - Between Stoke City or Port Vale vs Walsall, Tamworth or Stafford Rangers vs Burton Albion
*South Cheshire-North Staffordshire derby - Between Crewe Alexandra and Stoke City or Port Vale
*South London derby - any game between Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic and Millwall
*Teesside derby - Middlesbrough vs Hartlepool United
*Tees-Wear derby - Middlesbrough vs Sunderland
*Thames-Side derby- Hampton & Richmond Borough vs Staines Town
*Thames Valley derby - Reading vs Oxford United
*Thanet derby - Margate vs Ramsgate
*Tyne-Tees derby - Newcastle United vs Middlesbrough
*War of the Roses - Leeds United vs Manchester United, Huddersfield Town vs Oldham Athletic, Bradford City vs Burnley
*West Country derbies - Any games between Swindon Town, Bristol Rovers, Bristol City, Plymouth Argyle, Exeter City, Torquay United, Cheltenham Town, Yeovil Town and to a lesser extent Bournemouth
*A 'Borough derby' could involve any two of the following three clubs who all play in stadia in the same London borough: QPR, Fulham, Chelsea
*West Lancashire derby (also known as the M55 derby) - Blackpool vs Preston North End
*West Midlands derbies - Any game involving Aston Villa, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Coventry City, Birmingham City and Walsall
*West Riding derby - Derby between teams that play in cities or towns originally in the West Riding of Yorkshire including Barnsley, Bradford City, Bradford (Park Avenue), Doncaster Rovers, Halifax Town, Huddersfield Town, Leeds United, Rotherham United, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday.
*Wallingford Quadrangle - A game between Reading, Oxford United, Swindon Town or Wycombe Wanderers

Rugby league

*Calder derbies - between Castleford Tigers, Featherstone Rovers, and Wakefield Trinity
*Heavy Wollen derby - Batley Bulldogs v Dewsbury Rams
*Hull derby - Hull FC v Hull KR
*Leeds-Bradford derby between Leeds Rhinos and Bradford Bulls. The two teams traditionally meet the night prior to Good Friday each year as well as doing so during Millennium Magic in 2007 and 2008.
*Leigh Centurions and Wigan Warriors known as the 'Battle of the Borough' derby [" [http://www.wiganwarriors.com/news_full.asp?newsid=1128 Battle of the Borough - Wigan vs Leigh] "]
*St Helens vs Wigan Warriors, established in 1897. Now routinely held on Good Fridays after historically being held on Boxing Day.
*West Cumbria derby - Whitehaven v Workington Town
*Manchester derby - Salford v Swinton
*Cheshire derby - Widnes v Warrington

Rugby union

*East Midlands derby - Leicester Tigers v Northampton Saints
*West Country derbies - between Bath, Bristol and Gloucester
*West Wales derby - Llanelli v Swansea (also Scarlets v Ospreys)
*Swansea v Cardiff (also Ospreys v Cardiff Blues)
*Cardiff v Newport (also Cardiff Blues v Newport Gwent Dragons)
*Saracens v London Wasps London derby, with one of the games played annually at Twickenham at the beginning of the season.

Cricket

*War of the Roses - Lancashire v Yorkshire - One of the fiercest Cricket rivalries that exist.
*Battle of London (cross-Thames derby) - Middlesex v Surrey
*South Coast Special - Hampshire v Sussex
*Battle of The West Country - Gloucestershire v Somerset
*Midlands derby - Warwickshire County Cricket Club v Worcestershire County Cricket Club, and Northamptonshire County Cricket Club v Leicestershire County Cricket Club
*Mackem-Geordie derby - Durham County Cricket Club v Northumberland County Cricket Club

Northern Ireland

Football

*Big Two derby - Linfield v Glentoran
*Belfast (Catholic-Protestant) derby - Cliftonville v Linfield
*North Belfast derby - Crusaders v Cliftonville
*Mid-Ulster derby Portadown v Glenavon
*North Down derby - Ards v Bangor
*East Antrim derby - Carrick Rangers v Ballyclare Comrades
*North-West derbies - Any team including Institute v Limavady United
*Countryside derby - Coleraine v Ballymena Utd
*Less Important Mid-Ulster derby - Loughgall v Armagh City

Rugby union

*Celtic League - Ulster v Leinster

GAA

*University derby - Queens University Belfast v Jordanstown
*West County derby - Fermanagh v Derry
*East County derby - Down v Armagh
*Mid-Ulster derby - Armagh v Tyrone
*North Coast derby - Derry v Antrim

cotland

enior football

*Angus derby - Any game featuring two of Arbroath, Brechin City, Forfar Athletic and Montrose
*Ayrshire derby - Kilmarnock v Ayr United
*Central Belt derby - Heart of Midlothian or Hibernian v Celtic or Rangers
*Dumfriesshire derby - Queen of the South v Gretna
*Dundee derby - Dundee v Dundee United
*Edinburgh derby - Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian - First played Dec 25 1875
*Falkirk derby – Falkirk v East Stirlingshire
*Fife derby - Any game featuring two of Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline Athletic, East Fife and Raith Rovers
*Glasgow derby - Main derby between Celtic and Rangers. Can also include Clyde, Queens Park and Partick Thistle
*Highland derby - Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Ross County
*Inverness derby - Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Clachnacuddin
*Kincardine Bridge derby - Falkirk v Dunfermline Athletic
*Lanarkshire derby - Any game featuring two of Airdrie United, Albion Rovers, Hamilton Academical and Motherwell
*New Firm derby - Aberdeen v Dundee United
*North-East derby - Aberdeen v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
*North of Scotland derby - Elgin City v Peterhead
*Old Firm derby - Celtic v Rangers
*Renfrewshire derby - St Mirren v Greenock Morton
*Stirlingshire derby - Any game featuring two of Alloa Athletic, East Stirlingshire, Falkirk, Stenhousemuir and Stirling Albion
*Tayside derby - St. Johnstone v either Dundee or Dundee United

Junior football

*Ayrshire Junior derby - Auchinleck Talbot v Cumnock Juniors
*Glasgow derby - Pollok v Arthurlie
*Lothian derby - Linlithgow Rose v Bo'ness United

References

External links

* [http://www.footballderbies.com/ FootballDerbies.com] - a list of football derbies, as well as non-derby rivalries