There will not be a Tyne-Wear "league" derby this season; the two clubs perform in separate divisions but there might be a chance of a Cup Tie meeting.
Sunderland (Wearside) won a place in the Football League in 1890 replacing Stoke who had a season "out" in 1890-1. Sunderland were the first "new" club to join the expanding Football League. The clubs first met in a "match" in 1883 and then their first competitive tie was an FA Cup tie in 1887, Sunderland beating Newcastle West End 3-1. There was also a Newcastle East End whihc became United whilst West End went bankrupt in 1892.
Newcastle United (Tyneside) joined the Second Division in 1893-4 and had to wait until they were promoted as runners up in Division Two in 1897-8 met close rivals Sunderland in a First Division clash.
The two north-eastern clubs finally got together on Christmas Eve, by which time Sunderland had already topped the First Division three times and come second once.
A crowd of 30,000 filled Roker Park and saw Newcastle, very much under dogs at the time and in the lower end of the division, secure a 3-2 win as they continued to climb up the table eventually avoiding relegation.
The next Christmas derby was in 1903 on Boxing Day, when Newcastle hosted Sunderland and won 1-0. On Christmas Eve in 1904 Sunderland won 3-1.
In 1914 they played on Christmas Day at Tyneside, Newcastle losing 2-5 and reversed the tie at Roker Park the next day, Boxing Day, Newcastle winning 4-2.
The next Christmas Day derby was in 1951. Newcastle won away 1-4 and the clubs drew 2-2 the next day. In 1955 they played on Boxing Day (Newcastle won away 1-2) and then again on the 27th with Newcastle winning again 3-1 at home.
The last Boxing day fixture was in 1967 with Newcastle at home winning 2-1.
So far the derby statistics are: Sunderland won 51, Newcastle won 53 and games drawn 49. The record score is a 9-1 loss by Newcastle on December 5th 1908.
This year Sunderland are away at Old Trafford on Boxing Day and Newcastle play Sheffield Wednesday at home.
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