1. 1870 The word "Derby" appeared. At that time, an English earl named Derby XII first used the word "Derby XII" for horse racing, referring to the race between two horses with the same weight and the same age of 3 years, which lasted for 1.5 miles. Subsequently, the derby was used in the English football league, referring to the confrontation between teams in the same city, and then the derby spread to the whole European continent.
More than 200 years ago, an English earl named Edward invented the word "Derby", which originated from horse racing and was closely linked with confrontation, passion, speed and competition. When it was quoted on the court, it became synonymous with "urban war".
Derby was first used in racetrack, referring to Derbyshire, a small English town (the place where horse racing is held in Britain, and the horses produced here are famous in the British horse racing industry). "Derby Battle" was once used to describe "a race between horses from Derbyshire", and now it refers to a race between two teams in the same city.
4. Derby was first used in football, and it was a "folk confession football match" held in Derby, England in the19th century. The two participants came from different Christian organizations, one was "All Saints" and the other was "Beating Peter". However, because the British royal family regarded the race as "endangering public order", the cavalry banned the race at 1846.
In fact, there are many versions about the origin of derby, but no matter what the original intention is, [Derby refers to the competition between two sworn teams in the same city or even the same region or country. But now, with the invasion of commercialization, the player's sense of belonging has gradually disappeared, and the derby has begun to taste bad.
If it's just an ordinary word, Derby means competition. But as a proper noun, Derby refers to the big jockey club in Britain. The Grand Jockey Club was founded by Count D 'Urberville in 1780, and is held in Epson near London on the first Wednesday of June every year (speaking of which, my Jianghu remembers that a netizen auctioned a silver trophy of 1642 at an online flea market last month). This day of the Grand Jockey Club is called Derby Day. Later, people extended it and called urban war Derby War.