Roses rivalry

The rivalry originated in the aftermath of the Wars of the Roses (1455–1487) which was fought between the House of Lancaster and the House of York.

[1] The roses rivalry is still present to this day.

'Yorkshire is all hills and moors; Lancashire is all mills and whores' is one definition of the differences between the counties".

[6] The term is also used to describe various sporting fixtures competed by representatives of the two sides: The closely located American cities of Lancaster and York in Pennsylvania share a rivalry of the same name.

Both cities are named after their British counterparts, and share sporting rivalries in baseball (in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball) and in high school American football.