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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...

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...

Portuguese men o' war: why Benfica vs Sporting is more than a game
By Sergio Krithinas last updated
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...
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