Eli Mengem kicks off his new series Derby Days where he'll be exploring the fiercest rivalries in football, starting with El Clásico; Barcelona v Real Madrid.
Eli Mengem returns with another classic derby. This time he's in Milan for the Derby della Madonnina: Inter vs AC Milan to see why they call it 'the derby of the cousins'.
Eli's in Liverpool for the Merseyside derby. It's often called the friendly rivalry, so why is it the most violent in Premier League history?
Eli heads to Rome for the notoriously violent Derby della Capitale - Lazio v Roma. Is its reputation for stabbing and rioting justified? Or is there more to it than the headlines suggest?
The North London Derby is one of the fiercest rivalries in the league. Watch to see Eli unearth the history behind this epic clash.
Eli heads to Germany for the biggest derby in the Bundesliga between two football-obsessed cities. It's Dortmund v Schalke in the Revierderby.
Eli travels to Istanbul for the notorious Intercontinental derby. Famous around the world for its passion, its pyrotechnics, and its problems with violence.
Eli's in Belgrade to bring you one of the most amazing derbies in football. He gets beyond the violent headlines and experiences the flares, choreographies and immense passion of some of the best fans in the world.
Derby Days is back and Eli is getting under the radar and away from the football you see in the mainstream media. This time he's in Budapest where he gets amazing access to the Ultras groups of Ferencvaros and Ujpest.
Sarajevo has been through more than most cities in recent years. These two incredible clubs, and the incredible people that support them, give the city a means to feel something better. And this derby is amongst the most spectacular in the world.
After popular demand Eli visits Glasgow in Scotland for The Old Firm Derby between Celtic and Rangers.
The historic Vienna Derby has been played for more than 100 years. Eli Mengem is in the Austrian capital to find out about the rivalry between Austria Vienna and Rapid Vienna.
How the rise of a team from the Third Division to La Liga regulars has fuelled a rivalry which puts the bragging rights of a region on the line. It's Valencia CF, it's Villarreal CF, it's the "Derbi De La Communitat"
Derby Days heads to Dublin to uncover a 100 year old rivalry and finds an incredible local passion for the derby and football in general. Unexpectedly, this Bohemians vs Shamrock Rovers game would give Eli Mengem one of his most memorable Derby Days moments.
The Portland Timbers host the Seattle Sounders in the latest match of the rivalry, Eli Mengem meets the players and fans behind these two Cascadia teams, including a chainsaw-wealding mascot at Providence Park.
Eli Mengem returns home to Sydney, Australia for an A-League special of Derby Days between Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers. We look into both club's history, speak to their players, meet their fans and most importantly experience their derby.
This time, Eli headed to the Madrid for the final ever fixture between Atletico & Real at the Vicente Calderon.
Derby Days is back with a bang as we take the entire series to Spain to discover the incredibly unique rivalries that make up this obsessed football nation! First up is Galicia in the north west, made up of a people who live their life, their football and their derby like no one else.
Derby Days is back with a bang as we take the entire series to Spain to discover the incredibly unique rivalries that make up this obsessed football nation! This time it's the island of Mallorca where after four decades of waiting one of the most heated but unknown rivalries is about to resurface. It may have played out in the third division, but trust us, the story, the characters and the scenes were as good as anything we've seen in any division.
Derby Days is back with a bang as we take the entire series to Spain to discover the incredibly unique rivalries that make up this obsessed football nation! This time it's Asturias, where we discovered two sets of fans whose love for their team, is only surpassed by their love for battling for their team. So after not playing for over 14 years, when they finally met, we experienced a match day arguably more chaotic than anything we've ever seen!
Derby Days is back with a bang as we take the entire series to Spain to discover the incredibly unique rivalries that make up this obsessed football nation! For the big finale, we have left the biggest and best to last, the Seville Derby, the fixture everyone in Spain considers the most heated rivalry in the entire country! But even we couldn’t have prepared ourselves for what we come up against as one of the most historic results in the derby’s history played out! Watch to see what happened…
HSV vs St. Pauli. So tense, it shut down Germany's second biggest city for a week. Because the biggest match in German football this year isn't in the Bundesliga, but the 2nd division, between two of the biggest, most passionate and unique supporter bases in the country who haven't met in 7 and a half years.
Quite simply the biggest derby in history. The match of the century. The derby to end all derbies. Boca Juniors vs River Plate in the Copa Libertadores final is like el clasico in the Champions League final with a bomb under it. Eli Mengem traveled to Buenos Aires knowing all this… but still couldn’t have predicted just how crazy this game was going to be.
Take two towns steeped in war, tragedy and violence add a deep passion for local football and pit them against each other and you have one hell of a Derby Day. The intense rivalries between clubs that haven’t met for a prolonged amount of time, be it, 7, 9 or even 10 years… until of course this season. What happens to a rivalry when there’s an absence of meetings, is it a case of absence makes the heart grow fonder or is the rivalry is even more heated thanks to the anxious wait? Across England, Germany and Italy, Eli is here to find out. First up, it's the South Coast derby. Perhaps the rarest played major derby in the UK and certainly one of the most ferocious, thanks to two cities and sets of fans who have a hell of a lot of passion, pride, and personality as well as an edge you wouldn't want to cross. It's Portsmouth v Southampton for the first time in Seven years, in the Third round of the Carabao Cup and just like every other time they've met, there’s going to be scenes. A massive thank you to Rob, Rob Rich, Eddie, Jake, Nick, Phil, Ian, Stuart, Eugene, Alex, Wicksy, Sulley, Lloyd, Tayler, Tony, Ollie, Coco, Milts, and of course Jay and Duncan, plus SouthSea Coffee, The Three Marines pub, The Saints Pub, Kendal Kaff, The Marriott’s family, Portsmouth Central Library, Moneyfields Boxing, The Milton Arms, The Bluebell pub and everyone else who contributed to Derby Days: South Coast.
In this episode we head to Berlin, as for the very first time in Bundesliga 1, the city’s big club Hertha Berlin, based in the West, take on the rising force of the East, Union Berlin. Just like the city, the two clubs share a contradicting, complex and storied relationship, unlike any other in world football. As a result this meeting always promised to be a special occasion both on and off the pitch. It certainly delivered.
In this episode we head to Lombardy, Italy, for the first derby in more than a decade between Brescia Calcio and Atalanta B.C. Two clubs who share a rivalry that goes way beyond football and into every facet of local culture from the dialect to the food to the culture of war and violence in the region. Despite being provincial neighbours, different time spent in different divisions meant the two had been suffering their longest derby drought, until this season, where they would both finally meet in Serie A.