The Potteries derby is the football local derby in Stoke-on-Trent between Port Vale and Stoke City. The fans of each club both consider the other to be their main rivals; this has led to a heated atmosphere at these matches, especially with the rise of football hooliganism and the 'Naughty Forty'. The two teams have met a total of 185 times, consisting of: 44 The Football League, 6 FA Cup, 62 friendlies, and 73 other (mostly local) cup games. A league meeting of the two cannot take place until at least 2014, as Stoke have risen to English football's Premier League, while Vale have slipped to the Football League Two, the fourth tier.
Along with Nottingham, Stoke-on-Trent is the least populous city to have two Football League clubs, being a smaller city than London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Sheffield, Bristol, and Manchester. Whereas Leeds, Leicester, Coventry, Hull, Bradford, and Cardiff are all larger cities that contain just one league club.
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