A rivalry stretching back to the 1890s, with City the dominant force in the city before the Second World War and United growing in strength and success in the second half of the 20th century. Arsenal fans relish in the opportunity to celebrate St. Totteringham’s Day, the day that Arsenal mathematically qualifies above Spurs in the standings by points, and will always tell Tottenham supporters to “mind the gap," playful banter about Arsenal’s consistent place above Tottenham in points.

For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. Chelsea's rise as a force in the game has mirrored Liverpool's decline, and although the Anfield outfit are now a resurgent force, Chelsea's recent silverware haul is far greater than Liverpool's. Choose from top flight English Premier League clubs (Manchester United F.C., Chelsea F.C., Manchester City F.C., Arsenal F.C., Liverpool F.C., Newcastle United F.C. During the game Albion scored a penalty, but for reasons unclear the referee ruled it out for encroachment. “It had everything,” says Smyth. “Afterwards everyone felt that they owned a little bit of it.”, Now that’s all changed. Shop online for yourself or gift someone special for their Birthday, Anniversary, Valentine’s, Diwali or Christmas, and/ or any other occasion you can think of. ), through La Liga greats (F.C. Rivalries make any sport worth following and football in particular has seen its fair share of rivalries across the world. For a while though, this rivalry was more one about opposing communities than football teams, Scousers v Mancs in a feud for the superiority of the north-west. Liverpool's honours list dwarfs that of City -- a point often made by the Liverpool supporters when the two sides meet. For a couple of years, this little provincial team with scant history of previous success became the bogey team for the best side in Europe, Forest winning the league title at the first attempt after promotion. Spurs have a trip to Wembley in the Capital One Cup final looming over their heads and Mauricio Pochettino has a huge task on his …. From Wenger’s appointment in 1996 until around 2006, games between the two pulsed with antipathy and quality, but eventually Arsenal faded from relevance, going nearly a decade without a trophy and only vaguely challenging for the title, while United won five more Premier Leagues and reached three Champions League finals. Take the East Midlands: Nottingham Forest don’t like Derby, a feeling reciprocated, but while Leicester City don’t like the pair of them they’re not that bothered in return. A rivalry is the purest form of competition. The tackle caused knee problems that would lead to Bellamy missing almost all of the following season, after which he was sold. Are local derbies the biggest fixtures in the Premier League, or are there bigger, most intense matches in England's top flight? North London neighbours and traditionally London's big two until the emergence of Chelsea under Roman Abramovich. Due to COVID-19, Currently COD Service is Unavailable.

The rivalry is almost dead-even, with Newcastle holding a 53-49-52 advantage.

This was a rivalry that had two of the most crucial elements one could ask for: that both teams were very good, and that they truly, genuinely disliked each other.

All of these things feed great rivalries. This was after 500 Villa supporters protested upon his appointment, and their ticket office reportedly ran out of money as fans demanded refunds for their recently-purchased season tickets. By some distance, they are English football's two most successful and best-supported clubs.

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Arsenal vs. Tottenham: Now we come to the regional rivalries, or as they call them in London, a derby. The most famous Manchester derby came in 1974, when Denis Law, a United legend playing for City, backheeled a goal that he (erroneously) thought had relegated his former team, walking straight off the pitch never to kick a ball in professional football again.

This was partly due to United’s extraordinary era of dominance under Ferguson, and partly based in ancient history after United built their success in the early part of the 1900s upon players bought/stolen from City, depending on your point of view: the brilliant winger Billy Meredith was spirited away from City while serving a suspension, while Sandy Turnbull, Herbert Burgess and Jimmy Bannister were all snaffled at an auction, which City were forced into following financial difficulties. ‘Big Eck’ moved from St Andrews to Villa Park in 2011, which turned out not to be a popular move on either side of the city, to the extent that McLeish received death threats from both sets of fans.