Football FanCast columnist Jerome Johnstone looks into the definition of rivalry in football and poses the question of which is the biggest in England?

If there was one thing that was apparent with our recent debate, then Elland Rd was well and truly considered the most fearsome ground in England. Most away supporters considered the trip to Yorkshire as the most butt clenching experience due to the intensity of the atmosphere and having been there on many occasions, I for one would wholeheartedly agree. Leeds United are by no means a rival to my football club, geographically we are miles apart and we have never really challenged for the same honours - it is just the fact we are two of England's biggest football clubs and we just want to get one over on them.

For me rivalry is the integral part of football and what makes it so interesting. The banter between the teams, the mocking of each other's fans and it just adds to the intensity of the proceedings. With all due respect to teams like a Wigan or Reading, they hardly set the pulses racing as a supporter and they are certainly not the first fixture you look for when the new lists are released at the end of June. You look for the big games that bring with them the atmosphere and these are the games you would pay twice the admission fee to watch them.

So how do you define rivalry and as a football club should it just openly depend on whoever your near neighbours are? Liverpool and Everton are two of England's great football clubs but I bet many Reds fan will consider Manchester United a greater rival. Spurs and Arsenal is not the most pleasant of atmospheres but is it any worse than a West Ham or Chelsea visit, are they more intense? Who would Manchester United consider their great rivals, City, Liverpool or the dubbed war of the rose's showdown against Leeds?

I guess there will never be a definitive answer or an explanation for rivalry; it just solely depends on geographical or historic reasons. We at Football FanCast are on a mission to find out what is considered the biggest rivalry in English football? Is it merely a local derby? North vs South? Regional or does it solely depend on historical encounters between two sides?

It is the debate "Which is the biggest rivalry in England" that will be discussed on the WKD Sports Shed show on Nuts TV, so submit your vote and comment and get your opinion seen by many.

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