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[Football] 'Local' Derbies



Garry Nelson's teacher

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May 11, 2015
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Bloody Worthing!
The Albion v Palace game raises the matter of what constitutes a 'local' derby i.e. how geographically close do the two clubs need to be need to be? Give or take a few miles (i.e. over the years grounds might move but cities don't) these are qualifiers for grudge games which cover a fair old distance:


- Albion v Palace 48 miles

- Norwich v Ipswich 43 miles

- Cardiff v Swansea 42 miles

Any others? Feel free to go international.
 


As I have mentioned previously on similar threads there is a difference between a derby and a rivalry. A derby, in my opinion, should have a very close geographical connection - normally in the same city. All the other so called derbies are, in fact, rivalries.
 

Perry Milkins

Just a quiet guy.
Aug 10, 2007
6,146
Ardingly
As I have mentioned previously on similar threads there is a difference between a derby and a rivalry. A derby, in my opinion, should have a very close geographical connection - normally in the same city. All the other so called derbies are, in fact, rivalries.

Agreed.
 


jakarta

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May 25, 2007
15,616
Sullington
As I have mentioned previously on similar threads there is a difference between a derby and a rivalry. A derby, in my opinion, should have a very close geographical connection - normally in the same city. All the other so called derbies are, in fact, rivalries.

Is the correct answer.

Manure and the Bin Dippers may detest one another but they play their Derby games against Man City and Everton respectively.
 


Not Andy Naylor

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Dec 12, 2007
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Seven Dials
I don't think distance matters so much when the clubs involved are still each other's nearest league rivals, eg Ipswich and Narch.

But Albion v Bournemouth is no more a derby simply because we're both on the south coast (although I'd count them as West Country) than Grimsby v Sunderland is an east coast derby or Mallorca v Madrid is a Real derby.
 


Simster

"the man's an arse"
Jul 7, 2003
54,093
Surrey
I don't think distance matters so much when the clubs involved are still each other's nearest league rivals, eg Ipswich and Narch.

But Albion v Bournemouth is no more a derby simply because we're both on the south coast (although I'd count them as West Country) than Grimsby v Sunderland is an east coast derby or Mallorca v Madrid is a Real derby.

Or Palace v Portsmouth is a bell-end derby.
 



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