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Thread: What constitutes a Derby game?

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    What constitutes a Derby game?

    I always thought it was the game against your nearest rivals.but Barca/Real Madrid keeps getting referred to as a Derby game, when there’s almost 400 miles between them.

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    Re: What constitutes a Derby game?

    Quote Originally Posted by William Treseder View Post
    I always thought it was the game against your nearest rivals.but Barca/Real Madrid keeps getting referred to as a Derby game, when there’s almost 400 miles between them.
    Any game played by Derby County.

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    Re: What constitutes a Derby game?

    any game played over 2km.

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    Re: What constitutes a Derby game?

    Quote Originally Posted by William Treseder View Post
    I always thought it was the game against your nearest rivals.but Barca/Real Madrid keeps getting referred to as a Derby game, when there’s almost 400 miles between them.
    My mate is a Sheffield Wednesday fan and he insists that any match between clubs not from the same city can not be a derby. Whereas many of us consider a game against a team in another country as a derby.

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    Re: What constitutes a Derby game?

    What constitutes a Derby game?

    When a nearby team plays one another

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    Re: What constitutes a Derby game?

    Quote Originally Posted by life on mars View Post
    What constitutes a Derby game?

    When a nearby team plays one another
    If you're in the North of England you might have 10 or more nearby clubs within the distance between here and Swansea. I don't think Chester fans would consider Manchester area clubs a derby for instance. So depends where you sit I suppose.

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    Re: What constitutes a Derby game?

    When we used to play Wrexham, that was always referred to as a derby.

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    I think that was called a welsh derby as Bristol shity would be our main darby to me Jacks is a darby but did not turn out in numbers like Bristol shity did my opinion

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    O and they was all ways running up the hill

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    Quote Originally Posted by Harry Monk View Post
    When we used to play Wrexham, that was always referred to as a derby.
    Yeah, I never got that. Especially considering Swansea and Newport were around in those days too.

    For me, each club has one derby game - that game coming against their nearest rivals. I doubt if Palace fans think of a game against Arsenal as a derby.

    What is getting me, these days, is where games are labelled "The M62 derby", or the "A11 derby". Derbies don't need names.

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    Re: What constitutes a Derby game?

    Quote Originally Posted by Philbccfc View Post
    any game played over 2km.
    So in amateur league, would rhydfelin and treforest not be a derby? :D

    (Light hearted humour only)

    But yeah, nice close games.

    I think the Barca real games are just a rivalry myself but they bill it as a derby to "sell" the game on sky.

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    Re: What constitutes a Derby game?

    Is it the Basques v Spanish thing.

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    Re: What constitutes a Derby game?

    Sevenside Derby.
    South Wales Derby.
    Welsh Derby.

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    Re: What constitutes a Derby game?

    bang on fella

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    Re: What constitutes a Derby game?

    It's a combination of proximity and rivalry IMO. Stacked heavily on the side of proximity. Real/Barca is not a derby in my eyes. It's just a rivalry.

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    Re: What constitutes a Derby game?

    I always hear Barcelona vs Real Madrid referred to as the Classico

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    Re: What constitutes a Derby game?

    Quote Originally Posted by thehumblegringo View Post
    I always hear Barcelona vs Real Madrid referred to as the Classico
    This. Never heard it called a derby.

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    Re: What constitutes a Derby game?

    Atleti v Real is the derby

    Barca v Real is the Clasico.


    I have a housemate who's bemused by the thought that Brighton v Crystal Palace is a derby.

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    Re: What constitutes a Derby game?

    Oxford English Dictionary definition is: A sports match between two rival teams from the same area.

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    Re: What constitutes a Derby game?

    Quote Originally Posted by joecity View Post
    Is it the Basques v Spanish thing.
    No the following are Basque clubs
    Athletic Bilbao; Real Sociedad; Deportivo Alavés; SD Eibar

    Barcelona are from Catalonia

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    Re: What constitutes a Derby game?

    Quote Originally Posted by Ainsley Harriott View Post
    Atleti v Real is the derby

    Barca v Real is the Clasico.


    I have a housemate who's bemused by the thought that Brighton v Crystal Palace is a derby.
    Just hand her a map.

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    Re: What constitutes a Derby game?

    I quite like the idea of giving names to Derby games. The Old Farm Derby always make me smile (Norwich v Ipswich) and I have heard Exeter v Plymouth referred to as the Donkey Derby. My favourite though is Cwmbran Celtic v Croesyceliog......El CrossyCo 😎

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    Re: What constitutes a Derby game?

    Whatever Sky/BT decide is probably the modern method of defining a derby game.

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    Re: What constitutes a Derby game?

    I suppose we're a bit of an anomaly as most of the time we play teams from a different country which adds an extra dimension to most games regardless of proximity, ie there seems to be more ill feeling when Cardiff come to town as opposed to Fulham for example

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    Re: What constitutes a Derby game?

    This was a good Derby game



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