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The South London derby is the name given to a football derby contested by any two of Bromley, Charlton Athletic, Crystal Palace, Millwall, and AFC Wimbledon, the five professional Football Association clubs that play in the Football League in South London, England. [1]
The first London Football League derby took place at Clapton Stadium on 11 November 1905, where Chelsea beat Clapton Orient 3–0 in a Second Division match. Chelsea also won the first top-flight London derby with a 2–1 victory over Woolwich Arsenal (now Arsenal ), in a First Division game at Stamford Bridge on 9 November 1907.
North London derby: Arsenal vs. Tottenham Hotspur [102] South London derby: any match between Charlton Athletic, Crystal Palace, Millwall and AFC Wimbledon. [103] [104] [105] Sutton derby: Carshalton Athletic vs. Sutton United [106] Tottenham Hotspur–West Ham United rivalry: Tottenham Hotspur vs. West Ham United
London derby: London Blitz vs. London Warriors, can also refer to games for either against the London Olympians. [16] Manchester–Merseyside rivalry: Manchester Titans vs. Merseyside Nighthawks [17] North East derby: Gateshead Senators vs. Northumberland Vikings [18] South Coast derby: Portsmouth Dreadnoughts vs Solent Thrashers [19]
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The two teams are unusually distant for an English football rivalry, about 40 miles apart. The A23 and M23 derby names sometimes used by the media come from the A23 road and the M23 motorway between Sussex and south London. [2] As of 2024, the clubs are roughly equal in their head-to-head results.
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The term "derby" possibly originated from the Derby, a horse race in England, founded by the 12th Earl of Derby in 1780. The 19th Earl has since claimed the Derby name was originally only given to one other sporting event: fixtures between St Helens at one end of the family's Knowsley estate and Wigan at the other.