List of association football rivalries in the United Kingdom


This article lists the association football rivalries in the UK.
Football derby matches in the United Kingdom are often heated affairs, and violence is not uncommon. However, the matches and the rivalries they encompass are frequently listed among the best in the sport. A 2008 report showed that West Bromwich Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers was the number one rivalry in English football. While Old Firm derby matches between Scottish clubs Rangers and Celtic are known to go beyond the sport with its "enormous quantity of references to wider cultural and political issues". The first football derby played was between Hallam F.C. and Sheffield F.C. in December 1860.

England and Wales

"Eternal derbies"

There are six clubs that have played in List of unrelegated [association football clubs|every] season of the Premier League, the highest level of the English football pyramid, since 1992 so far: Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur. These matches contain some of the most notable derbies between each other. The matches between Everton and Manchester United are the least significant of all, due to the dominant win rate from Manchester United against Everton in the League.

Greater London

North-West England

Inter-regional

Central England

Eastern England

Greater London

These matches involve at least one football club in the second pyramid level and lower, and/or that have experienced at least one relegation and one promotion, especially from the first pyramid level.

Midlands

North-Eastern England

North-West England and Yorkshire

These matches involve at least one football club in the second pyramid level and lower, and/or that have experienced at least one relegation and one promotion, especially from the first pyramid level.

Southern England

Wales

Inter-regional

These matches involve at least one football club in the second pyramid level and lower, and/or that have experienced at least one relegation and one promotion, especially from the first pyramid level.

Discontinued derbies

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Local Derbies

Regional Derbies

Inter-Regional and National Derbies