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The rivalry between two tribes

It's English football's most epic saga. A long battle for supremacy that's endured through decades of contrasting fortunes.

As the rivalry between Manchester United and Liverpool gears up for game number 200, we plot its fiery ebb and flow from a United perspective, while sifting through 124 years of history…

MATCH 26

Despite the simmering rivalry, the two teams weren't always at loggerheads. On Good Friday 1915, with football about to be suspended due to the escalating barbarity on the Western Front, seven players – four Liverpool, three United – colluded to fix a match that helped United avoid relegation, earning themselves life bans.