Mostyn6 Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/picturegalleries/11197636/The-20-fiercest-rivalries-in-English-football-by-Jonathan-Liew.html?frame=3090048Derby v Forest is in the top 10, but number 1 is a bit weird, considering it's a Welsh rivalry, in English football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philmycock Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Is ours the only Derby that is televised every season home & away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 There was an article a few months ago suggesting it was Buxton v Matlock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRamFan Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Lea Brooks v Spondon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 in terms of levels of spite, it's man u/liverpool or west ham/millwall however it's all subjective all local derbies are the fiercest to the fans of those clubs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 I wouldn't have guessed Hereford v Shrewsbury in a month of Sundays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted September 24, 2015 Author Share Posted September 24, 2015 I wouldn't have guessed Hereford v Shrewsbury in a month of Sundays.don't think that is number one! It's in reverse order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 The Swansea Cardiff thing boarders on old firm levels of hatred....try imagining what forest supporters would be like if Nottingham was declared regional capital and had never won the European cup twice. Portsmouth Southampton always struck me as a nasty one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 The Swansea Cardiff thing boarders on old firm levels of hatred....try imagining what forest supporters would be like if Nottingham was declared regional capital and had never won the European cup twice. Portsmouth Southampton always struck me as a nasty one.Aye mate - it isn't pretty. Not helped by the fact that Soton refer to Pompey as "Scummers" and Pompey refer to Soton as, well, "scummers" - so as a neutral it is easy to get picked off by both sides!Theres a lot of history. Strike breaking in the 1970s, plus up until about 100 years ago, Navy press gangs from Pompey would operate in Soton - picking up merchant seamen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 don't think that is number one! It's in reverse order.Aha! Even so tho - not sure i would have had in my top 30. There used to be some cracking non-league ones as well. I went to Yeovil v Weymouth once in the 70's and that was a bit of a cider-fuelled frenzy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 I don't consider Derby and Forest to be fierce rivals tbh, it's mostly friendly banter with the odd cup of piss thrown over you. The atmosphere is never as intense as say the Old Firm or Cardiff v Swansea, hardly any fighting outside the ground just the odd pissed up chav thinking he can take 50 on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 I don't consider Derby and Forest to be fierce rivals tbh, it's mostly friendly banter with the odd cup of piss thrown over you. The atmosphere is never as intense as say the Old Firm or Cardiff v Swansea, hardly any fighting outside the ground just the odd pissed up chav thinking he can take 50 on. Yeah, but then you've got to get the train back to Humberside haven't you mate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Yeah, but then you've got to get the train back to Humberside haven't you mate?Nah, just turn the channel over on the TV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouRams Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 I don't consider Derby and Forest to be fierce rivals tbh, it's mostly friendly banter with the odd cup of piss thrown over you. The atmosphere is never as intense as say the Old Firm or Cardiff v Swansea, hardly any fighting outside the ground just the odd pissed up chav thinking he can take 50 on. Been no end of trouble the past few years, sicko's cutting off sheeps heads putting them through pub window, songs about dead chairman, songs about dead children, huge fight outside JJB to name but a few. (I wouldn't like to see your unfriendly banter haha) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Been no end of trouble the past few years, sicko's cutting off sheeps heads putting them through pub window, songs about dead chairman, songs about dead children, huge fight outside JJB to name but a few. (I wouldn't like to see your unfriendly banter haha) You want to see what the sickos in Downing Street do with a pigs head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovis aries Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 If this question was being asked pre Brian Clough people would have laughed, what rivalry , we hardly ever played one another apart from cup games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanish Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 If this question was being asked pre Brian Clough people would have laughed, what rivalry , we hardly ever played one another apart from cup games.exactly, I grew up in that period and I struggle to recall a derby game, 1 or 2 maybe. As Derby were going up, they went the opposite direction and vice versa. Honestly, I found it difficult to hate them when BC was there due solely to the respect I had for him. Probably very different to folk who go to work with a tree though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakartaRam Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Having lived in Swansea, the Cardiff Swansea rivalry is almost certainly more violent than us and the red dogs.But it is not just a football thing bit like Rangers and Celtic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inglorius Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Having lived in Swansea, the Cardiff Swansea rivalry is almost certainly more violent than us and the red dogs.But it is not just a football thing bit like Rangers and Celtic You mean one set of teams are affiliated to the Welsh Druids and the other one C of E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 No, it was the ungreatfulness of the Cardiff fans after Swansea layed on free swimming lessons. I've lived in Swansea as well and still got some Jack mates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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