Spakenburg: Possibly the Biggest Amateur Derby in the World.

[drgriffen]

From tifos, to pyrotechnics, to fans wearing Guy Fawkes suits holding guns.....welcome to the Spakenburg derby.

Article on the match:

https://supportersnotcustomers.com/2014/03/30/the-spakenburg-derby/

 

[lanarkshire_bear]

“if you don’t bounce you’re a red” lol

Any Bear could have given him a much better translation

 

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

Brilliant stuff.

 

[cadge_1959]

Great read, thanks for posting op

 

[A Magician Named Gob]

Interested in Dutch football? I was going to start a thread on it but I'm nowhere near as active in my support as you are in your Argentina thread.

 

[drgriffen]

Interested in Dutch football? I was going to start a thread on it but I'm nowhere near as active in my support as you are in your Argentina thread.

Not really. Saw a post about the match on twitter and decided to find out how intense the rivalry was.

If you have an interest in Dutch football then you should start a thread. Don't compare it to the one on Argieball - I've tried to shape it (with the help of others) into what I like: more than just football - make it what you want a football thread to be. That way you'll be far more likely to stick with it.

Good luck.

 

[Rangerista]

"The club of the people and the fishermen (IJsselmeervogels, also known as "The Reds") against those of the "farmers and clerks" (SV spakenburg, "the Blues")"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IJsselmeervogels
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SV_Spakenburg

 

[mdingwall]

Great article.

 

[Dave570]

A few things that aren't mentioned is that Spakenburg is joined to a town called Bunschoten. Here is also a lot of rivalry as Bunschoten was largely a farming village and Spakenburg was a fishing village. Religion also plays a large role in the village with Spakenburg having a large reformed Church following. I believe that Bunschoten is classed as a town and Spakenburg only has a village status and that also throws up a lot of rivalry. The Christian Union is the biggest political party in the area.
I have walked past the stadium many times but have never been to a match there. The rivalry in the town\village is well known in Holland though.

 

[PalefaceRedskin]

Great read mate.

 

[rangers for life]

That was fantastic,thanks for the thread was a great read.

 

[vinnie]

From tifos, to pyrotechnics, to fans wearing Guy Fawkes suits holding guns.....welcome to the Spakenburg derby.

Article on the match:

https://supportersnotcustomers.com/2014/03/30/the-spakenburg-derby/

Really enjoyed ready that. Thanks OP

 

[drgriffen]

Great read mate.

Enjoy your Malbec.

 

[PalefaceRedskin]

Have been and am drg. And they saw all habit is failure!

Before getting started my nephew was insisting Auchinleck v Cumnock gives the Spakenburg derby a run for its money.

 

[drgriffen]

Have been and am drg. And they saw all habit is failure!

Before getting started my nephew was insisting Auchinleck v Cumnock gives the Spakenburg derby a run for its money.

 

[Rangerista]

A few things that aren't mentioned is that Spakenburg is joined to a town called Bunschoten. Here is also a lot of rivalry as Bunschoten was largely a farming village and Spakenburg was a fishing village. Religion also plays a large role in the village with Spakenburg having a large reformed Church following. I believe that Bunschoten is classed as a town and Spakenburg only has a village status and that also throws up a lot of rivalry. The Christian Union is the biggest political party in the area.
I have walked past the stadium many times but have never been to a match there. The rivalry in the town\village is well known in Holland though.

So that'll be a Blue thumbs up from me!

 

[drgriffen]

Article by Rory Smith wondering if the ever expanding reputation of the Spakenburg derby is changing (diluting) the rivalry.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/sports/spakenburg-derby-netherlands.html