Roses rivalry

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The term "Roses rivalry" can refer to sporting rivalries between teams from the English counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire. The name of the rivalry is derived from the historic Wars of the Roses which was carried out between the House of Lancaster and the House of York. The term has been used to describe:

Leeds United and Manchester United rivalry, and also games between other traditional Lancashire clubs such as Manchester City, Blackburn Rovers, Burnley, Wigan Athletic, Oldham Athletic, Rochdale and traditional Yorkshire clubs such as Barnsley, Bradford City, Halifax Town and Huddersfield Town in association football
Roses Match, the rivalry between Lancashire CCC and Yorkshire CCC in cricket
Rugby League War of the Roses, was an annual rugby league series played between professional players of Yorkshire and Lancashire
Roses Tournament, an annual sports competition between the students of the University of York and Lancaster University.

v t e Local derbies in the United Kingdom

England	A49 Black Country Bolton–Wigan Bradford Bristol Bristol Rovers–Swindon Chester–Wrexham Derby–Leicester East Anglia East Lancashire East Midlands Essex Humber Lincolnshire London Arsenal–Chelsea Millwall–West Ham North South East West Liverpool–Manchester United Leicester–Nottingham Forest Luton–Watford M23 M4 M69 Manchester Merseyside Nottingham Potteries Roses Second City Severnside South Coast Steel City Tees–Wear Tyne–Tees Tyne–Wear West Country West Lancashire West Yorkshire

Scotland	Ayrshire Dundee Edinburgh Falkirk Fife Highland Lanarkshire New Firm North Old Firm Renfrewshire Tayside

Wales	Chester–Wrexham Severnside South Wales

Northern Ireland	Belfast Big Two North Belfast

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