It's not a derby. It's not even a rivalry. The game that shouldn't exist.

Having to address this, of course, adds more fuel to that fire. I wish I didn’t have to write their name at all and will try to keep them away from these pages as much as possible. Unfair, some may claim, especially if you are reading this as a casual observer.

The reason, though, is to try and dispel any myth or legend that this is a derby match or indeed any kind of rivalry. In Britain, there are several high-profile derby games. Games between clubs from the same city can lay claim to being a derby, such as London, Birmingham, Glasgow, and Bristol. Regional ties can create this too, so Merseyside, Cornwall, South Coast. Being a derby will pretty much make that fixture a rivalry, but some will again not claim that such is the dislike of the other.