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History, politics and death: How Lazio-Roma became Italy's fiercest rivalry
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…

Montevideo nasty: Why Nacional vs Penarol is more than a game
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...

The bitter battle for Welsh supremacy: Swansea vs Cardiff
By Andy Mitten last updated
More Than A Game In 2009, Andy Mitten was on the frontline for a long-awaited South Wales Derby...

Class war in Kolkata: Why East Bengal vs Mohun Bagan is more than a game
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

Drugs, death and salsa: Why America vs Deportivo Cali is more than a game
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

Holland's most hate-filled fight club: Ajax vs Feyenoord
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...

Brothers in armed conflict: Why Dinamo Zagreb vs Hajduk Split is more than a game
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

More Than A Game: Cerro Porteno vs Olimpia
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

Flags of our fathers: why Genoa vs Sampdoria is more than a game
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...

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
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