Roses rivalry

The term "Roses rivalry" can refer to sporting rivalries between teams from the English counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire. The name of the rivalry is derived from the historic Wars of the Roses which was carried out between the House of Lancaster and the House of York. The term has been used to describe:

Leeds United and Manchester United rivalry, and also games between other traditional East Lancashire clubs such as Burnley, Manchester City, Oldham Athletic and Rochdale and traditional West Yorkshire clubs such as Bradford City, Halifax Town and Huddersfield Town in association football
Roses Match, the rivalry between Lancashire CCC and Yorkshire CCC in cricket
Rugby League War of the Roses, was an annual rugby league series played between professional players of Yorkshire and Lancashire
Roses Tournament, an annual sports competition between the students of the University of York and Lancaster University.

Local derbies in the United Kingdom

England	A49 A62 Aston Villa–West Bromwich Black Country Bolton–Wigan Bristol Bristol Rovers–Swindon Chester–Wrexham East Anglia East Lancashire East Midlands Derby–Leicester Derby-Forest Leicester–Forest Essex Humber Lincolnshire Liverpool–Manchester United London Arsenal–Chelsea Chelsea–Tottenham Millwall–West Ham North South East West M1 M23 M69 Manchester Merseyside Nene Nottingham Potteries Roses Rules Second City Severnside South Coast Steel City Tees–Wear Tyne–Tees Tyne–Wear West Country West Lancashire West Yorkshire Wool City

Scotland	Ayrshire Dundee Edinburgh Falkirk Fife Highland Lanarkshire New Firm North Old Firm Renfrewshire Tayside

Wales	Chester–Wrexham Severnside South Wales

Northern Ireland	Belfast Big Two North Belfast

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Roses rivalry

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