FabSwingers.com forum: Biggest rivalries in sport

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Being Scottish it's obviously the old firm of Celtic and rangers but is there anything comparable elsewhere in Britain

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

britain , i'd say no, been to Manchester,Liverpool , Tyne & Wear derby Games but nothing compares to the Hatred of an old firm match

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

West Ham V Millwall

More police were deployed for the last game they played than for any other event in the UK that year. Including the visit of an American president.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Aren't all derbys considered rivalries?

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By *iker boy 69Man
over a year ago

midlands

derby forest hate each other with a passion

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Yeh but are any as hate filled as old firm

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By *iker boy 69Man
over a year ago

midlands

"Yeh but are any as hate filled as old firm "

id say cardiff swansea must be very damn close to it

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"derby f****t hate each other with a passion"

No swearing on here please

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock

What about other sports, Steve Ovett and Seb Coe had a pretty good rivalry, and Chris Eubank vs Nigel Benn.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What about other sports, Steve Ovett and Seb Coe had a pretty good rivalry, and Chris Eubank vs Nigel Benn. "

Ovett and Coe was a fantastic rivalry.

To me the best rivalry ever was Visinitini vs Roche in the Giro D'Italia in the 80's

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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago

carrbrook stalybridge

wigan -saints rugby league massive rivalry

oh and not forgetting prost -senna in f1 !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Everyone knows it's utdvLiverpool

Christ they've not even swapped a player in like 50 years

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Yeh but are any as hate filled as old firm "

See my post above. The police weren't there to hand out programmes.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Try walking around Portsmouth in a scumhampton shirt!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Rangers and Celtic rivalry is by far the most intense given the religious and historic side of things. I'm a Sunderland fan and our rivalry with Newcastle is intense but falls short of the Old Firm. It's not on these shores but the most intense football rivalry I've ever seen is in Argentina, Boca vs River Plate. That's crazy. All to do with wealth and affluence.

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By *ibbyhunterCouple
over a year ago

keighley

Yorkshire v Lancashire. 600 years in the making, if you've ever been to a leeds v man utd game you will know what I mean.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Yeh but are any as hate filled as old firm "

If they are it's a sad state of affairs. I don't think that level of irrational hatred is anything for a city to be proud of

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum

"Yorkshire v Lancashire. 600 years in the making, if you've ever been to a leeds v man utd game you will know what I mean."

That's not likely to happen for quite some time though.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Yeh but are any as hate filled as old firm

If they are it's a sad state of affairs. I don't think that level of irrational hatred is anything for a city to be proud of

I'd agree with that. I love Glasgow and have many good friends there but the only time I've been there on a derby day it was a horrible and slightly intimidating atmosphere. No city should be proud of that

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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago

carrbrook stalybridge

"Yorkshire v Lancashire. 600 years in the making, if you've ever been to a leeds v man utd game you will know what I mean.

That's not likely to happen for quite some time though."
oh i dont know van gaal keeps trying to bring them down to dirty leeds level

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

leicester v florest

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

leicester v derby

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

leicester speedway v cov bees

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Graff V Seles

Sampras V Agassi

Federer V Nadal.

Rival born out of respect not violence and hatred like some of the football ones.

Tottenham V Arsenal is an example of silly rivalry and I speak as an Arsenal fan.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pixie n Dixie versus Mr Jinx.he hated those meeces to pieces

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By *rSuave88Man
over a year ago

Mirfield

India vs pak in cricket deffo

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ireland V England in rugby!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Try walking around Portsmouth in a scumhampton shirt!"

Or vice versa. .... if you dare. ...

Stench of "SKATE" is strong.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Try walking around Portsmouth in a scumhampton shirt!"

It is bad here, never known anything like it - the songs that get sung even when they aren't playing each other!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Pixie n Dixie versus Mr Jinx.he hated those meeces to pieces

1970s flashback!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"West Ham V Millwall

More police were deployed for the last game they played than for any other event in the UK that year. Including the visit of an American president. "

Even as a Liverpool fan knowing the rivalry with utd,

West ham v Millwall has to take top spot as far as violence goes...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Senna/Prost

Hunt/Lauder

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Action man v ken

Barbie just wouldn't agree to mmf

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By *ushandkittyCouple
over a year ago

Gloucester

Sheen Vs Roberts

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cardiff v Swansea banned away fans for years from this game

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Sheen Vs Roberts"

Outside of good ol' blighty, you'll rarely find a bigger rivalry than that between the General Motors fans & the Ford fans in the Aussie V8 Super car series! Sheer hate going on there.

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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago

carrbrook stalybridge

"Everyone knows it's utdvLiverpool

Christ they've not even swapped a player in like 50 years"
best part of this is the city fans desperately trying to create a rivalry with Liverpool now they are a "massive " club. Laughable

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Sheen Vs Roberts

Outside of good ol' blighty, you'll rarely find a bigger rivalry than that between the General Motors fans & the Ford fans in the Aussie V8 Super car series! Sheer hate going on there."

I've seen that in a doc it's crazy stuff!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Senna/Prost

Hunt/Lauder"

Piquet/Mansell

Hill/Schumacher

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A friend was telling me that Ipswich v Norwich gets quite messy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Benn and Eubanks

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"A friend was telling me that Ipswich v Norwich gets quite messy"

I hear Sheffield Utd & Sheffield Wednesday aren't too keen on each other, either

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Rangers and Celtic rivalry is by far the most intense given the religious and historic side of things. I'm a Sunderland fan and our rivalry with Newcastle is intense but falls short of the Old Firm. It's not on these shores but the most intense football rivalry I've ever seen is in Argentina, Boca vs River Plate. That's crazy. All to do with wealth and affluence. "

Ill buy that...the Boca and River one i mean. True hated in its purest sense. Their last meeting recently at La Bombanera in Boca was even abondoned when home supporters pepper sprayed some River players.

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By *rp861Man
over a year ago

devizes

Rocky balboa vs ivan drago

he killed apollo creed

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Shirts vs skins

Biggest rivalry in any sport.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Shirts vs skins

Biggest rivalry in any sport. "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Everyone knows it's utdvLiverpool

Christ they've not even swapped a player in like 50 yearsbest part of this is the city fans desperately trying to create a rivalry with Liverpool now they are a "massive " club. Laughable "

man citys biggest rival is actualy everton..iv been to the old main road ground a few times with everton and seen the hatred first hand..not as bad as lfc and utd..but not far off

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bjorg vs McEnroe - 2 totally different characters, one cool calm and collected, the other a total maniac. One methodical, precise, ruthless, the other reliant on instinct and natural genius. A brilliant rivalry

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nope!

Looking forward to a resumption in hostilities next season

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By *aul_the_nudistMan
over a year ago

WREXHAM

"Pixie n Dixie versus Mr Jinx.he hated those meeces to pieces

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Palace vs Brighton is always good

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock

Brian Clough and Don Revie.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fenerbahce and Galatasaray takes some beating for local rivalry.Forgive my spelling but these two are loons.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Me and whoever I'm playing against.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"India vs pak in cricket deffo"

Agreed! forget anything else. THIS IS MASSIVE.

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By *orny1970Man
over a year ago

Northwest Greater Manchester and lancashire

Liverpool v United football

Wigan v St Helens Rugby

Ali v foreman boxing

Me v anybody I compete against in football or any other sport including tiddlywinks

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By *r jblMan
over a year ago

from parts unknown

Ali v Fraser

Bruno v Lennox

Suger Ray lennerd v Duran

S R L. V haggler

Haggler v hearns

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By *rSuave88Man
over a year ago

Mirfield

"India vs pak in cricket deffo

Agreed! forget anything else. THIS IS MASSIVE."

Exactly

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By *ourbonKissMan
over a year ago

a land up north..... of leicester

Benn and eubank was a good one

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By *ay4youMan
over a year ago

Walthamstow

NLD

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The old firm games Rangers v Celtic is the biggest rivalry in sport I don't think anything comes close to it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Senna/Prost

Hakkinen or Hill/Schumacher

With regards to the Old Firm game, there's probably a shitload more fighting at an Edinburgh derby than there is in Glasgow, the Police presence is a fraction of the size so they've got more of a chance to batter each other. Although back in the non segragated 100,000 plus capacity days of Hampden, this was not the case.

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By *iker boy 69Man
over a year ago

midlands

valentino rossi and max biaggi werent exactly best buddies on or off track

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By *orkDefenderMan
over a year ago

Just East of Wakefield

"To me the best rivalry ever was Visinitini vs Roche in the Giro D'Italia in the 80's"

Hinault & LeMond, when they were on the same team........

In Australia, there's pitched battles at (their equivilant of) touring car races, between Holden and Ford supporters

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By *orkDefenderMan
over a year ago

Just East of Wakefield

Colin McRae & Carlos Sainz

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By *dam_TinaCouple
over a year ago

Hampshire

Chelsea v Millwall used to be very tasty back in the days when they played each other.

Pure hatred, and very scary.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

St Helens v Wigan and hull v hull kr in rugby

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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago

carrbrook stalybridge

"Colin McRae & Carlos Sainz"
nah they were mates off the track

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Muhammad ali and joe frazier nothing else comes close.

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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago

carrbrook stalybridge

"To me the best rivalry ever was Visinitini vs Roche in the Giro D'Italia in the 80's

Hinault & LeMond, when they were on the same team........

In Australia, there's pitched battles at (their equivilant of) touring car races, between Holden and Ford supporters"
Bathurst can get a bit tastey up on the mountain once the beers kick in Ford v Gm great racing tho

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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago

West Wales and Cardiff

I'm a Swansea fan who's lived in Cardiff for years, so I have an interesting perspective on rivalries, although I don't buy into any of the nonsense (don't mind banter).

Nothing compares to Rangers v Celtic in the UK though. Nowhere near.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Army v Navy rugby at Twickenham or the parachute regiment v royal marines boxing. You won't find a better display of intense rivalry and pride, all in the true spirit of sportsmanship.

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By *L RogueMan
over a year ago

London

"Aren't all derbys considered rivalries?"

Not really. Some derbies are just local but no intense dislike.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

TOTTENHAM VS ARSENAL

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Really ...just remember what division your are in...lol

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By *ultry SuccubusTV/TS
over a year ago

London

"What about other sports, Steve Ovett and Seb Coe had a pretty good rivalry, and Chris Eubank vs Nigel Benn. "

Carl Lewis vs Ben Johnson - verging on enmity..!!

Alexander Popov and Gary Hall.

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By *L RogueMan
over a year ago

London

"TOTTENHAM VS ARSENAL "

Grrr hate Spurs!

It's not really a rivalry. We're just better and it pisses them off!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"India vs pak in cricket deffo

Agreed! forget anything else. THIS IS MASSIVE.

Exactly"

Yep 2011 semi final. Both countries declared a national bank holiday. TV ratings were 135 million.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wile. E Coyote and Roadrunner!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

everton and Liverpool is good..no hatred or real violence..just a few scuffles between the hardcore braindead hooligans

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

West brom vs wolves

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By *od ThrusterMan
over a year ago

Newport Pagnell

Football rivalries are mostly based on local bragging rights and sometimes get out of hand. Most are passionate and intense.

However, Celtic v Rangers has religious undertones and West Ham v Millwall stems from the general strike amongst the dockers in 1926. This gives these two the edge on all others in the UK as it's about more than football.

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By *he-Hosiery-GentMan
over a year ago

Older Hot Bearded Guy

El Clasico!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

People living in England don't realize how bad the rivalries between old firm fans can get. It's partly because the media south of the border don't report Scottish stories as well as they should. Because of my job I have had to work with a number of people who have murdered others because of this match and no it's nothing to be proud of. The charity nil by mouth was set up by the girlfriend and family of a young Celtic fan with his whole life in front of him who's crime was to walk past a pub in east end of Glasgow wearing a Celtic scarf after leaving Celtic park. He had just finished his exams and passed all of them only to have his life snubbed out by a sword weilding maniac. His head was almost severed tragically the brutes father had done something similar in his youth. This is all to commonplace in Scotland but this charity works to educate people on sectarianism on both sides and to bring them closer that is something to be proud of

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Yeh but are any as hate filled as old firm

If they are it's a sad state of affairs. I don't think that level of irrational hatred is anything for a city to be proud of

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Wile. E Coyote and Roadrunner!"

Vicious,though only on the coyotes part.the road runner always seemed quite placid.

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By *orkDefenderMan
over a year ago

Just East of Wakefield

"Colin McRae & Carlos Sainz"

But on the gravel/in the forests........

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

CR7 vs Messi

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Being Scottish it's obviously the old firm of Celtic and rangers but is there anything comparable elsewhere in Britain "

Arsenal v spurs.. and for pure hatred Southampton v Portsmouth kicks off always and Millwall v West ham always gets the firms back out

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wigan v St Helens Rugby League. Plenty of joshing goes on if the kids bring home St Helen's supporter friends (I have progressed. I no longer ban them to the shed).

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"TOTTENHAM VS ARSENAL

Grrr hate Spurs!

It's not really a rivalry. We're just better and it pisses them off!

Exactly. . Spurs are like an annoying little fly

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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago

carrbrook stalybridge

the man city - united rivalry this season has been comedy gold all season.watching their fans all over facebook arguing over whos gonna come first of the losers .. priceless

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ali-Frazier

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