Local derby

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In many countries the term local derby, or simply just derby (/ˈdɑːbi/ or DAR-bee) means a sporting fixture between two teams from the same town or city, particularly in association football. In North America, "crosstown rivalry" is a more common term.

Origin[edit]

The phrase most likely originated from The Derby, a horse race in England, founded by the 12th Earl of Derby in 1780, since at least as early as 1840 'derby' has been used as a noun in English to denote any kind of sporting contest. The current Earl of Derby has confirmed that his family gave their name to only two sporting events; The Horse Race and the Rugby League match between St. Helens and local rivals Wigan.

Another widely reported theory, though not accepted by the Oxford English Dictionary, is that the phrase came about from the county of Derbyshire itself. The traditional Shrovetide football match is commonplace in the town of Ashbourne, Derbyshire. It was renowned as a chaotic and exuberant game that involved the whole town and often resulted in fatalities. The goals were at Nuns Mill in the north and the Gallows Balk in the south of the town, and much of the action took place in the Derwent river or Markeaton brook. Nominally the players came from All Saints' and St Peter's parishes, but in practice the game was a free-for-all with as many as 1,000 players. A Frenchman who observed the match in 1829 wrote in horror, 'if Englishmen call this play, it would be impossible to say what they call fighting'. Though this has been refuted by the Oxford dictionary and hailed as "nothing apart from local folklore ... after all, the phrase isn't 'a local Ashbourne'."[1]

American football[edit]

United States[edit]

Football (soccer)[edit]

Australian rules football[edit]

Australia[edit]

Baseball[edit]

Mexico[edit]

Panama[edit]

United States[edit]

Basketball[edit]

Israel[edit]

Jordan[edit]

  • Amman's Derby – ZAIN basketball team vs ORTHODOX basketball team

Lithuania[edit]

  • Lietuvos rytas vs Žalgiris.[2] Not a local derby, as the participants are respectively located in Vilnius and Kaunas, but rather a "national derby" between the country's two most prominent clubs.

Russia[edit]

Spain[edit]

Ukraine[edit]

United States[edit]

Canadian football[edit]

One of the defining events of the CFL season is the Labour Day Classic, which focuses on long-standing rivalries between teams in the same region. The second-listed team in each matchup hosts the Labour Day game (note that in North American English, the home team is traditionally listed last in line scores). In another tradition, these teams have a return match the following week at the other team's home.

  • Toronto Argonauts vs Hamilton Tiger-Cats – Somewhat closer to a true "local derby", as Toronto and Hamilton are part of an extended conurbation known as the Golden Horseshoe.
  • Winnipeg Blue Bombers vs Saskatchewan Roughriders - See Banjo Bowl for the return match.
  • Edmonton Eskimos vs Calgary Stampeders – See Battle of Alberta for the rivalry between the province's two largest cities, which predates organized sports in that region.

Ice hockey[edit]

Austria[edit]

  • Klagenfurter AC vs Villacher SV

Canada[edit]

Again, as in the case of Canadian football, major "derby"-style rivalries in Canada are generally between teams in the same province or in adjoining provinces due to the distribution of Canada's population.

Croatia[edit]

  • KHL Medvešćak vs KHL Mladost Zagreb

Czech Republic[edit]

Germany[edit]

Russia[edit]

Slovakia[edit]

Slovenia[edit]

Switzerland[edit]

United States[edit]

As in the case of Canada, most "derby"-style rivalries are more regional in nature—usually between teams in the same state or region. The term "local derby" is not typically used in American English; the preferred term in that form of the language is crosstown rivalry. Teams in the same metropolitan area are considered "crosstown" rivals by Americans.

Crosstown rivalries
In-state rivals
Regional rivals

Rugby League[edit]

United Kingdom[edit]

Australia[edit]

Rugby union[edit]

France[edit]

Ireland[edit]

United Kingdom[edit]

South Africa[edit]

Speedway[edit]

Poland[edit]

University[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ The Phrase Finder – Local Derby
  2. ^ a b "A brief Yotube history of Zalgiris Kaunas Vs. Lietuvos Rytas". BallinEurope.com. 22 April 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2012. 
  3. ^ "Biarritz v Bayonne the weekend Top 14 highlight". Rugby Week. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013. 
  4. ^ "The crimson meets the blue: 5 moments from the Munster-Leinster rivalry". TheJournal.ie. 31 March 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2012.