West Country derby

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

Football

It can be used to describe football matches between Plymouth Argyle and Exeter City.^[1]

Rugby

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

Cricket

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

References

↑ "Rovers claim West Country spoils". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 20 October 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
↑ "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 28 April 2011.

Local derbies in the United Kingdom

England	A49 A62 AFC–MK Aldershot–Woking Aston Villa–West Bromwich Black Country Bolton–Wigan Bristol Bristol Rovers–Swindon Chester–Wrexham East Anglia East Lancashire East Midlands Derby–Leicester Derby-Forest Leicester–Forest Essex Humber Lincolnshire Liverpool–Manchester United London Arsenal–Chelsea Millwall–West Ham North South East West M1 M23 M4 M66 M69 Manchester Merseyside Nene Nottingham Potteries Roses Rules Rushmoor 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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