RickK wrote:
Oxford Dictionary
Derby - a sports match between two rival teams from the same areas
No mention of pie eaters and glassmakers
You get a mention under Addlepated - confused and/or stupid
Sigh.
"The 19th Earl has since claimed the Derby name was originally only given to one other sporting event: Rugby league fixtures between St Helens at one end of the family's Knowsley estate and Wigan at the other[10]."
Calling a local sports fixture a "Derby" is akin to calling all vacuum cleaners Hoovers. Yes, we do it, but the true club v club Derby is Wigan v Saints.