Tyne-Wear derby

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The Tyne-Wear derby is the name of the football local derby between Newcastle United and Sunderland.

The derby is unique in that it is an inter-city rivalry. However, the fact that the two cities of Newcastle and Sunderland are just ten miles apart give it the intense feeling of a cross-town rivalry, heightened by a feeling that it is city against city with local pride at stake. Moreover, the close proximity means that as in derby matches, workmates and friends are often divided. Areas of Tyne and Wear such as South Shields, Hebburn, Jarrow and Washington, along with parts of County Durham are fairly evenly split in their support of the two clubs.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Rivalry beyond Football 1.2 The Football Rivalry 2 Memorable derby matches 3 Away fans ban 4 Summary of Results 5 Doing the Derby Double 5.1 Newcastle Doubles 5.2 Sunderland Doubles 6 Biggest Wins 7 Most Consecutive Wins 8 Most Consecutive Draws 9 Most Derby Appearances 10 Most Derby Goals 11 Attendences 11.1 Highest Attendences 11.2 Lowest Attendences 12 Crossing the Divide 13 See also 14 References

[edit] History

[edit] Rivalry beyond Football

The History of the Tyne-Wear derby is regarded by many in the North East as the modern day extention of a rivalry between Newcastle and Sunderland that dates back to the English Civil War when protestations over advantages that merchants in Royalist Newcastle had over their Wearside counterparts led to Sunderland becoming a Parliamentarian stronghold.^[1]

Tyne and Wear again found themselves on opposite sides during the Jacobite Rebellions, with Newcastle in support of the Hanoverians and Sunderland siding with the Stuarts.^[2]

The industrial revolution and the close proximity of the two, saw them become industrial fields, such as the Coal trade, Shipbuilding and other areas of heavy industry.

Even in the present largely post-industrial times, an animosity extending beyond football exists. Sunderland city centre has declined, with many Wearsiders heading to Tyneside to shop in Newcastle City Centre and Gateshead's MetroCentre. Moreover, Wearsiders also have to travel to Newcastle if they wish to travel by air or rail.

Further explanations can be found on the Tyne-Wear rivalry page.

[edit] The Football Rivalry

Prior to the beginning of the twentieth century, the main rivalries in Newcastle and Sunderland were cross-town affairs. In Newcastle, a fierce rivalry existed during the 1880s between Newcastle East End (later to become Newcastle United) and Newcastle West End, which was ended with West End's bankruptcy in 1892. Meanwhile on Wearside, a group of players broke away from Sunderland, and formed the rival Sunderland Albion in 1888, though Albion was forced to fold four years later.

The first meeting between the two took place in 1883, with the first competitive fixture, an FA Cup tie in 1888. The first league meeting took place at Roker Park on Christmas Eve, 1898. Newcastle drew first blood in a 3-2 victory, but it was Sunderland who were to dominate the early derby period.

During the 1900s, the rivalry began to emerge. The 1901 Good Friday encounter at St James' Park had to be abandoned as up to 70,000 fans made their way into a ground which then had a capacity of 30,000. The news was met with anger, and rioting followed, with a number of fans injured. However, in general, although the derby attracted big crowds - with fans often climbing trees and buildings for views of the game - there is little evidence to suggest any animosity between the two sets of supporters in the pre-war and immediate post-war period.

[edit] Memorable derby matches

• Sunderland 2-3 Newcastle (December 24, 1898) - The first competitive meeting between the two sides took place at Roker Park on Christmas Eve, 1898. Leslie scored twice for the home side, but two goals from Jock Peddie and a third from Wardrope saw the Geordies draw first blood.

• Newcastle 1-9 Sunderland (December 5, 1908) - Many Sunderland fans were locked out of a capacity St. James' Park and had to watch the Sunderland reserve game and watch the scoreboard operator flash the score. Sunderland went 1-0 up on 28 minutes, and the Magpies equalized with a penalty on the stroke of half-time. Sunderland then went into unstoppable form, scoring 8 goals in 28 second half minutes. Sunderland actually declared after 74 minutes. Despite this defeat, it was Newcastle who were crowned League Champions that year.

• Sunderland 1-0 Newcastle (1980) – Sunderland's last competitive victory over Newcastle at Roker Park. Stan Cummins scored the only goal of the game in front of a crowd of over 40,000. This victory inspired Sunderland to a good run of results to clinch promotion at the end of the season.

• Newcastle 0-2 Sunderland (May 16, 1990) - When Newcastle finished 3rd and Sunderland 6th in the Second Division (now The Championship), it meant the two would meet in a two legged play off semi final. The first leg at Roker Park was goalless, but it was Sunderland who won the return encounter at St James' 2-0 with goals from Marco Gabbiadini and Eric Gates. Newcastle fans invaded the pitch in an attempt to get the result cancelled after Sunderland's second goal but the remaining 5 minutes was played after a delay of almost 40 minutes. Sunderland lost to Swindon Town in the Playoff Final, but were promoted after Swindon were embroiled in a football betting scandal.

• Sunderland 1-2 Newcastle (October 18, 1992) - Having won their opening 10 League games of the season, Newcastle were in no mood to lose their eleventh on the short trip to Wearside. An own goal from Gary Owers gifted the visitors with the lead, before Gordon Armstrong equalised. A sensational free kick by Liam O'Brien saw thousands of visiting Geordies erupt in the Roker End as Newcastle took the 3 points.

• Newcastle 1-2 Sunderland (August 25, 1999) – On a rainy night at St. James' Park, Alan Shearer was left on the Newcastle substitutes bench by manager Ruud Gullit. Newcastle took the lead through Kieron Dyer, but a second half comeback from Sunderland through goals from Niall Quinn and Kevin Phillips helped Sunderland to a win and also to Ruud Gullit's resignation the next day.

• Newcastle 2-0 Sunderland (September, 2002) - The largest crowd for a Tyne Wear Derby for over 30 years saw Craig Bellamy put Newcastle into the lead after only 2 minutes. Alan Shearer made it 2 before half time. Newcastle fans taunted their rivals with chants of 'Reidy must stay'. Peter Reid, the Sunderland manager was becoming unpopular with the supporters, and was dismissed shortly afterwards.

• Sunderland 1-4 Newcastle (April 17, 2006) – Sunderland had already been relegated from the FA Premier League by the time this match was played. Sunderland scored from Justin Hoyte in the first half, and went in at half time 1-0 up and looking comfortable. Sunderland's defence then went into meltdown after a mix-up put Newcastle on level terms.Shearer scored what would turn out to be his last ever professional goal, from the penalty spot. A challenge from Julio Arca damaged Shearer's knee, which meant he had to sit out the three remaining games and his career had finished a few weeks earlier than planned. But as the Newcastle skipper said, "To go out in Sunderland, score and get the best result in 50 years wasn't a bad way to go"^[3]

[edit] Away fans ban

The 1996-1997 season saw Sunderland join Newcastle in the Premier League. However the anticipation of the two derby matches were soon marred by proposals to ban Newcastle fans from the ageing Roker Park on safety and security grounds. A last-minute agreement by Sunderland and Northumbria Police was to allow 1,000 Newcastle supporters to attend the game. However, Newcastle had already made arrangements for a live televised beamback, and so rejected the offer. Responding to criticism from fans, Newcastle's then Chief Executive Freddie Fletcher suggested that the state of Roker Park was to blame and told fans: "Don't blame Newcastle. Don't blame Northumbria Police. Blame Sunderland!"^[4]

In response to the ban on Newcastle fans at Roker Park, Newcastle slapped a similar ban on Sunderland fans for the return fixture at St James' Park.

Fans of both sides were angry and disappointed. Fearing that this would set a precedent for future derby matches, supporters groups and fanzines of both sides joined together to form the Wear United pressure group. Supporters of both sides were assured that away fans would be able to attend future derby games, though this was probably more to do with the fact that the 1996-1997 season was Sunderland's last at Roker Park before moving into the brand new Stadium of Light.

[edit] Summary of Results

	Newcastle wins	Sunderland wins	Draws	Newcastle goals	Sunderland goals
League	48	40	38	195	189
FA Cup	2	3	3	8	11
League Cup	0	1	1	4	4
Playoffs	0	1	1	0	2
Total	50	45	43	207	206

[edit] Doing the Derby Double

For either team to beat the other in both league games in a season is not an easy task. Newcastle have achieved the double in 11 seasons, while Sunderland have managed 6 doubles.

[edit] Newcastle Doubles

Season	Home	Away
1909-1910	1-0	2-0
1911-1912	3-1	2-1
1913-1914	2-1	2-1
1920-1921	6-1	2-0
1955-1956	3-1	6-1
1956-1957	6-2	2-1
1992-1993	1-0	2-1
2002-2003	2-0	1-0
2005-2006	3-2	4-1

[edit] Sunderland Doubles

Season	Home	Away
1904-1905	3-1	3-1
1908-1909	9-1	3-1
1919-1920	3-2	2-0
1923-1924	2-0	3-2
1954-1955	2-1	4-2
1966-1967	3-0	3-0

[edit] Biggest Wins

Newcastle 6-1 (H): October 9th, 1920 and 6-1 (A): December 26th, 1955

Sunderland 9-1 (A): December 5th, 1908

[edit] Most Consecutive Wins

Newcastle 5 games: February 24th, 2002 - April 17th, 2006

Sunderland 3 games: December 24th, 1904 - September 2nd, 1905

[edit] Most Consecutive Draws

4 games: April 8th, 1985 - May 13th, 1990

[edit] Most Derby Appearances

Club	Player	League	Cup	Total
Newcastle	Jimmy Lawrence	22	5	27
Sunderland	George Holley	17	5	22

[edit] Most Derby Goals

Club	Player	League	Cup	Total
Newcastle	Jackie Milburn	11	0	11
Sunderland	George Holley	13	2	15

[edit] Attendences

[edit] Highest Attendences

Venue	Attendence	Score	Date
Newcastle	67,211	Newcastle United 1-0 Sunderland	March 19th, 1927
Sunderland	68,004	Sunderland 2-2 Newcastle United	March 4th, 1950

[edit] Lowest Attendences

Venue	Attendence	Score	Date
Newcastle	18,694	Newcastle United 0-2 Sunderland	April 24th, 1901
Sunderland	20,000	Sunderland 2-4 Newcastle United	December 26th, 1914

[edit] Crossing the Divide

There are a number of players who have donned both the black and white stripes of Newcastle as well as Sunderland's red and white stripes. Here are the players who have appeared in the first teams of both sides.

• William Agnew

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Newcastle	1902-1904	44	0
Sunderland	1908-1910	28	0

• Stan Anderson

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Sunderland	1951-1963	447	35
Newcastle	1963-65	84	14

• John Auld

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Sunderland	1889-1896	115	6
Newcastle	1896-1897	15	3

• Henry Bedford

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Newcastle	1930-1932	32	18
Sunderland	1932	7	2

• Paul Bracewell

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Sunderland	1983-1984	44	4
Sunderland	1989-1992	137 (1)	2
Newcastle	1992-1995	75 (12)	4
Sunderland	1995-1997	87 (1)	0

• Michael Bridges

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Sunderland	1995-1999	41 (51)	22
Newcastle	2004	2 (16)	0
Sunderland	2004-2005	5 (16)	1

• Ivor Broadis

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Sunderland	1949-1951	84	27
Newcastle	1953-1955	51	18

• Alan Brown

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Sunderland	1976-1982	99 (28)	25
Newcastle	1981-1982	5	3

• Steven Caldwell

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Newcastle	1996-2004	24 (13)	2
Sunderland	2004-2007	69	5

• John Campbell

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Sunderland	1889-1897	215	154
Newcastle	1897-1898	29	12

• Lee Clark

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Newcastle	1988-1997	191 (49)	27
Sunderland	1997-1999	83 (2)	16
Newcastle	2005-2006	10 (15)	1

• Jeff Clarke

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Sunderland	1975-1982	215 (3)	6
Newcastle	1982-1987	134	5

• Joseph Devine

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Newcastle	1930-1931	22	11
Sunderland	1931-1933	77	7

• John Dowsey

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Newcastle	1924-1926	3	0
Sunderland	1927-1929	11	1

• David Elliott

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Sunderland	1961-1966	35 (1)	0
Newcastle	1966-1971	86 (4)	4

• Ray Ellison

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Newcastle	1968-1973	7	0
Sunderland	1973-1974	2	0

• Alan Foggon

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Newcastle	1965-1971	69 (11)	16
Sunderland	1976-1977	9 (1)	0

• Howard Gayle

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Newcastle	1982-1983	8	2
Sunderland	1984-1986	48 (13)	5

• Tommy Gibb

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Newcastle	1968-1975	251 (17)	19
Sunderland	1975-1977	9	2

• Shay Given

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Sunderland	1996	17	0
Newcastle	1997-Present	406	0

• Thomas Grey

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Sunderland	1907-1909	1	0
Newcastle	1910-1919	1	0

• Ron Guthrie

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Newcastle	1963-1973	60 (6)	2
Sunderland	1973-1975	80 (1)	2

• Thomas Hall

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Sunderland	1909-1913	30	8
Newcastle	1913-1920	58	16

• Stephen Hardwick

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Newcastle	1976-1983	101	0
Sunderland	1987	8	0

• Mick Harford

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Newcastle	1980-1981	18 (1)	4
Newcastle	1982	0	0
Sunderland	1993	10 (1)	2

• John Harvie

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Sunderland	1889-1891	18	2
Sunderland	1892-1897	91	13
Newcastle	1897-1899	35	10

• David Kelly

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Newcastle	1991-1993	83	39
Sunderland	1995-1997	37 (3)	2

• Alan Kennedy

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Newcastle	1971-1978	210 (6)	10
Sunderland	1985-1987	37 (3)	2

• James Logan

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Sunderland	1891	2	0
Newcastle	1895-1896	9	8

• Andrew McCombie

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Sunderland	1898-1904	165	6
Newcastle	1904-1910	131	0

• Albert McInroy

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Sunderland	1923-1929	227	0
Newcastle	1929-1934	160	0
Sunderland	1934-1935	0	0

• Robert McKay

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Newcastle	1926-1928	66	23
Sunderland	1928-1930	51	17

• James Raine

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Newcastle	1905-1906	4	1
Sunderland	1906-1908	28	7

• Raymond Robinson

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Newcastle	1919-1920	29	4
Sunderland	1920-1921	10	2
Sunderland	1922	0	0

• Robert Robinson

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Sunderland	1947-1952	33	0
Newcastle	1952-1954	5	0

• Bryan 'Pop' Robson

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Newcastle	1962-1971	243 (1)	97
Sunderland	1974-1976	109	40
Sunderland	1979-1981	56 (4)	25
Sunderland	1983-1984	7 (6)	3

• Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Sunderland	1903-1904	12	0
Newcastle	1905-1906	1	0

• Matthew Scott

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Newcastle (as East End)	1889-1892	57	0
Sunderland	1892-1897	1	0

• Len Shackleton

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Newcastle	1946-1948	64	29
Sunderland	1948-1958	348	100

• John Smith

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Newcastle (as East End)	1888-1889	10	5
Sunderland	1889-1893	32	4
Newcastle	1894-1896	27	10

• John Spence

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Sunderland	1889-1891	5	2
Newcastle (as East End)	1891-1892	17	4

• Colin Suggett

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Sunderland	1964-1969	90 (3)	25
Newcastle	1978-1981	21 (3)	0

• Ernie Taylor

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Newcastle	1942-1951	143	28
Sunderland	1958-1961	71	11

• Robert W Thomson

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Sunderland	1927-1928	22	0
Newcastle	1928-1934	80	0

• Tommy Unwin

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Newcastle	1924-1930	200	24
Sunderland	1930-1936	55	6

• Barry Venison

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Sunderland	1979-1986	200 (5)	3
Newcastle	1992-1995	132 (1)	1

• Chris Waddle

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Newcastle	1980-1985	190 (1)	52
Sunderland	1997	7	1

• Nigel Walker

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Newcastle	1977-1982	69 (5)	3
Sunderland	1983-1984	0 (1)	0

• Billie Whitehurst

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Newcastle	1985-1986	30 (1)	7
Sunderland	1988	18	3

• David Lalty Willis

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Sunderland	1901-1903	1	0
Sunderland	1904-1907	51	2
Newcastle	1907-1913	108	4

• David Young

Team	Career	Apps	Goals
Newcastle	1964-1973	52 (4)	2
Sunderland	1973-1974	34 (7)	1

In addition, the guest system operated in British football during World War II meant that most teams fielded guest players. Amongst these was the Newcastle forward Jackie Milburn who made two guest appearances for Sunderland during the 1944/45 season. Another Newcastle striker, Albert Stubbins also guested for Sunderland several times during the 1941/42 season, including an appearance in the Wartime Cup Final, which Sunderland lost to Wolverhampton Wanderers despite a Stubbins goal.

[edit] See also

• Tyne-Wear rivalry

[edit] References

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