A brief guide to ... the complex rivalries of Midlands football

Forest don’t like Derby, Wolves and West Brom have been squabbling for years ... and everyone hates Aston Villa. We unpick the enmities in the heart of Britain

With the Guardian’s unstoppable rise to global dominance** we at Guardian US thought we’d run a series of articles for fans wishing to improve their knowledge of the sports history and storylines, hopefully in a way that doesn’t patronise you to within an inch of your life. A warning: If you’re the kind of person that finds The Blizzard too populist this may not be the series for you.

** Actual dominance may not be global. Or dominant

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