Brighton travel to face Crystal Palace on Saturday in a match that will have added importance and not just because it is a vital six-pointer in the battle to avoid relegation.

The two sides have formed a rivalry that has all the vitriol and animosity that comes with battles of proximity up and down the country, except that they are not local rivals.

Palace to Brighton is not that much closer than west to Reading, Southend in the east, Watford in the north or their London rivals, yet the M23 derby was formed in 1977.

An intense rivalry between the clubs’ managers Terry Venables and Alan Mullery, combined with five meetings in the same season spawned the joust between the pair and it has existed to this day.

The pair have already met in the league this season – a 0-0 draw at the Amex – before a 2-1 Seagulls victory in the third round of the FA Cup, secured by a late Glenn Murray winner.

With that in mind, we’ve had a look at three other pairs of teams who are not local rivals but who do not get along at all…Other than proximity, the alternative grounds for a rivalry is prolonged and intense competition against each other and that’s where this beef came from.

As Chelsea made their nouveau-riche assault on the upper echelons of the Premier League in the mid-2000s, it was Liverpool fans who were particularly affronted.

The pair were also matched in the Champions League for five seasons in a row, which was the main fuel for the fire as they fought for European supremacy.

Two teams with lively fanbases clashed in 2008 and the animosity has remained ever since, and will only intensify for as long as they are in the same division.

Both proud clubs who seem fairly unbothered by what rival fans think of them, there is a natural clash to be had between the two.

Millwall have won two more of the clubs’ meetings than Leeds, including the epic 4-3 win at Elland Road this season, which was the catalyst for the Lions’ improved away form in the second tier.

This rivalry was sparked in the 2006/07 season, when Carlos Tevez kept the Hammers up at the expense of the Blades.

West Ham were found guilty of infringing third-party ownership rights on the Argentine, who was the driving force as Alan Curbishley’s side clawed themselves away from the bottom three in the season’s closing weeks.

That led to a reported £25m settlement being arranged outside of court but Sheffield United, and then manager Neil Warnock, blamed the Hammers for sending his side down.