Ranking ALL UK Football Derbies BEST to WORST 

I think MK Dons vs AFC Wimbledon is the most unique derby due to the history. However, due to the small fan base for both sides it’s not seen as massive

NLD, hatred, history, red cards, goals, banter, great football in the top division and being a few miles apart, can't beat it

Thank you for showing the south coast derby between Portsmouth and Southampton the respect that it deserves, one of the most aggressive, loud, passionate and tense atmospheres you will ever experience at a football game

If the Tyne and Wear derby isnt 2nd in S tier with only Celtic vs Rangers being ahead, this list is wrong. Those 2 despise eachother with a burning passion beyond any other comparison in the UK and have for a long, loong time before football was even a thing.

I’d take clas for the south’s wales derby but oh there is beef especially when your right by the Cardiff fans and have coins being chucked there is pure hatred but I respect your opinion

Norwich vs Ipswich is higher because each club is representing their county and (therefore) both sets of fans apsolutly hate each other

As a palace fan, I’ve always thought our rivalry with Brighton is underrated, even thinking objectively (in terms of the fairly even quality of football, the fact we’ve been rising through the same leagues together, the story, etc). I get that it’s nowhere near the ones you’ve placed above it but fair play for not just sticking us in meh like I was expecting

I live in Ireland and Limerick FC folded and are now Treaty United, but if you ask me Bohemians and Shamrock Rovers is a bit of bigger derby, it's not just big rivalry but it's linked to a class divide as well, Northside v Southside, it's an exhilarating game to witness on and off the pitch, that is pure hatred

Oxford and Swindon is known for being one of the biggest derbies in ratio to the size of the team, even against the other prem teams its still a big derby.

1. Limerick and Cork are in Ireland not the UK 2. Limerick folded a few years ago. Treaty United are the new team in Limerick.

About Limerick cork dearby- Limerick folded and are now treaty united. It was a really good dearby in its prime

To be fair as a Swindon fan I can understand why you’ve put it there it’s not watched loads by neutrals but truest me it’s quite big, due to the way you’ve ranked the tierlist I’d put in decent watch. When we played Oxford at home in 2017 was mad kicked off big time outside the ground and always does when we play them home and away and chants from both sets of fans about each other are proper hatred

I'm glad old firm and tyne wear made it to pure hate, but as a spurs fan I don't think it will be pure hate for too much longer. Insanely High ticket prices are driving out that young energy here in north london

Fulham vs Brentford is a very good derby much more fierce then the Fulham Chelsea rivalry. In the Man United match Brentford fans were chanting “You’re going down with the Fulham.” The Fulham QPR derby is also pretty fierce and I went to one of those games and the Fulham fans were yelling stuff at the away section and QPR fans were chanting banter during the match.

The thing with Liverpool Man U is that they have never been on the same level. Liverpool dominated the 70s and 80s, then they declined as Man U rose. Now Liverpool r miles ahead again.

Bristol rovers v Bristol city is a great derby, I was at one of the last ones which was all the way back in 2007. I hope this comes along again some time

I got into football in the 2022 season, but being a kid growing up in the North East nothing, and I mean Nothing divided people more than the newcastle/Sunderland derby

Personally feel Dundee derby should be in great viewing. Understand from your position how you didn’t put it that high. However it’s always a sell out has relegation and title deciders brilliant atmosphere game is always a belter and the fans are class. Plus both teams in the exact same street

Can't wait for you to do this for the biggest derbies outside the UK for example: El clasico,Ajax Feyenoord,Boca river plate etc. But great to have learned about british derbies more!

Swansea and Cardiff is madness but not as much trouble in recent years too much policing (for a good reason) bubble trip only get you’re tickets when you get into Cardiff one of the top derbies

Stoke v vale , doesn't happen often and the local police force are delighted about that as it's violance and trouble breaks out . Clubs do hate eachother small derby game not often played which builds up for when we do clash

The Black Country derby is so underrated the fans literally hate each other with everything the West Brom fans coaches have to get a police escort through Wolverhampton and vice versa when I went a dingles fan threw a brick threw my coach window, there are scraps everywhere I would honestly put it on the same level as villa vs Birmingham.

Can we stop using how frequently a team plays as a barometer on how hateful a derby is as well as where the clubs are situated in the football league as the lower league derbies will still struggle to be televised with all of the big six games on and 3pm kick off blackouts.

Dare I say it I think the second city derby is the most intense in England, followed by the tyne wear derby and milwall v west ham and then the rest

My favorite derby is the yo-yo club derby, norwich vs fulham. Its so rare that when it happens i will fly from the us to norwich or london to see it

best three 1. old firm 2. tyne-wear 3. north-west

Brentford’s rivalries with QPR and Fulham should have been mentioned.

Old Firm is obviously the biggest and best. I would love to see Celtic and Rangers compete in the English leagues to see what we could do. I’m not naive enough to say that after one season of EPL money that we’d instantly be challenging top 4, but after 3/4 seasons we would start to push top 4. We’d be able to keep hold of our star players whilst adding top quality additions here and there over the course of a few seasons. We’d develop our players to play at that level week-in week-out and we’d then push top 4 and start to then go for the title.

West Brom’s U23 played Wolves’ U23s in the PL2 cup final. And my god. For a youth game. The atmosphere was so hostile

The Merseyside Derby was unique in Football. Many fans would go and watch Liverpool one week and Everton the next up until the mid 60s, even up until the turn of the 90s, you would see blue shirts in the kop and red in the Gladys on derby day, with family loyalties divided.

Genuinely think that the South Coast derby is one of the fiercest in football in terms of pure hatred because it’s more than just a football match it’s a rivalry between cities. I know Southampton fans who refuse to even step foot in Portsmouth due to how much they hate the club and city and I don’t think that’s really the case with any other derby in the UK.

As someone from Colchester and a former season ticket holder, Southend aren’t even Colchester’s main rivals, there’s considerably more hatred among the fanbase towards Ipswich

As a West Ham fan from across the pond it is on my bucket list to watch a game against Millwall in the UK. They haven't played each other since I was 5 which is insane.

Was gonna complain about your reasons for not putting us vs pompey in pure hatred but you mentioning the gap and the 4-0 means i love you

Would have put Burnley Blackburn top tier. Top 3: Nufc Safc Manu leeds Rangers celtic Bottom 3: Chelsea fulham Ipswich Norwich Pompey saints

Wigan and Bolton is another favourite of mine. Always good banter and never stop arguing on twitter!

westham and millwall should be beyond pure hatred, we all know how millwall fans are.

It’s been one sided in the last decade but before then we won the fa cup and was in Europe/prem without them for years. Also spanked them 4-1 twice. Now it’s come full circle. We’ll be back tho. It’s definitely in great viewing, good work

As a Newcastle fan I would say we have the biggest Darby with Sunderland, it dates back to the civil war and the Tyne and Wear wars, and the fans have so much passion since the history is insane

You should have had the belclasico in there. It's the biggest derby in Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK

To be fair stoke u21 vale played in like 2020 and got like 80 arrests it has to be pure hatred

Cardiff Swansea In class but then the north London derby in pure hatred. Behave will you

For the potential of witnessing a fan sprint across the pitch to take on the Away End it’s a must watch for sure

people don’t understand the hatred between watford and luton fans. last time we played with fans there were quite a few fans being taken out on stretchers before the game had even started, and fighting inside and outside the stadium all day

Idk if you know this but the limerick v cork city derby won't be happening anytime soon anymore because limerick fc disbanded due to liquidation. This recently happened btw

A derby is two teams from the same city. Man United vs Liverpool isn’t a derby. It’s a rivalry.

I’m a Celtic and Liverpool fan. I went to an Edinburgh derby with a mate of mine who supports hibs and fucking hell, has to be pure hatred.

American here, who choose Newcastle as my EPL side in 2006. Watching Sunderland sink lower and lower while having it documented on Netflix has been delicious. That is pure hatred is you ask me!

Exeter City Vs. Plymouth Argyle is quite spicy and now with both in League One the Derby will start up again

Norwich vs Ipswich is such a big rivalry the fans hate each other and the player also hate one another I think it’s much better to watch as the atmosphere is always good

As a millwall fan I’m glad he actually ranked millwall v West Ham and in my opinion the biggest game in terms of fans fighting/ hating each other

Top 3 derbys imo , 1st: Merseyside derby, might just be me, but surely this is one of the biggest derbys in England. 2: north london derby, i cant say muchm as im not a fan of either, but every time i watch it its intense, and cos both teams are fairly successful, its hectic 3: morth west derby, man u vs liverpool is one of the best matches of the season, whether liverpool are winning 7-0 or getting spanked by diallo in the 120th minute, this match always has me entertained

I live up north but I lived in Southend for a few years and I can tell you the Southend Colchester derby is definitely pure hatred 😂

City vs Stockport used to be a big one back in the day

Actually slightly annoyed Everton are moving to Bramley Moore being able to walk across a park to an away day is incredible. Atleast if we lose at Bramley Moore I came have a nice swim in the Mersey after

West Yorkshire Derby should be here . Huddersfield vs Leeds. HUGE GAME

being a kilmarnock fan, the ayrshire derby is good between kilmarnock and ayr united . because we are 1 league apart when we do meet its a good game and it can be abit spicy sometimes. but i know it wont be common to english people.

Tyne Wear derby 🐐

There is a lot of beef in Swansea vs Cardiff I was there and there was fights galore

I think a better derby for port vale would be Crewe Alexandra (the A500 derby as its known locally) the two teams have always been near each other in terms of leagues and their battles to be promoted or stay in their leagues have been phenomenal. Stoke and Crewe also have a nice bit of give and take, but doesn’t need to be on the list. (Of course I have a bias being from crewe)

Hull vs Leeds from a hull perspective, its pure hatred. But Leeds' main rivalry is man utd, not us. It would be a decent watch. Not for the football cos Leeds would wipe the floor with us. But from a fan atmosphere pov, it would be quality. As a teenager when we were both in the championship, it was always the match we looked forward to the most during the season. One memory I have is Leeds having the midday kick off slot on a Saturday and the announcement came through that they'd lost. Everyone in the stand was celebrating that like a city win

u should make one ranking the biggest derbies in europe (Lisboa derby,Milan derby,Madrid derby,El clasico, etc.)

As an Oxford fan, our fans have had chants about hating Swindon when we’re not even playing them😂 When we lost the Checkertade trophy final to Coventry I was sat where the players walked up and we chanted Going down with the Swindon while the Coventry players went up to get there meddled because both Coventry and Swindon got relegated that season. Been many indecent at both grounds of fans kicking off at each other at games and Chants each set of fans exchange are class, can see why it’s there tho cause most people don’t pay attention to it

What great vid video

West Brom v Wolves is hugely underrated and probably more fierce than Birmingham v Villa

Burnley Blackburn is pure hatred

Limerick FC don't eve exist any more. It's treaty United v Cork City now, and I have no clue how it is as it has only been a derby for 2 seasons. That sport is called hurling btw, and that is great viewing

Liverpool Man Utd is not a derby. They are an hour apart and are completely different cities. It’s a rivalry game but not a derby

Hearts Hibs has similar background to the Old Firm, but it goes back way further. Heart of Midlothian were formed in the old Canongate area of Edinburgh, then Hibernian were formed in the cowgate as a club for Irish Catholics. It's a stupid idea to mix sport and religion imo, but anyway the two teams first played in 1875 I think, and the match ended in a fight with Hibs fans chasing the Hearts captain. 😆 It's been pure hatred since then. Celtic were formed in 1888 by Hibs fans from Glasgow who wanted their own catholic team. But they weren't really rivals with Rangers from the start, in fact the two clubs fixed matches to get more money, which is where the term 'old firm' came from. Undoutbedly the old firm is more violent though. Dundee / Dundee Utd have their stadiums right next to each other, so they don't really fight. Liverpool and Everton deserve some special place of shame because their fans sit together in the stands like it was tennis or something. Bristol City and Rovers hardly ever play on account of Rovers being shit. City have more of a rivalry with Cardiff because of the England/ Wales thing, which is pure hatred. I dunno about Cardiff but maybe they hate Bristol C more than Swansea, I dunno.

id put burnley blackburn in pure hatred. but for preston blackpool, there were loads of fights at bloomfield road

Honestly you should've seen Elland Road against man U, pure hatred it was so hostile

Jokes aside I'm from colchester and its a very rough Derby for league 2s standards. (I'm a spurs fan btw and yes the NLD is one of the roughest derbys in the uk. Defo number 2 behind the old firm)

Decent video bud . I would agree with most of your picks but I got to ask. When you say there is no beef to The South Wales Derby do you mean in terms of on the pitch or in the stands? The reason I ask is because one is a completely different ball park to the other! As a Swansea fan I don't think it the be all of end all I genuinely don't but I would highly advise you to see the game live and you will soon see what I'm talking bout. I've been to Celtic Vs Rangers, Blues Vs Villa, Millwall Vs West Ham and Burnly Vs Blackburn and I promise you Millwall Vs West Ham is the only game I've ever gone to and asked myself am I going to die today? It's just carnage bud! Burnley Vs Blackburn in my honest opinion is just a good laugh maybe I'm just saying that cause I don't support ether team but honestly I through some of the chants the 2 of you have are just hilarious.

I know the A420 Derby is rated as not bothered but it’s bigger than most derbies in lower league football

As a malaysian LFC fan the pain i had to endure for 3 years in secondary school with a class full of Utd fans will never leave my memory. 3 whole years of classmates saying im a biter and would slip. More serious moments as i got older, running into a gang of people in utd jerseys on derby day and me with my lfc shirt at 3am being followed in an empty underground carpark for a good 15 minutes

As a Liverpool fan Liverpool v Utd is not as big as it use to be, I think Liverpool v City is a bigger derby/rivalry these days.

My dad is a Southend fan so I can say Southend vs Colchester is probably great viewing.

The last time the 2nd city derby was played a player got assaulted and that player went on to score the winner. Also its only allowed to be played at midday. Proof its the best derby in the world.

Pretty late comment bro. Love the videos, massive Swansea fan here. Just to say that Swansea and Cardiff is pure hatred, we hate them and they hate us, it’s the only bubble transport game that I’m aware of in the whole UK… like you must get an official club coach to and from the game there is no other way of getting there. So yeah maybe one above where you put us or maybe even higher 👀 but of course I’ll say that being a Swansea fan😂

I went to Chelsea-Fulham in 2019, first West London derby in like 4 years and I was kinda up for it, even though I didn't consider Fulham as our biggest rival I have been to games and London derbies where we are a bit quiet at times, but still find voice later on. When I tell you this Fulham game I have never seen Chelsea fans not give a single f*ck to a London rival. Fulham fans gave us stick throughout 90 min and yet we still just shrug it off like why are we here so yeah, Chelsea-Fulham is very one sided when it comes to hatred

Hibs fan only said the Edinburgh derbys a shite watch because they haven’t one a singular derby this season 😂

Happy you included an Irish Derby and my derby(cork on top).🇮🇪

Haven't seen the list truly but I'd agree with the thumbnail Liverpool and Everton, it's not really the best, when Liverpool's squad is fully fit it's mostly a 1 sided game, compare that to Man United, yeah this season's games was heavily 1 sided, but going back to even 19/20 season, they stopped our winning run with a draw

Manchester Derby should be in category Z, since United's players mostly don't even bother turning up and let City win. It's more unbalanced than Torino-Juventus or even Rayo Vallecano-Real Madrid.

Manchester derby around the 2011/2012 season was pure hatred especially with the welcome to Manchester billboard

Take out Chelsea and West London derbies are actually pretty entertainimg

Top 3 in order for me (england) is 1. Southampton Pompey 2. West Ham Millwall 3. Newcastle Sunderland edit: but seriously tho I just realised smth how taf did he manage to forget exeter v plymouth

Our Derbies have got great history now a days we can play our u3 and still get a result who do I support

Well before watching this we all know the Glasgow one is obv number one but let's see the rest

a 9 11 1 minute of silence was delayed because of fights between watford a luton that is pure hate

Shame The Nene Derby isn’t here (Northampton vs Peterborough) but can get why but I thought it should of with if you’ve got derbies like Colchester vs Southend and Oxford vs Swindon but thats just my opinion.

the reason why much ManU fans would say they real derby is liverpool and not Leeds is because hey havent really seen the real teams face up eachother back then

i think you should of added huddersfield vs leeds obviously for me its the be all and end all but it is leeds closest rivals i thought it deserved a place

burnley blackburn is actually class

Top 3: Merseyside Derby (I'm an Everton fan. It took some restraint to not put in the Everton-Man United rivalry). North London Derby Tyne and Wear Derby Bottom 3: East Anglia Derby Trent River Derby Villa-Wolves Derby

As a Watford fan I get that we don’t play Luton much so it’s hard for he neutrals to enjoy however the passion between the fans is one of the best derby’s in England a proper rough rivalry between the fans look up on RU-vid about the fans. Love your content tho mate

There is a FIFA RU-vidr called Goodwin who is a Chelsea supporter who always laughs at Spurs when they lose on the game. He calls them the Bottlers or the Bottlejobs. He hates Spurs.

Good idea

putting Luton v Watford in not bothered is fair, until you see a game between us with fans. there hasn't been on in 16 years or so. but if you look back at the matches between us back in the day, there's pure hatred and some good football on display n all. Can't wait till we play each other this season then you'll see what's on show

As a Leeds fan, if Scum vs Leeds doesn't make great viewing by next season Erik Ten Hag hasn't failed enough and Marsch hasn't succeeded enough!