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Which UK universities are rivals?

All I know of is Oxford vs Cambridge and Kings College London vs University College London. Surely there must be more? Just wondering.

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Reply 1

Benniboi1

Warwick vs Coventry, I'd imagine Leeds vs Leeds met and Nottingham vs Nottingham trent as well

Reply 2

super_kawaii

Sheffield v Hallam maybe?

Reply 3

TurboCretin

Every ex-poly will have some form of banter with the more established university in the same town or city. Just to save us some time here.

KCL is a prime example.

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 4

Parente

Original post by super_kawaii

Sheffield v Hallam maybe?

They have sports competitions every year to decide who is the best haha

Reply 5

NapoleonDynamite

harhar

I feel clever for getting this :cool:

Reply 6

JSam1994

Students at Newcastle and Northumbria seem to have a rivalry going on!

Reply 7

megan.c

Aber and Bangor

Not even close, just both Welsh so shipped together!

Reply 8

Rtcw

Original post by Benniboi1

Warwick vs Coventry, I'd imagine Leeds vs Leeds met and Nottingham vs Nottingham trent as well

I know they both are pretty close, but seriously?

Reply 9

ilickbatteries

Original post by Podcaster

All I know of is Oxford vs Cambridge and Kings College London vs University College London. Surely there must be more? Just wondering.

Oxford Cambridge
Newcastle Durham
Newcastle Sunderland (more amongst locals though)
St. Andrews Dundee
Lancaster York

All of the universities which are very close to another, i.e. Bath and Bath Spa, Leeds and Leeds Met, Manchester and Manchester Met

Reply 10

NapoleonDynamite

Glasgow vs Edinburgh?

Reply 11

Aeschylus

Gotta love Roses, if only for the offensive chanting.

Reply 12

Benniboi1

Original post by Rtcw

I know they both are pretty close, but seriously?

Well for sports yeah

Reply 13

Le Masquerador.

Original post by NapoleonDynamite

harhar

I feel clever for getting this :cool:

I feel even cleverer since my knowledge of history is minimal, to say the least :colondollar:

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 14

ilickbatteries

Original post by Tullia

I've absolutely no idea, but there has been a thread before on this and apparently there isn't so much a rivalry there.

Link: http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=638849&page=3&p=13632788#post13632788

I'm fairly sure they play each other in some sport or other and Newcastle has the historical link of being a former part of Durham University. I could be wrong however.

Reply 15

ilickbatteries

Original post by Tullia

Yeah, that's what the person I linked to said, so I'm assuming it is correct. I've no idea as I've already said, but they downplayed it as a rivalry as it is restricted to just a boat race and not much else. I suppose the historical link is enough reason though.

Durham pisses all over Newcastle anyways :biggrin:

Reply 16

ilickbatteries

Original post by Tullia

No bias there I'm sure! :tongue:

Born and bred in County Durham. The only reason I didn't go to Durham University was because I wanted to live far enough from home that I wouldn't be tempted to come back all the time.

Says he, as he sits at his kitchen table. At home :rolleyes: