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Civil war, Sisyphus and diphthongs : Why Newcastle vs Sunderland is more than a game
More Than A Game In July 2003, Jonathan Wilson and Paul Brown despair about the apparent gulf between recently relegated Sunderland and Champions League-chasing Newcastle...
Splitters, shooters and Sowetan pride: Why Kaizer Chiefs vs Orlando Pirates is more than a game
More Than A Game It may only be 40 years old, but the Soweto Derby is one of the fiercest around – and it's no friendly... as Andy Mitten found out for the November 2008 issue of FourFourTwo...
Nationalism, desertion and devotion: Why Al-Ahly vs Zamalek is more than a game
More Than A Game In the land of Pharaohs, a ritual as immense as the pyramids and mysterious as the Sphinx: the Al Ahly vs Zamalek derby. Alex Olliver reported for the April 2003 FourFourTwo magazine...
Juventus vs Fiorentina: A rivalry based on bitterness, rather than geography
More Than A Game As Juventus and Fiorentina prepare to face-off in a two-legged Europa League last 16 tie, Adam Digby explains why there is no love lost between the two Serie A sides...
Curtis Davies: “It was hard to be accepted by Birmingham City fans after leaving Aston Villa”
More Than A Game The Hull City defender tells Paul Wilkes about playing on either side of the fiery rivalry, a clash that will again be on the football calendar in the Championship next season...
More Than A Game: Germany v Holland
More Than A Game Germany and Holland are two of world football's greatest rivals. When the two teams were set to meety at Euro 2004, FourFourTwo presented a More Than A Game special incorporating two views -“ the Dutch and the German -“ on this great, historic rivalry; a true battle, it seems, of good versus evil.
FourFourTwo's 50 Biggest Derbies in the World: 20-11
50 biggest derbies A London derby, De Klassieker and the Derby della Madonnina all feature in our penultimate list of the greatest club rivalries...
Basque to the bone? Why Athletic Bilbao vs Real Sociedad is more than a game
More Than A Game When Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad face off, there's an entire culture at stake. In late 2006, FourFourTwo's Andy Mitten witnessed the Basque derby...
Portuguese men o' war: why Benfica vs Sporting is more than a game
More Than A Game When Eagles meet Lizards, there's plenty of venom but rarely violence at Lisbon's fiercest derby. For the December 2008 issue of FourFourTwo, Sergio Krithinas went along to experience it first hand...
Ugly tear-ups, classic one-upmanship and plastic phalluses: why Dortmund vs Schalke is Germany's big one
More Than A Game The two sides despise one another, yet revel in each other's success when Ruhr pride is at stake. Makes no sense? Read on as Uli Hesse charts the rise of the Revierderby for the July 2006 FourFourTwo magazine...
