The Humber derby is a footballing rivalry between Scunthorpe United,

Hull City Hull City Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, that compete in the . They have played home games at the MKM Stadium since moving from Boothferry Park in 2002. The club's t ...

and

Grimsby Town Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that in the 2022–23 season will compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system, following the victory in t ...

; clubs based in the River

Humber The Humber is a large tidal estuary on the east coast of Northern England. It is formed at Trent Falls, Faxfleet, by the confluence of the tidal rivers Ouse and Trent. From there to the North Sea, it forms part of the boundary between t ...

region, with Hull based on the north bank in

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other English counties, functions have ...

and Scunthorpe and Grimsby on the south bank in

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-we ...

. All three clubs fall into the former county of

Humberside Humberside () was a Non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan and Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in Northern England from 1 April 1974 until 1 April 1996. It was composed of land from either side of the Humber Estuary, create ...

. The derby was first contested on 16 December 1905 when

played

at the

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in Hull.

Statistics

:''Statistics up-to-date as of 22 December 2019'' KC Stadium

Total results

Grimsby Town v Hull City Grimsby Town v Scunthorpe United Hull City v Scunthorpe United

Overall results

Recent meetings

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Humber Derby England football derbies Football in the East Riding of Yorkshire Football in Lincolnshire Grimsby Town F.C. Hull City A.F.C. Scunthorpe United F.C.