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=__ Why are the rivalry in british football so strong? __=


 * ==There are many big rivalries in British football. Football is the most popular sport in England so it is not strange that the rivalry is so strong here. Examples of big rivalries are Celtic-Rangers, Manchester United-Manchester City, Arsenal-Tottenham, Arsenal-Chelsea, Cardiff-Swansea, Glentoran-Linfield and Manchester United-Liverpool. There are usually in matches between big teams with great history that the rivalry is strongest, and the teams have often won many trophys. Players who change team from one rival to another becomes very unpopular and some have recieved death-threats. The teams are often in the same division and play at least two games against each other every year. This isn't only a fight for winning the game but a fight for life and death. Often many hooligans attend this games and sometimes people get injured and sometimes also killed in the big fights. The biggest rivalries are often in the largest citys like Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow and London were many peoples lives. In London Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea, Fulham and many other big teams play their homegames.There are many fans in british football and football is an important thing for them. There are fierces conflicts between supportergroups, large media coverrage and high television viewing figures. A mayor reason to the rivalry is that the teams comes from the same city and for others the religion is important. Another good reason is the big attendance in British football. Examples are Arsenals homeground Emirates with 60 400 seats, Manchester Uniteds homeground with 76 000 and Newcastles homeground St.James' Park with 52 200 (1) (2) (3). The teams doesn't only play for points, but pride and for the fans.==

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 * (1) St.James' park, __[]__, 29 March 2011__.__
 * (2) Old Trafford, [], 29 March 2011.
 * (3) Emirates Stadium, [], 29 March 2011.


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