The commentators at the Rangers Celtic match claimed  the fixture was the oldest in football. I was very dubious because I though Celtic were not in competitive  football in the early days.

I got out my history books and noticed that in a competitive match - The first derby with teams still playing today   (  In either  England or Scotland ) was a third round  Scottish FA cup fixture , between Rangers and Partick Thistle

Date  1878 -79

Rangers went on to get to the final at Hampden, drew 1. 1 with Vale of Leven. Rangers failed to turn up for the replay claiming they scored the winning goal in the first match which was disallowed. The SFA awarded the cup to Vale.

 

Edited March 14, 20188 yr by Laurence

1 hour ago, Laurence said:

The commentators at the Rangers Celtic match claimed  the fixture was the oldest in football. I was very dubious because I though Celtic were not in competitive  football in the early days.

I got out my history books and noticed that in a competitive match - The first derby with teams still playing today   (  In either  England or Scotland ) was a third round  Scottish FA cup fixture , between Rangers and Partick Thistle

Date  1878 -79

Rangers went on to get to the final at Hampden, drew 1. 1 with Vale of Leven. Rangers failed to turn up for the replay claiming they scored the winning goal in the first match which was disallowed. The SFA awarded the cup to Vale.

 

That would have been the old Rangers Laurence 

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The old Vale of Leven  too

It's ironic that there's not a Derby derby.

On ‎5‎/‎11‎/‎2018 at 10:48 PM, Kingsmills said:

It's ironic that there's not a Derby derby.

The East Midlands Derby?  

29 minutes ago, Tichy_Blacks_Back said:

The East Midlands Derby?  

Must be.  I can't think of another place called Derby in the UK. 

Edited May 16, 20188 yr by DoofersDad

I am aware of the rivalry between Derby County and Nottingham Forest. Does that really constitute a Derby derby ? Another footballing conundrum; who do the residents of the south end of Preston support ?

Millwall v Fulham [SE V West, not a derby, and many ore teams] in the EFL cup but attendance (in a city of almost 9m) was just 5839.  6402 for our derby.  

8 hours ago, Glover said:

Millwall v Fulham [SE V West, not a derby, and many ore teams] in the EFL cup but attendance (in a city of almost 9m) was just 5839.  6402 for our derby.  

Assuming that County, have at last, learned to count.

Goodness. This reminds me that I used to play derbs (or was it durbs) in the Central school playground  a long time ago after 4 p.m.

Does that count?

What about Cullicudden Celtic and Resolis Rangers ?