West Country derby

A West Country derby is a sporting fixture involving teams from the West Country, in England.

Football

The term is most commonly used to describe the fierce matches between Plymouth Argyle F.C. and Exeter City F.C.. In recent years Plymouth have been the better side in the matches played. Due to Plymouth's promotion and Exeter's playoff failure, one of these games won't happen in a league match for at least a season. However the two clubs could still meet in a domestic cup or trophy.

Rugby

West Country derby is also a phrase used in rugby, one of the fiercest rivalries is between Bath Rugby and Bristol Rugby.^[1]

Cricket

Games between Somerset and Gloucestershire can be referred to as a West Country derby.^[2]

References

↑ "Gloucester v Bath: The legend of the West County derby". BBC. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
↑ "Tonight's derby Somerset v Gloucestershire is huge game - Marcus Trescothick". thisisbristol.co.uk. Bristol Evening Post. 18 June 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2016.

Local football derbies in the United Kingdom
England	A49 A62 Aston Villa–West Bromwich Black Country Bolton–Wigan Brighton–Crystal Palace Bristol Bristol Rovers–Swindon Chester–Wrexham Dons derby East Anglia East Lancashire East Midlands Derby–Leicester Derby-Forest Leicester–Forest Essex Humber Lincolnshire Liverpool–Manchester United London Arsenal–Chelsea Chelsea–Tottenham Millwall–West Ham North South East West M1 M69 Manchester Merseyside Nottingham Potteries Roses Rules Second City Severnside South Coast Steel City Tees–Wear Tyne–Tees Tyne–Wear West Country West Lancashire West Yorkshire Wool City
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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