Best derby game other than ours

Man Utd V Man City
Arsenal V Spurs
Rangers V Celtic
Newcastle V Sunderland
Bristol City V Bristol Rovers
Ipswich V Norwich
Aston Villa V Birmingham
Liverpool V Everton
Sheffield Utd V Sheffield Wed
Derby V Notts Forest

Ely Rangers V Caerau

Burnley Blackburn was pretty big last year

Surprised Pompey Saints wasn't on there they are tasty affairs. I would of voted for that one

millwall v westham

smaller derbys can get well tasty to; wrexham v chester
chesterfield v mansfield
watford v luton
scunthorpe v grimsby

You miss out WOLVES V W B A They are brill too, be there many times for them there really somthing

Penarth town V inter Penarth

i picked arsenal - spurs just for the great footy on offer to watch at that game

biggest derby in German footie is most prob

the "Ruhrpott Derby" between SCHALKE and D*RTMUND...
massive hype around it, and as both clubs are well supported all over the country you feel the build-up in footballing communities/pubs etc up and down the land...
it used to be a very violent one as well, with the Schalke "Gelsen-Szene" and the "Borussenfront" were amongts the top firms in Germany, size-wise and very active...

other big derbys:

Hamburg Derby between HAMBURGER SV and FC ST.PAULI
both are Hamburg teams, but they couldnt be more different. HSV stand for the establishment of rich merchants and it's support comes from the middle and upperclass and some (right wing) working class in Hamburg's subburbs, while ST.PAULI draw their support from the borough of the same name and working class people from all over Hamburg. St.Pauli supporters are called Zecken (Ticks), due to their left-wing political views, very much anti-fascist and alternative in it's views. e.g. they work very closely together with their fans, their head of stadium security is a former punk-rocker who used to organise awaytrips and was the editor of a fanzine in the 80s and 90s... up until today it can be quiete violent on derby-days

the NORTHERN DERBY between HAMBURGER SV and WERDER BREMEN
a very intense rivalry on and off the pitch, havent been to one but heard it can be very rough, with a young Bremen supporter once got killed. Both Cities dislike each other, Bremen much more relaxed than Hamburg, who claim to be the #1 in the North of Germany

NIEDERSACHEN DERBY between HANNOVER 96 and EINTRACHT BRAUNSCHWEIG
both being traditional clubs and heavily supported, a trip to Braunschweig (who are in the 3rd league now) is one of those trips you can expect trouble. Notorious firm and very active up to this day...
Hannover are a big club, not as active as they were but still quiete tasty...

ROSTOCK and ST.PAULI Derby
Hansa Rostock being a notorious former East-German club, whose supporters (up to this day) are know for being racist and into right-wing politics, so a derby game against St.Pauli of Hamburg is a fixture which always explodes and where it kicks off every time they play.


Munich-Derby between FC BAYERN and TSV 1860 MUNICH
the reds vs the blues... massive inner city derby, Bayern are the biggest German club, but funny enough within Munich 1860 (the lions) are massive and a lot bigger than their counterparts... 1860 is also the more traditional club, coming from the working classes whilst Bayern are quiete posh, due to their success...
it is not very violent today tho (it was in the 70s and 80s), as now both teams share the same firm, who are mostly 1860 lads who travel with Bayern on European trips. This started in the 90s, when 1860 were in non.league and they had no opposition to play with...

Rhein-Derby between 1.FC KOELN (Cologne) and BAYER LEVERKUSEN
both cities are just 10 mins apart from each other, Cologne were always the bigger side in support (and violence), Leverkusen small but tidy...

another Rhein-Derby between 1.FC KOELN and FORTUNA DUESSELDORF
massive fixture as not just both sets of fans but both cities share a big rivalry. used to be very violent in the 70s, 80s and 90s, but they dont play that often nowadays.

Rhein-Derby #3 betwenn FORTUNA DUESSELDORF and BORUSSIA MOENCHENGLADBACH
much quieter nowadays, used to be one of the top games in the 80s...

Main Derby between KICKERS OFFENBACH and EINTRACHT FRANKFURT
the 2 cities are just divided by the Main-River, Offenbach a working class City with Frankfurt being the posh "Diva from the Main"... not just a footballing hatred between those, I know Offenbach people who were refused entry in Frankfurt air-raid shelters during the war. Frankfurt's firm and supporters used to be involved with right wing politics in the 70s and 80s, so Offenbach's fans (up to this day) love to rub it in that 8 of the 12 club founders of Eintracht Frankfurt were Jews... much like Spurs, Frankfurt are called the Yids...
used to be a very violent derby-game, as Frankfurt always had a massive turnout, Offenbach's ASF (Anti-Social-Front) were much smaller in numbers, but more active and notorious. amongst German football fans, Offenbach was voted for as the most unpleasant away trip for away fans, some even called them the "Millwall of Germany"...

SUEDWEST DERBY between 1.FC KAISERSLAUTERN and WALDHOF MANNHEIM
...was once of the most violent derby games in the German calender... they share a hatred for each other which is beyond, but as Mannheim even dropped to the 7th league, they havent played for over a decade now...

BADEN/SCHWABEN DERBY between KARLSRUHER SC and VFB STUTTGART
still is a heavily policed fixture, both clubs represent not just their cities but also their regions, which dislike each other a lot. both clubs have a firm, but also very active and violent Ultras, and even the scarfers from both sides of the divide absolutely hate each other... been to one once, one of the most intense derby-games I have been to....

Man Utd V Man City
Arsenal V Spurs
Rangers V Celtic
Newcastle V Sunderland
Bristol City V Bristol Rovers
Ipswich V Norwich
Aston Villa V Birmingham
Liverpool V Everton
Sheffield Utd V Sheffield Wed
Derby V Notts Forest

I've been to a couple of North London Derbys but by far the best was an Everton v Liverpool game on Bank Holiday Monday - 6:30pm kick off - there were more fumes coming out of the ground than City v Leeds! LOL! The result was 3-4 and the noise was so loud it scared my kids. I see most people view the Auld Firm Derby as the best, but I think that atmosphere is too sectarian - reminiscent of the derbys in Jugoslavia and we all know what happened there! Woking v Farnborough was also a tasty derby!

biggest derby in German footie is most prob

the "Ruhrpott Derby" between SCHALKE and D*RTMUND...
massive hype around it, and as both clubs are well supported all over the country you feel the build-up in footballing communities/pubs etc up and down the land...
it used to be a very violent one as well, with the Schalke "Gelsen-Szene" and the "Borussenfront" were amongts the top firms in Germany, size-wise and very active...

other big derbys:

Hamburg Derby between HAMBURGER SV and FC ST.PAULI
both are Hamburg teams, but they couldnt be more different. HSV stand for the establishment of rich merchants and it's support comes from the middle and upperclass and some (right wing) working class in Hamburg's subburbs, while ST.PAULI draw their support from the borough of the same name and working class people from all over Hamburg. St.Pauli supporters are called Zecken (Ticks), due to their left-wing political views, very much anti-fascist and alternative in it's views. e.g. they work very closely together with their fans, their head of stadium security is a former punk-rocker who used to organise awaytrips and was the editor of a fanzine in the 80s and 90s... up until today it can be quiete violent on derby-days

the NORTHERN DERBY between HAMBURGER SV and WERDER BREMEN
a very intense rivalry on and off the pitch, havent been to one but heard it can be very rough, with a young Bremen supporter once got killed. Both Cities dislike each other, Bremen much more relaxed than Hamburg, who claim to be the #1 in the North of Germany

NIEDERSACHEN DERBY between HANNOVER 96 and EINTRACHT BRAUNSCHWEIG
both being traditional clubs and heavily supported, a trip to Braunschweig (who are in the 3rd league now) is one of those trips you can expect trouble. Notorious firm and very active up to this day...
Hannover are a big club, not as active as they were but still quiete tasty...

ROSTOCK and ST.PAULI Derby
Hansa Rostock being a notorious former East-German club, whose supporters (up to this day) are know for being racist and into right-wing politics, so a derby game against St.Pauli of Hamburg is a fixture which always explodes and where it kicks off every time they play.


Munich-Derby between FC BAYERN and TSV 1860 MUNICH
the reds vs the blues... massive inner city derby, Bayern are the biggest German club, but funny enough within Munich 1860 (the lions) are massive and a lot bigger than their counterparts... 1860 is also the more traditional club, coming from the working classes whilst Bayern are quiete posh, due to their success...
it is not very violent today tho (it was in the 70s and 80s), as now both teams share the same firm, who are mostly 1860 lads who travel with Bayern on European trips. This started in the 90s, when 1860 were in non.league and they had no opposition to play with...

Rhein-Derby between 1.FC KOELN (Cologne) and BAYER LEVERKUSEN
both cities are just 10 mins apart from each other, Cologne were always the bigger side in support (and violence), Leverkusen small but tidy...

another Rhein-Derby between 1.FC KOELN and FORTUNA DUESSELDORF
massive fixture as not just both sets of fans but both cities share a big rivalry. used to be very violent in the 70s, 80s and 90s, but they dont play that often nowadays.

Rhein-Derby #3 betwenn FORTUNA DUESSELDORF and BORUSSIA MOENCHENGLADBACH
much quieter nowadays, used to be one of the top games in the 80s...

Main Derby between KICKERS OFFENBACH and EINTRACHT FRANKFURT
the 2 cities are just divided by the Main-River, Offenbach a working class City with Frankfurt being the posh "Diva from the Main"... not just a footballing hatred between those, I know Offenbach people who were refused entry in Frankfurt air-raid shelters during the war. Frankfurt's firm and supporters used to be involved with right wing politics in the 70s and 80s, so Offenbach's fans (up to this day) love to rub it in that 8 of the 12 club founders of Eintracht Frankfurt were Jews... much like Spurs, Frankfurt are called the Yids...
used to be a very violent derby-game, as Frankfurt always had a massive turnout, Offenbach's ASF (Anti-Social-Front) were much smaller in numbers, but more active and notorious. amongst German football fans, Offenbach was voted for as the most unpleasant away trip for away fans, some even called them the "Millwall of Germany"...

SUEDWEST DERBY between 1.FC KAISERSLAUTERN and WALDHOF MANNHEIM
...was once of the most violent derby games in the German calender... they share a hatred for each other which is beyond, but as Mannheim even dropped to the 7th league, they havent played for over a decade now...

BADEN/SCHWABEN DERBY between KARLSRUHER SC and VFB STUTTGART
still is a heavily policed fixture, both clubs represent not just their cities but also their regions, which dislike each other a lot. both clubs have a firm, but also very active and violent Ultras, and even the scarfers from both sides of the divide absolutely hate each other... been to one once, one of the most intense derby-games I have been to....

that was a great read read mate.

1860 are my favourite german club,interesting to know that in munich itself they have as much support or even more than bayern.would love to read more facts about 1860.

that was a great read read mate.

1860 are my favourite german club,interesting to know that in munich itself they have as much support or even more than bayern.would love to read more facts about 1860.

pleasure mate...

what do you wanna know bout 1860?

Penarth town V inter Penarth

thats a big one

Man Utd V Man City
Arsenal V Spurs
Rangers V Celtic
Newcastle V Sunderland
Bristol City V Bristol Rovers
Ipswich V Norwich
Aston Villa V Birmingham
Liverpool V Everton
Sheffield Utd V Sheffield Wed
Derby V Notts Forest

I've been to a couple of North London Derbys but by far the best was an Everton v Liverpool game on Bank Holiday Monday - 6:30pm kick off - there were more fumes coming out of the ground than City v Leeds! LOL! The result was 3-4 and the noise was so loud it scared my kids. I see most people view the Auld Firm Derby as the best, but I think that atmosphere is too sectarian - reminiscent of the derbys in Jugoslavia and we all know what happened there! Woking v Farnborough was also a tasty derby!

Hamburg Vs St Pauli is up there with the best I've experienced, went in the St Pauli end and their bunch of Misfits are 'interesting' to say the least!