Top 10 Biggest Rivals in English Football
8. Liverpool vs Everton
The rivalry in eighth place is the ‘Merseyside Derby’ between Liverpool and Everton. This derby is the longest ever top-flight derby and has been played ever since the 1962-63 season. Liverpool play their home games at Anfield Stadium while Everton play their home games at Goodison Park, this fixture has been called the Merseyside derby ever since 1955. Traditionally the Merseyside derby was referred to as the ‘Friendy Derby‘ due to the number of families that attended from both Liverpool and Everton fans. But since the inception of the Premier League the fixture has become more ‘unfriendly’ so to say and has become the match with the highest Red cards and has been referred as”The most ill-disciplined and explosive fixture in the Premier League” according to some sources.
The two clubs have played a total of 46 Premier League games with Liverpool recording 19 wins while Everton has 9 victories and the two have seen themselves to 19 draws.