QuoteNo religious aspect at all you say? How wonderful. They sure are an advanced bunch up there.Originally Posted by Wangball
Of course it is...
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No religious aspect at all you say? How wonderful. They sure are an advanced bunch up there.
Is it supposed to be rival matches of this season? 'Cos I seen Sampdoria versus Genoa and Juventus versus...Fiorentina. I have to say that any ROME versus Juventus and MILAN versus Juventus should be considered a big game, I don't understand the criteria for the list. Other then listing 50 current big games.
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Newcastle vs "Roy Keane's Sunderland" and not forgetting the Sheffield derby. Even if the latter were played in the 3rd division, it would still be a sell out.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Yup, bogus list. No sign of the Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool or the various London Derbies. No mention of Legia and Polonia Warsaw, nor of even the "Polish Derby" between Legia and Wislaw Krakov. I didn't expect mention of Rovers - Bohs, Linfield and Glens or any other Irish variation. Betis Sevilla only coming in 9th? Steaua Dinamo only 24th? Juve Fiorentina the second biggest Italian Derby?
Nope, that, my friends, is a list of the world's biggest accessible footballing league events. perfect for the three-day-eventers who fancy a day out without having to get too involved and can say that they were at one of Europe's premier sporting occasions. Come back next month for a list of the world's fifty biggest footballing pilgrimages, brought to you by Ryanair.
That question was less stupid, though you asked it in a profoundly stupid way.
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Going by the bogus definition of a derby, I would've put United v Liverpool higher. But I would agree with the argument that a derby is within a city. It's just not as in your face for weeks if you're in different cities imo.
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I cannot believe they missed out Nottingham Forest - Notts Co. On a more serious note Forest-Derby isn't a bad 'Derby'.
The largest youth tournament in the world is on over here for the week and for the first time in three years there is Irish interest. Dundalk schoolboys league are playing in the U-18, Mungret Regional in the U-15 and Lourdes Celtic in U-14.
Dundalk finished second in their group which included two Swedish teams and a Lebanese team. They won two acomphrehensively and lost the last one to the group winner. Mungret finished bottom of their group losing 14-0 to the Russians and Lourdes Celtic finsihed second losing only to FC Copenhagen in the U-14.
Good luck to Dundalk and Lourdes celtic who qualify for the next round.
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I would've had Juve-Inter higher up then Juve-Fiorentina.
No mention of the FlaFlu derby either.
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39: Barcelona vs. Emelec
38: Rapid Wien vs. Austria Wien
[s]37: Basle vs. Zurich[/s]
36: Raja Casablanca vs. Wydad Casablanca
35: America vs. Deportivo Cali
34: Genoa vs. Sampdoria
33: CSKA Sofia vs. Levski Sofia
32: AIK Stockholm vs. Djurgardens
31: Ferencvaros vs. Ujpest
30: Cerro Porteno vs. Olimpia
29: Rosario Central vs. Newell's Old Boys
[s]28: Liverpool vs. Manchester United[/s]
27: Corinthians vs. Santos (just about... it would be like Watford being a London derby)
26: Slavia Prague vs. Sparta Prague
25: Kaizer Chiefs vs. Orlando Pirates
24: Steaua Bucharest vs. Dinamo Bucharest
23: Spartak Moscow vs. CSKA Moscow
[s]22: Pirouzi vs. Esteghlal[/s] (not 100% sure)
21: Nacional vs. Penarol
[s]20: America vs. Guadalajara[/s]
19: Racing Club vs. Independiente
18: Corinthians vs. Sao Paulo
[s]17: Benfica vs. Porto[/s]
[s]16: Athletic Bilbao vs. Real Sociedad[/s]
15: Milan vs. Internazionale
14: Olympiakos vs. Panathinaikos
13: Flamengo vs. Vasco da Gama
12: Juventus vs. Fiorentina
[s]11: Marseille vs. Paris Saint-Germain[/s]
10: Partizan Belgrade vs. Red Star Belgrade
9: Betis vs. Sevilla
8: Al Ahly vs. Zamalek
7: Schalke vs. Borussia Dortmund
6: Lazio vs. Roma
[s]5: Ajax vs. Feyenoord[/s]
4: Galatasaray vs. Fenerbahce
3: Celtic vs. Rangers
2: Boca Juniors vs. River Plate
[s]1: Real Madrid vs. Barcelona[/s]
That's my take on what ones are proper, I think that if you open it up beyond cities then you may as well include international matches, in which case I think Holland - Germany and Argentina - Brazil would be in and around the top.
I also think whatever way you cut it Madrid v Barca is not the top match, it's close but I would Boca v River has the edge, probably the Rome derby too. I'm assuming that the key factor is how much fans want to win the match and how much passion is on display. Boca River is life for about 85% of Argentines nationwide.
I thought that Westport United and Castlebar Celtic derby game might have qualified???
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Brazil v Argentina
France v Spain
England v Scotland
Germany v Netherlands
Sweden v Denmark
Greece v Turkey
USA v Iran
Bosnia v Serbia
Nigeria v Cameroon
Australia v New Zealand
Guatemala v Honduras
Russia v Ukraine
Armenia v Azerbaijan
China v Japan
North Korea v South Korea
India v Pakistan
Israel v Egypt
Morocco v Tunisia
Romania v Bulgaria
Chile v Italy
Jamaica v Trinidad and Tobago
Ethiopia v Eritrea
Switzerland v Austria
Rep. Ireland v N. Ireland
Czech Rep v Slovakia
Lithuania v Latvia
Rep. Congo V DRC
Zambia v Zimbabwe
Rwanda v Burundi
Mali v Burkina Faso
Malaysia v Singapore
Colombia v Peru
Canada v USA
USA v Mexico
Germany v Austria
Belgium v Netherlands
Nigeria v South Africa
Spain v Portugal
Poland v Germany
Germany v England
Mexico v Argentina
Liberia v Sierra Leone
Ghana v Nigeria
Serbia v Croatia
Spain v Italy
Italy v France
Kenya v Tanzania
Argentina v Uruguay
El Salvador v Honduras
Never play leapfrog with a unicorn!!
You also forgot Kazakshtan vs *******s Uzbekistan. **** you, you mother ****ers!
Borat would love that one!!
Never play leapfrog with a unicorn!!
I thought Aberdeen Rangers was more - career ending/leg breaking tackle Durrant/Simpson ?????? incident from a few years ago than religious
Guardian article on Cairo Derby
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/20...ent_derby.html
no mention of Salernitana-Napoli.
it was said that whenever they next played, "the dead would outnumber the living" in the stadium
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"You can take all the derby matches in the world, put them all together and they still wouldn't equal 1 millionth of the Old Firm. Theres nothing like it."
Paulo Di Canio
In the article about Flamengo v Vasco they said FlaFlu was more significant in the early days but now Vasco are far more popular than Fluminense so Fla V Vasco is a bigger game.
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