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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...

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...

Fan bans, media meddling and a bloody fight for freedom: Serbia vs Albania is more than a game
By Sasa Ibrulj last updated
More Than A Game Sasa Ibrulj explains the war-ravaged history of the two Balkan nations as they face off in Euro 2016 qualifying on Tuesday...

FourFourTwo's 50 Biggest Derbies in the World: 40-31
By Gregor MacGregor last updated
50 biggest derbies Round two of FFT's countdown of football's biggest rivalries includes plenty of riot police, Barcelona (not that one) and the Eternal Derby...

Miners vs silk-wearers: Why Lyon vs Saint-Etienne is more than a game
By Matt Spiro last updated
More Than A Game They used to say Saint-Etienne was a suburb of Lyon, but their team ruled the roost. Then the big-city boys came good... In 2006, FourFourTwo's Matt Spiro investigated the most British derby in France...
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