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 an inter-city rivalry in the north east of England, 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.

Some of the derbies were shown live during the 1990s as part of the North East Match programme on the local ITV region, Tyne Tees Television.

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[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 extension 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 with King George hence the nickname Geordies and Sunderland siding with the Stuarts.[2]

The industrial revolution and the close proximity of the two, saw them compete against each other in many industrial fields, such as shipbuilding and the coal trade, this was despite the fact Newcastle wasn't on the site of a coalfield, along with other heavy industry.

Even in the present largely post-industrial times, an animosity extending beyond football exists. Further resentment has been caused by the incorporation of the whole of the north-east England region as being under the Newcastle banner, with the omission of Sunderland and Durham's river, the River Wear, from the name of the regional ITV company, Tyne Tees,[citation needed] and the naming of the region's principal airport as Newcastle International Airport, when in fact it is several miles from Newcastle, in Ponteland, Northumberland. Moreover in 1974, Sunderland taxpayers, upon becoming, with Newcastle, part of the newly-created metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, footed the bill for the airport, and other improvements to the City of Newcastle, such as Eldon Square Shopping Centre,[citation needed] and the building of the Tyne and Wear Metro, which for 22 years served only Tyneside, stretching no further south than Heworth. Comparatively Sunderland progressed very little from the advent of Tyne and Wear until 2000[citation needed] when the west of the city centre underwent extensive redevelopment, incorporating the extension of the Metro, a new transport interchange and expanded shopping facilities.

[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 (24 December 1898)[3] - The first competitive meeting between the two sides took place at Roker Park on Christmas Eve, 1898. Jim 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 (5 December 1908)[4] - 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 effectively "declared" after 74 minutes. Billy Hogg (ironically, Newcastle born) and George Holley scored hat-tricks, Arthur Bridgett scored twice and Jackie Mordue once. All four of the goal-scorers for Sunderland were England internationals. Despite this defeat, it was Newcastle who were crowned League Champions that year.
  • Sunderland 1-0 Newcastle (5 April 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, conversely, fell apart and ended the season in mid-table mediocrity.
  • Newcastle 0-2 Sunderland (16 May 1990) - When Newcastle finished 3rd and Sunderland 6th in the Second Division, it meant the two would meet in a two-legged semi-final to decide who would be fight for promotion in the play-off final. The first leg at Roker Park ended 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 (18 October 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 (25 August 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 1-2 Sunderland (20 November 2000) - Sunderland repeated history by beating Newcastle again at St. James Park. Gary Speed scrambled the ball home inside four minutes as Newcastle dominated the early proceedings. But Sunderland fought back and Don Hutchison bundled the ball past Shay Given on 68 minutes. With Newcastle still reeling after the goal Sunderland took advantage. Michael Gray's cross allowed Niall Quinn to power a thundering header into the back of the net. However minutes later Quinn brought down Rob Lee inside the penalty area and Alan Shearer had the chance to bring Newcastle back level. His spot kick was saved by Sunderland 'keeper Thomas Sørensen, who would go on to save another penalty from Shearer whilst at Aston Villa. Sunderland held on for the victory and made it two in two at St. James Park.
  • Sunderland 1-4 Newcastle (17 April 2006) – After losing the previous four derby games, and on target for finishing the premiership season with an all time record low amount of points, Sunderland looked like salvaging some pride when Justin Hoyte put his team 1-0 up before half time. However, Sunderland managed a spectacular collapse in the second half, and a rampant Newcastle hammered four past a below par Sunderland with goals from Michael Chopra, Alan Shearer, Charles N'Zogbia and Albert Luque, within the space of 27 minutes, to ensure that Sunderland finished the season as they started, and Newcastle extended their current winning home and away derby record to five games. The match was notable as Alan Shearer's last competitive outing for Newcastle; he sustained an injury in the second half, was substituted, and did not appear in any of his team's remaining Premiership fixtures before his retirement at the end of the season.

[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 aging 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!"[5]

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. This reply was seen as pretentious and childish by many Sunderland fans.

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] Results of the fixture in the Premier League

Season Newcastle Home Date Result Sunderland Home Date Result
2007-2008 20 April 2008 2-0 10 November 2007 1-1
2005-2006 23 October 2005 3-2 17 April 2006 1-4
2002-2003 21 September 2002 2-0 26 April 2003 0-1
2001-2002 26 August 2001 1-1 24 February 2002 0-1
2000-2001 18 November 2000 1-2 21 April 2001 1-1
1999-2000 25 August 1999 1-2 5 February 2000 2-2
1996-1997 5 April 1997 1-1 4 September 1996 1-2

Note: Home team's score appears to the left in this table.

Note: Missing seasons due to teams being in different divisions.

[edit] Summary of Results

Newcastle wins Sunderland wins Draws Newcastle goals Sunderland goals
League 49 40 39 198 190
FA Cup 2 3 3 8 11
League Cup 0 1 1 4 4
Playoffs 0 1 1 0 2
Total 51 45 44 210 205

[edit] Derby Double

For either team to beat the other in both league games in a season is seen as a great achievement and a sign of superiority. 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): 9 October 1920 and 6-1 (A): 26 December 1955

Sunderland 9-1 (A): 5 December 1908

[edit] Most Consecutive Wins

Newcastle 5 games: 24 February 2002 - 17 April 2006 Sunderland 3 games: 24 December 1904 - 2 September 1905

[edit] Most Consecutive Draws

4 games: 8 April 1985 - 13 May 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] Attendances

[edit] Highest Attendances

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

[edit] Lowest Attendances

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

Team Career Apps Goals
Newcastle 1902-1904 44 0
Sunderland 1908-1910 28 0
Team Career Apps Goals
Sunderland 1951-1963 447 35
Newcastle 1963-1965 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
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
Team Career Apps Goals
Sunderland 1995-1999 41 (51) 22
Newcastle 2004 2 (16) 0
Sunderland 2004-2005 5 (16) 1
Team Career Apps Goals
Sunderland 1949-1951 84 27
Newcastle 1953-1955 51 18
Team Career Apps Goals
Sunderland 1976-1982 99 (28) 25
Newcastle 1981-1982 5 3
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
Team Career Apps Goals
Newcastle 2000-2006 21 1
Sunderland 2007- 3 (2) 2
Team Career Apps Goals
Newcastle 1988-1997 191 (49) 27
Sunderland 1997-1999 83 (2) 16
Newcastle 2005-2006 10 (15) 1
Team Career Apps Goals
Sunderland 1975-1982 215 (3) 6
Newcastle 1982-1987 134 5
Team Career Apps Goals
Newcastle 1993-1995 70 55
Sunderland 2007-
  • 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
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
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
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
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
Team Career Apps Goals
Newcastle 1991-1993 83 39
Sunderland 1995-1997 37 (3) 2
Team Career Apps Goals
Newcastle 1971-1978 210 (6) 10
Sunderland 1985-1987 37 (3) 2
Team Career Apps Goals
Sunderland 1891 2 0
Newcastle 1895-1896 9 8
Team Career Apps Goals
Sunderland 1898-1904 165 6
Newcastle 1904-1910 131 0
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
Team Career Apps Goals
Sunderland 1947-1952 33 0
Newcastle 1952-1954 5 0
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
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
Team Career Apps Goals
Sunderland 1964-1969 90 (3) 25
Newcastle 1978-1981 21 (3) 0
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
Team Career Apps Goals
Sunderland 1979-1986 200 (5) 3
Newcastle 1992-1995 132 (1) 1
Team Career Apps Goals
Newcastle 1980-1985 190 (1) 52
Sunderland 1997 7 1
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.

Managers

Bob Stokoe, who won the FA Cup as a player with Newcastle in 1955, was manager of Sunderland between 1972 and 1977, guiding the Wearsiders to their famous FA Cup victory in 1973 and promotion to Division One in 1976. He returned to manage them briefly again in 1987.

On 15 May 2007 Newcastle appointed Sam Allardyce as their new manager, who played for Sunderland in the early 1980s.[6]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Middlebrook, S. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Its Growth and Achievement, p. 87. Newcastle Chronicle and Journal, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1950 and Corfe, Tom History of Sunderland, pp. 35-45. Frank Graham, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1973
  2. ^ Griffiths, Bill A Dictionary of North East Dialect, p. 86. Northumbria University Press, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2004
  3. ^ Sunderland 2 Newcastle United 3 (Match summary)
  4. ^ Newcastle United 1 Sunderland 9 (Match report)
  5. ^ Candlish, Alan Ha'Way/Howay The Lads: The History of the Rivalry Between Newcastle United and Sunderland, p. 322. Sports Books Limited, Cheltenham, 2006
  6. ^ "Newcastle name Allardyce as boss", BBC Sport, 2007-05-15. Retrieved on 2007-05-15. 
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