50 biggest derbies
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Flags of our fathers: why Genoa vs Sampdoria is more than a game
By Frank Dunne last updated
More Than A Game The Genoa derby is rarely violent but enjoys a heady mixture of South American passion, 'British spirit' and Italian fan choreography, as Frank Dunne found out for the February 2009 issue of FourFourTwo...
More Than A Game: Cerro Porteno vs Olimpia
By Daniel Neilson last updated
More Than A Game South American derbies are soaked in flares, fights and match-fixing. For the December 2006 issue, FourFourTwo sent Daniel Neilson to Paraguay's fiercest derby - Cerro Porteno vs Olimpia
Milan vs Inter: Italy’s odd couple who share players and a stadium
By Kevin Buckley last updated
More Than A Game The Milan derby is one of the peninsula's longest-running but least violent rivalries, as Kevin Buckley wrote for the February 2003 FourFourTwo magazine
Intercontinental class warfare: Why Corinthians vs Palmeiras is more than a game
By Celso de Campos Jr last updated
More Than A Game The São Paulo set-to started as Spain vs Italy, became a class struggle and is littered with bitter feuds, as Celso de Campos Jr found out for the October 2003 issue of FourFourTwo...
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire: Independiente vs Racing Club, Argentina's 'real derby for real fans'
By Daniel Neilson last updated
More Than A Game Boca-River isn't the only derby in Buenos Aires. For the August 2008 FourFourTwo magazine, Daniel Neilson assessed the turbulent, hyperlocal and often violent history of the Avellaneda derby...
Brothers in armed conflict: Why Dinamo Zagreb vs Hajduk Split is more than a game
By Neil Billingham last updated
More Than A Game After the break-up of Yugoslavia, Croatia's big two quickly settled into mutual loathing... from the March 2007 issue of FourFourTwo
Bonkers by the Bosphorus: Why Fenerbahce vs Galatasaray is more than a game
By Gregg Davies last updated
More Than A Game The Istanbul derby: so violent the authorities tried to ban it, so bitter the whole world is watching, so important the fans of two teams will do anything. Steve Bryant and Dan Brennan reported for the February 2006 FourFourTwo magazine
Why Portsmouth vs Southampton is more than a game: featuring navy larks, skates and scummers
By Steve Morgan published
More Than A Game It's the south-coast derby that hardly ever happens. And when it does, ancient maritime rivalries get out of hand – as Steve Morgan reported in the April 2004 edition of FourFourTwo
Conspiracies, class divides and all-night parties: Why Real Betis vs Sevilla is Spain's hottest derby
By Andy Mitten last updated
More Than A Game For the March 2002 issue of FourFourTwo, Andy Mitten visited Andalucia to gauge the temperature of what is regarded as the hottest rivalry in Spanish football...
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