| 词条 | Pride of Anglia |
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The various football clubs located in East Anglia vie for being the Pride of Anglia, an unofficial title celebrated by fans of the clubs involved. Clubs include Cambridge United, Colchester United, Ipswich Town, Norwich City, Peterborough United and Southend United. Currently, fans of both Ipswich and Norwich can claim their clubs to be the Pride of Anglia under the two most common methods for deciding it, most recent league position and most recent result in the East Anglian derby, respectively. DescriptionProfessional association football teams from the ceremonial county of East Anglia (i.e. the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire in England) compete for this unofficial title (no actual official trophy or reward is awarded) which is celebrated by fans, pundits and the clubs themselves (among others) merely as regional prestige.{{cn|date=February 2019}} Winning the most recent East Anglian derby and/or finishing as the highest Anglian team in the league pyramid are the two main measures employed by fans/pundits etc. that decide who can claim this title. The main football clubs vying for the title are Ipswich Town from Suffolk and Norwich City from Norfolk. Both teams regularly compete in the top two tiers in the English football league in recent times and often find themselves in the same league, meaning at least two derby matches will be played during the season as league games, in addition to any cup/play-off games where the two teams may be drawn against each other. Potentially, the holder of the title using the derby game method can change many times during the season.{{cn|date=February 2019}} Other league clubs from the region include Colchester United, Peterborough United and Cambridge United. These teams occasionally find themselves in the same league as the aforementioned two protagonists and thus have the opportunity to claim the title for finishing highest in the league. This only happened in 2007 to Colchester United, the club were (uniquely) awarded a special trophy by Anglia Television to mark the event.[1] East Anglian derby{{main|East Anglian derby}}When Norwich and Ipswich meet, the match is known as the 'East Anglian derby', first played in 1902. The most recent encounter played on the 10th February 2019 ended in a 3-0 win for Norwich[2]. As of February 2019, Norwich have not been beaten by Ipswich in a competitive derby match since April 2009. The fixture is sometimes referred to as the "Old Farm derby", a humorous reference to the "Glasgow Old Firm derby" and the stereotypical rural nature and farming tradition of East Anglia. League positionAnother commonly employed measure for "Pride of Anglia", and one that encompasses all of the East Anglian teams, is the side finishing as the highest placed East Anglian team in the English football league system.[3] Ipswich claim this position finishing 12th in the Sky Bet Championship, ahead of 14th placed Norwich. In the process, Ipswich ended an 8 year streak for Norwich finishing as the top Anglian team, starting in the 2010–11 season, though the Canaries are already confirmed to finish higher in the 2018/19 season. Current statusIpswich finished 12th in the 2017–18 EFL Championship (2nd tier of English football), while Norwich finished 14th,but it is already mathematically impossible for Ipswich to catch Norwich in the 2018/19 season. The 2018–2019 season is contested only by Norwich and Ipswich, no other Anglian teams will be in the same league as these two teams. Norwich are the most recent derby match winners, winning the match played on 10 February 2019, 3–0.[2] See also
References1. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20110807180855/http://www.cu-fc.com/page/News/0%2C%2C10424~1027289%2C00.html#continue U's gain Anglia acclaim], Colchester United FC, 2007-05-18. Retrieved 2013-05-23. {{Colchester United F.C.}}{{Ipswich Town F.C.}}{{Norwich City F.C.}}2. ^1 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47106014 3. ^{{Cite web| url = http://new.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/Sport/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=Sport&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=Sport&itemid=NOED01%20Apr%202007%2016%3A44%3A11%3A370 | title = Cureton tells fans good times are coming| accessdate = 2007-04-20|date=2007-04-01| publisher = Norwich Evening News| author = Chris Lakey}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} 5 : Association football terminology|Colchester United F.C.|Ipswich Town F.C.|Norwich City F.C.|England football derbies |
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