Talk:Local derbies in the United Kingdom

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Is Utd Liverpool match worth no mention? Personally i think it should be at the top, the 2 cities are very close together, like the Tyne wear derby

Contents 1 Hatters derby 2 Main derbies? 3 Duplication 4 Luton Town v's Stockport County 5 POV order of "Main derbies" list

[edit] Hatters derby

Is there really such a derby? And between Luton Town and Stockport County? They're hardly local to each other. Daemonic Kangaroo 17:19, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Main derbies?

I don't understand why some are "main derbies" and some are "other derbies". How is the Black Country derby any less notable than the West London derby or the East Lancashire derby, for example? Marky-Son 16:31, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. The division is inherently POV. Oldelpaso 12:59, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Duplication

There appears to be significant crossover between the articles Local derbies in the United Kingdom and List of football (soccer) rivalries. Can these be merged or somehow restructured to prevent duplication? --Jameboy 11:10, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Luton Town v's Stockport County

How is Luton Town v's Stockport County a Derby? Clyde1998 15:22, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

It appears to be because they are both nicknamed "The Hatters" hence the "Hatters Derby". It should be deleted IMO as it is a bit of a ridiculous reason. Grievous Angel (talk) 20:58, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Removed it. Even if some fans call it the 'Hatters Derby' (as mentioned on the Luton Town page), it clearly doesn't qualify as a local derby. Mogsy7 (talk) 22:31, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] POV order of "Main derbies" list

I think that the statement in the section lead says it all ("roughly in order of importance/hype placed upon each fixture"). At best the order of this list is WP:OR, but it's probably WP:POV too. Surely a more sensible order (such as alphabetical) should be used? It could also be argued that the separation of these derbies from the "Other derbies" is POV too. Dan1980 (talk ♦ stalk) 20:08, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Indeed. Not sure how that one slipped through the net. Combine them, I say. - Dudesleeper / Talk 22:57, 6 April 2008 (UTC)