American Reacts to The Biggest Derbies in English Football!

[@steveg2288]

Bill Shankly - a former Liverpool manager once famously said - "football is not a matter of life and death - it's more important than that". Says it all really!

[@Isleofskye]

The Man who transformed Liverpool from an average, winless Second Division team with a ramshackle stadium into a "Bastion Of Invincibility" at one time. Along with Brian Clough,there will never be another:)

[@makadeni123]

Yeah wonder if he'd have said that after Hillsbrough

[@Mike-po2gx]

Probably. Hillsbrough had nothing to with the game or fans. It was a horrendously managed sporting event where the powers that be. 'Forced' too many fans into a full part of ground. Causing overcrowdimg. A crush. Deaths. All football hearts go out to Liverpool after Hillsbrough.

[@ykrgfk]

What it shows is how stupid people get when they're obsessed with football.

[@makadeni123]

@@Mike-po2gx nothing to do with the game. But i wonder if football is "more important than life and death" if you could ask the dead

[@russellstanton7583]

Football is very tribal , hence the animosity. But it's also like a big family. They fight among themselves but join forces when following England.

[@vonvard]

Imagine we had an Earth firm. We'd be unstoppable

[@flapackfez]

Maybe not Liverpool fans-

[@russellstanton7583]

@@flapackfez ...fu€k em 😂😂

[@samolevski1119]

During Euro '96 West Ham famously tried to stay apart from the others (and have a private battle with Milwall), and it has been documented in some online forums over the years. Old animosities do come up now and then.

[@newuk26]

That even applies UK wide. I remember the heart warming moment in Euro 2016 when the Russian fans started trying to cause trouble with both the English & Welsh fans. They teamed up and started singing "F*ck off Russia, We're England & Wales"

[@Aptpro23]

― Sir Bobby Robson ⚫️⚪️ “It’s the noise, the passion, the feeling of belonging, the pride in your city. It’s a small boy clambering up stadium steps for the very first time, gripping his father’s hand, gawping at that hallowed stretch of turf beneath him and, without being able to do a thing about it, falling in love.” Rest in peace Legend

[@stevemather-i9m]

That quote chokes me to this day I remember my dad taking me to my first match at St James Park, Newcastle 8 years old 1967 we scaled the steps in the then popular end now the east stand me gripping his hand exactly how Sir Bobby describes it, when I saw the actual pitch I swear to this day I’d never seen anything so green, that experience has never left me and I’ve seen them win virtually nothing, fairs cup in 69 and tin pot trophy’s and 2nd tier stuff but there still my team and my kids team and my grandkids team ❤️

[@samsby14]

​@@Aptpro23cant wait man, 3-0 to the toon! Haha

[@bobatwell7505]

​@user-gn1yb9nm8y It's exactly that with me , my dad took me when l was 8 or 9 in the popular stand which is now the East stand . I was lucky enough to be in the heroes room for the Brighton game , when you go out to your seats the emotion and pride to the whole ground with all the flags waving is unbelievable..shame we didn't get the 3 pts..😢😢

[@isaacmulligan5749]

It’s the noice the passion the feeling of belonging is on the sir Bobby Robson Stan in the Ipswich town stadium

[@t2d748]

load of bullshit, most kids just support the best performing team 100 miles away

[@reactions5783]

Note: "derby" is actually pronounced "darby (daa bee)" ... I know, we should just spell it that way. But it is what it is.

[@benfoley8174]

Depends

[@shadypenguinuk9747]

@@benfoley8174on whether or not you’re American?

[@stevenmclaren2730]

I say derby as it's spelt

[@THE-THATCH]

you said it for me lol

[@andrewburton7480]

I say daabe as I pronounce the city of derby daabe

[@101steel4]

And to think American fans sit together in the carpark before the game having a bbq 😂😂

[@raykeogh1972]

BEEN there done that and it was great. Liverpool v Spurs Baltimore MT HEAD stadium

[@davebrown9707]

​@@raykeogh1972makes me sick to be honest. I'd much rather there be police stopping rival fans trying to fight me.

[@511robyno]

Play hardly ladts more yhan a few minutes. English football and rugby is two halves of solid play. It evokes more passion

[@HectorAFC-w7f]

😂😂

[@Ufb10]

@@davebrown9707 why you’re going to a football match not war you donut. Go live loool you sound miserable 😅😅

[@improvesheffield4824]

A lot of this footage is very old - 70s and 80s games. The passion is still there but there’s not so much violence these days as clubs can issue lifetime bans if fans are identified as being hooligans.

[@evorock]

And point deductions too

[@davebrown9707]

The passion is certainly not still there

[@john9226]

@@davebrown9707 spot on lad

[@-Mazir-]

all of villa v blues fan trouble in the vid was post 2000, class derby day

[@bfcwalshy]

What clubs have received points deductions? ​@evorock

[@helencooper2621]

I'm a seventy four year old lady!! Football to me is a way of life!! I just love it. The feeling of supporting your team and following them all over the country is beyond passion. I can't follow my team any more due to ill health, but that feeling of love and pride never leaves me.❤❤❤❤

[@lawtonify]

We are birmingham city....WE DO WHAT WE WANT...WE DO WHAT WE WANT....WE'RE BIRMINGHAM CITY WE DO WHAT WE WANT...LOL

[@tommysherman7155]

I support Barnsley I can have supported them all over the UK UK including Swansea and Cardiff ninian park but obviously not the world like Liverpool man utd and city world club cup and thanks for the last playoff final at the old Wembley 4-0 at your stadium good day

[@user-ul4ij2no1y]

Hope your ok x

[@Amy-tb3rd]

My favourite moment “why is this guy trying to fight a horse” 😂 that is British football 🤣

[@Amberle38]

Can you claim to be a real Geordie if you haven't at least tried to fight a horse?

[@fixedbayonets8023]

​@@Amberle38that's was my first thought 😂

[@adamhowarth8497]

The horse was a monkey hanger....🤭

[@Oxley016]

horse was from Sunderland, nee prisoners!

[@adamhowarth8497]

@Oxley016 na, the copper was a sand dancer, and the horse was a monkey hanger. Horse been trying to throw him off all morning...🙄🤭

[@wilks-]

Match days in Newcastle are genuinely some of the best days of my life. Not just the noise of our own fans but seeing opposition fans having a good time and enjoying our city too is great. I don't want us to be the craziest, I want us to be the friendliest and a lot of opposition fans will tell you we are a good place to visit although a little far it makes for a good away day for most fans I would say. I have genuine love for my city and my club and I want it to be represented well.

[@theclipzking7064]

Even though you're the much better side it's still always a brilliant day derby day 🤣 the last 1 was atrocious on our part but still a very tense affair 😂

[@lil-g4879]

@@theclipzking7064we need the Mackems in the Premier League. Derby days are immense against them.

[@dogseggs2000]

@@lil-g4879 Toon fan, couldnt agree more

[@shzxzy2510]

Love how interested this guy is in our culture

[@gloworm409]

One that wasn’t on here was the south wales derby with my team Swansea and Cardiff. It’s the only bubble trip left for a reason

[@siroswaldfortitude5346]

yep brutal

[@lawtonify]

Alot.fans I speak to dont consider you English and why are you in our league ive never understood. Celtic? Rangers?

[@gloworm409]

@@lawtonify that would be because we aren’t English, and we existed before the Welsh leagues, google is a good resource my friend

[@siroswaldfortitude5346]

@@gloworm409 spot on

[@thehum1000]

Carnage back in the 80s😄

[@andymorris3523]

Ive been to loads of Blues (Birmingham) vs Villa derbies and they are always tense, highly charged and often violent

[@revansavfc]

Wouldn't have it any other way..

[@JimiClownshoes]

Took an ex gf to the Sheffield derby...she's a villa fan... She said "this is worse than villa V Brum...and we stab each other" 🤣🤣🤣

[@avfcb4310]

To sum up a villa blues derby 1. Dion Dublin headbutt on Robbie savage 2. Blues fan running on the pitch and smacking jack grealish 🤣

[@smiler3418]

S.O.T.V

[@anglo-aspidmapping8870]

@@smiler3418enjoy league one

[@itsjustmetho9331]

Hey its pronounced DAR BE xx

[@alansmithee8831]

@itsjustmetho. Derr!

[@darrylg1960]

My immediate reaction too 🤣

[@MisterJ56]

Be kind to him ....... he's learning 🙂

[@alansmithee8831]

@@MisterJ56 He knows folk here make fun of those they like the most.

[@glo0115]

It's pronounced "bah bah bah sheep shagging land" Oh not the place, right, as you were....

[@nolanpeter2748]

The essence of a true English football fan - born your team, live your team, die you team no others matter!

[@nick7076]

Not fans. Thugs. It's the reason I have zero interest in football. Less common than the 70s and 80s but these fans still goad each other with the intention of a fight. No respect for the team, the sport or others. The chants are as bad. If you said on the street what is said in stadiums you would be locked up breach of the peace.

[@corneliussmiff2773]

@@nick7076 An overwhelming majority of football fans are not thugs. It is just sad that they get lumped in with these utterly disgraceful excuses for human beings.

[@blueray1878]

To call all football fans thugs is an front to those who truly support their team. The majority of fans nowadays go to watch their team play. I've been going to watch my team play for over 50 hrs and never seen our supporters fight with others. I'm not saying it never happened, I've just not seen it.

[@spyrytaraxalass]

@@nick7076 If you think people should be locked up for singing songs, then maybe they're not the ones with the problem.

[@chairmanalf7856]

The West Ham - Millwall rivalry is historic from the beginning of the 20th century and started between rival groups of dockers from shipyards on the east end section of the River Thames.

[@alandoherty1332]

You do realise most of the camera footage was ancient, like 70s&80s, the most modern footage i saw here was 10- 15 years ago. I worked at anfield , liveepools ground from 2016-2020 , and the derby happens twice a season, if youre in same division , possibly 3 times, if u draw your derby team in a cup competition.

[@connortopping6943]

Im from Oxford and im so glad our derby with swindon is on here. Honestly it is one of the most violent in the UK and most passionate. We are both just fairly small clubs with swindon being league 2 and Oxford hopefully being in the championship next season as of this Saturday

[@bigm6649]

From the other end of the A420, I agree with this comment. Two "small" clubs totally hating each other. Wouldn't have it any other way. 😂 Swindon wins - 24 O****d wins - 17 Hope you get absolutely trashed at Wembley!

[@connortopping6943]

we got promoted, some great away days next season. Up the yellows

[@lawtonify]

Birmingham city fans will disagree...lol....ours still goes on when we don't play lol...

[@connortopping6943]

@@lawtonify yh there is still a lot of hatred but, as the villa of your example, we are doing so well that we feel like its not even worth entertaining the idea of it being competitive, but for the fan base we have a lot of hatred and swindon is just such a shithole

[@stuartmcinnes2903]

The ‘Old Firm’ derby in Scotland (Celtic and Rangers) has to be the most vicious. For several years in a row between the 90’s and 2000’s at least 1 fan died every time they met. Not at the game but in the aftermath or prior.

[@markowhit4604]

Its about english football not scottish football...

[@stuartmcinnes2903]

@@markowhit4604 yeah, I’d read the title and didn’t struggle deciphering that but cheers for pointing it out mate.

[@markowhit4604]

@@stuartmcinnes2903 so why you banging on about that pointless farmers league for? 🤣🤣

[@Jinty92]

You mentioned it on the very day The Old Firm were playing. It's not as bad these days. My workmate took her 7 year old for the first time and was just checking with the teacher of my class if she took her 10 year old. The answer was yes so it went ahead. They both support the hoops.

[@patrickmcgrath5094]

Mate, stop messing around with this there is only 1 Derby in Britain. Celtic , Rangers is on a different level there is really nothing that’s gets anywhere near

little bit histroy of the tyne-wear derby, it goes back as far as the english civil war in the 17th century where both areas fought against each other for king and parliament.

[@dawng910]

The movie 'Green Street' from 2005, is about soccer violence.Elijah Wood is in it,playing an American who visits his sister in London,and gets caught up in it.

[@JacktheMariner-jo3px]

its football you american nobhead, if you are saying it to explain them i apologise

[@bammymaxwell2587]

Absolute banger of a movie aswell, got charlie hunman in it.

[@miamiglia]

Absolute shocking film 😂

[@adampark4238]

Nothing like real life

[@fugginbazza]

It's also garbage and nothing like real life. Proper trust fund kid screenwriter stuff.

[@FridgeCommando]

It's pretty tame nowadays, the 70s and 80s were wild.

[@shaneb4612]

Spur's vs Westham/ Any team vs Millwall/ The Tyneside Derby all come to mind for hooliganism in the 70's & 80's

[@lawtonify]

Most if the UK teams are....i went blues v villa in 2000s....thats me on the pitch at the end...KRO...

[@Paul.swanseavilla]

Tame now!!!!! Omg get to a second city derby. If blues ever stop going down that is😂

[@FridgeCommando]

@@Paul.swanseavilla Was you around in the 70s and old enough to travel to away games?

[@danhewett6086]

I'm a West Brom fan and when we played Wolves a few months ago, it was the first time in 12 years (with fans in the stadium, last time we played them it was in covid) and it was proper nasty. There's a few videos of the violence on this site. Never seen anything like it before

[@gillianhollins3003]

As a wolves fan I hate the derbies it's the same when we play Birmingham

[@DylanWard-tb1ee]

Villa fan here... that's all i have to say f*** you West Brom lol

[@SophieSmout]

The picture on the thumbnail of this video is from the WBA v Wolves match in January. So much violence

[@failedg4m3r32]

As a wolves fan whoever put our derby in 11th place is a tool

[@adrianmoore3118]

Yeah spot on I'm Albion and our derby is as hostile as any other.

[@venturout]

Horse Punch guy is still laughed about in Newcastle today.

[@blackbob3358]

I'll have to dig that out now, ventureout. T'was funny. Not for the horse, mind. i think they had him up for it, so it will have cost him a goodly shilling.

[@dondatta13]

We just laugh at 5under1and, you keep laughing at a clip on youtube lol

[@MrSinclairn]

Mr. 'Horse Punch' (Barry Rogerson),the reason he gave the court judge,later on : he was off,his medical prescription,that day ! 😂

[@Ronnie.1849]

Still tickles me pink 😂

[@Makemineawhiskey]

One of my best memories was not from a derby match. I was walking along the Birmingham Road end of the West Brom ground with my son. Albion were going through a bad patch (not unusual). Coming the other way was another father with his son. The son was crying his heart out and pulling against his dad. The dad stopped and said to his son 'If you don't behave, I'll take you in there and make you watch them'.

[@ShaneWalta]

You asked if these games are rare. It depends what league the clubs are in, if they're in the same league (example, Man Utd and Man City are both in the Premiership) then they will play each other twice a year, once at each club's stadium, plus the possibility of playing against each other in other competitions. If they're in different leagues then the Cup competitions are the only opportunity until one of the clubs is promoted/relegated. But there are so many derbies that derby games aren't rare at all.

[@interestedbystander196]

True, not necessarily all that rare. But they definitely more spicy than an average match...

[@tonyspencer692]

If you are coming over for the summer, you may not catch a match until late summer. Football is s winter game and starts around the first or second week of August.

[@michaelmedlinger6399]

The season may even start a bit later this summer because of the Euro.

[@lawtonify]

May be he should start with a pre season friendly just to be safe hahahah

[@spyrytaraxalass]

17th August apparently.

[@philipmason9537]

In the U.K. Derby is pronounced DAR BEE ( with an A) and this includes the City of Derby and the Derby horse race. Most of these clips are from the 1970/80 and 90’s when the hooliganism was much worse than now. The intense rivalry is still there but more low key these days.

[@tganet7123]

Genuinely laughed out loud at the "why's he trying to fight a horse?" comment

[@slim56100]

Stupid thing is, Saturday they’ll be kicking ten shades of poop out of each other, then Monday they’ll be back at work together, laughing and joking about it, great friends.

[@dezzhoudini9046]

that's the point, match days we go to war & when the wars over we go for a pint

[@slim56100]

@@dezzhoudini9046 “Go to war”, have a word with yourself! 😂

[@theresahowes507]

Very true

[@RichDoes..]

I'm 61 yrs old, supported Liverpool for decades, got leathered by a gang of Everton supporters whilst waiting for a bus when I was a teen. Football isn't like that these days thankfully, there's still banter but violence is rare.

[@Dingo-x]

There are even rivalries within the family, where members of the same family support opposing teams!

[@shaneb4612]

Yep! I'm a Spur's supporter & my dad is an Arsenal supporter. Can get quite heated around the NLD.

[@timcliffsmith]

This list is null and void because it does not include the South Wales Derby: Cardiff v. Swansea. And yes, both Welsh teams but playing in the English football league, and it is much more vehement and passionate than at least half the ones listed here.

[@RalphRatcliff]

True. It also doesn't include The Old Firm, Rangers v Celtic. I know this is about the English Leagues, but there is NOTHING like an Old Firm Derby. I'm English and I've been there!

[@ShellysAshes]

Agree. Not sure how stuff like swindon and oxford make it on but SWD doesn't. I'm a stoke fan and potteries derby higher than a lot of these but it's rare and less well known.

[@RalphRatcliff]

Yes good point. A lot depends on the frequency of the derbies. So the likes of Arsenal v Spurs, or Man Utd v Liverpool play each other every season. If two rivals are in different leagues it's different. I'm a Saints fan, so the South Coast Derby against Pompey hasn't happened for more than a decade!!. It was quite funny at the end of last season, when Pompey won League One and got promoted to Championship. They thought they would be playing against Saints next season, until we won the play off final against Leeds and got promoted back to Premier League!!

[@stephenlammond2406]

Them clips are off years ago, it’s not quiet as violent these days but fans still hate each other on match day and week or so leading upto a derby, but the best derby in England is Tyne wear derby ( Sunderland Newcastle)

[@tonydoran5560]

I'm 67, followed Leeds home and away. Seen a few battles in my time.

[@redgoon698]

As a Villa fan, I went to my first Villa blues game back in 2018 when we won 4-2 and that’s the loudest I think I’ve ever heard Villa Park.

[@peterfalk7084]

Love Blues Villa! Mental 😂💙

[@leehaines5071]

SOTC

[@M.EscapeTheRut]

I've been a Liverpool fan since a very young age (thanks to my dad). I am so happy my dad raised me to be a red. I couldn't imagine supporting any other club, I genuinely don't think any club comes close. There's something about scousers (people from Liverpool) that make this club special. Live and breathe the game.

[@helston7262]

I'm a Portsmouth fan and derby day is real. The atmosphere and tension so thick in the air you could cut it with a knife. My Dad grew up in Pompey and said they had beef back when he was young. Portsmouth has a Naval port and Southampton has a Commercial port and they are close to each other the rivalry is old and deeply rooted.

[@Aisatsana1971]

Play up pompey!!

[@dannygilding8938]

Very true good comment but up the Saints

[@Aisatsana1971]

@@dannygilding8938 he’s only a poor little scummer 😉 Lol goodluck for your playoffs. Whether you win it or lose, you’re going to have a good season.

[@dannygilding8938]

Cheers bud fingers crossed and if we don't do it we've got the Derby next season

[@helston7262]

@@dannygilding8938 Go Baggies 😅

[@cherryblossom3046]

Joel, you are WISELY SITTING ON THE FENCE, AND DON'T WANT TO get CAUGHT AND CRASHED IN THE MIDDLE OF FOOTY hooligan MAYHEM!!😂😂😂

[@samstevens7888]

Football is more than a game, its family for some and a love of a home town. Some of these rivalries are hundreds of years old. Like in the US you have the North South divide or the East West coast. In the UK it town on town and sometimes a divide in a town or city depending on the size. But it always comes down to Football even those who don't like football.

[@Tom_Withington]

Makes me proud to be British 😂 just the pure passion for the club and team you support! It’s not just a game, it’s a way of life. On the 10th of August theirs a Manchester derby in London and I’ll be there to back the Blue Boys! CITY CITY CITY

[@joshcrawford4076]

Now imagine if Britain didn't have strict gun laws 😅

[@petem7118]

Our government wouldn’t be doing the shit that they are doing to us…… !!

[@cargumdeu]

'Derby Day' was originally a famous horse race, and another British sporting institution (second in horse racing only to the Grand National.) Rugby league has its 'derby' matches also. It's come to mean more these annual contests we have between two teams in the same city, but oddly the city of Derby itself only has the one club. Derbies are more common in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Glasgow.

[@MichaelCoIIins]

Im Not from the UK and I don't have a UK team I support, but I can tell you that Millwall (was a part of the video) were considered the maddest and most violent for decades. There is much to find about them on yt for you to watch and react on.

[@timg5011]

"Nobody likes us, and we don't care!"

[@Isleofskye]

I have been attending matches at Millwall for over 60 years :)

[@UncleNewy1]

@@timg5011 I thought that was Leeds?

[@timg5011]

@@UncleNewy1 Is it Leeds? I thought it was Millwall... Apologies if I misled anyone, everyone.

[@UncleNewy1]

@@timg5011 I don't know for sure, it could be both......I'm from just outside Leeds but I'm a Man U fan, but I've definitely heard my Leeds mates sing something similar when we've had a few watching the game in the pub.

[@Northside7777]

Sheffield united Vs Sheffield wendy is a Crazy derby. They sometimes have to get more police from other citys to have to deal with the numbers

[@highgreen6452]

Wednesday vs United is always very tense in Sheffield

[@spawnybarca]

"My god what am i watching? Why is this guy trying to fight a horse?" Has to be the best thing ive heard on youtube in years....

[@andysadler6432]

im a sunderland fan been to a number of newcastle sunderland matches they were pretty wild in the 80s

[@anthonyclaughan5620]

Ha'way the Lads!!!! F.T.M

[@tonybmw5785]

I'm a City fan but went to the old Poly in Sunderland and as City and Sunderland generally get on I spent a fair few Saturdays at Roker Park in the late 80s. Even today my second team is Sunderland and I expected something similar to City vs the Rags and then I experienced the visceral hate of the Tyne and Wear derby. Great times :)

[@jamjam2833]

@@anthonyclaughan5620Howay the lads SMB

[@rangefourharry7226]

Aye battle of bath lane in scumland in 79

[@DJPEPS9]

As a port vale fan, I'm happy were on the notable derbys

[@lawtonify]

My uncle played for you boys very long time ago...bernie wright

[@martinsterio5421]

Hi just watched the football rivalry vid really good but one of the worst rivalry in Britain is the south Wales derby between Swansea and Cardiff the first ever clubs in Britain to be banned from each others grounds don't know why it's not on there cheers

[@leighparkboy]

Millwall and Pompey both banned each others clubs fans Many times

[@david22591]

Wigan Athletic Vs Bolton should be in this list. It's bigger than a few mentioned here.

[@carlmarch9591]

💯 there is a list as long as your arm of nasty games in the lower leagues

[@martinclail9290]

The Epsom derby is the biggest, the only one where the use whips.

[@pauldurkee4764]

You haven't seen the Cardiff v Swansea matches..😂

[@jasoncallow860]

The football season runs from August to May (this season ends May 19th). The FA cup final at Wembley stadium is 25th May, which is in London. Summer is usually international tournaments. This year is the European international tournament UEFA EUROs 2024, which starts 15th June and is being held in Germany. After 25th May, you won't see any football in England until the 2024-25 season starts.

[@JORDGS1]

Leeds vs Man United is underrated, probably a bit far to be considered a derby, but certainly a heated rivalry. The most policed game in Premier League history last year. Over 800 police for one game.

[@darreno2428]

Not premier league game but Millwall v west ham had 1800 police in 2004/05. Think it's the biggest ever number of police at a game in England

[@chris55515]

Leeds are just shithouses

[@tommysherman7155]

Leeds Vs Chelsea

[@terencemarshall]

Leeds v Millwall or Leeds v Cardiff.....ALAW

[@PaulHolroydporschesport]

These are really old clips...the passion is still there but not the violence them days have gone...thank God and that's coming from a Leeds fan

[@Dinger154]

I support Royston Vasey, we play Barstoneworth United next Saturday at home. It's critical that we win so the team will be having meat pies and two pints of bitter each before the match to build up their strength.

[@spyrytaraxalass]

Two pints? Lightweights!

[@davidsweeney4021]

I'm BLUES (Birmingham City) fan and have seen some bad stuff when we play the vile for nearly 50 years now. You have to be smart - no colours and keep your mouth shut outside the ground. So I have never had to fight someone.

[@garyballared2077]

you cant pick a team it picks you

[@NeilAinsworth-ev1rm]

Hello mate I’m a Chelsea supporter from London - this video shows exactly how it is in England and how we feel about our football football

[@Sunderlandlad]

It’s amazing to my team in here (Sunderland⚪️🔴⚪️🔴)

[@som6771]

Hello marra!

[@Komakure45]

I have scene this in Southampton a few years back, with Manchester United visiting Southampton, there was a huge police presence even with horses around 1 pub filled with United fans who were singing and chanting and that was in Southampton City Centre, I quickly made it out of there, I didn't stick around.

[@marksullivan6329]

We dont play football in the summer

[@guyrichardjohnson]

August has matches

[@jaxcoss5790]

Mid to late August

[@Tom-nm9qy]

The Tyne and Wear Derby hawks back to the English civil war .Great video

[@Shaundarmani1978]

Cardiff v swansea derby should defo be up there. Cardiff and proud 💙 take a look at the european football derbies theyre special too mate, not forgetting the south american ones also!

[@AshleyWalton-cc3sk]

Never did double over us

[@dogstar5572]

When I was a kid I got trapped on a tube train because of mass brawls. Lots of blood, weapons, terrifying.

[@Jackosaurus117]

None bigger than the Tyne Wear derby

[@jimmyskyblue6057]

My Dad was a mounted policeman In the 70’s & 80’s doing football matches in the Birmingham area. The height of football hooliganism. He told me some stories,

[@RichardDevereauxEarlofEssex]

Hi Joel, It's Cricket Season now, Stay safe.

[@winstonpeanutbutter]

My grandmas house is right next to the Millwall stadium and she often tells me stories of people coming from the match and running through the houses in the area, I also remember her telling me about a horse running through someone's house on the street.

[@Isleofskye]

She should of lived next to the OLD DEN, which Millwall left in 1993, which is half a mile away which was 5 times more sinister hence Millwall breaking the existing Football League Record with 59 successive Home games unbeaten between 1964/67.:)

[@jaxcoss5790]

Probably some of the worse fans ever.

[@DavidSmith-ul4ns]

@@jaxcoss5790no one likes us we don’t care 😁

[@billyhills9933]

It's funny that you chose to make the video today. Today is the day of the biggest derby in Britain, namely the Celtic/Rangers (known as 'The Old Firm') game. Not only rivals in Glasgow they also have cultural and religious differences. Games between these two have been know to cause riots... in Belfast! They usually meet four times a year though so it's not a rare occasion.

[@jasmineteehee3612]

I agree as someone who went to every game up there, it was crazy even as a female. Back in the day, it was scary at times.

[@danmayberry1185]

Raised in Canada by a Rangers fan with a Rangers room, every stat from every Celtic match-up on the wall. As for Scotland matches, did you know the Hampden Roar can be heard from France?

[@sheenavaughan2717]

Fans from Northern Ireland going over on the ferry and coaches still have to be kept apart with schedules for one side and other schedules for the other!! Otherwise boats and coaches and fans will be wrecked, again 😅

[@bonysminiatures3123]

very poor meaningless derby indeed

[@a3820]

Back when they used to give each other a full stand it was the best in the uk but with no away fans anymore its terrible such a shame

[@SeanONeill-ef5vb]

I worked with a Southampton fan, and if you said Portsmouth he spat on the ground.

[@ianbeeston2881]

I’m a Wolves fan and the stupid thing about the derby of Wolves and West Brom is, match day they want to kill each other and then come the next working day, we’re all mates again, just with the usual football banter and who’s ever won has the bragging rights.

[@theresahowes507]

I'm a albion fan and it's all just good fun and passion.

[@StevenSmith-wl6wk]

West Brom fan here. The rivalry in football is real. I’m more of a hippy now. I love all teams. These people probably work together in the week and hate each other on match day

[@DaveyL1954]

It's actually not that bad these days. Millwall's team had a terrible reputation for fight starting. But the everyday game of footy is nowhere near as portrayed in the vids.

[@Isleofskye]

Are you 70 this year Davey, like I am ,next week. I have a Millwall season ticket and my first match was Millwall 5 Hull City 1 on 3rd September 1962.

[@johntrayers2647]

Twice a season every season and I was a football hooligan back in my day and been on both sides of the bearings but loved every minute of it yanited

[@TheJohnboyhunter]

The rivalry between Newcastle and Sunderland goes back to the English Civil War. It's much more than just a rivalry between two football clubs in the same region. Howay the lads!

[@blackbob3358]

I've heard that before, but which mob were the parliamentarians ? I'll guess the geordies !!

[@stephenmcaloon6285]

Sunderland were parliamentarian. And were also considered geordies before John halls 1994 speech.

[@jamjam2833]

@@stephenmcaloon6285they wasn’t considered Geordies by Geordies that’s for sure!

[@ShaneLee-dy4cz]

We are definitely not geordies. By birth I’m a geordie. But by choice I’m a Mackem

[@ShelfsideOllie]

Next time you’re in London, do the Tottenham Hotspur stadium tour and do the sky walk. You will be amazed

[@martindowns4979]

I live in Blackpool we have Fleetwood as a rival aswell as Preston seeing the fights is crazy

[@jadewoodhouse47]

🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊

[@SirBradiator]

A lot of the bigger Premier League derbies will happen twice a season home and away. But when one or both clubs are in the lower leagues it can be a rare event limited to cup draws or the occasional season in the same division. The last time my club (Southampton) played our rivals (Portsmouth) was 2019. We won 4-0 away

[@FridgeCommando]

It doesn't mention Scottish football, biggest derby of all, Celtic v Rangers.

[@Nebularsz]

I'm guessing you don't read? it literally says derbies in ENGLISH football, not the uk

[@FridgeCommando]

@@Nebularsz I can read, and I can write, I fully understand the title, the fact is, my statement was correct, it does not mention Scottish football. If you are looking for a spat, forget it, no interest in corresponding with somebody trying to seek attention. END.

[@Nebularsz]

@@FridgeCommando why would it mention a Scottish football team when its about English football teams? Of course it doesn't mention a team from Scotland when the video is about English teams >..

[@bonysminiatures3123]

with good reason its woeful zero atmosphere

[@shaneturner5821]

I’ve been too a few of them Oxford v Swindon games. It’s exactly how this video showed it. Old Bill everywhere. The maddest thing is most of these videos were filmed about half 11 in the morning. Most of these Derbies are played at lunchtime, trying to avoid people having a few to many beers. This obviously never works.

[@dianewatts486]

Football is for the fans. Watch Take Us Home a series about my team Leeds United. It shows how engrained a community is in their team. Leeds fans had a reputation for violence and the team in the 70s were widely known as dirty Leeds. We are turning that round although we're still the team everyone loves to hate. The waiting list for season tickets is above 20 thousand people. We're owned by the 49ers with Russell Crowe and Will Ferrell being in that group too. If you're in Yorkshire during the season I'll take you to a match.....well done on your videos.

[@finchpyn]

One of, if not thee most passionate clubs in football, everyone hates Leeds, and they feed off it. Nobody comes close to

[@jasontaylor9076]

We all hate Leeds scum We all hate Leeds scum 😂 I'm a Leeds fan btw 👍

[@stevanroth]

The biggest derbies take place in the same city, as opposed to regional.

[@wayneprice2737]

It used to be a lot worse in the 70s and 80s

[@siroswaldfortitude5346]

When you lose one of these games, it sucks to be an adult going to work or a kid going to school. You can even suffer in your own household if a family member supports the team that beat you. It's brutal but a way of life.

[@KriscoLow80]

I like the video but you got your order wrong everyone in England knows there is nothing like Sunderland v Newcastle nothing comes close

[@alanpalmer8065]

Hahahahahahahaha no

[@CS9-h2k]

Manchester derby united vs Liverpool? Burnley vs Blackburn

[@KriscoLow80]

@@CS9-h2k haha no mate are you kidding lol

[@CS9-h2k]

@@KriscoLow80 nope also the Barca Madrid is bigger

[@KriscoLow80]

@@CS9-h2k that's England like

[@kingsilvers69]

Was at all the West Ham Millwall games, and boy were they fun. Fyi the fighting is actually the local firm defending and protecting their local community and the scarfs (fans that go with families etc aka defenseless ones). It's not about fighting because we lost or won

[@terry-qg3ic]

Hi Southampton v Portsmouth is a big one. The two city's are only about 20 miles apart and we hate each other. I live next door to a Pompey fan and the atmosphere is hostile LOL Up the Saints.

[@dangermace11]

Looking forward to you losing to the Baggies on Friday, mate. Been too long since we last played you. Play Up Pompey! :)

[@terry-qg3ic]

@@dangermace11 The twat next door said the skates are playing crap so if we don't go up I will look forward to the bubble again. Up the Saints

[@miamiglia]

Pup 👍

[@terry-qg3ic]

@@dangermace11 I bet your sick now Saints are going up

[@dangermace11]

@terry-qg3ic disappointed is a better description i think. Congrats to you though, I guess. You'll go back to losing every week next season. ;)

[@bradley4706]

When in the summer are you coming here? Football season is over soon. Euros is on though so there will be a lot of life around the place, lots of pubs will be full and people chanting. Good time to come here if you’re here for it. Season starts up again on the 17th of august.

[@bravo2zero796]

Now you know why we don't have guns

[@Ronnie.1849]

Newcastle Sunderland is by far the best I’ve been to it a couple of times. 👌 horses get punched 😅🤣

[@darrylg1960]

A good number of these clips are massively out of date. Football went through an awful stage where fans just fought before and after games. Thankfully those days are way behind us now. I was a teenager when that sort of thing was going on, I just retired from work!! Please do not be persuaded by what you saw on the films there, i'm not pretending it didn't happen, it's just way out of date and really is extremely rare now.

[@Clear_vision_blade]

Im a Blades fan (Sheffield United) and listening to our local radio show here in Sheffield, they mentioned a Blades fan who is reported to hate Sheffield Wednesday that much he refuses to recognise the actual day of the week and calls Wednesday the day before thursday or the day after tuesday! 😂😂 Thats on another level! Whether or not its genuine I dont know but it made me laugh when I heard about it! Totally bonkers 😂😂

[@petejones7878]

stop stop ...these are very old scenes , taken over a period of time ,and not wqhat happens now

[@MartinTaylor-c6n]

A real/true derby are 2 teams from the same city, so most of these don't even count as proper derbies. The Sheffield derby restarts next season and believe me the weeks build up and derby day is horrendous the rivalry and hatred are off the scale. WAWAW

[@paddyheron2580]

Man Utd'd derby team is Man City Liverpool's derby team is Everton. Nearly all your videos are decades old. This is not a true reflection of the English game today. Your video is a pure misrepresentation of English football fans.

[@aidy6000]

One thing to note not many other commenters mention is the fact that many of these rivalries exisited long before proffessional football. For instance Liverpool and Manchester, over the lost work from Manchesters canal that they built. Or Millwall & West Ham, which was born out of competing for Dock work.

[@youcallthishell]

Newcastle VS Sunderland has to be the biggest one. as a Newcastle fan, the atmosphere throughout the whole day is just mad

[@AdeboFunkyVoodoo]

Fortunately, Sunderland haven't been near the Premier league for almost a decade.

[@chrisgoblin4857]

@@AdeboFunkyVoodoo Was nice to get to smash them at the Stadium of Light this season in the cup though.

[@tmac160]

@@chrisgoblin4857 You'll never do 6 in a row though. Horse punchers 😂

[@chrisgoblin4857]

@@tmac160 Fair play mate haha. You got me there. Shame about the wait for the next one.

[@TimeyWimeyLimey]

The next premiership football season starts August 17th this year, the lower leagues a week earlier. If you're visiting in July, teams will be playing pre-season friendly matches you can go to. Also some of the top Premiership teams do a pre-season tour of the US. Check out their websites you may find a game near you.

[@spidahnw]

Can't believe Wigan Vs Bolton didn't even get a shout out, been to loads of them in the past and they're nuts, literally gotta rush out at the full time whistle to avoid any trouble.

[@GT4ANDY]

Fairplay for showing an interest! If you end up at a Tottenham game on your visit you are welcome to join me and my pals and see how we go about a Home matchday