London derbies

As of 2023–24 season

Defunct English Football League clubs based in London include Thames and Wimbledon.

Major London derbies

• boroughs
  . They have played each other about 200 times.
• North vs West London derby
  • West London Chelsea
    and the most contested London derby. They first met in the First Division in 1907 and have competed more than 200 games together. They have met in all three major domestic competitions and both the Champions League and Europa League.
  • West London Chelsea and North London Tottenham Hotspur
    . They've played each other just over 160 times.
• hooliganism) despite only being contested infrequently, due to the clubs most years being in separate divisions for much of their histories. The rivals have played each other 99 times, mostly before World War II. It is perhaps the bitterest of the London rivalries and there have been a number of films portraying it, most notably Green Street
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• East London derby – any between Leyton Orient, West Ham United and Dagenham & Redbridge, a fixture which, for the same reasons as the Dockers derby, rarely takes place. West Ham and Leyton Orient last met competitively in January 1987, and West Ham and Dagenham & Redbridge have never met since the latter was formed in 1992 from the merger of Redbridge Forest and Dagenham. However, Leyton Orient and Dagenham & Redbridge meet occasionally in the lower leagues.^{[citation needed]}
• South London derby – any between AFC Wimbledon, Charlton Athletic, Crystal Palace, Millwall and Sutton United. Although Millwall's fiercest rivalry is with East Londoners West Ham United, they also have a rivalry with their neighbours Crystal Palace, and Charlton Athletic. The five teams have contested over 300 games between them.
• North West rivals, Liverpool and Manchester United
  as more significant rivals.