Birmingham v Villa Manchester Merseyside Pompey v Saints Bristol Oxford v Swindon Sheffield Burnley v Blackburn Newcastle v Sunderland Spurs v Arsenal West Ham v Millwall Wolves v West Brom Luton v Watford Ipswich v Norwich Grimsby v Lincoln Chester v Wrexham Derby v Forest Cambridge v Peterborough Plymouth v Exeter Charlton v Palace/Millwall
The Prem ones are all lame now and If I was offered free tickets i'd steer towards the lower ones.
You then have games that are not derbys per-se but have still historically been tasty affairs:
Man U v Leeds Liverpool v Man U Leeds v Boro Palace v Brighton (sniggers) Chelsea v Spurs Leeds v Chelsea Gillingham v Swindon
PS - I think West Ham do care greatly about Millwall
Wasnt Cardiff v Bristol City known for a lively atmosphere?
It had the Eng v Wales element plus two clubs with notrious hooligan elements. The fact both are a lot less active now and the use of bubble trips means I think it would be a preety lame affair these days.
But forgetting who is a bit tasty, and concentrating on that round thing on the meadow, which derby (other than ours) piques everyone's interest the most as a match to look out for? And do you have a team you always would rather win?
For me it's Spurs v Arsenal - Spurs to win (Dad was from there, and a fan, Arsenal thought they were too good for SE London), Man City v Man Utd (City, as traditionally they were underdogs) and being a Bedfordshire lad, Luton v Watford (Hatters all the way, of course).
I always want Liverpool to lose, so their game v Everton is the same as any other to me. And as for Celtic v Rangers, I want them both to lose.
I also like to see Vale beat Stoke, as one set of fans are very decent the others most certainly not, but I wouldn't go out of my way to see it.
I'm not that bothered by many of these rivalries, especially those involving smaller clubs. I recall Phil Chapple being booed by Peterborough fans for being a former Cambridge player!
For me there's only one Derby worth a mention, transcends all other world footballing rivalries, languages, and locations, El Classico... Charlton v Palace.
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The Pikey Derby
Birmingham v Villa
Manchester
Merseyside
Pompey v Saints
Bristol
Oxford v Swindon
Sheffield
Burnley v Blackburn
Newcastle v Sunderland
Spurs v Arsenal
West Ham v Millwall
Wolves v West Brom
Luton v Watford
Ipswich v Norwich
Grimsby v Lincoln
Chester v Wrexham
Derby v Forest
Cambridge v Peterborough
Plymouth v Exeter
Charlton v Palace/Millwall
The Prem ones are all lame now and If I was offered free tickets i'd steer towards the lower ones.
You then have games that are not derbys per-se but have still historically been tasty affairs:
Man U v Leeds
Liverpool v Man U
Leeds v Boro
Palace v Brighton (sniggers)
Chelsea v Spurs
Leeds v Chelsea
Gillingham v Swindon
PS - I think West Ham do care greatly about Millwall
For me it's Spurs v Arsenal - Spurs to win (Dad was from there, and a fan, Arsenal thought they were too good for SE London), Man City v Man Utd (City, as traditionally they were underdogs) and being a Bedfordshire lad, Luton v Watford (Hatters all the way, of course).
I always want Liverpool to lose, so their game v Everton is the same as any other to me. And as for Celtic v Rangers, I want them both to lose.
I also like to see Vale beat Stoke, as one set of fans are very decent the others most certainly not, but I wouldn't go out of my way to see it.
Other than that I think I generally favour the underdog in most of them.
Pretty unique as I like to see Wednesday win in Sheffield
Hamlet v Tooting.
CMON PEOPLE.