What's the biggest derby in the world?

[Henrik Larsson]

Since the old firm game is in just over an hour, it made me thing of this.

Mine would be

Celtic vs Rangers
Barcelona vs Real Madrid
Galatasary vs Fenerbahce
Ac Milan vs Inter Milan.
West ham vs Millwall


This link has a good link with good videos showing the atmosphere
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/stand...icle-23746288-footballs-10-biggest-derbies.do

The atmosphere amongst Celtic fans at the full-time whistle shows how important this derby match is.

What would you say is the fiercest derby you know of? The rivalry with the best atmosphere.

 

[Jagger69]

As an American, I'd have to say the Kentucky Derby but I have a feeling this ain't about horseracing.

 

[Mayhem]

No mention of Yankees vs. Red Sox? Go sit in the corner. :nono:

 

[Thomas O'Malley]

Since the old firm game is in just over an hour, it made me thing of this.

Mine would be

Celtic vs Rangers
Barcelona vs Real Madrid
Galatasary vs Fenerbahce
Ac Milan vs Inter Milan.
West ham vs Millwall


This link has a good link with good videos showing the atmosphere
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/stand...icle-23746288-footballs-10-biggest-derbies.do


What would you say is the fiercest derby you know of? The rivalry with the best atmosphere.

Barcelona vs Real Madrid and Galatasary vs Fenerbahce are no real derbies. Real derbies are two teams from the same city compeating. And the nicest of them all is KV Mechelen vs Racing Mechelen, believe me. Two small local Belgian teams, but always a real battle as in the good old days.

 

[Jagger69]

Oh OK....Cardinals/Cubs or Cowboys/Redskins. Dolphins/Jets back in the old days. Not from same city but there isn't a whole lot of that in the USA.

 

[Henrik Larsson]

A short definition of what i'm talking about

In many countries the term local derby, or simply just derby (pronounced in British English as 'dar-bee' /dɑːbɪ/ and as 'der-bee' /dɚbɪ/ in North American English) means a sporting fixture between two, generally local, rivals, particularly in association football.

A sports match between local rival teams

 

[Ace Bandage]

The Kentucky Fucking Derby is the biggest derby in the world. End of story.

And if you're talking about rivalry games, people are going to choose the games that mean the most to them in their specific area of the country. For me, it's Purdue and Indiana. We've been playing football against each other since 1891 (Purdue leads the series 70-37). In basketball, both teams lead the Big Ten with the most conference titles (Purdue at 22, IU at 20). And even though the Hoosiers have five national championships, the Boilermakers still lead the overall head-to-head series 112-84.

People in other parts of the US would pick a different rivalry. It's all about your geographic location.

Side note: Cubs and Cardinals is probably the biggest professional rivalry for me.

 

[Henrik Larsson]

No mention of Yankees vs. Red Sox? Go sit in the corner. :nono:

I just listed football. You can list baseball, American football etc. I just don't know about these sports

Barcelona vs Real Madrid and Galatasary vs Fenerbahce are no real derbies. Real derbies are two teams from the same city compeating. And the nicest of them all is KV Mechelen vs Racing Mechelen, believe me. Two small local Belgian teams, but always a real battle as in the good old days.

I agree with the Barcelona Real Madrid one. But Isn't Galatasary vs Fenerbahce an Istanbul derby. I think both teams are from there.

 

[Thomas O'Malley]

I agree with the Barcelona Real Madrid one. But Isn't Galatasary vs Fenerbahce an Istanbul derby. I think both teams are from there.

I looked it up and you are right bigman. I thought that Fenerbahce was from outside Istanbul, but it seems to be in the Istanbul area. Not really in the city, but in the suburbs very nearby. Guess you can call that one a real derby after all indeed.

 

[Red XXX]

I love a Donkey derby :horse:

 

[Patrick_S]

Boca Juniors vs River Plate

 

[Henrik Larsson]

IF any one isn't doing anything in 25 minutes i'll give you a link to the Celtic vs Rangers match. Hopefully it is pretty good.

For the Americans and Canadians, it may give you a chance to see what football is all about. The atmosphere should be pretty good too.
So give it a watch

I'm shiting myself. I'm that nervous

 

[Thomas O'Malley]

So give it a watch

Give up that link.

 

[BCT]

Demolition Derby

 

[Henrik Larsson]

I'll post another at kick off
http://www.firstrowsports.tv/watch/99978/1/watch-celtic-vs-rangers-(pre-game-show).html

If any one watches it, you will see how much this game means to us. My stomach is killing me from nerves. 60,000 tickets sold, it's an amazing atmosphere

Those in the UK can watch on Sky sports 1

 

[Henrik Larsson]

And we're almost off, choose a link and watch an incredible atmosphere. Here we go

http://www.wiziwig.tv/broadcast.php?matchid=135019&part=sports

 

[BigSwede]

Rangers-Islanders.

 

[Thomas O'Malley]

And we're almost off, choose a link and watch an incredible atmosphere. Here we go

http://www.wiziwig.tv/broadcast.php?matchid=135019&part=sports

Good match so far, I'd say. :thumbsup:

 

[Thomas O'Malley]

:sing: We shall not be moved, we shall not, we shall not be moved. :sing:

1-0 for Celtic :nanner:

 

[Thomas O'Malley]

Thanks for the link bigman, really enjoyed the match! :thumbsup:
Remarkable: Healy didn't get a red card for that attack, in Belgium he surely wouldn't have got just yellow for that one. Anyway, Celtic back were they belong now, at the top of the charts. Half of November they were 15 points behind...