More Than A Game
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By Ben Lerwill Last updated
More Than A Game A country caught in the shadow of political unrest, football is Iran's escape. For the July 2009 issue of FourFourTwo, Ben Lerwill attended their biggest football derby - including "only" 95,000 spectators, and a lot of armed police...

By Andy Mitten Last updated
More Than A Game For the April 2009 FourFourTwo magazine, Andy Mitten visited the peninsula’s capital to discover a long-running climate of animosity and hatred…

By Ben Clark Last updated
More Than A Game The oldest non-UK derby was once contested between two giants of South American football, but as Montevideo's mighty have fallen, violence has increased - on and off the pitch. Sebastian H Garcia reported for the April 2009 FourFourTwo magazine...

By Rob Bright Last updated
More Than A Game Football in the world's second most populous nation can attract enormous crowds, particularly when Kolkata's 'big two' are going toe to toe - as Rob Bright found out for the September 2007 issue of FourFourTwo

By Daniel Neilson Last updated
More Than A Game Colombian powerhouses America and Deportivo Cali share a city but not much else in common. In 2007, FourFourTwo's Daniel Neilson dared to venture into one of the continent's hottest derbies

By Andy Mitten Last updated
More Than A Game The famous Dutch tolerance is nowhere to be seen when the country’s fiercest rivals square up, as Andy Mitten found out for the April 2007 FourFourTwo magazine. Expect home-made bombs, attacks on players, sick chants and violence. Lots of violence...

By Neil Billingham Last updated
More Than A Game After the break-up of Yugoslavia, Croatia's big two quickly settled into mutual loathing... from the March 2007 issue of FourFourTwo

By Daniel Neilson Last updated
More Than A Game South American derbies are soaked in flares, fights and match-fixing. For the December 2006 issue, FourFourTwo sent Daniel Neilson to Paraguay's fiercest derby - Cerro Porteno vs Olimpia

By Frank Dunne Last updated
More Than A Game The Genoa derby is rarely violent but enjoys a heady mixture of South American passion, 'British spirit' and Italian fan choreography, as Frank Dunne found out for the February 2009 issue of FourFourTwo...

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
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