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Potential Rating for Club Rivalries


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The idea of fixed rivalry needs to be changed to a continuous one imo, because teams change divisions too often and if a smaller team spends many seasons in a division above its traditional standings, or many seasons below its traditional standings its rivalries will change.

I was thinking could you give teams potential ratings for their rivalry as you give players potential ratings?

For example. Leicester vs Northampton has always been a big rivalry in rugby and cricket and there's been a lot of historical significance between the 2 counties. However, there is liittle rivalry between the 2 football teams as Leicester have always been a top 2 division side and Northampton a 3rd & 4th tier side. They've only met on 2 or 3 seasons in the league in history. However, if they were in the same division for several years a rivalry would definitely form, especially if neither club's current big rivals were in the same division as them.

Ditto, if one of the non-league Leicestershire sides (like Hinckley or Loughborough) got promoted to league a rivalry would definitely form.

Also, if 2 big rivals go 15 years without playing a team, those rivalries will dwindle if there are teams in their new division they can form/intensify rivalries with.

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Would also help in Italy too.

If you get the chance, look at Napoli's rivals. They have 23 rivals or there abouts.

I'd love a new category too, such as "Rivals", "Fierce Rivals", and "Enemies" or something similar. Just to split certain rivalries (Ie. Rome-Lazio, Celtic-Rangers etc.)

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