The East Anglian Derby is a sobriquet used to describe football matches held between Ipswich Town and Norwich City. It is also described humorously as the Old Farm Derby, a reference to the Old Firm derby played between Celtic and Rangers. Like the nickname "Tractor Boys" (Ipswich Town) this reflects the importance of agriculture in East Anglia. Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Ipswich Town Football Club (also known as Ipswich, The Blues, Town or The Tractor Boys) are an English professional football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk. ... Norwich City Football Club (also known as The Canaries, The Yellows, City or (archaic) The Citizens) are an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. ... One of the fiercest rivalries in world football The name Old Firm (sometimes called the Auld Firm) is a collective term for the Glaswegian football clubs, Rangers and Celtic. ... Celtic Football Club (pronounced seltik in IPA; AIM: CCP) is a Scottish football club, competing in the Scottish Premier League, the highest form of competition in Scotland. ... Rangers Football Club is a football club from Glasgow, Scotland, which plays in the Scottish Premier League. ...

The most recent East Anglian Derby took place at Carrow Road on Sunday, April 22nd 2007 which ended in a 1 - 1 draw.

History

The first match held between the two clubs occurred on 15 November 1902 when both sides were still amateur. The Norfolk & Suffolk League fixture was played in Norwich and finished 1-0 to Norwich City. November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Norwich turned professional in 1905, Ipswich following in 1936. Ipswich were elected to the Football League in 1938 and the first league game between the two clubs (in the Third Division (South)) was on 2 September 1939. Played at Portman Road, Ipswich, the match finished 1-1, although the league was abandoned due to World War 2. The Football League Third Division South was a level of English professional football which ran in parallel to Third Division North from 1921 to 1958. ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full year calendar). ... German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ...

The first league game after the war took place on 7 September 1946. In another Third Division (South) match at Portman Road, Ipswich won 5-0 with a hat-trick from Albert Day and two from Tommy Parker. September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Statistics

In a total of 134 matches, Ipswich have a slight edge, winning 58, while Norwich have won 51, the remaining 25 being drawn. Ipswich have scored 198 goals whilst Norwich have scored 172. In 1998 Ipswich thrashed Norwich 5-0 at Portman Road. In 1996 the game between the 2 sides was looking like ending in a 1-1 draw until a simple pass back to Bryan Gunn hit a bobble and jumped over the ageing goalkeeper's foot. This was possibly the funniest and most enjoyable moment ever witnessed in a football game. What was even funnier was the merchandise that arose after the game celebrating Bryan Gunn's famous mis-kick.

See also

• Pride of Anglia

Unofficially, a number of football clubs located in East Anglia vie for being the Pride of Anglia. ...

External links

• Old Farm results
• East Anglian Derby: Ipswich stats