West Country derby

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West Country Derby is a term that can refer to sporting fixtures involving teams from the West Country.

Football

It can be used to describe football matches between Bristol Rovers and Torquay United.^[1]

West Country derby is also a phrase used in rugby.^[2]

Games between Somerset and Gloucestershire are often referred to as a West Country derby.^[3]

↑ "Rovers claim West Country spoils". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 20 October 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
↑ "Bristol Vs. Plymouth". Retrieved 1 March 2010.
↑ "Tonight's derby Somerset v Gloucestershire is huge game - Marcus Trescothick". thisisbristol.co.uk (Bristol Evening Post). 18 June 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2011.

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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