Love yourself a mass-brawl? Tired of getting on with your neighbours? Dream of lauding bragging rights over your colleagues for the next few months? Look no further than this Derby Day Draft. Complete your all-time derby day XIs from a list of 18 of the fiercest intra-city derbies. The catch is only 10 players can be chosen from each derby and only 5 from each side. Wait too long to pick a player from that derby or side and they’ll be out of contention for you to choose from. So if players 1-10 pick from Derby 1, say that's the Merseyside Derby, then players 11-16 can't pick players from that Derby.
All-time draft. You can choose up to 2 players from any derby, but they must be from each side! i.e. no picking players from the same team. You must state the clubs your player played for in the derbies (this can be multiple clubs as long as by the end of the draft you don't break any of the above rules). At least one of your players must be born in the city of that derby. No other restrictions.
Players are to be judged across their whole career.
[1] Liverpool (5) v Everton (3)
[2] Celtic (5) v Rangers (5)
[3] A.C Milan (5) v Inter Milan (5)
[4] Boca Juniors (5) v River Plate (5)
[5] Nacional (4) v Peñarol (2)
[6] Lazio (4) v Roma (5)
[7] Fenerbache (1) v Galatasaray (3)
[8] Gremio (1) v Internacional (4)
[9] Flamengo (5 v Fluminense (5))
[10] Genoa (1) v Sampdoria (5)
[11] Benfica (5) v Sporting Lisbon (3)
[12] Arsenal (5) v Tottenham (5)
[13] Dortmund (5) v Schalke (5)
[14] Partizan Belgrade (1) v Red Star Belgrade (2)
[15] Olympiakos (3) v Panathanaikos (2)
[16] Dynamo Moscow (1) v Spartak Moscow (1)
[17] Real Madrid (5) v Atletico Madrid (5)
[18] Sevilla (4) v Real Betis (1)
* This thread is for Picks only
* This is an all time draft
* Draft your team from the fiercest derbies on the planet (18 to choose from)
* Only 10 players can be chosen from any one derby (so you'll have to act fast) - 5 from each side
(Merseyside derby - only the first 5 Liverpool players taken and then LFC is shutdown)
* So drafting needs to take into account - scarcity and abundance 5 players from any one team for the entire group
* One player may only draft up to 2 player from one derby, and only one from each side
* State the club with each of your derby picks - no player can be drafted twice in separate derbies (i.e. Ronaldo for Inter Milan and Real Madrid)
* Players selected must have played in the derby listed, so if they missed out through injury or suspension they’re not eligible (e.g. Maradona played for Sevilla but didn’t play against Betis, so cant be chosen for Sevilla)
* At least one player on your team must be born in the city of the derby (Local Pick)
* At least one player on your team must have played for both sides in a derby
* Players are judged over their entire career
* Any conflicts will be sorted out by a tri-lateral commission headed by Mikey, Betty Blue and Foregone Concussion with the final two being advisors to the process
* The draft begins on Sunday 12pm GMT --- the draft will be held between 8am and 10pm GMT
* The drafting time between each pick is 2 hours in first round and 1 hour every other round. If you are consistently taking longer we will lower this for your picks.
* If you know you are going to miss a pick, please contact me and the person after you with a list of potential picks and they will post for you.
Any questions, please send me a PM.
Draft Order:
FlashGordon: Diego Maradona (Birth place), Thierry Henry, John Barnes, Jimmy Johnstone, Sol Campbell (Both clubs), Sergio Ramos, Diego Simeone, Dejan Stankovic, Alisson, Hans-Peter Briegel, Sandy Jardine
Tubby: Ronaldo (Both sides), Jose Santamaria, Graeme Souness, Luis Figo , Danny McGrain (Birth Place), Mats Hummels, Edgar Davids, Robert Jarni, Brian Laudrup, Riquelme, Neville Southall
Sheer: Cristiano Ronaldo, Luis Suarez, Alessandro Nesta (Birth Place), Bernd Schuster (Both sides), Virgil Van Dijk, Luka Modric, Marc Overmars, Manuel Neuer, Michael Essien, Eric Abidal, Gary Stevens
Lastador: Marco Van Basten, Michael Laudrup, Elias Figueroa, Pavel Nedved, Francesco Totti (Birth Place), Roy Keane, Pat Jennings (Both sides), Roberto Ayala, Felipe Luis, Vladimir Jugovic, Jose Nassazi
Gerry: Garrincha (Birth place), Xabi Alonso, Ferenc Puskas, Cafu, Jaap Stam, Rivaldo, Jurgen Kohler, Andreas Moller (Both Sides), Esteban Cambiasso, Silvio Marzolini, Rinat Dasayev
Trend: Franco Baresi, Gabriel Batistuta, Fabio Cannavaro, Carlos Alberto Torres (Both sides), Georghe Hagi, Karl Heinz Schnellinger, Samuel Eto’o, Emerson, Ivan Rakitic, Carlos Tevez (Birth Place), Gianluca Pagiluca
Vivabobbygraham: Eusebio, Zinedine Zidane, Nemanja Vidic, Rivellino, Raul, Oscar Ruggeri (Both sides), Cesc Fabregas, Fabio Coentrao, Didier Drogba, Jan Oblak, Tommy Wright (Birth Place)
Defacto: Steven Gerrard (Birth place), Romario (Both sides), Aldair, Hugo Sanchez, Diego Godin, Ashley Cole, Paulo Falcao, Rui Costa, Lukasz Piszczek, Claudio Taffarel, Gilberto Silva
JSteve: Kenny Dalglish (Birth Place), Clarence Seedorf (Both Sides), Alan Hansen, Patrick Vieira, Gennaro Gattuso, Sinisa Mihaljovic, Fernando Torres, Mesut Ozil, Stefan Reuter, Branco, Walter Zenga
Blue/Titi: Ruud Gullit, Lothar Matthaus, Roberto Carlos, Dani Alves, Socrates, Matthias Sammer, Dunga, Christian Vieri, Frank de Boer, Gerson (Both sides / Birth Place), Jose Luis Chilavert
PoetryInMotion: Alfredo Di Stefano, Daniel Passarella, Dennis Bergkamp, Gianchito Facchetti (Birth Place), Lev Yashin, Didi, Jimmy Greaves, Lucio, Jose Leandro Andrade (Both sides), Ernst Ocwirk, Mario Coluna
Mikey_LFC: Ronaldinho, Zico (Birth Place), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Both sides), Mohamed Salah, Javier Mascherano, Pietro Vierchowod, Marcelo, Wim Suurbier, Yaya Toure, Peter Schmeichel, Velibor Vasović