On 27 February 1966, just after the kickoff of the derby at El Molinón, several people were injured after an avalanche occurred in one of the stands of the stadium.
[2] On 29 May 1977 a special derby was held in Oviedo, where Sporting won by 2–1 at Estadio Carlos Tartiere in the penultimate match of the 1976–77 Segunda División, achieving promotion to La Liga and beginning the 'golden years' of the club.
[5][6] After Oviedo were relegated to the lower divisions, the club had to play against Sporting B for several years until their comeback to Segunda División in 2015.
Oviedo and Sporting met again on 9 September 2017, in the fourth round of the 2017–18 Segunda División, breaking the biggest gap ever (14 years) without facing each other in official competitions.
[7] Before it, in the surroundings of the stadium, there were altercations between the National Police and the ultras of Sporting Gijón, ending with damage to the buses of both clubs and 12 persons arrested.
It finally was played on 22 June at El Molinón, behind closed doors, and finished with the win of the carbayones by 0–1.
[9] In April 2000, when both clubs were suffering acute financial trouble, there were rumours about meetings between the board of directors of both clubs to discuss a merger to create a single team in the region called Real Asturias, and to study the possibility of building a new stadium between Oviedo and Gijón.
Since this data, Oviedo and Sporting would play their first Asturian derbies with both teams being completely integrated in the structure of their clubs.
[18] Source[19] Langreo and Avilés hold a fierce rivalry and their games are usually designed as high-risk matches.
On 21 April 2019 both teams played the first women's football match ever at El Molinón, with 9,700 spectators attending to it.