What does derby mean

Derby, now refers to the match between two teams from the same city in the same soccer league. Because they are in the same city, they compete fiercely with each other for more fans, more attention, etc., and the matches are often very exciting and even fiery. Occasionally, it is also used to describe matches between teams from the same region or even the same country. Like Inter Milan and AC Milan, Manchester City and Manchester United. Originally, it referred to matches between British horses from Derbyshire.

Finding the origin of the term "derby" is not a simple matter. More than a hundred years ago, in the 19th century, before modern soccer and basketball, horse racing was the number one sport in Europe. The word "DERBY" comes from the English language and originally referred to the English county of Derbyshire. Derby is a city in the center of England (equivalent to a province in China) and is known for holding the Great British Horse Race. Founded in 1870 by the Earl of Derby, it is one of the most famous horse races in Britain, held on the first Wednesday of June at EPSOM near London. Derby was the place where the race was held because it was full of famous horses, and later on many of the British racehorses came from Derby, and thus it was often the Derby horses that fought against each other in the British horse races.　In 1870, when the word "derby" (derby) was born in the sports world, it appeared in horse racing. The Earl of Derby used the word "derby" to refer to horse racing at the oldest race in England, the Sherry Epsom Stakes, which was a 1.5-mile race between two horses of the same weight and three years of age.　 At the beginning of the 19th century, although soccer had not yet developed into an organized game, it was already a very popular sport in England, especially in Derbyshire (Nottingham Forest FC, which played an important role in the development of soccer and set many precedents, was in Derbyshire, and it was here that the first use of shin pads and nets was made), and even though the rules were not well developed, there were already a lot of games and a large number of fans in the central city of Derby, which was also home to a large number of football fans. There were already many matches and a large number of fans, and in 1846, two teams from Derby met to play a match on the first Tuesday of June every year, a match that started out as a local one but gradually spread throughout England over time. The name Derby Battle then spread. The Derby, however, had a direct or indirect impact on the promotion of the unification of soccer rules and the establishment of the English FA in 1863, and even the creation of the English Football League and all levels of leagues in 1888.　 In the 21st century, 130 years later, horse racing still continues, but when people hear "derby" again it is already in the soccer field, and is invoked to describe the intensity of the game between two teams in the same city. It is also used to describe the rivalry between teams from the same city or neighborhood in the geography of soccer. It was later extended to professional soccer, rugby, basketball and ice hockey club matches as the "Battle of the Cities". Derbies are often played with a lot of energy and media coverage, as both teams compete for fans and sponsors. Derby's history of the derby, often accompanied by jingoistic fire, has emerged in a scene of thrilling "tragicomedy". The famous "twin city" includes Inter Milan and AC Milan in Milan, Italy, and Roma and Lazio in Rome, etc. In the English Premier League, there are the London Derby, the Manchester Derby, and the Manchester Derby. The English Premier League has the London Derby, Manchester Derby, Birmingham Derby, Liverpool Derby and so on; Italian A has the Rome Derby, Milan Derby, Turin Derby; West A has the Madrid Derby, Barcelona Derby; Bundesliga's Munich Derby, the Ruhr Area Derby; the derby of the South American is also widely existed: the derby staged by Buenos Aires is only a white knife into the red knife out; the Sao Paulo Derby is all the time in the staging! ...... can be said that soccer is beautiful because of the derby, and beautiful soccer brings us endless happiness.