The Biggest derby in world football?

[Unknown_Genius]

Marseille v Paris St. Germain

Ajax v Feyenoord. That can get nasty. <a class="postlink" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8622879.stm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 622879.stm</a>

Neither of these are derbies either. Marseille is about 500 miles from Paris.

A derby is and always has been LOCAL rivals.

True. I was thinking more fierce rivalries. Real v Barca isn't really a derby in that sense, as both teams and cities are miles away from each other. Barcelona v Espanyol, and Real Madrid v Athletico Madrid, are local rivals.

north korea v south korea would dread to think of what happens there.

They played each other in the World Cup qualifiers. In the first game, they couldn't play the match in North Korea, because the North refused to play the South's national anthem, and display their flags, so it had to be played in China. In the second game, South Korea won 1-0, and the North accused the South of poisoning their food before the game.

 

[BLUZONE]

Rochdale v Bury, but next season Rochdale v Oldham, ask the chosen few !!

 

[mancityscot]

Can't believe nobody has mentioned:

Sporting Lisbon ( aristocrats) vs benfica ( working class)

That can get quite fierce

 

[Dass]

River Plate vs Boca Juniors tbh

 

[blue 1992]

Wigan v bolton.

 

[rickmcfc]

Wigan v bolton.

hahaha. Its like a school trip when those two play, only with less people there though.

 

[johnthemostonblue]

burnley v blackburn once every 20 years

 

[Mancityfans.net'er]

How is Madrid and Barcelona a derby when they are 360 miles apart? lol

Ok, maybe not a 'derby', but IMO it is the biggest MATCH in club football. Similar to the dippers v rags, it's about lots of different historical reasons, and in particular language, politics and loads of others.

liverpool vs. rags?!?! are u serious

 

[Sepehr]

From experience for me Tehran derby was the biggest. Some of the biggest attendance (over 100,000 without exception), biggest atmosphere and very hostile. In 2000 we couldn't leave our house for days because of the riots that followed...

 

[Bill]

From experience for me Tehran derby was the biggest. Some of the biggest attendance (over 100,000 without exception), biggest atmosphere and very hostile. In 2000 we couldn't leave our house for days because of the riots that followed...

i think it means in a football sense rather than numbers and trouble.

i dont think you can measure between the big ones.

us
dippers
classico
glasgow
milan

 

[Breadsnapper]

Went to the Juve V Torino several years ago. Absolutely mental. At one point the Juve fans set fire to a scooter, yes a scooter and chucked it over the stand.

 

[pezlington]

if you want to die outside the ground, go to fenerbache v galatasaray or partizan belgrade v redstar belgrade!

 

[bluemoon32]

All derby games are the biggest to the fans involved at that particular game, doesn't mean it means any more just because it's two big clubs involved rather than two smaller clubs.

 

[Anonymous]

Tamworth v Atherstone.

Huge.

 

[notreallyhere]

certainly feels like it today

 

[Pearcey]

It's Either Barca v Real or AC Milan v Inter Milan.

 

[Beankeef]

I went to the Brazilian Cup Final between Botafogo and Flamengo (both Rio teams) at the Maracana. It was crazy with fireworks everywhere, police gharging on horseback with swords outside the ground and the stadium shaking as 90000 fans danced!

 

[blue jim]

I think we have one of the biggest now, in terms of spectacle and attention of the press. There isn't a hatred between Mancunians, but in terms of the draws of the respective clubs who is really fucking with us right now? Nobody outside of Glasgow cares about the Auld Firm derby. Milanese football has declined greatly.

You're joking, right?

Maybe you should take a trip to Belfast.