Pride of Anglia

The various football clubs located in East Anglia vie for being the Pride of Anglia, an unofficial title, now partially recognised by the awarding of a trophy by local television.

Description

The title is claimed for winning the East Anglian Derby and/or for finishing highest in the league.

East Anglian derby

The main rivals are Ipswich Town and Norwich City. Other professional clubs in the region include Colchester United, Southend United, Peterborough United and Cambridge United.

When Norwich and Ipswich meet it is known as the 'East Anglian Derby'. [Cite web
url = http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/coca_cola/article1996290.ece
title = East Anglia Derby: Grant ready with his shark riposte
accessdate = 2007-03-19
date=2006-11-19
author = Ronald Atkin
publisher = The Independent] Over the 134 matches played between Norwich and Ipswich since 1902, Ipswich boasts the better record, having won 45% of the matches to Norwich's 37%.Cite web
url = http://www.itfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/HistoryDetail/0,,10272~345141,00.html
publisher = Ipswich Town F.C.
title = East Anglian Derby
accessdate = 2007-03-16] The most recent encounter ended in a 2-1 win for Ipswich at Portman Road on April 13th, 2008. [Cite web
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/7065346.stm
title = Norwich 2-2 Ipswich
publisher= BBC Sport
date = 4 November, 2007
accessdate = 2007-12-01]

League Position

Another commonly employed measure for "Pride of Anglia", and one that encompasses all of the East Anglian teams, is the side finishing as the highest placed East Anglian team in the Football League. [Cite web
url = http://new.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/Sport/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=Sport&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=Sport&itemid=NOED01%20Apr%202007%2016%3A44%3A11%3A370 | title = Cureton tells fans good times are coming
accessdate = 2007-04-20
date=2007-04-01
publisher = Norwich Evening News
author = Chris Lakey] In 2006-07 this honour belonged to Colchester United, who finished tenth overall in the Championship, above Ipswich Town, in 14th position, and Norwich City in 16th. [cite web
url=http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/2006-07.html
title=England 2006/2007
work=RSSSF
accessdate=2007-10-22] When it was confirmed that Colchester could not be overtaken in the league by any of their East Anglian rivals, the club was awarded a special "Pride of Anglia" trophy by Anglia Television. In 2007-08 Ipswich Town regained the title of Pride of Anglia by finishing 8th in the league table. [Cite web
url = http://www.cu-fc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10424~1027289,00.html
title = U's gain Anglia acclaim
accessdate = 2007-10-22
date=2007-05-18
publisher = Colchester United F.C.]

References

External links

* [http://www.prideofanglia.com - Ipswich Town's Pride of Anglia website]