0 a sports competition, especially a game of football, between two teams from the same city or area
But all was not lost, results began picking up and teams were falling, including more local derby victories.
Local derby contests between these two neighbouring teams are always fiercely contested.
The local derby between the two sides has been contested almost 100 times since 1899.
When the local derby is played between these two neighbouring clubs, the games are typically played in front of a larger than usual attendance due and with increased tension.
This includes local derbies as well as matches between teams further afield.
Sometimes schedules are weighted in favour of local derbies or other traditional rivalries.
Both sides regularly attracted crowds of 24,000, with the local derbies seeing over 7,000 attending.
It is one of the few local derbies which do not enforce fan segregation, and hence was known as the friendly derby.
