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May help to explain ______side references to Derbys (also that they are pronounced dar-bees)for people as well. Basically just references to the river in the local area right? Do people in England really refer to it as such or is that something more pronounced in commentary during games?

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Liverpool vs Everton - The Merseyside Derby

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Newcastle vs Sunderland - The Tyneside Derby

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I can find one even closer



Racing Avellaneda vs Independiente

I can do france

I won't I won't

Here are some good youtube soccer channels

Copa90 - Some of the best grassroots coverage you can find. I highly recommend watching their Derby Days playlist

Kick TV Very similar to Copa90 but with an American twist.

Adidas Football Great behind the scenes coverage and just awesome videos in general.

Unisport Danish soccer company that gives the latest and greatest in all things footy merchandise. If you want a pair of cleats, watch their reviews.

FilthyFellas Top Level Banter ( shite talking)

The Championship is tGOAT 2nd division in all of sports. 46-game marathon with the top-two teams automatically promoted to the premier league. The third promotion place is determined by a playoff involving the 3-6 place teams. The two remaining playoff teams play at Wembley to decide who wins promotion. It is a game that is called the most lucrative sporting event in the world.

Teams finishing in the bottom three are relegated to League One.

This is a brutal league that can consume even the biggest of clubs. Toiling in the championship for a number of years is the equivalent to getting lost in the system in an American prison. WHY CANT WE SIGN A frickING WINGER AND FOR frick SAKE PLAY TWO UP TOP EVANS YOU GOD DAMN GOD DAMN

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Was going to post the same thing. I've never understood the pronunciation & spelling inconsistencies with that word. It's also one of those English words that just doesn't sound right coming out of an American mouth. It's right up there with "gaffer" as one of the more cringe-worthy things you might hear a soccer fig say. Excuse my blasphemy here, but Stu Holden used to say it all the time in interviews when he was still playing in England and it bugged the shite out of me.

Thanks bruv

Thanks for the downvotes but now ill start

So time for a little background on Manchester Untied Football Club.

Nickname - Red Devils

2nd most overall trophies for an English club

20 English champions - most ever
3 times champions of Europe
11 FA Cups
4 League Cups


Stadium or Ground( what its called in soccer) Old Trafford. Biggest pro stadium in the country. Nice little fact about the stadium. It was bombed by the Germans in WWII, so we had to play at Man City's ground while ours was being rebuilt.

Main Rivals - Liverpool and Manchester City. Also a big rivalry with Leeds United ( Championship club) and Arsenal.

The club has been traditional know for playing very attacking soccer while using players from its youth system since the 50's. From the Busby Babes to the class of 92. Our top tier academy has produced lots of players for our club and lots of of clubs around the world.

Most well known managers.

Sir Alex Ferguson



Sir Matthew Busby



Great players

Ryan Giggs - Most decorated player in English history.



Sir Bobby Charlton - One of the best English players ever 1966 England WC win



And our iconic #7 shirt

Mad famous by the one and only Georgie Best



The first soccer playboy who was playing like Ronaldo well before Ronaldo.

David Beckham - Enough said



Eric Cantona - One of the people who changed how the game was played in England.



Cristiano Ronaldo - Todays modern day mega star, got his break through playing for Manchester United.



Our fans are known as the Red Army. When we got relagated to the 2nd division back in the 70's our fans over ran opposition stadiums ever week. Often times out numbering the home fans.

Munich Air disaster -

The Munich air disaster occurred on 6 February 1958 when British European Airways flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at Munich-Riem Airport, West Germany. On the plane was the Manchester United football team, nicknamed the "Busby Babes", along with supporters and journalists.[1] 20 of the 44 on the aircraft died. The injured, some unconscious, were taken to the Rechts der Isar Hospital in Munich where three more died, resulting in 23 fatalities with 21 survivors.

The football team was returning from a European Cup match in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia) against Red Star Belgrade. The flight stopped to refuel in Munich because a non-stop flight from Belgrade to Manchester was out of the "Elizabethan"-class Airspeed Ambassador aircraft's range. After refuelling, pilots James Thain and Kenneth Rayment twice abandoned take-off because of boost surging in the left engine. Fearing they would get too far behind schedule, Captain Thain rejected an overnight stay in Munich in favour of a third take-off attempt. By then, snow was falling, causing a layer of slush at the end of the runway. After the aircraft hit the slush, it ploughed through a fence beyond the end of the runway and the left wing was torn off after hitting a house. Fearing the aircraft might explode, Thain began evacuating passengers while Manchester United goalkeeper Harry Gregg helped pull survivors from the wreckage.