Has to be North London Derby for me, as I am a Gunner, but Arsenal vs Man Utd comes really close. Lately our games with Man City is something that I cannot wait for as well. Which ones would be your favourites?
Chelsea vs Tottenham ( the animosity is unreal lol )
The lately Liverpool-City rivalry has been top billing as well
Used to love Merseyside. It’s not so great nowadays
Spurs vs arsenal or Chelsea. Every London derby in crazy
You are gooner, not a gunner. Gunners play for the team
Birmingham vs Aston Villa. There always seems to be just pure hatred. No solidarity stuff like the Merseyside one, the fans just despise each other and it reflects onto the pitch. Plus the legendary Peter Enckelman moment.
For me, it’s (in order) NLD, Spurs\Chelsea and then Spurs\West Ham. I honestly can’t get worked up about other clubs derbys, none of them seem to have the same venom. Apart from South Wales derby, there’s two teams who really hate each other.
TLDR: I don’t get the Arsenal hatred of Spurs.
I don’t get arsenals hatred of spurs these days. Since I’ve been a kid when I started watching football 30 something years ago my mate became a gooner. There has never been competition between the two clubs in our lifetime but he hates spurs with a passion. It’s almost like they want spurs to be their number one rival so they can celebrate finishing ahead of them when there is nothing else good going on. If he lived in London I’d get the local banter stuff but not the hatred. As a supporter of neither club obviously I always wind him up about how good Spurs were at the weekend even if I don’t think they were.
Palace Brighton
Tottenham Chelsea is hilarious just because that one game has given it this reputation, meanwhile it’s boring each time
As a Gooner, the NLD is the worst one as it’s nerve-wracking.
For comedy value, it has to be the Manchester Dhabi derby with Merchandise United.
The NLD just hits different
Gotta be Charlton Athletic V Luton Town. Not so big nowadays, but in the early 90s it’s all you’d see on The Big 3 ie. MoTD, Sky Sport, 4-4-2 magazine. Gonna be a rager whenever it does happen.
Northwich Vics v Witton Albion
Arsenal aren’t and never will be a rival of City. It’s Liverpool and United only.
Remind us what was city 15 - 20 years ago? And what would it be in next 15 - 20 years?