The cross-border derby is a
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
match played between
Wrexham and
Chester
Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...
.
The clubs are 12 miles apart but are
Welsh and
English respectively (though Chester's
Deva Stadium straddles the
England–Wales border, and its pitch lies entirely in Wales).
It is often considered to be one of the biggest rivalries in the lower leagues of
English football, due to the close proximity of
Wrexham and
Chester
Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...
as they are the largest settlements in the area (
North East Wales
North East Wales ( cy, Gogledd-Ddwyrain Cymru) refers to an area or region of Wales, commonly defined as a grouping of the principal areas of Denbighshire, Flintshire, and Wrexham County Borough in the north-east of the country. These principal ...
/
West Cheshire
Cheshire West and Chester is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It was established on 1 April 2009 as part of the 2009 str ...
) and the only clubs in that area to have played in
The Football League. The
Welsh–English divide also makes it unique to other football derbies in
Britain, as national identity is a large part of the two teams.
Wrexham edged the English–Welsh