What constitutes a Derby game?

[life on mars]

What constitutes a Derby game?

When a nearby team plays one another

[Baloo]

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.

[Harry Monk]

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

[nins27]

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

[nins27]

O and they was all ways running up the hill

[Badly Ironed Shirt]

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.