| A loud klaxon and a blaring siren signaled the start of the balloon busting derby. |
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| For years, as both clubs underachieved, there was little to talk about between derby matches apart from the derbies themselves. |
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| Despite the night's destruction 20 cars made it onto the track for the demolition derby. |
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| With the players looking down and out this is hardly the ideal time to be going into a local derby against a resurgent Preston side. |
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| The wee Glasgow derby may lack the sectarian undertones of the big one, but it lacks none of the mutual antipathy. |
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| All the punishment dished out meant only eight cars could limp out for the demolition derby in which Bill Bylett ground the opposition to a halt. |
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| He believes in the roller derby, the hurkey turkey, hardware stores, Hank Williams and hand me downs. |
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| The old roller derby was more like wrestling, where everything was choreographed and they weren't hurting each other. |
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| A few years ago, my team lost a local derby, and had a goal disallowed in the last minute. |
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| The race was twice delayed by safety cars after initial laps that resembled more a demolition derby than a Grand Prix. |
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| Greg and I have a date to go to the demolition derby this weekend, unless he has desk hours for his legal research class. |
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| It was always going to be an uphill struggle to motivate the side even in the face of a local derby match. |
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| The importance of this derby was reflected in the frenetic early play, when only nine points were scored in the first five minutes. |
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| On paper, if nothing else, they look to be something of a banker bet, but in a local derby situation you never can tell. |
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| A small derby hat adorned his balding pate, longish scraggles of grey-hairs nearly whispering along his ears and neck. |
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| This is virtually a derby game between two teams that have shown good form this season. |
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| Swimming with feeding Blue sharks is like directing traffic at a demolition derby, except they come at us from all angles. |
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| Chorley and Rossendale United go head to head tomorrow in a game that has all the ingredients for a New Year derby thriller. |
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| But Swansea were worthy of their spirited success in a typical blood and thunder derby between Wales's oldest rivals. |
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| It was a big game because it was a local derby and it meant a lot to the fans. |
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| After already clocking 120 points, they are relishing the prospect of the Boxing Day derby with Swinton. |
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| But those players aren't guaranteed to keep their places as no less then seven absentees from Monday's derby at Victory Park are set to return. |
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| The others, AC Milan, came from behind to win the Champions League semi-final derby then lifted the trophy. |
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| Among the most anticipated events was the chariot race, a horse-drawn demolition derby. |
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| The evening's thrills included monster truck racing, demolition derby, quad wars and more. |
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| After a night of full metal contact only 8 cars limped out for the demolition derby finale. |
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| It was a big game, a local derby with over 20,000 fans here so there was a lot riding on the match. |
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| Saddleworth gained revenge for Whit Friday's derby defeat at Greenfield with an eight-wicket Saturday victory. |
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| The demolition derby put a fitting end to the night's classic carnage as the old cars from both classes fought each other to a standstill. |
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| Colne are likely to name an unchanged side from the one that scored a derby victory at Padiham last Saturday. |
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| The Stags have 8 days to recover and they need to show bouncebackability in the big local derby against Notts County. |
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| It was the only untoward incident in an otherwise sportingly contested local derby. |
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| Do the narrow streets of Nice seem like a very stupid place to stage a demolition derby? |
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| The vengeful tackle on Haaland 16 months ago during a Manchester derby was as bad as they come, the sort that ends careers. |
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| All in all, it was not so much of a race, but more of a demolition derby, the sort of thing you see on dirt tracks in the USA or Australia. |
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| We leafleted the Oldham versus Bury local derby football game and got a great response. |
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| The brittleness of both Old Firm defences meant the invoking of bygones in the lead-up to yesterday's derby. |
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| A derby match is seldom a pretty affair, with so much at stake games become scrappy. |
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| Both started this keenly-anticipated derby, Ryan at stand-off and Alex at loose forward. |
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| Recent departee Damien Reid scored a hat-trick for Barrow in their 48-0 derby hammering of Workington last week. |
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| And Toby McGrath slips a handball to Matthew Clucas in the Fremantle derby. |
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| If it's true this was hardly a classic, it was a no holds barred derby with the occasional touch of class. |
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| And yet the Reds go into tomorrow's derby with only 11 goals from 11 League outings. |
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| I think that's one of the reasons that the home run derby has become such a pathological obsession over the last couple of seasons. |
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| The fair's climactic event, the demolition derby, is drawing big crowds to the fairgrounds. |
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| This local derby clash drew a fair-sized crowd and they weren't disappointed as both sides went all-out for the win. |
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| This afternoon's Easter Road clash is not the only Edinburgh derby this weekend where immovable object meets irresistible force. |
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| Davies followed an early yellow card with that second booking, and the 131st north London derby took on a familiarly modern pattern. |
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| Then came the in-betweens, made up of drivers over 25, whose hotly-contested race at times looked more like a demolition derby. |
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| By an ironic twist of fate, each of the four sides in the hat must face up to a derby match on the deciding Saturday. |
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| I expect a numerical advantage to be in our favour for today's derby, though. |
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| To throw away a two-goal advantage once in a derby is unfortunate, twice though is careless, bordering on inexcusable. |
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| With a costly European defeat and nine goals conceded in two games, Strachan is already under the cosh with his first Old Firm derby looming. |
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| When they meet, tens of thousands of fevered supporters converge on an intimidating stadium believing it to be the greatest derby on earth. |
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| This cup tie set up a special local derby with efficiently organised defences well on top of the first quarter exchanges. |
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| Here he comes, puttering up in his little soapbox derby car with its duck horn. |
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| This local derby, which was played in perfect conditions before a sizeable attendance, did not live up to its prematch expectations. |
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| Celtic manager Martin O'Neill has urged his players to keep their cool in the white-hot atmosphere of the Old Firm derby at Ibrox. |
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| Williamson, even as an outsider, always felt the Edinburgh derby was a major fixture. |
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| The Red Rose derby between Barrowford and Pendle Forest saw the Bull Holme side make 237 without losing a wicket. |
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| It's a one-off game and home advantage is important in a derby game, especially in the FA Cup. |
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| But how often have you seen men slip up and wear derby shoes with worn-out jeans, or even casual loafers with suits, for example? |
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| That's why this semi-final has been dubbed the most important derby this century. |
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| It was shaping up like a ding-dong derby game when the flaw of Rangers game hit them in the face. |
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| While a win in this derby will be important in itself, he will be looking at the bigger picture. |
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| In a race that witnessed three safety car periods in was the last lap which resembled a demolition derby after the re-start. |
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| Celtic, at least, know they have a dirty great problem to solve as they head into next week's Old Firm derby. |
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| I grabbed a black derby hat from my closet and covered my messy hair before following Jake back down the stairs and out to his car. |
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| A West Coast-Borders derby without venom and tumult is about as common as a punch-up in chess. |
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| Everybody watched with vicarious intensity as the demolition derby continued, with both fighters getting caught and staggering. |
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| Kabwe Warriors yesterday avoided an upset by thumping promotion side Prison Leopards in a FAZ Premier Division week-eight derby played at Railway ground. |
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| He once put Casey Stengel on high-top skates to hype a roller derby in Oakland. |
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| I don't want to give them ideas, but I'm looking forward to the derby. |
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| We have always been big underdogs in the derby games and more often than not we have gone into the game worrying about them rather than concentrating on our own strengths. |
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| The sounds of the cars crashing during the demolition derby, along with the screams of excited, or maybe just drunk fans, added to the event's atmosphere. |
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| While the former manager can claim to have won seven championships in a row, seven derby wins on the bounce is enough for the incumbent to be going on with. |
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| He wears a derby hat covered with pins he collects from every stop. |
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| In one of sports great arenas, the Milan derby indulges the connoisseurs. |
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| This weekend United play host to City in this season's first derby match, with fans from both teams hoping they will have the bragging rights on Saturday night. |
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| A bumper crowd of more than 7,000 is expected at Bootham Crescent on Boxing Day for the all-ticket Christmas derby match against rivals Hull City. |
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| A turnout of over 60 unlimited bangers, Jags, Granadas, hearses, and Yank tanks took to the road, in three heats with a final and a destruction derby. |
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| A brown derby covered his white hair, and a monocle covered his eye. |
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| The derby cheese is described in several places on the web as having the flavor and consistency of a very mild cheddar, with an added buttery flavor. |
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| Yet this wonderful and loving documentary somehow turns a demolition derby into a profound statement on the importance of life and what makes this place special. |
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| Birmingham came down to earth with a bump after their derby victory over Aston Villa on Monday, losing 1-0 at Middlesbrough to a stunning Franck Queudrue free-kick. |
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| A local football derby exploded into violence when hooligans from Hull took over the bar of a Lincoln hotel and began a pitched battle with police. |
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| We knew Manchester United against Manchester City, Arsenal against Tottenham and later Manchester United against Liverpool didn't have anything on the Old Firm derby. |
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| Cliched platitudes about derby matches may be easy enough to pick up, but there are still occasional communication difficulties between player and manager. |
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| Every south coast derby is important but because of the club's position, stage of the season, and what's at stake the magnitude of this fixture has trebled tenfold. |
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| They would be forced to start at the bottom and work their way back up, but at least derby matches would simply be a hope for the future rather than a forlorn hope. |
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| There will be a dog agility display, donkey derby, traditional Irish country cooking, trade stalls, amusements, and lots more, with entertainment for all ages. |
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| Streamlined wheelchairs crash into each other with the ferocity of a demolition derby, and coaches bark orders from the sideline, with their usual bluntness. |
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| I hope to see all the fans there tomoz at the big derby game. |
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| The third and final race turned out to be more like a demolition derby. |
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| Jason Bourne is going to cold-cock Homer Simpson right out of the top spot in the weekend box office derby. |
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| Defeat sees Forest remain a point outside the top six with a derby against Leicester up next. |
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| Rivalry between the clubs is fierce and the fixture between the two is called the Second City derby. |
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| Games between the two professional clubs, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday, are known as the Steel City derby. |
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| Sheffield is also home to the Sheffield Steel Rollergirls, a roller derby team. |
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| Chelsea had two players sent off and lost out to a Heidar Helguson penalty in a heated west London derby. |
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| Scoring the matchwinning goal in the county soccer derby made him the town's hero. |
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| Manchester United has rivalries with Arsenal, Leeds United, Liverpool, and Manchester City, against whom they contest the Manchester derby. |
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| They became Tottenham Hotspur's nearest club, commencing the North London derby. |
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| The highest attendance of the season was 28,274 in the local derby against Norwich City. |
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| Saints' main rivals are Leicester Tigers, whom they face in the East Midlands derby. |
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| The derby is also sometimes considered a contest in terms of pride between the two counties. |
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| Their confrontations on the field during the Leeds v Bradford Northern local derby games are part of rugby league folklore. |
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| They are the oldest city rivals in Scotland and the Edinburgh derby is one of the oldest derby matches in world football. |
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| In common with many other major towns and cities in the UK, Aberdeen has an active roller derby league, Granite City Roller Girls. |
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| In addition, each team plays two further derby fixtures against teams from the same nation, but in the opposite conference. |
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| This will ensure that Ireland and Wales retain their six derby matches for each team they held before. |
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| Further afield, the club has a rivalry with Bristol City, known as the Severnside derby, and to a lesser extent, Bristol Rovers. |
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| However, the derby game at Ninian Park was marred with controversy as referee Mike Dean was struck by a coin from a Cardiff City supporter. |
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| His first goal came a week later on the 21st in a remarkable Merseyside derby at Anfield. |
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| Bale went on to score against Arsenal in the North London derby from a free kick. |
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| Pembroke's main game of the season is often the local derby with rivals the Pembroke Dock Harlequins. |
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| Football matches between Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, dubbed as the Kolkata derby, witness large audience attendance and rivalry between patrons. |
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| The club now plays in the National League North, which means the Bradford derby has not been played in years. |
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| Vennegoor of Hesselink now faces arace to be ready in time for next Sunday's Old Firm derby along with groin injury victim Scott McDonald. |
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| He was red-carded after 42 minutes of the Dundee derby for elbowing United's Robbie Winters. |
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| The men's Sheffield roller derby team are currently top of the table after their opening day 223-118 win over the Quads of War back in January. |
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| The charges relate to the March 10 local derby between Huddersfield Town and Bradford. |
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| Considering this was a local derby and the pace of the game, some excellent football was played by both teams. |
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| Adrian Foulkes also found the net to set up a local derby at Newtown in the fourth round, while Sam Williams responded for the Radnor Robins. |
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| Ton Pentre are in a local derby against AFC Rhondda, while Pontardawe take on third-placed Uwic. |
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| They won their own local derby 34-16 at Wakefield on Friday night with pacy full-back Richard Owen crossing for a brace of tries. |
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| The striker became the first Argyle striker to score a hat-trick in a Devon derby as Sheridan's men comfortably won the bragging rights. |
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| A revived soap box derby for this year's Springtime In Paris festival will see the county closing a series of roads in the town. |
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| It's also derby day at Islecroft Stadium where Dalbeattie Star host Threave Rovers. |
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| Mr Hogan-Howe was out on a 16-year-old horse called Kinsale along with Murphy's Law, the horse which was stabbed after the derby. |
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| It was the perfect response to their last league outing, the disappointing derby defeat to stiflers Manchester City. |
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| Man Utd 0 Cluj 1 MANCHESTER UNITED were humiliated ahead of Sunday's derby when they lost to the Romanian minnows Cluj. |
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| He began to fan her with his hat. That was successful, for he struck her nose with the brim of his derby and she opened her eyes. |
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| Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating in the same direction around a track. |
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| The taxi driver left us feeling sick after zooming around as if he was in a demolition derby. |
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| Julian Camelleri, 27, decided to enter the 1967 Silver Shadow in a demolition derby when he was unable to find a buyer for it. |
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| Daniel, of Bradley Stoke, Bristol, escaped with just a bump on the nose following the demolition derby. |
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| So it was only fitting that the members of Philadelphia's Home Arts Club selected a derby theme for their annual progressive dinner at the fairgrounds last summer. |
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| In echoes of derby day 2013 when a Newcastle United fan punched a police horse in the face, Herby was struck and dragged to the ground, nearly smashing his head clean off. |
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| The biggest derby in India takes centre-stage on Sunday as Mohun Bagan lock horns with East Bengal in what promises to be a humdinger of an I-League encounter. |
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| Derby prizes will go to those with the longest pikeminnow, most pounds landed, top boat, top shore angler, first and second derby tagged fishes and more. |
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| He replaces Marian Kello, whom he deputised for in the second half of the capital derby at Easter Road on Sunday, after the Slovakian went off injured. |
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| Their title hopes were delt a blow when they were held 2-2 at Peterhead in the final Buchan derby before the home side move to the Scottish League. |
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| Vee made an immediate impact on his debut in the home clash with 10th-placed Hartshead Moor, but couldn't inspire a derby debut as Brighouse were beaten by 12 runs. |
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| Utility player Richard Whiting is expected to take Tansey's full-back spot when Hull kick off the new season with a derby against Hull KR at the Millennium Stadium on Sunday. |
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| Middlesbro ugh scored a goal in each half to win their Northern Combination derby at West Auckland Town, for whom Debbie Stansmore replied in the 75th minute. |
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| While Rooney's temperament has let him down at times, the way he performed on Sunday in front of a hostile City crowd in the Manchester derby spoke volumes. |
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| The Blues' Nigerian striker produced a towering display in Sunday's derby match, just days after his mountain climbing technique also raised spirits in the Blues camp. |
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| Bellamy had a great volley saved by Middlesbrough keeper Mark Schwarzer in last weekend's derby victory after he had scored a tap-in from just five yards. |
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| Meanwhile, there is a local derby at the Arnott Stadium with Durham City hosting Newcastle Blue Star in the Second Round of the UniBond League Challenge Cup. |
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| The Palmerston boss was left disappointed when local derby rivals Annan crashed 5-2 to Brechin in Tuesday night's replay and cost his club the chance of a bumper gate. |
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| The Viola won the Tuscan derby against Livor no on Saturday as J ovetic gr abbed the only goal to secure the 100th win of coach Cesare Prandelli's reign. |
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| The derby helped remove 3,000 predatory rough fish from the lake during last year's competition, and is a nonprofit event to help sustain renewable sport fishing in the lake. |
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| Last year, more than 2,000 rough fish were removed from the lake during the derby, with the ODFW replacing those fish with 200,000 keeper-sized rainbow trout. |
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| Part of the tournament includes the 4th Annual Lionfish Round-Up, a derby to help knock down some of the burgeoning lionfish populations in the waters. |
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| Roller derby is a contact sport, played using quad roller skates on an oval track in which teams use offensive and defensive plays to score points. |
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| His eagerness led to him scrapping rest days but after masterminding a derby win over Hibs, Sergio was finally able to give his stars some much-needed time off. |
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| The night after that fan gathering, Kellie Pickler was bumped, and Kat placed among the top two vote-getters, ensuring her spot in this week's song derby. |
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| As is standard practice in accordance to derby rules, all fish presented to the weighmaster are cut open and checked for any anomalies and foreign objects. |
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| When the two sides play, it is referred to as the Galician derby. |
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| That was partly because of a swirling wind that made precision passing difficult and also a derby atmosphere where the emphasis seemed to be on passion rather than football. |
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| Another picture shows the dreadnought striker leaping above Vieri in a derby match and even at full stretch, the Torino keeper is nowhere near him. |
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| Their highest was 16,341 for the October derby against the Ospreys. |
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| The biggest was 12,532 for the Boxing Day derby against the Dragons. |
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| Sheffield's near neighbour, Hallam, was formed in 1860 and in the same year the two clubs first met each other in a local derby which is still contested today. |
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| The club competes in the Rules derby with near neighbours Hallam. |
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| Royal Windsor Rollergirls, were one of the first roller derby leagues to be founded in the UK in 2007, they regularly hold games at Windsor Leisure Centre. |
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| Preston is also the home of Lancashire's first roller derby league. |
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| However, in July 2012, the club moved to the new 12,000 seat New York Stadium in Rotherham, whilst United and Wednesday contest the Steel City derby. |
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| Sheffield and Hallam contest what has become known as the Sheffield derby. |
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| Liverpool is also the home of two Premier League football clubs, Liverpool and Everton, matches between the two being known as the Merseyside derby. |
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