Arsenal were accused of dirty dealings in the fight for north London, Manchester and Liverpool's feud began in the industrial revolution while Millwall and West Ham's bad blood started on the docks - history of English football’s greatest rivalries

There’s nothing quite like derby day in football. Form goes out the window, irrational hatred for opposition fans spews on to the pitch and the heat of it all can get to the best of them.

Victories, and the bragging rights that go with it, is the stuff of pure ecstasy for fans while defeats can easily ruin the rest of the weekend for supporters on the other side of the coin.

But where exactly does all this vitriol come from and what is the reasoning behind why certain clubs are seen as sworn enemies? Here, Sportsmail unearths just exactly how certain rivalries in English football began.