England has a number of world-renowned universities, such as the ancient universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and many Russell Group universities, such as Imperial College London, University of Exeter and the London School of Economics. Sport Rugby The sport of rugby experienced a schism in 1895 with many teams based in Yorkshire, Lancashire and surrounding areas breaking from the Rugby Football Union and forming their own League. The disagreement that led to the split was over the issue of professional payments, and "broken time" or injury payments. There is a perception that league is the code of rugby played in the north, whilst union is the code played in the south. One of the biggest derbies in Southern England is the West Country derby (Bath v Gloucester). Football The South Coast Derby is used to describe football matches played mainly between Portsmouth Football Club and Southampton Football Club. However, in Portsmouth's absence from top flight football, AFC Bournemouth and Brighton and Hove Albion – based about and from Southampton respectively – gained promotion to the Premier League, with some media outlets marketing fixtures against them as a South Coast derby; Other major derbies in Southern England are West Country derbies and London derbies. Divisions Regions and ceremonial counties Southern England consists of four regions and 22 counties: the East of England, London, South East and South West. Ceremonial counties are: Devolution They is a network of local enterprise partnerships, some areas are further devolved: Historic counties The historic counties ceased to be used for any administrative purpose in 1899 but remain important to some people, notably for county cricket. Other See also Constitutional status of Cornwall European Parliament constituencies in the United Kingdom Home Counties North–South divide in England North–South divide in the United Kingdom Regions of England Subdivisions of England Lloegyr References Regions of England