Study On The Culture Of English Football Derby

"Derby" first originated in the18th Century British horse racing. With theemergence and development of modern football in England, the modern football sportemphasizes city fierce competition between the "Derby" soon and the pursuit of a senseof community and regional antagonism the same combination, which has a long historyof British football Derby culture. This culture through the national derby and Derbyshown. The respective countries England and Scotland Derby has the typicalsignificance, the northwest city of Manchester Derby, Merseyside Derby and located inthe southeastern city of London’s North London Derby is the outstanding representativeof regional derby.British football derby is able to form a strong cultural atmosphere, is the result ofmany factors. The football fans as a medium to show their identity on their own group.Differences between the social status of fans, the team’s different religious traditions,historical events stimulation, team sports achievements and historical position while thecontrast of the modern media, and even blindness caused by excessive packaging guide,are the formation and development of the Derby culture plays a role in accelerating the.In turn, the British football Derby culture as a kind of social consciousness, but alsoon social existence counterproductive initiative. Fans of the mentality and behavior withthe Derby comes inevitably change, the fans culture in the inheritance and also theantagonism and hatred Derby continued. Effect of Derby culture can have on Britishsociety embodied in initiating a series of social issues, two issues of football hooligansand racial discrimination is especially typical.With the expansion of the British Empire in late19th Century, the foreign exchange,the British football Derby culture with the development of modern football sport everycorner can be spread to the world. It is different countries made its mark and carryforward. In continental Europe, It has its unique color and confrontation in Italy,because of the limitation of the economic conditions, the South and the North has a large gap in the derby and cultural development degree; Derby culture in Spain is morestained with nationalism, based on the historical reason, Derby and political contacts ismore tight; in Germany, it combined with the working class, football Derby becomeindustrial workers to prove himself than workers in other industries more outstandingpowerful weapon more worthy of respect. On the continent, spreading culture withDerby primitive and wild colors, a disorder of the scene is more close to the Britishancient football era. Derby culture into China football occupation, after the emergenceof a large number of Derby, but because the soil is not deep, developed in the Derbyculture also need to continue to absorb the profound cultural atmosphere to enrich thederby.