Pride of Anglia

The various football clubs located in East Anglia vie for being the Pride of Anglia, an unofficial title celebrated by fans of the clubs involved.

Description

League positions for the five professional association football clubs in East Anglia.

The title is claimed for winning the East Anglian derby and/or for finishing highest in the league. According to all definitions (see below) Norwich City are the undisputed Pride of Anglia, as they were the latest winners of an Anglian derby (Norwich were unbeaten to all East Anglian teams during the 2014-2015 season in all competitions) and were the highest placed Anglian team in the English football pyramid, finishing 3rd in the 2nd tier of English football and were promoted to the highest tier via the playoffs. (Norwich are the only Anglian team in the top tier now)

East Anglian derby

The main rivals are Ipswich Town and Norwich City. Other professional clubs in the region include Colchester United, Peterborough United and Cambridge United. Other emerging teams from the region include Luton Town, Braintree Town and Lowestoft Town.

When Norwich and Ipswich meet it is known as the 'East Anglian derby'.^[1] Over the 142 matches played between Norwich and Ipswich since 1902, Ipswich boasts the better record, having won 42% of the matches to Norwich's 39%.^[2] The most recent encounter ended in a 3-1 win for Norwich at Carrow Road in May 2015 in the 2nd leg of the Playoff semi-final (Norwich won 4-2 on aggregate). This fixture is sometimes referred to as the "Old Farm derby", a humorous reference to the "Old Firm derby" and the rural nature of East Anglia.

League position

Another commonly employed measure for "Pride of Anglia", and one that encompasses all of the East Anglian teams, is the side finishing as the highest placed East Anglian team in the English football league system.^[3] Norwich claimed this position in 2010–11 by finishing second in The Championship, and, by virtue of being the only East Anglian team in the Premier League (the top league of English football), did so from 2011 until the end of the 2013-14 season when they were relegated back the Championship. Norwich finished 3rd the following season and were promoted back to the Premier League, while Ipswich finished 6th. This means that Norwich will be the only team in the Premier League from East Anglia and will be, by default always be the highest finishing East Anglian team. (unless another Anglian team is promoted to the Premier League and/or Norwich are relegated)

Previously in 2007, Colchester United finished in the highest league position of clubs in the region and were awarded a special trophy by Anglia Television to mark the event.^[4]

References

↑ Ronald Atkin (2006-11-19). "East Anglia derby: Grant ready with his shark riposte". The Independent. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
↑ "East Anglian derby". Ipswich Town F.C. Retrieved 2007-03-16.
↑ Chris Lakey (2007-04-01). "Cureton tells fans good times are coming". Norwich Evening News. Retrieved 2007-04-20.
↑ U's gain Anglia acclaim, Colchester United FC, 2007-05-18. Retrieved 2013-05-23.

Colchester United Football Club

Players Managers Records & statistics Head-to-head Current season

History	History Seasons

Home stadium	Layer Road (1937–2008) Colchester Community Stadium (2008–present)

Players	100+ appearances 25–99 appearances 1–24 appearances Player of the Year

Rivalries	Essex derby Pride of Anglia

Seasons	1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–83 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 current

Matches	1997 Football League Trophy Final 1998 Football League Third Division play-off Final

Related articles	Colchester Town F.C. Colchester United L.F.C. Peter Heard Up the U's

Category:Colchester United F.C. Portal:Association football Commons:Colchester United F.C.

Ipswich Town Football Club

Ipswich Town F.C. Managers Players Records Seasons

History of Ipswich Town F.C. Portman Road Players of the Year Hall of Fame

East Anglian derby Pride of Anglia All articles

Norwich City Football Club

Club	History Seasons Current Season Managers Europe Norwich City Ladies

Records	Records Hall of Fame Players of the Season

Players	Current squad Players Captains

Grounds	Carrow Road The Nest Newmarket Road

Matches	1962 League Cup Final 1973 League Cup Final 1975 League Cup Final 1985 League Cup Final 1993 v Bayern Munich 2002 Play-off Final 2013 v Luton Town 2015 Play-off Final

Other	East Anglian derby Pride of Anglia On the Ball, City Friendship Trophy

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Pride of Anglia

Description

East Anglian derby

League position

See also

References