Today at 12:05 pm - Former Leeds United star Andy Couzens is keen to see more Whites youngster in
the local derby at home against Barnsley today...
The club has sold out its ticket allocation of 2,740 for next Saturday's
local derby at the Proact Stadium, Chesterfield.
Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers played out an enthralling
local derby at Villa Park.
Not exact matches
Derby heartbreakingly missed out on promotion last season after a last gasp Bobby Zamora winner in the Championship play - off final against Queens Park Rangers, but look well placed to go one better this season and are also still in the FA Cup after a
local derby win over Chesterfield
at the weekend.
Man City don't have just us to contend with though, they also have to travel to Liverpool on the last day of the year, while the Reds also have the always - dangerous
local derby with Everton
at Goodison Park.
Both Man City and Chelsea have tough away games against Everton and Leicester City respectively, while Liverpool have the fierce
local derby against Man United
at Old Trafford.
With two other sides currently in the top six also playing each other on Friday evening, as Notts County travel for a
local derby against Sheffield United, it could be an important night
at the top of League One.
Just look
at the remaining fixtures amongst the top teams (forgetting
local derbies, teams fighting against relegation, European travels etc)... LC have got to play Chelsea, Utd, West Ham and City, Spuds have got us, Liverpool, Utd and Chelsea and City have also got to play Utd as we have got to play City.
I know that a lot of Arsenal fans were hoping for a draw in the
local derby between Manchester United and Liverpool
at Anfield yesterday.
Being held to a draw in the
local derby yesterday could have inflicted some real damage on Arsenal and our quest for the Premier League title this season, but thanks to Aston Villa managing a draw for their new manager and former Gunner Remi Garde, we find ourselves still level on points with Man City
at the top of the table.
Defeat to bottom side Leicester City after another insipid display, this time
at the King Power Stadium in a game that represented a
local derby of sorts, helped to turn Villa fans even further against Lambert as his side have struggled for goals all season.
It took quite a bit of luck
at the end, but CSKA Moscow came away victorious from their
local derby against Lokomotiv Moscow on Sunday.
The biggest high of last season was the
local derby against University of Manchester seconds, after being around 15 points down to come back and win by two points
at the end.
As with any
local derby, there is pride
at stake, but this time both team's seasons hinge on a win today.
So even though we might normally say a draw would be an okay result from a hotly contested
local derby, I really think we need to beat Tottenham
at the Emirates stadium on Sunday.
«I'm a
local lad so the
derby is really important to me and I would have liked nothing better than to play the full game and to be on the pitch when we got the winner.But as it turned out I was taken off and Lucas Leiva who replaced me played a crucial role in us getting the winning goal.I was hurt and disappointed
at being taken off because, like I said, I'm a
local lad and the
derby means everything to me.»
Postecoglou's first such game
at Nissan Stadium is the
derby against
local rivals Kawasaki Frontale, for whom talisman Kengo Nakamura finally won the J. League last season after countless near misses for his only professional club.
Also tune into the weekly EPL podcast co-hosted by James and Pete Nordsted Aston Villa v West Brom PICK & Goals 2 There's a lot of pressure on the home team for this
local derby and it'll be a red hot atmosphere
at Villa Park.
Watch this
local derby live
at the Bernabeu with Real Madrid vs Leganes tickets from Football Ticket Pad.
Wayne Rooney says there is no issue with manager Sam Allardyce over his early substitution in the second half of the Merseyside
derby at Goodison Park, a story also making the
local read.
Plagued by fan violence
at earlier home games, Hammers fans have not been put off supporting, especially for the
local derby against Arsenal.
Crespo scored a brilliant winner in the
local derby against Fulham on Boxing Day, volleying home from a sublime Cole cross, and it was Cole himself, growing in stature with every performance, who netted the only goal of the game away
at Manchester City.
First up on Tuesday night, a late Henrik Dalsgaard goal, his first for the club, secured a 1 - 0 victory over Nottingham Forest
at The City Ground before Neal Maupay struck a 94th minute equaliser
at Craven Cottage on Saturday in the
local derby against Fulham.
Spurs still have designs on their first title since 1961, so there will be more than just
local pride
at stake when Maricio Pochettino's side host this North London
derby.
The New Lenox Park District and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Local 176 will sponsor a fishing
derby Saturday
at Sharon's Bay Park.
When I pre-ordered [i] Odama [/ i]-- solely to ensure that my
local EB would even have a copy, since I knew that this was going to be a niche title
at best — I was eagerly anticipating some «demolition
derby» pinball set on the backdrop of feudal Japan.