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Curtis Davies: “It was hard to be accepted by Birmingham City fans after leaving Aston Villa”
By Paul Wilkes last updated
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...
FourFourTwo's 50 Biggest Derbies in the World, No.5: Lazio vs Roma
By Gary Parkinson last updated
FourFourTwo Trophies tend to defy a club's seasons - but not for these two Roman gladiators. For beating and finishing higher than the other is the biggest prize in Rome...
More Than A Game: How the Mostar derby illustrates Bosnia-Herzegovina's divisions
By Luke Ginnell last updated
More Than A Game Mostar: a city divided by religion and politics...
Nationalism, desertion and devotion: Why Al-Ahly vs Zamalek is more than a game
By Alex Olliver last updated
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...
Splitters, shooters and Sowetan pride: Why Kaizer Chiefs vs Orlando Pirates is more than a game
By Andy Mitten last updated
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...
A civil war masquerading as football: Why Barcelona vs Real Madrid is more than a game
By Andy Mitten last updated
More Than A Game For legions of fans the Spanish Civil War never really ended: every season it flares up again when Barcelona play Real Madrid. And as each side tries to outdo the other with star players and footballing excellence, the fixture has become the world's most keenly savoured club match. Andy Mitten reported for the September 2003 FourFourTwo magazine
Ugly tear-ups, classic one-upmanship and plastic phalluses: why Dortmund vs Schalke is Germany's big one
By Uli Hesse last updated
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...
Civil war, Sisyphus and diphthongs : Why Newcastle vs Sunderland is more than a game
By Alasdair Mackenzie last updated
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...
Ambition, invasion and a dead parrot: Why Arsenal vs Tottenham is more than a game
By Mat Snow last updated
More Than A Game Arsenal have been annoying Spurs for years: they’ve moved in on their turf, stolen their captain, imitated their style and even managed to get them relegated. For the May 2006 FourFourTwo magazine, Mat Snow investigated the rivalry – with a little balancing help from a Gooner or two...
Marseille vs PSG: France's bitter and violent north-south divide laid bare
By Graham Berger last updated
More Than A Game The relatively recent emergence of the OM-PSG fixture hasn't stopped it becoming the most violent clash of the year, as Graham Berger discovered for the June 2003 FourFourTwo magazine...
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