Football fan has ranked Britain's greatest rivalries from 'Abysmal' to 'Pure Hatred'

Everybody loves a derby.

It’s the game fans eagerly anticipate all season, where the form book goes out the window, tactics become a secondary factor and football is ripped back to basics.

Britain has always boasted some of the world’s greatest rivalries, with historic fixtures like the Old Firm derby, the North-West derby and the North-London derby representing just a few examples of clashes that have deep rooted bad blood between both sets of teams and fan bases.

Although, whilst the United Kingdom has always claimed to have some of the greatest derbies in the beautiful game, there can be no denying that modern football has borne witness to a decline in the ferocious nature that we were previously accustomed to.

Over the last decade, fan debate has continuously intensified over which rivalries have lost their touch and become boring to watch.

It’s a difficult one to judge, but interestingly, one Twitter page – @LowerTiers – has taken it upon themselves to try and do just that, by creating their very own TierMaker.

Let’s check out what they came up with below.

Abysmal:

Ipswich vs Norwich (The East Anglian derby) | Barnet vs Stevenage | Cheltenham Town vs Forest Green | Manchester United vs Leeds (The Roses rivalry)

The East Anglian derby has suffered in recent times with Ipswich falling behind Norwich in terms of their competitiveness, so we can understand the critical placement here.

The Roses rivalry falling into the ‘abysmal’ section springs quite the surprise though, both clubs operate in the Premier League – (for now at least…) – and the fixture is known for getting quite feisty.

Of course, it’s not the same as when Leeds were in their pomp fighting at the sharp end of the table, but still, we wouldn’t