Moving the flag a bit, yes. Asking for a police escort to take a corner I must admit I have never seen.

The Plovdiv derby takes place in the second largest city of Bulgaria and pits Botev, who are one of the oldest teams in Bulgaria against arch rivals Lokomotiv, who rose to prominence during the the 70′s. To say things can get a bit heated between the two might be something of an understatement.

This weekend’s derby had it all – players, coaches, fans and the fire brigade all getting in on the action. Most impressively though is the bravado of  Lokomotiv midfielder Dani Kiki who attempts to plant the a flag Greame-Souness-style into the centre-circle of their arch-enemy… but hang on is that one of the match officials now getting involved?

Botev won 1-0 by the way.

I love Google Translate, according to the Turkish description next to the video “The Derby began with a huge giant crap! .. More matches before a fight has begun! .. There was no obvious nest egg, no egg, but there were officious!”. The pre-match handbags started a whole 50 minutes before the game after a collision between Fenerbahçe’s Cristian Baroni and Galatasaray’s Arda Turan during the pre-game warm-ups. Great stuff!

This is the earliest known footage of a Merseyside derby. The game took place on 27th September 1902 at Goodison Park with Everton winning Liverpool 3-1. Man of the Match was Jack Sharp, a winger who also played for Lancashire and England at cricket and later went on to open a successful independent sports shop.