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Bonkers by the Bosphorus: Why Fenerbahce vs Galatasaray is more than a game
By Gregg Davies last updated
More Than A Game The Istanbul derby: so violent the authorities tried to ban it, so bitter the whole world is watching, so important the fans of two teams will do anything. Steve Bryant and Dan Brennan reported for the February 2006 FourFourTwo magazine

Anchovies, turncoats and lighters: Why Olympiakos vs Panathinaikos is more than a game
By Ben Clark last updated
More Than A Game Athens: the cradle of democracy but also of a class war that rumbles to this day. From FourFourTwo magazine, December 2005

Intercontinental class warfare: Why Corinthians vs Palmeiras is more than a game
By Celso de Campos Jr last updated
More Than A Game The São Paulo set-to started as Spain vs Italy, became a class struggle and is littered with bitter feuds, as Celso de Campos Jr found out for the October 2003 issue of FourFourTwo...

Uncivil war: Why Partizan Belgrade vs Red Star is more than a game
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More Than A Game Partizan Belgrade fans start wars. Red Star supporters are the type to give it some. For the March 2003 issue of FourFourTwo, Jonathan Wilson reported from the derby that changed the world...

Milan vs Inter: Italy’s odd couple who share players and a stadium
By Kevin Buckley last updated
More Than A Game The Milan derby is one of the peninsula's longest-running but least violent rivalries, as Kevin Buckley wrote for the February 2003 FourFourTwo magazine

Power, corruption & lies in Bucharest: Why Steaua vs Dinamo is more than a game
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More Than A Game In November 2002, FourFourTwo sent Jonathan Wilson to assess Dinamo and Steaua Bucharest: two Romanian giants determined to destroy each other

Conspiracies, class divides and all-night parties: Why Real Betis vs Sevilla is Spain's hottest derby
By Andy Mitten last updated
More Than A Game For the March 2002 issue of FourFourTwo, Andy Mitten visited Andalucia to gauge the temperature of what is regarded as the hottest rivalry in Spanish football...

Football as religion: Why Celtic vs Rangers is more than a game
By Andy Dougan last updated
More Than A Game For richer for poorer, for better or for worse, Rangers and Celtic are locked into a century-old marriage made in hell. But things might be looking up, reported Andy Dougan for the December 2001 FourFourTwo magazine

Curtis Davies: “It was hard to be accepted by Birmingham City fans after leaving Aston Villa”
By Paul Wilkes last updated
More Than A Game The Hull City defender tells Paul Wilkes about playing on either side of the fiery rivalry, a clash that will again be on the football calendar in the Championship next season...
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