Alice: Hello, I'm Alice.

　　Stephen: And I'm Stephen.

　　Alice: And this is 6 Minute English! This week, we’re talking about rivalries

　　between football teams.

　　Stephen: Football rivalries - supporters of one football team often have one or two other

　　teams that they really dislike.

　　Alice: A bit of friendly rivalry probably doesn’t hurt anybody, but sometimes football

　　rivalries spill over into violence.

　　Stephen: Spill over into violence - when rivalry between fans leads to fighting.

　　Alice: First, a question for you Stephen: can you tell me which city these two football

　　teams come from? Al Ahly and Zamalek. Is it:

　　a) Cairo

　　b) Beirut, or

　　c) Damascus

　　Stephen: Well, my youngest brother would probably know the answer. I'm going to

　　guess Cairo.

　　Alice: Well, I won’t tell you the answer just yet. We'll find out at the end of the

　　programme. Now, let’s talk a bit more about football rivalries. Here’s a word

　　that gets used in British English: can you explain what a derby is?

　　Stephen: Sure. A derby, in the context of football, is a match played between two

　　football teams from the same city, or near each other. It’s thought the word

　　comes from a rugby-like game played by two teams in a town in Derbyshire, in

　　central England.

　　Alice: In Britain, famous derbies are games played between Arsenal and Tottenham

　　Hotspur, which are both in north London, Liverpool and Everton, or Celtic and

　　Rangers - two football teams in Glasgow in Scotland. They have a bitter rivalry

　　- and matches between the two often involve heated exchanges.

　　Stephen: Heated exchanges – lots of passion and anger.

　　Alice: Here’s BBC sports reporter Alex Capstick, reporting on a recent match

　　between Celtic and Rangers, which turned into mayhem - chaos:

　　Insert 1: Alex Capstick, BBC sports reporter

　　Matches between the Glasgow neighbours Rangers and Celtic usually involve heated

　　exchanges, but the mayhem during the latest clash has been described as an

　　embarrassment to Scottish football. Rangers had three players sent off. Celtic's manager,

　　Neil Lennon, and Rangers' assistant coach, Ally McCoist, had to be dragged apart

　　following an ugly confrontation after the final whistle.

　　Alice: BBC sports reporter Alex Capstick, who says that players were sent off and

　　that managers and coaches got involved in an ugly confrontation after the

　　final whistle.

　　Stephen: An ugly confrontation after the final whistle – angry fighting after the match

　　had ended.

　　Alice: The First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, is setting up a summit to deal

　　with the violence. He says the players are role models for society.

　　Stephen: Supporters will follow their example.

　　Insert 2: Alex Salmond, First Minister, Scotland

　　The fans at football matches are representatives of their clubs, the players at football

　　matches are role models for society, and the management of football clubs have a

　　particular responsibility and they must, absolutely must, behave responsibly.

　　Alice: The First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, says the football clubs have a

　　particular responsibility, and they absolutely must behave responsibly.

　　Stephen: They must set a good example to fans watching the matches.

　　Alice: Policemen in Scotland say that even cases of domestic violence increase when

　　the two Glaswegian clubs play each other.

　　Stephen: People watching the match at home are more likely to become violent towards

　　their families during or after the matches.

　　Alice: Les Grey from the Scottish Police Federation says attention needs to be given

　　to future fixtures – the times when games are played. For example, there's less

　　violence if games are played midweek, in the evening, rather than at the

　　weekend. He says changing licensing laws - the sale of alcohol - might help

　　prevent people becoming violent.

　　Insert 3: Les Grey, Scottish Police Federation

　　If that game hadn’t been on a Wednesday night, we’d have seen a lot more trouble had

　　that been a Sunday lunchtime game or even a Saturday afternoon game. So we’ll be

　　looking at when to play these games. We need to look at the licensing laws. We need to

　　look at the coverage of the games, and by that I’m going to upset a lot people and say

　　perhaps we need to stop televising one or two of them. There’s a direct correlation

　　between what happens during the game and what happens after the game. If I tell you

　　the latest figures just in - I was informed last night that domestic violence incidents

　　jumped 70% on Wednesday evening after the game. That’s a huge jump.

　　Alice: Les Grey from the Scottish Police Federation, who says that incidents of

　　domestic violence jumped by 70% after the last Celtic versus Rangers match.

　　He said there’s a direct correlation between what happens during the game and

　　what happens afterwards.

　　Stephen: A direct correlation – a clear link or relationship

　　Alice: And he even proposes a very unpopular idea: to stop televising some of the

　　games. Well, before we go, Stephen, any ideas about the city the two teams Al

　　Ahly and Zamalek come from?

　　Stephen: Well, I guessed Cairo, and…

　　Alice: You're correct – well done! So, a chance to hear some of the words and phrases

　　we heard in the programme today. Would you mind, Stephen?

　　Stephen: rivalries

　　spill over

　　derby

　　heated exchanges

　　mayhem

　　ugly confrontation

　　role models

　　domestic violence

　　licensing laws

　　Alice: Thanks for that, Stephen.

　　Stephen: You’re welcome.

　　Alice: Well that’s all we have time for today. We’ll have more 6 Minute English next

　　time. Bye!

　　Stephen: Bye for now!